Honest to a Malt

Mike & Duncan evaluate  Tesco Whisky  online and in-store selections, recant a Lindores flight and the Bimber Santa's Edition 2023. Oh and Duncan is back on the sauce, much to Two Puds delight.  Thanks to  Tweet Tastings ,  Lindores Distillery  and  Bimber Distillery , Check out our  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  with #TumblerClub tees and ones featuring our favourite episode artwor...

We've made it to the big four 'O'! Mike & Duncan ponder what super powers would give them the edge in the world of whisky, and generally too, because you would if you could. It's still DryJanuary versus JanuMerry and the buying embargo is causing muchos problemo. Big thanks to Cliff @KingsofYearron for the bot related content in this episode! Give him a follow. Check out our ⁠⁠...

Mike & Duncan are joined by Ben (@whiskywithmolly) to chat about being noob dads, fitting in dramming and finding calm in the chaos. Dogs get less of a look in than expected and someone vetoed this episode being called 'Dogging, dadding and dramming' - which is s shame! Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with #TumblerClub tees and ones featuring our favourite episode artwo...

Mike and Duncan see what they can remember from the HTAM Christmas bash and recap the best bottles and bargains had in 2023. Is it even a party if it's just two people? Another embargo has got underway. It turns out Duncan is trying to do Dry January, while Mike is on JanuMerry, and the Twitter bots are getting drunk on folks whisky posts. Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with #Tu...

Mike and Duncan discuss what you need to do in order to get into whisky heaven, who might be guarding those pearly gates and they reveal their very own whisky sins. The chaps discuss their thoughts on some Glen Moray whisky live during the recording and Duncan gives Mike a quiz on the oldest Scottish whisky distilleries. Thanks to Steve Rush from Whisky Wire and Glen Moray for the samples. New blo...

Duncan relays the (new) annual trip up North to Kendal Whisky Festival to Mike, including the lovely people met, bottles tried and 'the dad and his mate in tow'. Mike & Duncan chat about opening your bottles before you get offed by a Toaster, or Hippo. Plus, what what's in our glasses and Mike revels in some first class high jinks with whisky scammers. Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Sh...

Mike and Duncan chat to Graham Coull , Master Distiller, at Dingle Distillery in Ireland. Join us as we chat internet polls, a love of condiments and of course whisky, and whiskey from both sides of the Irish sea. Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠ with #TumblerClub tees and ones featuring our favourite episode artwork. New whisky t-shirt designs being added regularly. You can also ⁠⁠buy us a...

Mike & Duncan chat about the top 10 most expensive whisky bottles ever sold at auction, shipwrecked bottles and ones found in folks' house walls in America. Plus, Mike catches up on the Cu Bocan 15 and (stupidly) calls out Michael Bisping - very daft according to Duncan (who has actually watched UFC). Duncan discusses Talisker X Parley Wilder Seas. Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠ w...

Mike & Duncan are fresh off a Torabhaig and Mossburn whisky tasting courtesy of Tweettastings . The guys recap their thoughts before getting stuck into a big topic - "Is possible to have categories in whisky that help people pick 'one they like' without having to know regions or distillery profiles?" We shall see. Check out our ⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠ with #TumblerClub tees a...

Mike & Duncan host Paul Main and Libby Barmby to see what's been in their glasses and up their ars*s. We have a chat and our lovely guests run us through their ideal pudding island trip. Plus in a new and spectacularly bizarre segment we attempt 'Blind Date Drams', where Mike fills in for Cilla! About our guests. Paul Main is a whisky tasting host and ambassador for Hunter Laing an...

Mike & Duncan get stuck into discussing brand merchandise and look at what items they love, things they don't need or want, and see what daft or possibly brilliant ideas they can muster up. Plus a listener poses a bold statement to mull over, Cliff has a (another) moan, and the guys discuss what's been in their glass and up their ars*s this week. Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠...

Do ghosts exist? Mike thinks so and he even has a story to back it up. Duncan, well, he needs some convincing. The guys sip a 30 year old Islay single malt from The Wine Society and have a guess at it's origins. Plus, movies that are actually scary for Halloween, explosive dad moments and how autumn is changing what we drink. Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠ with #TumblerClub tees and o...

*Warning* This bonus episode may contain fairly intense whisky discussion. Mike & Duncan do a rundown on the Online Scotch Whisky Awards reviewing the nine categories and picking out two favourites in each. This is ahead of the award ceremony on the 4 November 2023 which you can watch here . We will be watching! Note that voting is closed now. You can vote next year if you missed this one when...

