Silicon Valley's Single Malts

Silicon Valley is the technology center of the world, but Virag
Saksena has made the switch from mashing together code to mashing
barley. He's a former software engineer and Oracle executive who
founded San Jose's 10th Street Distillery in 2017 with his
partner, chemical engineer Vishal Nauri. They're exploring a
shared passion for single malt whiskies...especially peated
single malts, with the goal of creating a "great" California
single malt whisky. We'll meet Virag Saksena on this week's
WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, help  is getting closer
for the U.S. hospitality industry to cope with the economic
impact of the pandemic, while Scotch Whisky makers are hoping for
help from their government when the new budget is announced this
week. New Zealand's whisky makers are joining the rush to define
the terms for their whiskies, and the pandemic-delayed Canadian
Whisky Awards winners are celebrating.


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