Inside Whisky

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Scotland and whisky go together like fish and chips, biscuits and tea or gin and tonic.  On "Inside Whisky - The Barrel Talk" we talk to people working in the whisky industry and listen to their stories - may they be about whisky, their lives or the places they live in.  Our podcast might be a bit geeky from time to time but whisky beginners will also find joy when listening to The Barrel Talk.

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Inside Lindores Abbey Distillery with Drew McKenzie Smith

Mar 22 2024 38 mins  
MCDXCIV – does that ring a bell? And no, it’s not a typo… It’s a Roman numeral and it stands for 1494, quite a pivotal year in the world of whisky and especially for the newly founded Lindores Abbey Distillery.1494 is the year in which, according to the Scottish Whisky Association, the earliest documented record of distilling in Scotland occurred in the Exchequer Rolls (the

Inside Aurora Spirit Distillery with Tor Petter Christensen

Nov 18 2023 54 mins  
10 centimetres of snow, a single track road and its end, a Viking-style longhouse, mystically lit by torches and overlooking a picturesque Norwegian fjord – wow! That’s what our arrival looked like when approaching Aurora Spirit Distillery - quite the way to arrive at a distillery…Okay, okay, you have to go there in late autumn or winter for the snow and the torches are well-

Inside Glen Scotia with Iain McAlister

Sep 30 2023 45 mins  
Campeltown – once the whisky capital of the world – has become a place of whisky pilgrimage more and more in the last years. Nonetheless, many people still disregard the Glen Scotia Distillery in favour of their bigger neighbour.However, we think that is a mistake! At Glen Scotia, Iain McAlister and his team produce a worldclass spirit and mature it to perfection. And apar

Inside Ardbeg with T.J. Littlejohn

Aug 26 2023 36 mins  
If you think of a whisky distillery in Scotland which stands for powerful and peaty whisky with a hint of sweet vanilla and citrus, which is extremely good at storytelling, very creative in bringing old myths to life to describe and sell their whiskies with worldclass marketing but which is also seen as quite polarising at times throughout the whisky community, which distillery nam

Inside Scapa Distillery with Mick Swanney

Jul 08 2023 37 mins  
Far up north, just off the northernmost point of the UK’s mainland, there are the Orkneys – islands shaped by the sea and extreme weather. And right up there, on these rough islands, there’s a distillery which is extremely beautifully situated and producing surprisingly smooth whisky. Of course, we are talking about Scapa Distillery overlooking the breathtaking Scapa flow.And

Inside Thompson Bros Distillers with Phil and Simon Thompson

May 26 2023 53 mins  
How do you produce whisky inefficiently on purpose and why would you want to do that? Well, we also wanted to know and asked Phil and Simon Thompson of Thompson Bros Distillers, Dornoch Castle Hotel and the relatively newly founded Dornoch Distillery.Despite their young age, Phil and Simon have had the chance to try some extraordinary whiskies from times long gone, dating back as f

Inside Irish Whiskey with Teeling, Powerscourt & Jameson

May 03 2023 48 mins  
Green rolling mountains, sleepy and bleating sheep, idyllic villages and vivid cities with wonderful people, vibrant traditional pubs with passionate folk music, delicious local food and, of course, a long and quite eventful history of producing whiskey…… Does that sound appealing to you? If yes, come join Miri on her trip to Ireland and experience the Emerald Isle with her!For

Inside Dewar's Aberfeldy with Gary Ross

Apr 16 2023 49 mins  
If we told you that there is a distillery in the Scottish Highlands, which is beautifully situated, easily accessible, has a very rich history, but which is still quite often overlooked, would you want to know more about it – especially if you knew that they promise you the “golden dram”?Well, we were certainly intrigued and once we visited for the first time, we couldn’t b

Inside The Dalmore with Mark Lancaster

Mar 23 2023 50 mins  
“If you can work in the stillhouse at Dalmore, you can work in any stillhouse in the world because it’s completely complicated” – doesn’t sound like the easiest of jobs, don’t you think? So let’s get to know the man who is responsible to make sure that every single drop of The Dalmore is, well, The Dalmore, despite the quite complicated process in the stillhouse. 

Inside Munich's Whisky Scene, Independent Bottling and Instagram with Davide Ansalone (@whisky_munich, @whiskyfacile) and Randolph Kunis (TARA Spirits)

Feb 12 2023 56 mins  
No Scots on this episode?! Not for me, you say? BUT WAIT!! This German-Italian whisky-bromance straight from our hometown Munich might indeed be a bit different but we can assure you that it still makes for a great listen.In this episode we talk to Davide Ansalone and Randolph Kunis.You might know Davide better as @whisky_munich on Instagram, since he is one of the most influential