Talking Whiskey with the British Bourbon Society (Episode 746: December 23, 2018)

One sign of the Bourbon boom worldwide can be found in Great
Britain, where the British Bourbon Society was founded in 2016 by
six whisky lovers. As 2018 comes to a close, the Society's
membership now stands at 2,000 and growing. We'll talk with two
of the founders, Ed Rosie and Andrew Watson, on WhiskyCast
In-Depth to find out why Bourbon and other American whiskies are
becoming so popular in Great Britain even as recent import
tariffs make them more expensive. In the news, Edrington has
found a buyer for its Glenturret Distillery in Scotland, while
Ian Macleod Distillers is waiting for final approval to start
construction work on the revival of Rosebank Distillery.
Ireland's national planning board has overruled local objections
to a planned maturation warehouse complex in County Westmeath,
and we'll hear from a U.S. cooperage owner who's not pleased with
the federal government's proposed definition for whisky
barrels.