Mike is on podcast paternity leave being a new dad and Ben (aka @whiskywithmolly ) has been drafted in to fill some big boots. Duncan & Ben rifle through whisky festival tips (and fails). Plus, the guys discuss 'top value' independent bottler picks, overly friendly barbers, rip off budget airlines and what's been in their glasses. Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠ with #Tumbl...

Mike & Duncan talk about the imminent arrival of someone more important than whisky & perform a 'science' experiment to see if spicy food affects their nosing or tasting experience. Two puds rants about Wales again and apparently his enjoyment of a korma, although maybe he said karma... it's hard to tell. It's possible he dips garlic naan in karma. Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T...

Yaas! Duncan & Mike have an actual bona fide leg end on the podski. Well known in the football and entertainment worlds, Paul Hawksbee is a daily host on Talksport and a comedy writer. The guys explore four simple elements to choosing whisky with Paul: cask type, age, abv and peat or no peat - all whilst sampling on topic drams and nattering away. Paul's pudding island dram album is Steve...

Mike & Duncan have been out out! Cutty Sark whisky celebrates turning 100 in style at the historic and iconic Cutty Sark tea clipper in Greenwich. The guys recant their nights japes and chat about Cutty Sark and Turntable blends. Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠ with #TumblerClub tees and ones featuring our favourite episode artwork. New whisky t-shirt designs being added regularly. You...

Mike & Duncan catch up after a horrendous 'laptop plugging in incident' rendered Mike as useful as a potato. He will never get those 10 days of his life back. Duncan talks whisky bargains and tries blind samples Mike sent him. The guys share two new listener stories and discuss how letting dice make decisions for you, doesn't mean you have to be a psycho. We reference the book The...

Mike & Duncan host special guest Michael Henry, Master Blender, of Glen Scotia , Loch Lomond and Littlemill to explore why grain is misunderstood, the perfect Irish whiskey flight and the get the inside goss on The Sassenach . Plus the usual daft antics and some garage rap.  Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠ with #TumblerClub tees and ones featuring our favourite episode artwork. New whi...

Mike and Duncan discuss the end of the World, which will obviously start on a Tuesday! From Molatov's to Macallan, sit back and listen whilst co-ordinating your own survival plan and deciding what on earth you will do about the booze you have hoarded. #TheCaskStrengthBoyz #DoomsdayPreppers #RacingSnake #TheProspectOfShitby Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠ with #TumblerClub tees and ones...

Duncan wants to talk about the calories in whisky (and booze in general). Mike isn't too sure he wants to. The concern is real - Christmas is looming and trouser sizes will need to go up unless something changes. Plus bona fide antenatal tips (erm), Mike's advice on baths (double erm) and a listeners smuggling story recanted. Oh and the usual what's been in our glasses. Mike raves abov...

Mike and Duncan host a Springbank therapy session (sort of) whilst sipping local barley (preach!). Discover why it's so dang hard to find bottles of the holy Springeth of Banketh. Plus the guys table alternatives for 'when you see the light'. And, something about coping with Keith. You can also read about Why Springbank is so hard to find on our blog. Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Sh...

Mike & Duncan kick off celebrity top trumps with Sam vs Jenson and thus, Sassenach vs Coachbuilt. Two blends and two gents. Actor vs driver. Celeb vs Celeb. Who will win this round and which whisky will come out top in our blind tasting? Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠ with #TumblerClub tees and ones featuring our favourite episode artwork. New whisky t-shirt designs being added regula...

Mike and Duncan take a trip to Pudding Island where we are stranded for one month. We can only choose one pudding, one whisky (or whiskey), one album and one person to pick us up! Duncan shares some tasting notes on a few Canmore whiskies, and is very fond of the Bunnahabhain 12yo sherry cask and Ardmore 10yo ex-bourbon 10 . Plus, a run down of the most ' popular whisky distilleries ' in t...

Mike & Duncan try to persuade each other of things in the whisky world that should be banished to room 101 forever! Will they succeed? Plus, Canmore single malt explored, a heart warming moment provided by Glen Scotia in blinddrams and folk that surprise charge people for drams round their house... What on earth is going on people? Check out our ⁠⁠⁠Whisky T-Shirt Shop⁠⁠⁠ with #TumblerClub tees...