The Scotchcast

This time around The Scotchcast turns toward Islay with a tasting of Bruichladdich Rocks and Bowmore 12 year, and a listener lets us know about two great sounding scotch destinations. Join us next time when we'll be tasting the Singleton 12 year and Ledaig 10 year. Distilleries Bruichladdich - http://www.bruichladdich.com/ Bowmore - http://www.bowmore.com/ Tasting Notes […]

While we didn't do any actual "walking" in the woods Michael and I did get to hit the road to record this round. Sadly, a gremlin came along for the journey and made the recording a bit of a challenge. We apologize for the audio quality and hope to have our special guests on the […]

All of our listeners have been very supportive of The Scotchcast since the beginning and now everyone is going to get their Just Deserts! Actually, everyone is going to get to listen to us as we taste those just deserts in the form of the Glenrothes Select Reserve and Balvenie 12 year Signature. Join us […]

Join us as we set out on an Elegant Journey through the Highlands with the Glenmorangie Finealta and Glenmorangie Astar. We'll also take a litte time to discuss the recent sale of Bruichladdich to Rémy Cointreau. Join us next time when we'll be tasting the Glenrothes Select Reserve and Balvenie 12 yr Signature. Distilleries Glenmorangie […]

There are geographical areas all over the world that are referred to as the Gold Coast from Africa to Asia, Australia to Europe, even a lakefront neighborhood of the city of Lakewood, Ohio in the United States. On this round of The Scotchcast, however, the Gold Coast we are setting sail for is the liquid […]

In this round of The Scotchcast we turn to two of the more heavy-duty expressions, Glenfarclas 105 and Laphroaig 10 year Cask Strength. We're joined by two guest tasters for this round and we all try to stay somewhat coherent throughout. Not an easy task when tasting cask strength drams! Join us next time when […]

Join The Scotchcast as we celebrate 5 years in the Podiverse with a tasting of two scotches from one of our favorite distilleries, the Balvenie 17 year Madeira Cask and 17 year Peated Cask. From all of us to all of you, thank you for the past 5 years, for listening, and being a part […]

Scotch or weapons of mass destruction? The Bruichladdich distillery has been accused of making both of these things though is only "guilty" of making one of them. On this round of The Scotchcast we'll make it pretty clear which one by tasting the 14 year Bolgheri and 10 year Manzanilla. Join us next time, for […]

Céad Míle Fáilte everyone! It's March and that means it's once again time to say Happy St. Patrick's Day and for The Scotchcast to take a quick trip across the channel for a look a some Irish SIngle Malts. This time we'll be tasting Bushmills 10 year Single Malt and Tullamore Dew 10 year Single […]

Oh For Peat's Sake just push play and listen to the podcast already will ya? On this round of the Scotchcast we'll be tasting the Isle Of Jura Prophecy and Laphroaig Triple Wood. We'll take a look at some listener feedback, and Michael will explain the "incredibly complicated and painstaking process" by which our show […]

Happy new year everyone! We here at The Scotchcast are excited to get 2012 underway with a tasting of the Auchentoshan 12 year and Dalmore 15 year. We'll also have a suggestion from listener Les for those hosting their own tastings. Join us next time when we'll be tasting the Isle Of Jura Prophecy and […]

As we come to the close of another calendar year for The Scotchcast, we are joined by special guest Brent for a tasting of Springbank 15 year and Bunnahabhain 18 year. Join us next time when we'll be tasting the Auchentoshan 12 year and Dalmore 15 year. Promo: Technorama Distilleries Springbank - http://www.springbankwhisky.com/ Bunnahabhain - […]

A connoisseur is a person who has a great deal of knowledge about the fine arts, cuisines, or is an expert judge in matters of taste. While we here at The Scotchcast don't claim to be experts the folks responsible for producing tonights selections, the Mannochmore 16 year and Inchgower 1993, most certainly are. Join […]

For those that never know the light, The darkness is a sullen thing; And they, the Children of the Night, Seem lost in Fortune's winnowing... Join the Scotchcast for a taste of darkness that is far from sullen! This time around we'll be tasting one of the darkest scotches we've ever seen and one with […]

On this, our third expedition into the woods, we'll be taking a look at the Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or (Sautern cask) and the Balvenie Caribbean Rum Cask. We'll be joined for this round by a returning special guest, and we have another huge thank you to one of our listeners. Join us next time when we'll […]