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An entertaining and informative Scotch whisky show from Ian Macleod Distillers featuring Gordon Dundas, International Brand Ambassador and Gordon Dallas, Experiential Ambassador. Whisky Unscripted is an approachable podcast for all, not just the whisky aficionados. Never taking itself too seriously, but offering an insider’s guide to the whisky industry via their ownership of the Glengoyne, Tamdhu and Rosebank distilleries with their accompanying brands of Smokehead, Sheep Dip, and Pigs Nose ...
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It’s a Rosebank Special and we are live at the opening night event featuring Managing Director and owner of Ian Macleod Distillers, Leonard Russell, Head of International Business Development Tom Russell, Gordon Dundas, and Distillery Manager Malcolm Rennie with a host of local Distillery Ambassadors giving us their take on the rebirth of this icon…
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The 2 Gordon's welcome you to Dalbeallie station in the heart of the Tamdhu Distillery for a behind the scenes look at the SOSF 2024. Chairman of the Festival, George McNeil gives the podcast an exclusive interview from The Macallan who, celebrating their 200th anniversary were the official hosts of this years festival, themselves celebrating 25 ye…
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The 2 Gordons welcome Ian Palmer of Inchdairnie, referenced in the last podcast. Ian talks about the wording on Scotch whisky labels and talks about his own journey in establishing this wonderful Fife distillery. Roland Grain is the man behind Ardgowan distillery in Inverkip who also hosted the Potstill Masterclass Festival in Vienna where Gordon D…
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This episode is released on International Women’s Day 2024 and the 2 Gordon’s celebrate with interviews with Juliette Buchan of Glenallachie and Emma Anderson, Editor-in-Chief at Allt om Whisky, Sweden’s premier whisky magazine. The Gordons look at whether it is within the rules to put a geographical region on a Scotch whisky label that is not one …
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The 2 Gordons start a New Year with a new series bringing interviews from a very snowy Baden in Switzerland which would have made a wonderful Christmas Special – all will be explained. Then it’s off to the capital of Scotland to visit Edinburgh’s newest whisky visitor attraction at the Scottish Whisky Experience and hear from the Chief Executive Su…
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The 2 Gordon’s welcome scientist turned author, Mike Billet who has spent more than 20 years working and researching as a peatland scientist. He gives a fascinating insight into his highly acclaimed new book which Charles Maclean is quoted on the front cover as saying, “I believe this to be amongst the most important books about whisky ever written…
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Hold on to your hats! This is a specially extended installment of Whisky Unscripted and has what you might call a world exclusive as we were the only podcast at Whiskey on the Rocks drinks spectacular at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas. We hear from the Rabbit Hole Distillery, The Oregon Spirit Distillers, Cody Van Dussen of Total Wine and More and so…
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Join us for another Whisky Unscripted podcast hosted by the dynamic duo, the two Gordons! In this episode, we take you on a journey through the Kirsch House Fair in Bremen, where we've got a lineup of fascinating interviews lined up for you. Our guests include none other than the event's organizer and proprietor, Christoph Kirsch. We'll also be cha…
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It's a bumper (which means longer than usual) episode featuring 'The Water of Life' director, Greg Swartz in conversation with roving reporter Mike Brown. The 2 Gordon's are at Clydeside Distillery in Glasgow chatting to Alistair McDonald ex-Auchentoshan manager now Clydeside Distillery manager before heading back to the studio to cover a whole ran…
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In this episode Gordon Dundas is off to China and talks about this emerging market and the latest whisky news. Independent bottling features throughout this episode and is just one of the topics Kenny McDonald of Dram Mor group talks about in a fascinating interview conducted at Cameron House on the banks of Loch Lomond. This butcher turned ambassa…
