New Science: How Charring Shapes the Whisky Inside a Cask

What the burnt inner surface of an oak barrel does to the whisky it holds

May 7 • Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

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April 2026

How Scotch whisky is made

The step-by-step process from field to cask

Apr 6 • Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

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March 2026

The Importance of Copper Contact in Whisky Production

How copper contact affects what ends up in your glass

Mar 23 • Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

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February 2026

An exploration in sherried whiskies

...and an impromtu distillery visit

Feb 4 • Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

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45:35

Peat tasting in Speyside: Talisker, Ardbeg, and Port Charlotte

...all with an expert whisky maker

Feb 3 • Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

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33:24

Follow me to Speyside...with an expert

A palate baseline tasting (and some special drams)

Feb 2 • Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

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48:04

It's time for a year of whisky

Get ready for more content

Feb 1 • Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

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November 2025

A day at the maltings

how barley is tested and prepared for distilleries

Nov 24, 2025 • Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

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How to start a whisky society

based on the long-running KGVMWS model

Nov 2, 2025 • Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

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October 2025

Guest Post: The Top 7 Whiskies of the Gilded Age

By Julie Montagu, Countess of Sandwich and a Gilded Age historian

Oct 23, 2025 • Julie Montagu and Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

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Book Excerpt: Our whisky stories

How Vic (a whisky legend) fell in love with the dram

Oct 19, 2025 • Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts

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The palette of peat (for your palate)

delicious decay for the glass

Oct 16, 2025 • Dr. Shelly Sayer Lorts