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WhiskyCast Episode 622: January 1, 2017
WhiskyCast
English - January 01, 2017 04:10 - 50 minutes - 46.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 223 ratingsFood Arts Leisure bourbon ireland scotch whisky cocktails drinks irish kentucky scotland whiskey Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Blending is part art and part science, and unless you're drinking a single cask whisky, every dram you try has been tweaked by the nose of an experienced blender. Nancy Fraley describes herself as a "ghost blender," but it's fair to call her and other blending consultants "noses for hire" - working in the background to create whiskies for distillers large and small. Nancy's client list is shrouded in the secrecy of non-disclosure agreements, but she can talk about some of her work and shares some of her secrets with us on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, we'll look at a couple of whiskies raising serious money for charities, along with a new chapter of the Red Tape Follies. We'll also have some of your final drams of 2016 and the first drams of 2017 as we kick off a new year.