Whisky Stories Podcast

Just before Christmas, Angus and Graeme headed along Queen Street in Edinburgh to meet Andrew Murphy who is the Venue Supervisor for the Queen Street bar but has also worked in the SMWS Vaults down in Leith and is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society and their whisky. Andrew also talks us through the importance of diversity within the whisky world, as a gay man,...

Happy New Year from the Whisky Stories Podcast! What a year it's been and there was no better way to end 2024 than to sit in the Dug Oot back room in the Athletic Arms sandwiched nicely between the bar and the gents toilets, drinking drams, having lots of laughs and looking back on the year. We had former guests Ali Baxter from Scotch Whisky Experience and Chuck Kerr in with us for this one and we...

We've probably all seen or heard about these online competitions where you can win a huge prize by just buying a ticket for a couple of pounds. But how do they actually work and are they real? We caught up with John and Scott Lang (they're not brothers, just pals) from The Collectors Club. Every week they give away thousands of pounds worth of whisky prizes to the people who enter their competitio...

In this episode we were underground with Simon Smith in The Lost Close in Edinburgh. This was the second time we've had Simon on the podcast to share his views, stories and wealth of knowledge on world whisky with us. Simon has such a passion and enthusiasm for whisky, it makes him so easy to chat to and listen to. He is running a pop-up bar in The Lost Close which has some incredible whisky to en...

For this episode we were underground in the deep and dark Diggers Whisky Vaults with Cameron Ewen - The Scotch Cam and Moa Reynolds - Swedish Whisky Girl to talk all about their new book that was released last month - The Balmoral Guide to Scotch Whisky. It was great to catch up with Cam again and we really enjoyed meeting Moa for the first time and hearing all about her journey from Sweden that l...

This was our fourth Indy Bottler Spotlight and we were back and packed into the Snug in the Athletic Arms once again. This was by far the busiest live event that we have done and it was great to see so many new faces coming along. Greg Urquhart knows how to deliver a tasting. I've now been to 4 tastings that he's hosted and each one has it's very own unique twist on it and this one was no exceptio...

We were back in the Athletic Arms with drams in front of us and Chuck Kerr back in to tell us more about his whisky travels around the world. We were also joined by Ant Crowther who is the bar manager at the Last Word whisky and cocktail bar in Edinburgh. We talked about whisky cocktails and heard how Angus likes to make his version of an Old Fashioned. Lots of drams, some great stories and plenty...

We were invited back to the Glasshouse in Edinburgh for a chat with Ken Langenfeld from the Kilchoman Distillery as part of the build up to the Glasshouse's Kilchoman December Malt of the Month. This was a great chat with someone who hasn't just fallen in love with Scottish Whisky, but also fallen in love with Scottish women. Ken Langenfeld is the UK and French Sales Manager for Kilchoman and spen...

Another 'whisky couple' joined us for this episode. Tom and Monique met while working in The Whisky Shop in Edinburgh. Tom from Australia and Monique from Canada both found themselves bonding over their new love of whisky and needing a job while they stayed in Edinburgh. Monique is still working in The Whisky Shop, but Tom is now working for Scotland's oldest Independent Bottler Cadenheads. Both o...

What a night we had recording this episode! The Thomson family goes so far back, it's hard for Finn to work out which great great great great Grandfather he's referring to. Finn didn't just bring some fantastic whisky with him for us to enjoy, he brought along loads of cool old bottles, decanters, sample bottles and pictures which highlight the history behind his family and the whisky industry. It...

This episode was all about sitting in the same room where it all began, drinking the same whisky we shared for episode one and looking back on what has been an incredible year for the Whisky Stories Podcast. Enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave Worthington has had some week travelling up to Scotland with a bag full of whisky and loads of people to see. Thankfully he had some time to pop into Diggers to have a chat and share some amazing drams with us from around the world. Dave is another whisky geek who has landed a dream job travelling, meeting people and talking about whisky. Atom Brands own Master of Malt as well as loads of oth...

