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Whisky Stories Podcast — 143 episodes

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Mark Thomson: Brand Advocacy, Industry Challenges and Honest Opinions

2

Julieann Fernandez: Becoming a Master Blender at 28 — Bunnahabhain, Deanston, Tobermory and Ledaig

3

Islay Debrief — Distillery Ratings, Listener Questions and What Whisky Would You Save If the Ferry Was Sinking?

4

Bunnahabhain with David Brodie - Stories and Drams at the Distillery

5

The Kilchoman Story - How to start a new distillery on Islay

6

Glenfiddich Malt Master: How Do You Make The Biggest Selling Single Malt In The World?

7

Mike McGinty: The Stories Behind Dewars and the Distilleries

8

What are the Scottish Whisky Awards?

9

60 Years of Tamnavulin with Whisky Maker Kirsty Hodge & Distillery Manager Trevor Milne

10

14 Years Selling Whisky - Lessons from working and managing The Whisky Shop

11

Scottish Story Telling - The Full Scottish Experience with Alex Thomson

12

How to Build an Independent Bottler Business - Lady of the Glen

13

Drams with Pals — Listener Questions, Favourite Guests & Dream Distillery Visits

14

Finn Thomson: 250 Years of Family Whisky History and the Art of Independent Bottling

15

Whisky Stories Live — Adelphi & Ardnamurchan Take Over Mother Superior

16

How Do You Blend the World's Best Selling Whisky? — Johnnie Walker Master Blender Dr Emma Walker

17

The creator of the Glencairn Glass - Raymond Davidson reinventing how we drink whisky

18

The Two Best Selling Single Malts in the UK: Andrew Lennie, Whyte & Mackay

19

The Most Important Ingredient in Whisky Nobody Talks About — David Hannah, Muntons Malt

20

Flora Outram: Old Pulteney, Scottish Prohibition and a Single Malt from Thailand

21

How did Ardnamurchan Distillery start?- Managing Director Alex Bruce

22

How to get whisky into America with Importer Howard Sacks

23

Blender - Bottler - Distiller Spotlight: Aberargie Inaugural Release

24

Glenfiddich, Balvenie and the Luxury Whisky Market — Tim Walker, William Grant & Sons

25

Greg Urquhart's Liquid CV, Blending and Dram Jam

26

Loch Lomond, Glen Scotia & Littlemill – With Shona Sips

27

Power Cut, The NEW Diggers, and Cartons of Whisky

28

Ten Days’ Notice, A Few Drams Later: Scotland’s World Cup Story in India

29

Fraser Morrison: From The Glenlivet Tour Guide to Whisky Life in India

30

Paul John Distillery: The Story of India’s Single Malt

31

The Whisky Drinkers Cycle & One Star Reviews with Cody Reynolds

32

2025 Wrapped: Top Drams of the Year (Official)

33

A Christmas Cracker - North British Distillery AND some BIG news for 2026!

34

Big Cam's Festive Drams

35

The creator of the Glencairn Glass - Raymond Davidson reinventing how we drink whisky

36

Dr Whisky Sam Simmons - Atom Brands, Master of Malt and Boutique-y Whisky

37

Whiskygasms, Edinburgh Pub Crawls and our USA Brand Ambassador Scott Moore

38

How to start a distillery - the Isle of Raasay Story

39

Whisky Stories Turns 2! -The BIG Birthday Bash

40

Whisky from the cask - In the Warehouse with Woodrow's of Edinburgh

41

Arthur Motley: Buying, selling and talking about whisky

42

Dougal Gordon: The William Grant & Great, Great, Great, Grandson's Story

43

The Sam Barbour Experience: The Whisky Stories Wrestling Federation - The Real McCoy

44

ONE HUNDRED EPISODES: Fighting bears with whisky, top drams and plans for the future

45

Indy Bottler Spotlight: Gordon & MacPhail - A wild night in Diggers

46

Dalmore, Darts & Dram Challenges: A Trip to the Lomond and Clyde Festival

47

Malt Masters at Glengoyne: Blending whisky with Jake Adcook

48

Hoose Drams with Mark Thomson: Glenfiddich Stories, Industry Trends & The Lost Key

49

Gordon Dundas: Glengoyne, Tamdhu, Rosebank, Laggan Bay and Una - Ft Jake Adcook

50

Whisky Debate: Fantasy Distilleries, coolest whisky and the return of Scapa 16

51

Whisky Maker: Distilling, Blending & Global Whisky with Craig Johnstone

52

Thompson Brothers Live: Indie Bottler Spotlight, Dornoch Whisky & The Mystery Malt

53

In the Warehouse with James Zorab - The Lowland Bond

54

Carl Crafts: Ardnamurchan, Indy Bottling & American Dreams!

