Irish Whiskey...With an Oregon Accent!

Alex Chasko isn't your typical Irish Whiskey master distiller and
blender. For one, he isn't Irish. He grew up in Portland, Oregon
and found his way to Ireland by falling in love - not with Irish
Whiskey, but with the Irish-born woman who became his wife. Alex
started out at Cooley Distillery, and when the Teeling family
sold it at the end of 2011, he moved on with Jack and Stephen
Teeling to start the Teeling Whiskey Company in Dublin. Four
years after they fired up the stills for the first time in their
Newmarket Square distillery, Teeling Pot Still Whiskey is on the
market in Ireland and will soon be available in the United
States, while one of their 24-year-old single casks won the World
Whiskies Award for "Best Single Malt Whiskey" earlier this year.
Even though his last name isn't Teeling, he's become part of the
family...as you'll hear on WhiskyCast In-Depth. We'll also have
details on this week's record-shattering whisky auction in London
and the rest of the week's whisky news, along with some
distillery ghost stories to get you in the mood for Halloween!