WhiskyCast Episode 136: March 16, 2008
b'In Part 2 of \\nour series on Irish Whiskeys, we\'ll hear from Bushmills master distiller Colum \\nEgan. Colum was under pressure to come up with a special whiskey to celebrate \\nthe 400th anniversary of distilling in the area around Bushmills, and he met the \\nchallenge with Bushmills 1608. We\'ll also look at Knappogue Castle and Clontarf \\nwith Kelley Spillane of Castle Brands, who predicts a new distillery will be \\nbuilt in Ireland in the next few years because of the worldwide demand for Irish \\nwhiskey. In the news, Alastair\'s no Darling as far as whisky distillers are \\nconcerned, someone pinches a rare malt from Gordon & MacPhail, and Harlen \\nWheatley of Buffalo Trace is back from his laboratory lair with something \\nspecial.
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