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There has been a bit of a gap between episodes, but the 2 Gordons are back with the usual mix of whisky chat and challenges. Gordon Dundas leads a tribute to the late Paul McDonagh of The Bon Accord while Mike Brown of IMD takes us through some summer whisky cocktails. There's a new Hashtag challenge, with the regular feature You Have Reached Your …
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The 2 Gordons welcome you as always to a mix of whisky fun, fact, and features. Their irregular section entitled, An Insider’s Guide this week stars John McElwee who has been taking tourists around Scotland for over 25 years and now specializes in whisky tourism. The best distillery tours, the most interesting spots to drink a dram and his favourit…
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It’s The 2023 Spirit of Speyside Festival and the 2 Gordons bring you a very special podcast from the heart of the action from The Opening Gala Dinner via Tamdhu to The Friday Night Ceilidh. George McNeil the Festival chairman joins us for a chat to discuss the success and impact of the festival on the wider community. Dean Jode, Head of Whisky Cre…
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We are on the High Seas with this episode featuring interviews from the Cinderella Ferry Travel Retail Whisky Festival ft Brown Forman's Global Brand Ambassador Stewart Buchanan, Dougal Barr of Douglas Laing, Graeme Mackay of Adelphi and Ardnamurchan, Juhis Virkola of Finnwhisky and the Sundsvalle Whisky Club, Sweden's oldest whisky society. Gordon…
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The 2 Gordons pay tribute to Ian Macleod’s former Managing Director Peter Russell. George McNeil, Chairman of The Spirit of Speyside Festival gives us the low down on tickets sold as well as the preparations ahead for this year’s festival while Jason McCabe, Head Stillman at Rosebank Distillery gives us an exclusive update on progress of this legen…
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The 2 Gordons celebrate the first show of January 2023 by speaking to whisky fan and Olympic Silver Medalist, Luke Patience who as a world class sailor only wants to see rocks in his Scotch! They speak to Cody Reynolds of Angus Dundee at the Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh during the legendary Distillers Fair. There’s a look at whisky anniver…
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It’s Part 2 of our travel special which starts with the 2 Gordon’s bringing their top Whisky Ambassadorial Travel Tips! We visit The Athens Bar Show and speak to whisky expert and lecturer at the University of West Attica Dr George Papadogoulas ahead of his masterclass on terroir. It’s then off to Budapest to speak to Gergely Racz of the Budapest W…
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The 2 Gordon’s present a 2-part travel special with interviews from The Hague, Athens and Budapest. In the absence of a collective noun for whisky ambassadors let’s just say there is a glug of them here with Connal from Ardnamurchan, Shilton from Milk and Honey, Celine from Elixir, Ciara from Isle of Raasay, Alex from Compass Box and Scott from Tom…
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The 2 Gordons take on the theme of NEW! Interviews with Asko Ryynanen, Master Distiller at Valamo. Nick Binderer from Slyrs Distillery, and Dave Cummings the 50-year-old whisky virgin. There's the Innovations in Whisky Quiz and the 'You Have Reached Your Whisky Destination' challenge and plenty of whisky chat all around the theme of New. The Tamdhu…
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The 2 Gordons bring you Royal Special in the week of Queen Elizabeth's sad passing. Royal connections to the world of whisky past and present are discussed. We also visit The Cotswolds Distillery to meet Rob Patchett (Global Brand Ambassador) and discover another distillery being built on site and discover more about this English Single malt gem! L…
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The 2 Gordons start the new series with a trip to Islay. Hear from Distillery Manager David Turner of Bowmore, Laphroaig Distillery Manager, Barry MacAffer, Bruichladdich Distillery Manager Alan Logan AND The Islay Boys - Mackay Smith and Donald McKenzie who talk exclusively about the plans for Islay's newest distillery. Mikey Sim of Smokehead join…
