Banter Over Whisky

Happy World Whisk(e)y Day! What better way to celebrate world whisky day than to do a tour of 8 countries with a tasting from a distillery from each. Countries visited on this tour - Scotland, India, USA, New Zealand, Ireland, Japan, Canada and of course Australia with a couple of other honorable mentions. If you get a chance we hope you can sit and listen with a dram in a comfortable chair, but o...

This is our second Tasting Panel on the Banter Barrels where our panel go through a tasting on each of them and make a plan on what to do with them. So we have the same crew together for this Barrel, Leigh Attwood from Backwoods, Dean Druce from Corowa Distilling Co and John Carberry from Murray River Cooperage. This particular barrel we are loving how it is maturing and we cannot wait to share it...

Vic has his ear to the ground, or maybe his lips to the whisky, and through a whisky event was introduced to Thomson whisky out of Auckland. This was through Jimmy Shore from The Whisky List so Jimmy has come on the podcast to introduce us to Mat Thomson founder and distiller of these amazing liquid. Mat takes us through the back story and what a journey it has been for him and his wife Rach. Luck...

There's a little island off the North East tip of Tasmania call Flinders Island and that beautiful secluded island is home to an amazing Whisky Distillery called Furneaux Distillery. This episode we get to Talk to Tom Ambroz who is part owner and Head distiller there. It's an interesting story about how this all started and basically by chance how Tom got involved but it's a certainly...

David Vitale was kind enough to spend a fair chunk of time with us and record this episode. We get an idea of how David has really considered everything he does and the logic behind his decision making. Looking in it seems like Starward spend a lot of time outside the box, but at the end of the day everything is centred around his core principles for success, and make a lot of sense. If you get a...

So the cat's out of the bag!! the podcast crew have put down some barrels a couple of years back and this is the first of a series of episodes where we go through the barrels and make a plan on what to do with them. This Barrel is at Backwoods Distilling Co, and naturally we have Leigh Attwood from Backwoods with us on the panel. We also have John Carberry from Murray River Cooperage as he re-...

We like to check in with Whisky Pete every now and then because you just never know what he's up to. but thankfully he is back doing his Whisky master classes and other events and a few other things he is working on. We always have a good time when Pete is on and we are sure you will as well. If you get a chance we hope you can sit and listen with a dram in a comfortable chair, but of course y...

One of the hardest working people in the spirits industry Scott Christie joined us for a chat. We got to learn about his whisky journey and his career that started in retail liquor back in 1998. A number of Whiskey's were enjoyed and listening to the incredible experiences Scott has had you would be hard placed not to. If you get a chance we hope you can sit and listen with a dram in a comfortable...

Welcome to Season 4! we thought it best to start season 4 with an episode on 2024 in review. We each go through our favorite dram of the year and our favorite whisky event or experience. The ground rule being that the dram needs to be one that we have a bottle of, so not an incredibly old whisky we tried while at an old and rare event. Was a really difficult decision in the end as we have had some...

When we tasted this one we knew we had to get an episode out on it as this whisky is so bloody good. Eddie Joins us to talk through it and wow such an amazing whisky with Christmas vibes going on we completely recommend getting on and grabbing one as soon as you can. still available online at https://capebyrondistillery.com/collections/cape-byron-whisky/products/cape-byron-single-cask-series-tawny...

What is better than Christmas Drams with some banter thrown in? We had an opportunity to go through the Barrel and Batch Whisky Advent calendar and were lucky enough to be Joined by Ray Daniel, John Jarvis and Christina (Johns Landlord). There's a couple of insights a few whiskies and a lot of laughs. We hope you all have an amazing Christmas and look forward to catching up with you in 2025 with S...

Simon McGoram has been in and around the industry for some time, with an amazing career of various roles. Basically if he hasn't done it, it's not worth doing. We had a lot of fun chatting with Simon on his background and of course what he is doing now with Atom Brands. Let's be fair they are smashing it!! Naturally we taste a few whiskies and other spirits from Atom Brands. We think you would fin...