55

Indian Whiskies, Japanese Drams & Whisky Wonders!

56

🥃 Gordon & MacPhail: From Grocers to Whisky Bottling Legends! 🥃

57

India's Whisky Revolution: Inside the Single Malt Amateur Club

58

From Johnnie Walker to Stauning & Starting Fresh – Ali Reynolds on Whisky, Branding & Bartending

59

Whisky Journeys, Global Drams & Magazine Life – with Christopher Coates

60

Whisky Chat, Listener Questions & Fish Supper Drams – Back in The Diggers Vaults

61

Whisky Bars, Feis Ile & Big Night Out Plans – with Sian Buchan & Jane Ross

62

Mike Brown Returns: Tamdhu, Glengoyne, Smokehead & Too Many Pre-Pod Drams

63

Our FIRST Distillery Spotlight - InchDairnie LIVE from Diggers

64

Drams, Fan Mail & Big News: Whisky Stories Unplugged in The Diggers Cellar

65

Careers in Scotch Whisky: Behind the Scenes at the Scotch Whisky Experience

66

Whisky Stories x InchDairnie Distillery: Exclusive First Look at Fife’s Hidden Whisky Powerhouse

67

Inside Bonnington Distillery: Nicole Leslie on Crabbie’s Whisky, Hidden Edinburgh Gems & Unusual Cask Maturation

68

Indy Bottler Spotlight LIVE from Leith with Pintail: Sweet Wine Casks & New Pubs

69

Global Whisky Adventures with Barley Baxter: Old Pulteney, Speyburn & Stories from Around the World

70

Full Access at Tomatin: Scotch from the Cask & Distillery Road Trip Games

71

Whisky Stories Grand Tour Dornoch Episode 2 - Dornoch Distillery and HUGE plans

72

Whisky Stories Grand Tour Dornoch Episode 1 - The Thompson Brothers

73

Opening the Case with Justine Hazelhurst - The story behind the infamous Pattison Brothers

74

HazeyDrams is back to talk about yummy whisky from Woven - Hazel MacLeod

75

Our FIRST Master Blender Iain Forteath and Brand Ambassador Cameron McPherson - Glencadam & Tom (Jones) in (a) Towel

76

Whisky from the cask in a bonded warehouse with Lady of the Glen - Gregor Hannah

77

Play your Distilleries Right - Missing guests, Tales from Japan and Higher or Lower

78

Acting like a barman with Curtis Moran - Guest Co-Hosts Fraser Souness and Chuck Kerr

79

Indy Bottler Spotlight - George and Rachel from Fragrant Drops

80

Our FIRST Distillery Tour - Ian Stirling Co-Founder of Port of Leith Distillery

81

Whisky tasting in the Arctic Circle and creating whisky - Stephen Woodcock and Les Mason

82

Drag me to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society with Andrew Murphy

83

Whisky Stories Podcast New Years Eve Party with Chuck Kerr and Ali Baxter

84

Collecting Whisky with The Collectors Club

85

Knock Three Times for a Dram - The Lost Close with Simon Smith

86

A Guide to Scotch Whisky with Scotch Cam and Moa Swedish Whisky Girl

87

Indy Bottlers Spotlight - Rare Find from Gleann Mor Spirits

88

Whisky Cocktails and The Last Word with Chuck Kerr and Ant Crowther

89

Kilchoman Ken - When's a new distillery not a new distillery?

90

Selling Drams - A true love story with Tom Whitham and Monique DePace

91

Indy Bottlers Spotlight No.3 - Finn Thomson Whisky

92

Episode 52 - What a year

93

A Taste of Malt - Atom Whisky Brand Ambassador Boutique-y Dave

94

The Edinburgh Whisky Festival 2024 - One year full circle

95

Around the world with Chuck Kerr - The long lost Chuck returns!

