Cask to Glass
de David Holmes
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A Rugged Spirit: Connal Mackenzie from Ardnamurchan Distillery
A Rugged Spirit: Connal Mackenzie from Ardnamurchan Distillery
À propos de ce podcast
How do you take your whisky?
Neat? Splash of water? Block of ice? Or even a mixer?
However you take it, join John Beattie, former Scotland rugby international and semi-retired BBC radio and TV news presenter, as he celebrates the heritage and flavour of Scotland's national drink and the world's favourite spirit.
Whether you call it whisky, whiskey, uisge beatha, aqua vitae, or the water of life... there's a story behind every dram; a craftsman behind every drop; an aroma with every nose; and a flavour in every sip.
This is the spirit of Scotland: distilled in a place; shared around the world.
What makes it so special? Why is it so loved? And who are the people that make it, and the aficionados who drink it?
Join John every Thursday as he explores the alchemy that takes place from cask to glass.
Slàinte!
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- A Rugged Spirit: Connal Mackenzie from Ardnamurchan Distillery · 32 min · Épisode 81What are the 3 whiskies you MUST try before you die? John speaks to Ardnamurchan Distillery’s Connal Mackenzie to uncover his ultimate bucket-list drams & explore Scotland’s wild…
- Continuity & Innovation: Marc Watson on Becoming Master Whisky Maker at Highland Park · 36 min · Épisode 80How do you take over an iconic whisky brand like Highland Park from a “Hall of Famer”, who’s shaped and directed its flavour and style of nearly 30 years? And how do you keep its…
- Bang for Buck Whiskies: 9 Value for Money Whiskies You Should be Drinking · 32 min · Épisode 79“Whiskies are made to be opened; to be enjoyed; and to be shared about,” insists Hamish Malcolm, aka The Dram Caddy, who provides whisky and golfing tours across the east and…
- The Science of the Cask: Master Distiller Billy Walker on What Makes Great Whisky · 35 min · Épisode 78Up to 70% of a whisky’s flavour comes from the wood. But what actually happens inside the barrel to create world-class whisky? Legendary Master Distiller Billy Walker unpacks the…
- The Tax Trap: Mark Kent on the "Unfair" Duty on Scotch Whisky · 30 min · Épisode 77Is Scotch Whisky "unfairly" taxed in the UK compared to other drinks? Yes, says Mark Kent, CEO of the Scotch Whisky Association. "72% of the cost of an average bottle of Scotch…
- Inside the Cooperage with Ray Prosser from Oakwood Cooperage · 26 min · Épisode 76"If you take away the cooper, you take away the cooperage, you take away the barrels, then you don't get whisky," says Ray Prosser, Sales & Operations Manager at Oakwood…
- Sun, Scotch & Coconut Water: Andre de Almeida on Cracking the Brazilian Whisky Market · 36 min · Épisode 75How do you take your whisky? On a Brazilian beach, with coconut water obviously. Or better still coconut water ice. In 2025 Brazil was the joint-fifth largest market for Scotch…
- On the Nose: Richard Paterson on 60 Years in the Whisky Industry · 34 min · Épisode 74Legendary master blender Richard Paterson OBE began his career in whisky on 5 September 1966. Sixty years on, he's still passionate about Scotland's national drink and the…
- GlenWyvis on the Brink: Why this community distillery could go bust without immediate investment · 34 min · Épisode 73Can a community-owned distillery survive the current whisky market? GlenWyvis Distillery, founded in 2015 with 4,000 community investors, began production in 2018. Now it needs…
- The Sleeping Giant: Tomatin's Jamie Muir reveals Scotch Whisky's best kept secrets · 29 min · Épisode 72“I really enjoy my whisky,” Jamie Muir says. He ought to. Raised on Jura, schooled on Islay and now Distillery Manager at Tomatin Distillery near Inverness, you’d say something…
- Indpendent Spirits: Fred & Cara Laing from Douglas Laing & Co. · 36 min · Épisode 71Go behind the scenes of Douglas Laing & Co. with Fred and Cara Laing as they share 75 years of whisky history, blending secrets, and a few drams along the way. As third and…
- Making Whisky Fun: Dawn Davies on the "Smoky Cokey" & Other Geeky Secrets · 31 min · Épisode 70Whisky should be fun, declares Dawn Davies, outgoing commercial buying director for global whisky retailer The Whisky Exchange. She wants to shatter many of the myths around…
- DrinkAbility: Nicola McRedmond & the State of the Whisky Job Market · 32 min · Épisode 69Ever wondered what it actually takes to break into the whisky industry? John sits down with recruitment specialist Nicola McRedmond, founder of DrinkAbility, to discover the…
- Let Us Dram You: Susan Morrison & the Scotch Whisky Experience · 30 min · Épisode 68Step into "Scotland's greatest story" and discover one of the 7 Wonders of the Scotch Whisky World - the Diageo Claive Vidiz Scotch Whisky Collection - curtesy of Susan Morrison…
- Liquid on Lips: How to Market Whisky with Nick Morgan · 34 min · Épisode 67How do you market whisky in the 21st century? Or as ex-Diageo marketing guru, Nick Morgan, puts it: How do you get "liquid on lips"? A Keeper of the Quaich and the 48th inductee…
- Mythical Beasts & Tangible Assets: Spiritfield's Ross Archer & Russell Spratley · 35 min · Épisode 66Is whisky ownership the ultimate tangible asset? In this episode of Cask to Glass, we go behind the scenes of the whisky industry with Russell Spratley and Ross Archer from…
- The Swallows' Tale: John Johnstone & the Spirit of Glenkinchie · 32 min · Épisode 65What does a 6,000-mile journey from Africa to a Scottish distillery have to do with a rare 30-year-old whisky? John Johnstone shares "The Swallows' Tale", a story of family…
- The Dram Queen: Ann Miller & the Demysification of Enjoying Whisky · 33 min · Épisode 64There are a lot of supposed "rules" when it comes to whisky. But for Ann Miller "rules are meant to be broken". AKA The Dram Queen, Ann's been demystifying the flavour and…
- The Art of the Dram: Tom Addy from the Fife Arms · 31 min · Épisode 63Would you pay £9,000 for a single nip of whisky? Today, we’re inside the legendary Fife Arms Hotel in Braemar, home to one of the world's most exclusive whisky libraries as John…
- Hebridean Spirit: Angus MacMillan from Benbecula Distillery · 23 min · Épisode 62“If you’re looking to get a quick return on your investment, you don’t do whisky,” chuckles Angus MacMillan founder of Benbecula Distillery. "You don’t do salmon farming either…
