WhiskyCast Episode 128: January 20, 2008
It's time to celebrate Burns Night this week! Whisky lovers around the\nworld will honor the bard of Scotland, the legendary Robert Burns, on\nthe 249th anniversary of his birth January 25th. In what's becoming an\nannual tradition, we'll take a look at Burns' life and his works on\nthis episode. Joann Gilmartin performs Burns' songs and poetry, as well as teaching young people about those works, and she'll share her love of Burns with us. In the news, modern-day gaugers break up a\nbootlegging operation in the Black Country, a new Laphroaig is\nduty-free bound, and Diageo apologizes for stuffing the ballot box in\nthis year's Drammies.