Port of Leith Distillery Tour with Co-Founder Ian Stirling

When the opportunity came to record this episode at a working distillery with the co-founder, we jumped on the tram to Leith. Port of Leith Distillery sits on the Firth of Forth shoreline, just a short walk from the Ocean Terminal tram stop. The building doesn’t look like your typical distillery. Standing tall as part […]

Standing on Banff Harbour eating a sticky toffee pudding – Fragrant Drops Inchgower 14

Listeners of the podcast will know that we love a ‘wanky tasting note’. Our Indy Bottler Spotlights let our ‘live studio audience’ join in and share tasting notes on the drams we try. Fragrant Drops Indy Bottler Spotlight In our most recent Indy Bottler Spotlight, we were treated to the best tasting note we’ve heard […]

Crafting Character: Stephen Woodcock’s Adventures in the Whisky Industry

Good to be back! This was our first podcast recording of the year! Fresh from my adventures in India, we were rested and eager to return to Diggers for drams and recording. And what an episode to come back to! I’ll split this recording into two blog posts, as both guests deserve their own write-up. […]

Drag me to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society – Andrew Murphy

Just before Christmas, Angus and I headed out to meet Andrew Murphy at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society Queen Street venue in Edinburgh. I have been an on and off member of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) over the last 10 years. Full disclosure – At first I really didn’t get it. But since […]

Selling Whisky with HazeyDrams

Whisky Stories most downloaded episode At the time of writing this, Hazel’s episode is the most listened to of our full catalogue. Which I’m really chuffed about because it was only the third episode that we recorded. When Hazel came in to record, she was working as a Business Development Executive for William Grant & […]