WhiskyCast Episode 136: March 16, 2008

In Part 2 of
our series on Irish Whiskeys, we'll hear from Bushmills master distiller Colum
Egan. Colum was under pressure to come up with a special whiskey to celebrate
the 400th anniversary of distilling in the area around Bushmills, and he met the
challenge with Bushmills 1608. We'll also look at Knappogue Castle and Clontarf
with Kelley Spillane of Castle Brands, who predicts a new distillery will be
built in Ireland in the next few years because of the worldwide demand for Irish
whiskey. In the news, Alastair's no Darling as far as whisky distillers are
concerned, someone pinches a rare malt from Gordon & MacPhail, and Harlen
Wheatley of Buffalo Trace is back from his laboratory lair with something
special.