Westland distillery have outdone themselves once again and this time it's all in celebration of you. Know your truth. Know you're truth. Know you are a celebrity and worthy of your very own whisky: Celebrious . So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - Moana McAuliffe for...
Apr 02, 2019•39 min•Ep. 59
That's not a whisky, THIS is a whisky! Oh, sorry there. We really got into the whole Australian frame of mind via the lens of 80's icon Paul Hogan of Crocodile Dundee. Today, however, we're discussing craft whisky production in Australian with one of that nation's newest distillers: Leigh Attwood, owner and distiller at Backwoods Distilling Company , Yakandanda, Australia. Leigh was a joy to speak with. Let's hope he had as much fun talking with Joshua and Jason as they had talking (and learning...
Mar 27, 2019•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 58
Until now, Joshua and Jason haven't made a peep about Irish Whiskey. I mean, seriously, they're only NOW bringing it up in the 3rd season?? Well, maybe they just needed the right person to talk to. Enter: Jennifer Nickerson of Tipperary Boutique Selection. Jennifer, her husband Liam, and her father Stuart have launched the Tipperary brand out of Ireland. Let's hear what it's now like to build a distillery in Ireland, too! So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're drivi...
Mar 13, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 57
Guess who's back, back again, James Wills is back, listen in! It's so lovely to have James Wills of Kilchoman back on our podcast. This time around James discusses the expansion of Kilchoman distillery, cracks many jokes, and even raps for us all a little bit. The entire conversation was recorded during a drive that he and Joshua took while in Massachusetts back in October, 2018. You're not going to want miss this episode! So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driv...
Feb 27, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 56
Now in its second year, so it's got to be a tradition now, Joshua and Jason host the annual Mailbag episode. This is also the 2nd season finale. Enjoy, enjoy, and get ready for Season 3! It's going to be a hell of a year and Joshua and Jason are going to cast so many pods you won't know what to do! So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down fo...
Feb 13, 2019•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 55
Another super whisky-geeky episode! This time around Jason visits with Vienna Barger and Susan Sigmon of Southern Distilling Company in Statesville, North Carolina. Vienna, co-owner of the distillery, schools us on the history of distilling in North Carolina (as well as the birth of bourbon in that fair state) and discusses what it means to be a contract distillery (as well as distilling their own products), and the TTB! If that weren't enough, Susan shares her insanely in-depth knowledge of gra...
Jan 30, 2019•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 54
What do two whisky guys do while in Jerez Spain sourcing sherry casks? They visit some sherry producers, that's what! Listen in as Joshua and Jason discuss and learn about sherry from the wonderful Juan Mateos of Bodegas Lustau ! So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - ...
Jan 16, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 53
A subject not yet broached here on One Nation Under Whisky -- Japanese whisky. Joshua has a nice 3am sit down with Chichibu distillery's very own Yumi Yoshikawa for a discussion regarding the growth of Japanese whisky via Single Malt, Pure Malt, Blends, and Rice whisky. So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their so...
Jan 02, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 52
Another year behind us and, boy, what a year it's been!! On todays' episode we discuss our favorite whiskies of the year (one SCN, one non-SCN, and one wild card). We discuss our favorite episodes. We discuss all that's surprised us in the year and hint, too, as to what is in store for 2019 (hint: there's A LOT in store for 2019). So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! S...
Dec 19, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 51
Joshua and Jason have finally discovered why they run a podcast -- to meet and talk to super cool people like Ardbeg's very own Distiller Manager, Mickey Heads! What's more is their good friend, Gene Charness, owner of Chicago's Warehouse Liquors, not only hosted the live podcast at his shop but joined in on the conversation, too. So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! S...
Dec 05, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 50
Joshua and Jason have been running Whisky Jewbilee across 3 major US cities for the past 7 years. Listen in as the boys do a post mortem of the 2018 Chicago event, reminisce about the good times and bad times over the past 7 years, and share the news of the event itself being mothballed for the foreseeable future. Gosh, that sounds more depressing than it actually is because the reasons for mothballing the event are positive, to be sure. Also, we promise there is some laughter to be had througho...