96

Indy Bottlers Spotlight - Ola and Ryan from Tri Carragh

97

Hunter Laing and Ardnahoe Brand Ambassador - Paul Main

98

Annandale Distillery - Global Brand Ambassador Ben Callow

99

Talking Parrots, Pub Pumas and Whisky Festivals - Justine Hazlehurst from Kask Whisky

100

Our FIRST Indy Bottler Spotlight with Woodrow's of Edinburgh

101

Jake Adcook has the best job in the world - Blending Assistant for Ian Macleod Distillers

102

Making Yummy Whisky - Peter Allison from Woven

103

The Whisky Fringe Edition - Loads of Drams and Podcast Pals

104

The Wedding Episode - Mr & Mrs Barr tie the knot and we celebrate from Diggers

105

Team Slanj - Edinburgh and Clackmannanshire Whisky Festival

106

Worm Tubs and Copper Contact at Rosebank - Vikki Wikki Elliott (Whisky Stories Superfan)

107

Blind Summit Whisky - James Zorab and Jamie Dawson Indy Bottlers on the side

108

Our What3Drams Lineup with Hamish Rankine

109

The Little Bear from Rome - Dario Orsili Top Bartender and why Glen Grant is so popular in Italy

110

Dramming and Drawing in the garden - Sketch & Scotch event at The Glasshouse, Edinburgh

111

GERMANY DRAMS - Peter Klas Scotia Spirits - A dram for every goal Scotland concede

112

Milan to Edinburgh with 300 bottles - Edoardo Candida on serving whisky the right way

113

The Brand Ambassador Doyen - Mark Thomson - 3 time winner of Whisky Ambassador of the Year

114

Inverness to the Cayman Islands - Charlie Hume from The Malt Room

115

Whisky and Cigars with Hector Maclean - Jeffrey St Whisky and Tobacco

116

The Isle of Harris Hearach - Blair Sterrick talks all about selling and marketing whisky

117

The Jolly Topper - Mark Davidson talking tastings and selling whisky

118

Bottling, Blending and Distilling - Thomas Cuthbert from Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers

119

Uno Mas - One More Whisky Couple with Sian & Jody Buchan

120

'I've just come down From the Isle of Skye' - The Dramdabbler Stewart Dick - Global Brand Ambassador for Mossburn Distillers & Torabhaig

121

5,000 to 1 Grant's Whisky Global Brand Ambassador - Danny Dyer

122

It's all about the experience with Glenturret's Alex Thomson

123

The Whisky Youth Development System (+18) - Alistair Baxter from the Scotch Whisky Experience

124

The Scotch Cam - Cameron Ewen - A giant in the world of Scotch Whisky

125

Royal Mile Whiskies Trade Sales Manager - Duggie Liddle

126

New Pub - Podcast landlord Kev invited us to his pub in Edinburgh - The Kilderkin

127

Holyrood Distillery Senior Distiller Conor O'Keeffe - From drinking it to making it

128

The Lost Episode Take 2 - Mike Brown was BACK in to join us and talk all things Glengoyne, Tamdhu, Smokehead and Rosebank

129

Whisky Couple's Counselling - George and Rachel from Fragrant Drops Independent Bottlers

130

First Distillery Visit - Eden Mill - Exciting new plans in St Andrews for the 'new' distillery

131

Indy Bottlers Woodrow's of Edinburgh - Woody and Megan join us for blending, bottling and investing chat

132

Burns Night with Whisky and Cynicism | Simon Smith - Whisky Events, Training and Consultancy

133

The Auld Pals Episode - Fraser Souness joins us to enjoy some drams and just being 'auld pals'

134

Whiskies From Around the World - Jody Buchan talks us through changing perceptions of non-Scotch Whisky

135

Distillery Director - Meeghan Murdoch | Director at GlenWyvis Distillery and SagasuDrinks

136

Happy New Year BONUS Episode | The Distillers' Fair at The Scotch Whisky Experience

137

Whisky Guru - Colin Hinds | Scottish Whisky Bar of the Year and Whisky Guru of the Year 2023

138

Making whisky with Greg Urquhart | Gleann Mor Spirits Spirits Manager talks indy bottling, managing casks and blending whisky

139

Brand Ambassador Cody Reynolds | "Liquid to Lips" - Glencadam and Tomintoul Brand Ambassador

140

Over 20 Years in the Industry | Jan Damen - Former SMWS Director and General Manager of The Single Cask

141

Selling Whisky with HazeyDrams | William Grant & Sons Hazel Macleod joined us to talk all about selling whisky to trade

142

The Pub Landlord Episode |One of Edinburgh's largest open whisky collections - over 700 bottles in The Athletic Arms 'Diggers'

143

Whisky Stories - The First Episode!! | Graeme Kilgour, Ross Barr and Angus Shepherd in the pub