Caskheads

The place? Japan. The year? Varies. The plot? Thickens like a fine custard. In case you haven't figured it out, we're talking about Japanese whisky today, including the development of the Suntory and Nikka companies along with a fine fellow called Masataka Taketsuru and his story, how is he involved in whisky? We'll tell you in this episode as we fly through historic events and review Nikka Coffey...

Something bottled but I'm not blue. It's our tenth episode! Only one of us could make it for this one and luckily it was the one with the knowledge, so we have a special guest, our dad! Here to talk about whisk(e)y and what he knows already. So sit back, relax and hear all about the Ardbeg distillery and their new release called 'Wee Beastie' along with a few tangents of once again teaching someon...

Have you heard of India? Well they do whisk(e)y, can you believe? We can! It's a tour of Paul John and Amrut while we share a microphone in this upbeat episode of facts about a wondrous world of something called six row barley if you can believe it! Even a tale of a secret underground bunker... Exciting, what will happen next? Only listening will find that out. For those who enjoy our caffeine add...

It's America part two, Electric Boogaloo. We're back later than ever about to hit you with some facts about a time called prohibition and you know what they say about prohibition - it happened! So let's dive in to the ocean of alcohol bans and a time long passed, about 100 years or so some might say (though only if they subscribe to the concept of time) and even more things, there's even a review...

As the famous saying goes, you need corn for corn whisky, rye for rye whisky and bourbon just needs the ingredients it has. That's right you guessed it we're in America now, or at least our whisky talk is, we've hopped a pond, we've landed somewhere new and we're unveiling the wonderful world of whisky somewhere new. Finally we review a sample of Sazerac Rye. For those who enjoy our caffeine addle...

Listen to this episode as ecological is pronounced differently every few times and Jordan tries to fiercely stay on task about Macmyra while Luke makes up some fun new ideas and then we review a whisky from the distillery Macmyra, Svensk Ek. For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a second podcast which is fictional (or is it?) named GNS where an infi...

It's Ireland again, that right the sequel, part two, an epic continuation - here we discuss Tullamore D.E.W. but more importantly add some rich (and fake) lore to the world of whisk(e)y, a hidden hero among the barrels, a tale of cask's long gone, a stable boy with an epic mullet? Who knows what's really covered in this episode of Caskheads.... We also mention blends and not just the frozen smooth...

Ireland? That's right we're there now, we hopped on the metaphorical plane with our little backpacks and a dream and we talk about whiskies, but not just any old whiskies, that's right, in a twist of events we've landed in Ireland and we're talking about their interesting world of whiskies and the history behind them. There's some names, some mentions of bottles but most of all, there's a little.....

In our third episode we wrap up our introduction to Scottish whiskies in general by talking about peated barley and how that process affects the final flavours of whiskies. I am not saying we are finished with Scotch all together but there are other styles of whiskies to look at and we're moving on to Irish next time (yes i know you've heard that before but trust me, I have a plan). Finally we rev...

In this our second episode - that's right it's a sequel - we look at the rules that make up the categories of Scotch (Single malt, single grain, blended malts, blended grains and blends). We then take a look at the whisky making regions of Scotland, before finally reviewing a sample of Edradour 12 year old. For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a se...

In this; our first episode I introduce my brother to the world of whiskies (maybe he's learning, maybe he's just thinking about milkshakes), covering the basic rules that make up some of the most popular whiskies and review Oban 14 year old at the end. Tune in next week for a special guest star of an albatross, or maybe just the usual. For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I sho...