Nov 21, 2018•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 49
It seems every time we visit with a Seattle distillery we get into the geekiest of conversations. The result from our last trip to Seattle proves this statement -- Get ready for a deep dive into brewing, distilling, and whisky maturation Copperworks Distilling company's very own Co-Founder and President, Jason Parker. So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks...
Nov 07, 2018•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 48
Sam Simmons, having been the Global Brand Ambassador for The Balvenie for close to 10 years, has easily one of the most recognizable faces in the world of whisky. Having given up that position to start a new whisky life with Atom Brands as their Head of Whisky (now, that's a job title, nu?), Sam finds himself with a bit of a challenge on his hands -- a challenge he's up to taking head on. Listen in as Joshua asked Sam the hard questions, we mean, listen in as Joshua has a hard time asking Sam qu...
Oct 24, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 47
When you've got the chance to interview the inimitable Billy Abbott from The Whisky Exchange fame you jump at it! That is of course if unless you're Joshua Hatton then you miss the opportunity altogether but revive that chance a year late. Now in his 2nd year of drinking at Maltstock with Billy Abbott, Joshua has made sure to carve time out to get Billy on wax to talk about what got him (Billy) into whisky, selecting casks for The Whisky Exchange (blindly), issues with shipping to the US and oth...
Oct 10, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 46
There are a handful of people whom Joshua and Jason file into the "whisky god" column; these men and women of such great whisky renown that their faces and names are unavoidable. The great Charlie MacLean falls into this category and Alex Bruce is surely inching his way into this category, too. The boys discuss what the individual spark was that got Charlie & Alex into the whisky industry. Also discussed are the histories of Adelphi Selections and Ardnamurchan Distillery. No episode is compl...
Sep 26, 2018•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 45
Penderyn distillery, located in the great country of Wales, has been producing single malts since 1999. The brand has relaunched in the US and the boys have a sit down with Jon Tregenna and Rob Weller of the distillery to get an understanding of what Penderyn is producing and how they're doing it all. From unique stills to an all-female distilling and blending team, Penderyn is making whisky unlike any other in the wide world of distilling, and damn are they doing a great job of it! So, as usual...
Sep 12, 2018•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 44
Joshua and Jason have been to the Wild Turkey distillery four times now. Each time the two were there they got to spend time with the inimitable Eddie Russell, son of the one and only Jimmy Russell, and father to today's guest, Bruce Russell. While taking Joshua and Jason through Warehouse A to pick some casks for Single Cask Nation (and casks they do pick! two of them to be specific), Bruce talks to the boys about his family (and not just his dad and granddad), learning to write tasting notes w...
Aug 29, 2018•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 43
It's not every day you get to sit down with a master distiller, especially not the master distiller of the legendary Four Roses distillery. While with Brent Elliott, Joshua and Jason are sure to discuss the nitty gritty of what goes in to making Four Roses taste like Four Roses; mashbills, yeast, fermentation, distillation, maturation, and, of course, Karaoke. So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to l...
Aug 15, 2018•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 42
Rye whisky has made, and continues to make, a huge come back in the US. One of America's first spirits, rye whisky is made throughout the country. Few, however, produce a 100% rye whisky, and that's where Catoctin Creek comes in. Listen in as Becky and Scott Harris discuss their processes, the wood experiments (that sounds naughty), and as they talk, too, about the ongoing tariffs and trade war that may or may not affect, not just American whisk(e)y sales into the EU (a burgeoning business for m...
Aug 01, 2018•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 41
Our second live podcast recording! This time around we're in New York City at the 7th annual Whisky Jewbilee. The boys, in front of an audience of 40 people, have a conversation with Justin Fornal and Chad Anderson (two of the three swimmers of The Great Islay Swim), and Simon Brooking (remember him from Season 2, Episode 7 ?) of Beam Suntory. The topic? Well, if you must know, The Great Islay Swim and the bottling Single Cask Nation is releasing to commemorate the swim! So, as usual, have a sea...
