An Edinburgh Distillery's Canadian Connection

Holyrood Distillery became Edinburgh's first malt whisky
distillery in nearly a century when it fired up the stills for
the first time last September, but to trace its origins, you'd
have to travel more than 4,000 miles across seven time zones to
Calgary, Alberta. That's where Holyrood co-founder Rob Carpenter
makes his home, and where he and his wife Kelly run the Canadian
chapter of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Rob Carpenter's
spending most of his time in Scotland these days, and that's
where we caught up with him for this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth.
In the news, a tentative budget agreement in Washington means no
government shutdown for federal liquor regulators, while another
agreement could lead to the end of China's tariffs on American
whiskies. That's 2 out of 3 for the industry, but in this case, 2
out of 3 could lead to a worst-case scenario for many small-scale
distillers unless Congress can agree this week to extend their
federal excise tax cut.