Irish Whiskey's Ups & Downs in 2018 (Episode 744: December 9, 2018)

Irish Whiskey continues to be one of the fastest-growing segments
of the whisky business around the world, but Ireland's
distilleries on both sides of the border have had their share of
ups and downs this year. Walsh Whiskey Company founder Bernard
Walsh is a former chairman of the Irish Whiskey Association, and
on WhiskyCast In-Depth, we'll talk with him about the boom in new
distilleries and challenges presented by Brexit and Ireland's
controversial new public health legislation. In the news, we'll
have details on another executive change in Scotland, while a
former consultant now finds herself running the distillery she
was hired to consult for. We'll also have details on a breakup
that will affect whisky festivals during 2019 in many major U.S.
cities, along with a court hearing that could send former Indian
whisky baron Vijay Mallya back home to face fraud and money
laundering charges. On Behind the Label, we'll find out what
happened when a whisky lover won a contest to help create this
year's Forty Creek Unity whisky, and we'll have tasting notes for
it, too!