Banter Over Whisky

G'day everyone and welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky! What can I say Carmen is an absolute gun when it comes to Whisk(e)y. As a Brand Ambassador for Brown Forman looking after American Whiskey it makes sense right? Well Carmen takes it to another level and is in fact a Master of Bourbon Candidate through the Council of Whisky Masters. Naturally we had to do a tasting of American...

G'day everyone and welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky! Special Releases "part 2" yes there were too many whiskies for one episode especially at cask strength! Last week we were Joined by Kate McGraw Diageo's Head of Trade Advocacy, and she took us through all of the whiskies and distilleries and while we tasted 3 of them we couldn't leave you hanging on the othe...

G'day everyone and welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky! Special Releases "part 1" yes there are too many whiskies for one episode. but thats okay we will have the next one out for you very soon. We are Joined by Kate McGraw Diageo's Head of Trade Advocacy. my goodness Kate knows whisky.. Kate lets us know about this years collection and we are lucky enough to do a tasting on three of...

G'day everyone and welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky! This episode is something special, and for two reasons.. First and foremost we have a very special guest from Cape Byron Distillery, Eddie Brook who takes us on a journey with the story of the distillery and let me tell you there are some incredible plot twists. Secondly this is very special as we found a whisky that Vic was...

G'day everyone and welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky! We are back in the groove (hopefully) Sorry we have been absent, a few of us have had life get in the way and as you probably know Adrian has been over in the States and Brad did a trip to Japan. So while we have been missing in action hopefully it means we have a little bit of content to discuss with you. Especially some drams i...

G'day everyone and welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky! As this episode is released Adrian is checking into a hotel in Dallas Texas in the USA. He is over in the land of the Brave for almost 6 weeks doing a tour, catching up with some long term friends and some listeners and of course Drinking some whisky. If you are keen watch his socials for where he is and where he is going nex...

G'day everyone, welcome to another Episode of Banter over Whisky. So this episode has been a long time coming, probably 54 episodes to be realistic, and our guest has been keen for it but the stars haven't aligned until now. we have none other than Tim Grant from Alba Wine and Spirits but famously also from Peated Perfection fame. Tim is a man who knows his whisky and if you don't know about it ye...

G'day everyone and welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky! So today we went back and did an old school What's in your glass. We were missing John, but we managed to discuss some pretty decent whisky. Vic brings out some Starward, Adrian has some Kilchoman and I have a couple of Glendronachs. something for everyone. Of course Vic puts some amazing whisky up for grabs so you will n...

G'day everyone, Welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky. This episode is all about Whisky festivals, and how they have come back strong in Australia after a couple of years of slowness due to the pandemic. we discuss our favorites and the pro's and cons of course but please let us know if we missed any and naturally let us know your favorites and why. Of course Vic cannot let a po...

G'day everyone and welcome to another episode of Banter over Whisky! Today we do something a little bit different...... But kind of the same.... So today we talk to Josh from Jericho Australia, the one stop shop for men's grooming products in Australia. Josh takes us through their massive product range and tells us all about the journey so far. We even have a code available for a great dis...

Welcome to Season 3! After Episode 50, We had a little break and re-gathered our thoughts. But we actually had a couple of Episodes in the bank (podcast code for misplaced) and this is one of them so sorry if there is any out of date info in there. we actually spent some time talking to John about his new role and finding out about the establishment that he works at now. it's a bit of an insig...

Hi all welcome to another Episode of Banter over Whisky. We are lucky to have not one, not two, not even three but FOUR guests on this episode. Ray Danbiel from Barrel and Batch joins us to talk through whats been going on for the number one Whisky Co-Op. We also have Andy Tsai and Andrew Logan from Brown Foreman who have been collaborating with Ray on some very exciting releases coming up. And la...

Hi all welcome to another episode of Banter. Recently we were approached by a regular listener with some feedback and we thought we could do worse than get them on the show. After all he is the current head distiller at an up and coming distillery in Hobart. We are talking about Luke Lawrence from Battery Point Distillery. Luke gives us a really good run down on his journey, the Distilleries journ...

