Making Scotch Whisky the "Old-Style" Way
Show notes
Angus MacRaild and Jonny McMillan have tasted thousands of whiskies over the years, but both believe modern-day whiskies are lacking something compared to vintage malts. In their opinion, the desire to improve efficiency and yield at distilleries has taken something out of the equation: flavor. Rather than gripe about it, they decided to make their own "old-style" Scotch Whisky. It took 12 years to raise the money to build a distillery, but this summer, Kythe Distillery went into production. We'll talk with Angus and Jonny on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, Whisky Advocate publisher and editor Marvin Shanken has passed away at the age of 83. Scotch whisky industry leaders are not pleased with the latest budget from the UK government, and Diageo's cutbacks claim another victim.