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It's a double length Summer Special as the 2 Gordons get the very latest from RosebankManager Malcolm Rennie. Mikey Sim of Smokehead plays Whose Booze Is It Anyway. Global Brand Ambassador Jamie Morrison talks about working for the wonderful Glenturret Distillery and we hear from Master of the Quaich, Bernhard Schäfer about The Highland Circle Whis…
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S5 Episode 6 - Becky Paskin in conversation with Gordon Dundas. The Campbeltown Festival, her online tasting business, as well as inclusivity in the world of whisky are just some of the topics discussed! The 2 Gordon’s engage in the ‘You Have Arrived at Your Whisky Destination’ challenge. The A-Z’s of whisky people is on the letter ‘C’. Whiskies ta…
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The 2 Gordon’s invite you on the road with a special episode which sees our Whisky Ambassadors in London, Chicago, New York and Wishaw. Thanks to Hollywood legend William H Macy as well as Gordon and MacPhail’s Richard Urquhart, Neil Mathieson of Torabhaig Distillery, Whisky Magazine’s Christopher Coates, The Artisan’s Derek Mather, Mike Miller of …
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Join the 2 Gordons as they bring you a flavour of The 2022 Spirit of Speyside Festival while working at Tamdhu celebrating the release of the new 18year old, their 125th anniversary and their 10th anniversary under Ian Macleod's ownership. Susan Colville from Benromach, Douglas Cook of Brown-Forman, James Robertson of Brindisa, Alistair Mateer @Spi…
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There's a plethora of voices from the whisky world including the distilleries of Arran, Boann, Loch Lomond, Penderyn, and Tomatin as well as some wonderful people from around the Birmingham area; Loki Wines and Spirits, The Physician Bar as well as Decanter Spirits in Bromsgrove. The 2 Gordons have time for the Whisky Trippin' challenge and cast fo…
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There's a special report from the Camelon street outside Rosebank Distillery on the day the Stills arrive. The 2 Gordon's look at some of the women who have shaped whisky on International Women's Day. There's 2 new challenges in the form of Whisky Trippin' and Whiskle. Drams tasted are the Highland Park 25 and a Teeling 13 year old single grain red…
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A warm welcome to the 5th series of this podcast with an exclusive interview from Rosebank’s Distillery Manager Malcolm Rennie. Malcolm talks about his luminous career from his start in the industry on Islay with his father to taking the reins at the iconic King of The Lowlands, Rosebank. The 2 Gordons talk about the ‘closed’ distilleries of the pa…
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The Pot Still Bar in Glasgow is a veritable institution with many awards and accolades so what better way to end this season than to visit proprietor Frank Murphy and bring some of the Whisky Unscripted end-of-year fun to this wonderful whisky bar. There are challenges, a chance meeting from the past, talk of Ed Sheerin and Prince Albert of Monaco …
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The 2 Gordon's talk 'sustainability' post Cop26 and what this means for the whisky industry. Mr Dundas unveils the very latest Tamdhu - The Tamdhu Quercus Alba Distinction while Mr Dallas whisks us to Amsterdam with exclusive interviews from The Art of Drink from Ross Lawrence of Loch Lomond Distillery, Dale Perry from Douglas Laing, Koenraad De Cl…
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The 2 Gordon's are on the road quite literally with Gordon Dundas in a Mercedes on an Autobahn out of Hamburg with a rather expensive bottle of whisky strapped in the back seat. Meanwhile Gordon Dallas still in his 'sauna' plays audio from the recent whisky festival in Ayr Town Hall - Whisky An 'A That with Robbie's Dram Club. You'll hear from Amba…
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The 2 Gordons celebrate the return of live whisky shows! Gordon Dundas gives a flavour of his Masterclass delivered at Whisky Live London (October 2021) tasting The Rosebank 30, a Rosebank Single Cask, the Glengoyne 50, a Tamdhu 16 Single Cask American Oak and A 1976 Tamdhu European Oak Single Cask. Gordon Dallas samples 6 Isles Blended Malt while …
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Join the 2 Gordon's for another fun and fact filled episode featuring Jason Milne the Creative Director of Design and Experiential Agency, Contagious, who chats about his work at Macallan, Glengoyne, Glenturret and the Great Jones Distillery in Manhatten. Also Philip Kingscott of Edinburgh Gin, yes that's right GIN joins us for the Whisky v Gin cha…