Jul 18, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 40
It's amazing to think that Joshua and Jason, being so far along in this podcasting journey, have not done much to broach the subject of blending. Well, all that changes as of today, good listener! The boys have a fun mobile studio recording event with the one and only Ollie Chilton of Elixir Distillers. (Yes, they interviewed Ollie while driving. No, it wasn't very smart.) Together the boys tackle the subject of blending as well as what it takes to open a new distillery on Islay, something which...
Jul 04, 2018•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 39
Look at us surviving yet another, our 7th annual, Whisky Jewbilee NYC! What better way to put the event behind us than to discuss it here on One Nation Under Whisky ? Not sure that's how it all works but we had fun rehashing the events of the evening. Add to this is that full and final details on the Single Cask Nation / Hello From the Magic Tavern "Stones of Stenness" whisky collaboration are revealed. You will not want to miss this episode! So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in...
Jun 20, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 38
It may be fair to say that Joshua and Jason know their way around whisky be it Scotch, American, or otherwise. When it comes to mezcal, well, it's no secret that they, like many people, could use a primer, a 101, if you will, in agave spirits. Joshua flew down to Oaxaca to meet with Arik Torren of Fidencio spirits and Enrique Jiménez of Del Amigo distillery to learn from the masters. So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and sta...
Jun 06, 2018•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 37
There are a handful of people in the whisky world that not only become the face of brand(s) they represent but become the face of the industry as a whole. Simon Brooking is one of these good people. When it comes to his own brands; Ardmore, Auchentoshen, Bowmore, Glen Garioch, and Laphroaig, well, one can not think of the brand without Simon's face coming to their mind. For us, we can't think of the whisky industry without Simon being a part of that mental picture. We had a great conversation wi...
May 23, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 36
It's not often one of your comedy heroes agrees to be interviewed. It's also a rare thing that he and his cohorts ( Arnie Niekamp , aka Arnie Niekamp & Matt Young , aka Usidore the Blue ) would be willing to agree to a collaborative bottling! Listen in as Joshua and Jason talk comedy and whisky with the one and only Adal Rifai (aka Chuntttttt the talking badger/shape-shifter) from the one and only Hello From The Magic Tavern podcast. Also revealed are the details of our collaborative bottlin...
May 09, 2018•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 35
Sometimes you get so caught up in work and in life that you forget how long it's been since you've had a nice talk with your best friend. Today, Joshua and Jason sit down to catch up a bit and have a wee whisky talk. The hosts also read some emails and deliver some fun news to you, the listener. So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for a...
Apr 25, 2018•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 34
Seriously, it doesn't get much geekier than this. Listen in as Joshua and Jason discuss the art and science behind fermenting/brewing, distilling, wine making, casks, the importance of water, beer terroir, and hyper terroir as it pertains to grapes, peat, water, oak, and also, barley. And to think, all of this was done in front of a live audience at Westland distillery! The players: Matt Hofmann, Westland Distillery Matt "Skinny" Roberts, Black Raven Brewing Nick Heppenstall, Odin Brewing Steve ...
Apr 11, 2018•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 33
Sportdram! Red Slap, Green Grip, and Blue Buzz: the latest "gotcha" from Seattle's own Westland Distillery. Listen in as Joshua and Jason have a sit down with Matt Hofmann and Steve Hawley of Westland (and their good friend SwedeScot) to discuss 2018's April Fools joke! So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their so...
Apr 02, 2018•25 min•Ep. 32
Yet another Whisky Jewbilee festival under our belts! This time around it's our 3rd anniversary event in Seattle. In addition to interviewing key folks from San Diego Distillery and The Glenlivet, Jason and Joshua do a post mortem on the event and reveal some great news items! So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use t...
Mar 28, 2018•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 31
Season 2, Episode 2... perhaps our whisky-geekiest episode yet! Joshua and Jason sat down for a little over an hour with David Stirk to talk about (the evils of) caramel coloring, selecting casks, the potential for a whisky bust, and even a few good dick jokes. Stirk also goes into detail as to how casks get into the blending and brokering system. Laughter and geeky conversation was had. We trust you'll enjoy this conversation as much as Joshua and Jason did. So, as usual, have a seat, have a po...
Mar 14, 2018•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 30
