Whisky and Things

Nov 18, 2020 • S01 E35 • 00:52:49

Exciting times on Whisky and Things as we welcome our first Master Distiller onto the podcast. Matt Hofmann who is also the Co-Founder of the Westland Distillery joins the guys on a Zoom call via Seattle, Washington to talk about all things Westland, as w...

Nov 11, 2020 • S01 E34 • 00:45:51

Dave and Nick are Sweden bound again this week sampling the new release in Mackmyra’s Seasonal Range, Jaktlycka or ‘Hunting Happy' in Swedish. They’re not going to be tasting this alone, oh no! Mackmyra Brand Ambassador Richard McKeand returns to guide th...

Nov 04, 2020 • S01 E33 • 00:40:15

This week Dave and Nick share their experiences with the All Malt bottling from Nikka of Japan, a blended (or vatted) malt whisky, as well as delve into the history of Nikka, and the life and career of it’s creator Masataka Taketsuru, the man known as the...

Oct 28, 2020 • S01 E32 • 00:54:58

This week the guys get their lips around the Four Roses Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey… it’s one of Dave’s favourites and it also has an interesting if mysterious history. Another piece of mysterious history is how Nick and Dave first got i...

Oct 21, 2020 • S01 E31 • 00:37:47

What an episode… we’ve been itching to have this dram on the show for a while, (you'd think we'd have practiced how to pronounce it correctly by now) and oh yes, it was worth the wait… The Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask, a beautiful Speyside Single M...

Oct 14, 2020 • S01 E30 • 00:49:48

Episode 30 - Chill Filtered? Yes we’ve hit 30 everyone and what a week to reach that milestone... the week where we finished our first Whisky show… virtually of course but still 8 days of educational whisky seminars, in depth conversations, tastings (offi...

Oct 07, 2020 • S01 E29 • 00:49:05

This week on ‘Whisky Wednesday’ (we’re allowed to use that… we checked this week) we sampled the worlds first Whisky blended by artificial intelligence. Yes we taste and discuss the Intelligens release from Mackmyra, as hinted way back in episode 17 when...

Sep 30, 2020 • S01 E28 • 00:47:22

Same Whisky place, different whisky day.. That’s right, we’ve moved to Wednesday. And our first whisky on a Wednesday is Monkey Shoulder Original Blended Scotch Whisky (Batch 27). Our first Scotch blended whisky and it’s from the Speyside region, we’ll be...

Sep 22, 2020 • S01 E27 • 00:50:14

Finally.... Nick and Dave get to go on an adventure. Our first distillery tour! A few weeks back they were invited to tour Bimber's London distillery in North Acton. Amazingly it is just round the corner from where Dave lives, but it's a cracking little d...

Sep 15, 2020 • S01 E26 • 00:32:20

Nick's off having a minor operation this week, so this weeks show is a pre recorded chat between Dave and Nick about all sorts really. Every now and then we'll bring you a Special Reserve show when we can't get together to make a regular show. There's no...