This felt like a big moment for the podcast. We got a last minute call up to exhibit at the Edinburgh Whisky Festival at Murrayfield and jumped at the opportunity. We met so many people and chatted with former guests, friends of the pod and some of our amazing listeners. For more videos and content, keep an eye on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskyStoriesPod In this episode we c...

Chuck has become a well known trope on the podcast for his unique (wanky) tasting notes, his unknown whereabouts, and Big Cam having to tell him to call his mum through the podcast. But he's back in Edinburgh and who knows for how long. This was an incredible episode to record. His stories mixed with his whisky knowledge was great to listen to. I think this will be our longest episode so far, but...

Back by popular demand we had our second Indy Bottler Spotlight with Ola and Ryan from Tri Carragh. A great bunch of whisky fans squeezed into the snug in Diggers to listen to us and enjoy some amazing drams presented by Ola and Ryan from their Tri Carragh brand. And what a lineup it was! We were treated to some great whisky which has been so popular that it's now all sold out as well as award nom...

Paul didn't start his career in whisky as a Brand Ambassador until he'd retired from his first career in the police. Despite only working in whisky for the last 3 years, he's been a whisky geek since the early 90's and travelled around the countries visiting distilleries = long before Ross was just a twinkle in his fathers eye. Starting out as delivering small private tastings for friends and char...

One day Ben decided he wanted to work in whisky. And six years later, he is the Global Brand Ambassador for Annandale Distillery. Ben knows absolutely everything there is to know about the distillery having worked through the ranks as a tour guide. Annandale are a very unique distillery who have been producing since 2014. What makes them more different from the rest is that all of their releases a...

Justine went from teaching French in high school to delivering tastings, tours and co-founding the amazing Fife Whisky Festival. In this episode we talk about absolutely everything from the huge role Leith played in the Scotch Whisky Industry, the work Justine putting into her book on the infamous Pattison Brothers and how she came about co-founding the Fife Whisky Festival and all the amazing sto...

When we came up with the idea of doing a live podcast recording, we had no idea how it would work. When we came up with the concept of bringing in Independent Bottlers, we thought it would be something new and different to try. We were worried that it would descend into chaos and we weren't wrong. But what a great night we had at the Kilderkin with Woody and Megan from Woodrow's of Edinburgh takin...

If there's one episode Angus is going to be gutted to miss, it's this one. Jake Adcook didn't start his whisky journey until Covid hit, since then he's become one of a team of 3 who craft, create and blend whisky for Ian Macleod Distillers. And as Jake put it himself, he has the best job in the world. Sampling and tasing whisky every day must be a good way to make a living. Jake has some great cha...

This was a belter of an episode to record. This episode could have gone on and on and on with all the great whisky chat we had with Peter from Woven. Is there a better job than tasting and blending whisky to make unique and yummy flavours? That's what Peter does as one of the founders of Woven. Being able to craft flavours from a huge diverse range of whisky is a real skill and the whisky that Wov...

This was an epic episode to record. On Sunday, Angus, Vikki and I were treated to the final day of the Whisky Fringe Festival in Edinburgh thanks to our good friends Royal Mile Whiskies. We got early access to the venue and a chance to chat to exhibitors and some pod pals who were there enjoying the amazing whiskies on offer. We had so much fun and were out to the test by Duggie Liddle at the end...

Congratulations to Ross for marrying his new current wife over in the States today as this episode has been released. To celebrate the special occasion, Angus and I got together some of our previous guests to enjoy a dram or two and share some Ross Bar Whisky Stories. Enjoy... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Team Slanj aka Graeme and Serena don't do things by half measures. After getting into whisky, there's only one thing for it, to start your own whisky festival. And 5 years on from their first ever Clackmannanshire Whisky Festival, they are now running 2 each year - Clackmannanshire and Edinburgh Whisky Festival. To have the drive and courage to go all out and put together a festival takes a lot of...

Vikki has listened to every podcast episode and was even there when Graeme lost his whisky tasting host virginity. Having fallen in love with whisky and decided that she wanted to work in the industry, Vikki set out to learn as much as she could and is now Distillery Ambassador at the re-opened Rosebank Distillery in Falkirk. This was a great laugh and included a lot of Glengoyne White Oak chat as...