Luke Lawrence from Battery Point Distillery joins us 12 months and 25 episodes after his first appearance on the Podcast. Luke and the team at Battery Point have managed to get a lot done in that time and have some really cool plans in the wind. We think you would find this episode very interesting or at least entertaining We certainly did. We hope you can sit and listen with a dram in a comfortab...

One day in 2017 Tim Polmear asked his brother Rob: “If you could make whisky your way, using the best equipment in the perfect location, how would you do it?” That was the catalyst for Waubs Harbour Whisky. We asked the guys if they saw Waubs Harbour Whisky as Successful. Of course they were surprised by this question as they feel they have only just begun, but considering their original vision of...

This episode we are introducing a "new distillery" out of Tasmania, Edge of the World. Owner and Head Distiller Lee White joins us and fills us in on the journey so far, and was kind enough to send some samples for us to walk through, and also what is coming. Let me tell you this whisky is batting way above its average and we were blown away by with it. If you can, get on this stuff at https://www...

While we are talking about events, there is another one coming up in October that we are sure you will love. We have Shaun on from Supping Club to tell us all about Whisky Whisky coming up on the 19th October. The fourth annual event this is going from strength to strength, and this year is going to be a cracker. We had a lot of fun and are looking forward to Whisky Whisky 2024 and hope you can jo...

You would be hard going if you're in Australia and Drink whisky not to know that there are numerous whisky events to go to. a good portion of these are run by the Man in Purple Mr David Ligoff from the Whisky List, and in particular the driving force behind The Whisky Shows. We find out just what goes into running a whisky event like these and just how many there are. It's easy to be aware...

If your not moving forwards you're going backwards. This episode we chat with Paul McLeay from the Australian Distillers Association, the peak industry body for Australian craft distillers. The association looks to promote the industry in all forms by strengthening the community through education and training both internal and external, along with being the advocates for improvements to standa...

Highwayman Whisky the reprehensible Mr Dan Wooley! It's always fun when Day is on but this time it's different. For a start Dan doesn't swear.... who even is this guy I hear you ask? Well he is on to talk about the serious subject of Smoked meats and glorious whisky in a relaxed and friendly setting.. yep Winter Whisky Feast at Highwayman headquarters is back for it's third annual...

What a pleasure to sit down and chat with Paul Burnett from 23rd Street Distillery. 23rd street is not unknown to me but gee haven't they been flying under the radar. It was very refreshing to learn about the history and the achievements of this distillery with a massive range of products and what appears to be a focus on quality throughout the process. Naturally we were able to taste the whis...

And now for something completely different.. but kind of the same... a few weeks back the crew sat down with Deni Kay and chatted about Old Master Spirits. Deni is someone that has a lot of attention to detail and that comes out in his knowledge of spirits and what they are willing to put their brand to. We go on the journey with Deni and get the story on Old Master Spirits and all of this over a...

What an Episode! We were lucky enough to get time with Larry Emdur from Australian TV fame and Dean Druce from Corowa Distilling Co. to talk to us about their current release to hit the shelves right across Australia, The Ben Buckler! This whisky is down to earth and humble at 40% ABV just like Larry and Dean. However it really has an amazing back story and complex tasting profile that brings you...

G'day everyone and welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky. With some of the crew away working and holidaying we thought we should put out an episode “from the bag”. These are episodes that we do occasionally for this very reason. In this episode we talk about Rum and bourbon, and get some insights into some larger distilleries. Anyway we hope you can sit and listen with a dram in a comfo...

G'day everyone and welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky! We were lucky enough to sit down with Waiheke Whisky recently and get a run down on their story, their whisky and their plans. Mark Izzard is one of the founders and we really appreciated the opportunity to discuss the Distillery with him. He and his Partner Ro are deemed the dreamers of the venture, but they have already turned...

G'day everyone and welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky! Following Brad's trip to Japan back in February we thought it only fitting to do a session where we discussed whisky from the land of the rising sun. Vic, Adrian and Brad taste three different whiskies and give us their notes and of course we discuss the distilleries they are from. and Naturally we talk about the distille...