Latest Single malt whisky Podcast Episodes
Episode 72: Olaf Meier
Whisky Talk - May 15, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsScotch Malt Whisky Society ambassador and Tasting Panel chairperson Olaf Meier is a fountain of knowledge, driven by a limitless number of whisky stories and a huge passion for the Society and the wider whisky world. Olaf now finds himself celebrating his 20th year representing the Society. Despi...
Episode 71: Scotch & Sherry
Whisky Talk - May 02, 2024 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this episode we’re going on a special journey across Spain, to tell the story of whisky and sherry and the wonderful synergy between the two worlds when it comes to sherry cask matured whisky. We travel to the oak forests of Galicia in the far northwest of Spain to take the creation of Spanish...
Episode 70: Paul John
Whisky Talk - April 17, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsRegular listeners will know that we are fortunate at The Scotch Malt Whisky Society to welcome representatives from distilleries, who visit us in our Members’ Rooms, share some special samples of their whiskies with our members, and give us their insights and knowledge about their distilleries. I...
Episode 69: Flavour Journey with Kami Newton
Whisky Talk - April 03, 2024 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this episode, we’re taking a deep dive into the flavour journey that takes place every time we uncork a bottle of whisky and then nose and taste it. It’s a process that the Tasting Panel at The Scotch Malt Whisky Society goes through with every sample that is presented for possible inclusion i...
Episode 68: Blair Athol
Whisky Talk - February 28, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe were fortunate to have a visit from two of the team from Blair Athol distillery to The Vaults in February, for a special tasting of four expressions of Blair Athol whisky, along with a sample of one of the Society’s own single cask offerings. Blair Athol distillery manager Derek Younie was joi...
Episode 67: Springbank
Whisky Talk - January 31, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn February, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society paid host to Melanie Stanger from Springbank distillery in Campbeltown, who visited our Members’ Room at The Vaults in Leith to tell us more about this legendary distillery and share a few special drams.
Episode 66: Pip's Prague Adventure
Whisky Talk - December 04, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe vintage Lagonda belonging to Society founder Pip Hills played an instrumental part in our whisky club’s foundation, carrying the first precious cargo of single casks from Speyside back to his Scotland Street home in Edinburgh to share with friends. In 1990, Pip Hills and his brother-in-law Di...
Episode 65: Matugga Rum
Whisky Talk - August 30, 2023 10:45 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsA taste of rum at a family gathering led husband-and-wife team Jacine and Paul Rutasikwa on the path to setting up their own distillery in the town of Livingston, near Edinburgh. Mads Schmoll paid a visit to uncover the fascinating story behind Matugga Rum and how it blends elements of African, C...
Episode 64: Val McDermid
Whisky Talk - August 25, 2023 11:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsCrime writer and whisky enthusiast Val has been a fan of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society since its early days, after receiving an educational journey across the whisky regions from a friend’s father who was something of an aficionado. Whisky Talk caught up with Val in an Edinburgh coffee shop to f...
Episode 63: Maverick - The Founder's Tale with Pip Hills
Whisky Talk - August 02, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe Scotch Malt Whisky Society is marking its 40th anniversary with an updated and revised edition of Pip Hills' memoir, "Maverick – The Founder’s Tale", which now includes the story of 'coming in from the cold' after leaving the whisky club in the 1990s. Pip tells Richard Goslan about reconnecti...
Episode 61: Denis Lesgourgues
Whisky Talk - May 31, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this episode of Whisky Talk the Society strays from the familiarity of Scotland's malt whisky to the south of France for an insight into the world of Armagnac. Denis Lesgourgues, a third-generation owner of armagnac house Château de Laubade, paid a recent visit to The Vaults to tell a packed ...
Episode 62: The sound of Glen Scotia
Whisky Talk - May 31, 2023 08:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsHow do you capture the sense of sound in a distillery and its location – and then incorporate that into a song? That’s what the team at Glen Scotia set out to do, with a whisky and music collaboration in its Campbeltown home. Whisky Talk caught up with the contributors to find out more.
Episode 60: Kythe Distillery
Whisky Talk - April 19, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWith so many new distilleries coming online across Scotland, it’s sometimes hard to keep track. But when Angus MacRaild dropped the news at the start of April about his plans for Kythe distillery, it felt like time to sit up and pay attention. Angus has teamed up with partners Jonny McMillan and ...
Episode 59: Craig Johnstone
Whisky Talk - April 05, 2023 08:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFrom East Lothian to Tasmania and back to Scotland, Craig Johnstone has worked across the whisky industry for the past 20 years. Today he works for Edrington as master blender for The Famous Grouse, a role he came to via a stint as a distillery tour guide, a distillery manager and a few years beh...
Episode 58: Falkirk Distillery
Whisky Talk - April 05, 2023 08:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsStray just a few moments from the M9 motorway between Glasgow and Edinburgh and you will discover Falkirk Distillery, a grand whitewashed building, complete with twin copper pagodas. Duncan Gorman sat down for a chat with co-founders George and Fiona Stewart, to discuss some of the bizarre obstac...
