Whiskey on the Big Screen

from WhiskyCast Hosted by Mark Gillespie/CaskStrength Media

Documentary filmmaker Greg Swartz is back with his fourth whisky film. "West of Tradition" looks at the nascent American Single Malt movement through the story of Seattle's Westland Distillery. It's a followup to his previous films, which include "The Water of Life" and "Independent Spirits." We'll talk with Greg Swartz on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news…we have details on a shocking shakeup at True Story Whiskey and the Kentucky Castle Resort…fire strikes an historic Kentucky distillery…workers at Diageo's Cameronbridge Distillery are set to step up their ongoing strike, and we'll honor an Islay legend who passed away this week.

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