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Getting the 2 Gordon's to Glengoyne Distillery to record this podcast wasn't the problem, getting them out was! Warehouse Team Leader, Blair shows them the Dunnage Warehouses and a quick trip to the shop sees then look at and discuss the 50yr old! Features include Gordon Dundas' Listillery, Whisky News, The Play-Offs and The Peat Challenge! It's a …
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The 2 Gordons launch Series 4 with a visit to the Festival city of Edinburgh. Usquabae Bar, The Pear Tree and The Scotch Whisky Experience are all visited by our hosts in this fun and informative whisky show always best enjoyed with a dram. Thanks to Jean Yves Van de Keift (JY) and Paul Hastie of Caledonian Heritable Ltd: Julie Trevisan-Hunter and …
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It's the final episode of the series and the 2 Gordon's discuss the Islay Festival (Feis Ile), the rebirth of Brora, themes for a whisky night AND more importantly welcome the wonderful Laura Burt of Turnip The Beet who plays Cook, Drink or Pair with 3 whiskies while regaling with stories of super yachts and Harry Styles! Tasting Caol Ila 12 and Sm…
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The 2 Gordon's bring you their longest podcast yet, but it is worth it! The manager of Tamdhu, Sandy McIntyre gives his inside view of the recent virtual Spirit of Speyside Festival while Patric Lutz of Charles Hofer SA is the guest on the 'Insider's Guide To....', this week, it's the insiders guide to being a whisky distributor. Plus all the usual…
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Gordon Dundas meets Dave Cummings from Wisconsin, star of Whiskey Tribe's, "first drink of his life" video. No spoilers but he's 50 years old and decides to start with a single malt close to our hearts! There's the usual look at the Whisky News and the challenge, I've got the answer, what's the question continues! Slainte`…
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The 2 Gordon's are joined by Ian Macleod's Stuart Hendry who recently was announced in the World Whisky Awards as Visitor Attraction Manager of the Year. Stuart talks about the changes the industry has seen and how he's helped shape Glengoyne into a world class visitor attraction. Mixologist Michael Sim gives Gordon Dallas a masterclass on how to m…
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It's our 10,000 download show ft James Campbell - Chairman of the Spirit of Speyside Festival talking about May's virtual event. We talk food and whisky pairing with almond entrepreneur, Diego Borras. Plus we have Objects That Changed The Course of Whisky History +The Whisky Name Game Challenge. Tastings this week are the Kilkerran 8 Year Old, and …
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In the week that started with International Women’s Day, the 2 Gordons talk about some of the great women in the industry past and present before heading to South Island, New Zealand to speak to Sarah Elsom, Master Distiller at Cardrona Distillery. The 2 Gordon’s sample 3 of its finest drams while hearing some of the stories from Cardrona’s first 5…
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The 2 Gordon's welcome Iain Burnett, Master Chocolatier and winner of World Truffle of the Year for his legendary Dark Velvet Truffle. They talk about whisky pairing and why chocolate makes such a good partner. Iain is challenged to match his chocolates with a Laphroaig 10, a Hibiki and a Glengoyne 21. The Gordon's talk about the recent whisky awar…
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The 2 Gordon’s look at the world of selling whisky in the company of Danielle Murphy and Douglas Wylie both Sales Managers at Ian Macleod Distillers and both with very interesting backgrounds. One was a croupier, dealing cards on the high seas around the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, the other represented Scotland at Rugby Union. Featured in thi…
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It's the last show of the series and the 2 Gordon's are in a festive mood as they over indulge in a generous portion of whisky chat and challenges. Christmas Greetings come from Diego Borras in Spain, Juhis Virkkula in Finland and Sandy McIntyre all the way from Tamdhu with a special guest appearance by blues musician, Dave Arcari. There's also a m…
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