Episode 57: Richard Paterson
Whisky Talk - March 22, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOur guest on this edition needs little in the way of introduction to any whisky fan. Richard Paterson has been working in the whisky industry for the past 57 years, with more than half a century of his career spent with Whyte & Mackay Distillers. We were delighted to welcome Richard to the Societ...
Episode 56: SMWS Women
Whisky Talk - March 01, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWomen have been instrumental in making the Society what it is today. The three As of Anne Dana, Anne Griffiths and Annabel Meikle came from different backgrounds and hadn’t planned to have a career in whisky. But driven by a thirst for knowledge, an encouraging environment and an openness to new ...
Episode 55: Port of Leith
Whisky Talk - February 24, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsPort of Leith is Scotland's first vertical distillery, founded by Ian Stirling and Paddy Fletcher. Standing nine storeys tall, it’s just next door to the Royal Yacht Britannia and a stone's throw away from our spiritual home, The Vaults. As the distillery nears completion, the spirit of innovatio...
Episode 54: Malts & Music with Sam Heughan
Whisky Talk - February 01, 2023 13:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOutlander star and whisky fanatic Sam Heughan joins Vic Galloway in our latest episode of Whisky Talk Malts & Music. Sam discusses his passion for whisky, his appreciation of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society and his own plans for whisky and the wider spirits world. Tune in as Sam shares his thought...
Episode 53: Pip Hills and his whisky epiphany
Whisky Talk - January 03, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe origin of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society can be traced back to the founder, Pip Hills, visiting his friends at a farmhouse in deepest rural Aberdeenshire, where he first experienced single cask, cask strength whisky, served up from a lemonade bottle by a neighbouring farmer. Richard Goslan re...
Episode 52: Iain McAlister
Whisky Talk - December 26, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsGlen Scotia distillery is a favourite of Society members, and we were delighted in early December to welcome distillery manager and master distiller Iain McAlister to The Vaults in December to present a fantastic selection of cask samples, along with an SMWS bottling from distillery 93. Tune in t...
Episode 51: Brendan McCarron
Whisky Talk - December 26, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAt The Vaults recently, we welcomed Brendan McCarron, master distiller at Distell’s Bunnahabhain, Deanston and Tobermory distilleries. We recorded Brendan’s tasting, presented in full, with some strong language for good measure alongside strong whisky. Settle down for an illuminating insight into...
Episode 50: Malts & Music with Karine Polwart
Whisky Talk - November 10, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsKarine Polwart is one of Scotland’s most respected singer-songwriters. She sat down at The Vaults with Vic Galloway for our latest episode of Whisky Talk: Malts & Music, to find out about her passion for whisky and what songs our selection of Society drams conjured up in her mind. SMWS whiskies ...
Episode 49: Dr Bill Lumsden Part 2
Whisky Talk - October 27, 2022 07:15 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe name Dr Bill Lumsden doesn’t need much of an introduction in the whisky world – the head of distilling and whisky creation at Glenmorangie and Ardbeg has been a constant force of innovation and flavour development over the past 30 years or so. Members of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society were fo...
Episode 48: Dr Bill Lumsden Part 1
Whisky Talk - October 27, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe name Dr Bill Lumsden doesn’t need much of an introduction in the whisky world – the head of distilling and whisky creation at Glenmorangie and Ardbeg has been a constant force of innovation and flavour development over the past 30 years or so. Members of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society were fo...
Episode 47: Malts & Music with The Whisky Sisters
Whisky Talk - October 18, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsVic Galloway catches up with the Whisky Sisters – Inka Larissa and Jennifer Rose – in the latest episode of Whisky Talk: Malts & Music, to find out where their passion for whisky came from and what tunes their selection of Scotch Malt Whisky Society drams helped to inspire. SMWS whiskies tasted a...
Episode 46: Malts & Music with Doug Johnstone
Whisky Talk - September 07, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWriter Doug Johnstone shares four SMWS drams with DJ Vic Galloway in the latest episode of Whisky Talk: Malts & Music, with reflections on how his love of whisky inspired his novel Smokeheads and how these Society drams pair perfectly with music from Little Simz to Biffy Clyro. Whiskies tasted an...
Episode 45: Dave Broom and A Sense of Place
Whisky Talk - August 31, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWhisky writer Dave Broom has an endless curiosity and fascination for whisky, and in his latest book he has set out to explore the story of Scotland’s whisky history, the spirit’s importance within the country’s culture and the diverse landscapes that it comes from. In "A Sense of Place" he take...
Episode 44: Stuart MacPherson Master of Wood
Whisky Talk - August 30, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDepending on who you speak to, the cask that you put your whisky into to mature can contribute anything from 50 to more than 70 per cent of its final flavour. Whatever figure you land on, it plays a crucial role. One person who knows more about the impact of various forms of oak on whisky – and e...
Episode 43: Malts & Music with James Yorkston
Whisky Talk - August 11, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMusician, writer and whisky fan James Yorkston shares four SMWS drams with DJ Vic Galloway in the latest episode of Whisky Talk: Malts & Music, with an eclectic mix of music inspired by a wide range of Society whiskies. James and Vic reflect on their musical journeys, their passion for whisky and...
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