This episode we took the opportunity to have a chat about Independent Bottlers. How are they defined? What’s the difference between an IB and barrel picks? Some of the well known ones, Australian ones. Of course we all have our favorites and we have a what’s in your glass. Of course this is probably best enjoyed in a comfy chair with a dram of your own, but short enough you could listen to it almo...

This episode we are chatting to one half of the team behind Winding Road Distilling, Mr Mark Awad. Unfortunately we were unable to get Camille on this time but hopefully next time. We got an opportunity to taste some of The amazing whisky that is coming out of this distillery and while I don't want to give too much away, It's outstanding spirit. Mark takes us through their journey and gives us a r...

A little while back we sat around and spoke about our favourite casks and just after that we recorded this episode about finish casks. Then life got in the way and well.. it’s been a minute. Our apologies. Hope you enjoy the discussion anyway. Of course this is probably best enjoyed in a comfy chair with a dram of your own, but short enough you could listen to it almost anywhere. Wherever you deci...

When you think of Australian Whisky icons, there is one that came first. The Godfather of Australian Whisky Bill Lark. A couple of the Banter crew were lucky enough to meet Bill out in the Western Wilds of Tasmania and see him enjoying his two favorite past times Whisky and fly fishing. Of course we managed to convince Bill that our little podcast was something he would enjoy and here it is. Hopef...

This week is a special one with Mr John Jarvis in the house. a long term friend of the podcast, he joins us once again to let us know about a virtual event coming up in May. if you haven't been a part of one of these before you re in for treat. they are always loads of fun with exceptional whisky to taste. We are lucky enough to have a code for you and you will receive free shipping. just drop the...

Lets talk our favorite maturation casks. Each of the crew take us through their favorite maturation casks and to be honest it's not that surprising, although just a little bit skewed for a couple. There is also an opporunity to win yourself a 100ml sample of a very special whisky from Vik, you just have to solve a riddle and let us know the answer. we will pick someone at random that answers corre...

This episode we welcome back an old Friend, Whisky Pete. We find out what's going on in his world and of course we drink some whisky.. Of course this is probably best enjoyed in a comfy chair with a dram of your own, but short enough you could listen to it almost anywhere. Wherever you decide to listen, we hope you enjoy the Banter over Whisky! If you have any feedback, ideas or questions for...

A what's in your glass with very different whiskies.... mostly.. John takes us through a Talisker Port Ruighe NAS, and seems pleasantly surprised at how much it has opened up in the bottle. Brad shares a Port Charlotte with Adrian and while it is always a crowd pleaser we find out it was Adrian's gateway into peat. Adrian has an indie Caol Ila that is significantly different to your standard Caol...

This week we pull out an episode that was recorded just before Christmas last year. We are joined by our special guest Matt Whisker AKA @whiskyuncovered on Instagram. there are some serious drams in this episode and we discuss them all. Matt takes us through his journey and especially through the special events that he does out of Sydney and even in some of the other Capital cities in Australia. W...

This episode Vic, John and Brad take us through a simple banter episode. John is drinkiing a local distillery to him, Bakery Hill and in particular it is a cask strength Peated. Vic mixes it up with a cocktail, but don't worry it contains a particular Tennessee whisky. And then Brad is drinking a Ben Riach 21, just to make sure we cover off three different countries. All cracking drinks and well w...

This episode we are joined by Dean Druce, the Managing Director at Corowa Distilling Co. Dean takes us through all things Corowa from the other ventures in the family and how they got into whisky. We hear about some of the special releases they have done including being selected to be one of only 2 distilleries for the late Queens Platinum Jubilee last year and something in the works involving Red...

This episode we do something a little bit different... but kind of the same. We were very keen to talk about the achievements of the Banter Podcast and thought theres no better way to do that then by having Past guests join us and talk it through. We have all the hosts on this episode, and joining us are Ray Daniels from Barrel and Batch, Crafty Field from Craft Works, Dean Druce from Corowa Disti...