Cask to Glass
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<p>How do you take your whisky?</p><br><p>Neat? Splash of water? Block of ice? Or even a mixer?</p><br><p>However you take it, join John Beattie, former Scotland rugby international and semi-retired BBC radio and TV news presenter, as he celebrates the heritage and flavour of Scotland's national drink and the world's favourite spirit.</p><br><p>Whether you call it whisky, whiskey, uisge beatha, aqua vitae, or the water of life... there's a story behind every dram; a craftsman behind every drop; an aroma with every nose; and a flavour in every sip.</p><br><p>This is the spirit of Scotland: distilled in a place; shared around the world.</p><br><p>What makes it so special? Why is it so loved? And who are the people that make it, and the aficionados who drink it?</p><br><p>Join John every Thursday as he explores the alchemy that takes place from cask to glass.</p><br><p>Slàinte!</p><br><p>-------</p><p>Host: John Beattie</p><p>Producer: David Holmes</p><br><p>Socials:</p><p>@C2GWhisky</p><p>@JohnRossBeattie</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
May 28, 2026
Whisky's for Stories; Tequila's for Jail: Chris Greta's Still Life Stories
<p>"Whisky is for stories. Tequila is for jail,” jokes <strong>Chris Greta</strong> a Texan story hunter and advertising copywriter, who travels the world helping distilleries look past the stills and mash tuns to find the magic, whether it’s in people, the place, the birds, the trees, and the rivers.</p><br><p>Chris doesn't just look for tasting notes; he looks for the “Capo d’ Astro bat", that hidden, unique detail that makes a distillery truly special. Whether it's an "inconvenient" distillery at the southern tip of the world, a rock that becomes a holy object, or the legendary "resistance cognac" hidden from the Nazis, Chris shares why the magic of whisky lies far beyond the machinery and process.</p><br><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><p>➡️ The Inconvenient Distillery: How making a weakness your biggest strength can create a powerful brand.</p><p>➡️The "Whisky Stone": Why the water at McHenry Distillery is like a "vitamin for yeast."</p><p>➡️ Belgrove’s "Holy St":** The incredible story of Peter Bignell and his homemade, sheep-dung-powered stills.</p><p>➡️ Tasting History: Chris’s time in Scotland and the discovery of pre-war cognac.</p><p>➡️ Selling the Sizzle: Why whisky companies often miss the most interesting parts of their own stories.</p><br><p>Slàinte!</p><p>-------</p><p>Socials: <a href="https://x.com/C2GWhisky" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@C2GWhisky</a> | <a href="https://x.com/JohnRossBeattie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@JohnRossBeattie</a></p><p> </p><p>Creator & producer: David Holmes</p><p>Art work & design: Jess Robertson</p><p> </p><p>Music: Water of Life (Never Going Home)</p><p>Vocals: Andrea Cunningham</p><p>Guitars: John Beattie</p><p>Bass: Alasdair Vann</p><p>Drums: Alan Hamilton</p><p>Bagpipes: Calum McColl</p><p>Accordion: Gary Innes</p><p>Music & Lyrics: Andrea Cunningham & John Beattie</p><p>Recorded & mixed by Murray Collier at La Chunky Studios, Glasgow, Scotland</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 21, 2026
Painting the Spirit: On the Whisk(e)y Trail with Artist Ian Gray
<p>Founding US President George Washington once said alcohol was a business for "scoundrels." So how'd he end up owning the largest whiskey distillery in the United States?</p><br><p>Cue James Anderson, a Scottish farmer and 18th century expat.</p><br><p>Join Scottish artist <a href="https://www.scottishartist.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Ian Gray</strong></a> as he takes the whisk(e)y trail from Mount Vernon to Louisville; Lynchburg to Islay; Speyside to Shimamoto.</p><br><p>Slàinte!</p><p>-------</p><p>Socials: <a href="https://x.com/C2GWhisky" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@C2GWhisky</a> | <a href="https://x.com/JohnRossBeattie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@JohnRossBeattie</a></p><p> </p><p>Creator & producer: David Holmes</p><p>Art work & design: Jess Robertson</p><p> </p><p>Music: Water of Life (Never Going Home)</p><p>Vocals: Andrea Cunningham</p><p>Guitars: John Beattie</p><p>Bass: Alasdair Vann</p><p>Drums: Alan Hamilton</p><p>Bagpipes: Calum McColl</p><p>Accordion: Gary Innes</p><p>Music & Lyrics: Andrea Cunningham & John Beattie</p><p>Recorded & mixed by Murray Collier at La Chunky Studios, Glasgow, Scotland</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 14, 2026
Beyond the Glens: Georgie Bell from The Heart Cut
<p><strong>If you love whisky, there are hundreds of distilleries across the world pursuing flavour based on passion, provenance and a “taste of place”. Just look "beyond the glens" and the global "big five", says award-winning indy bottler Georgie Bell from The Half Cut.</strong></p><br><p>“I know I’m on a Scotch whisky podcast,” <strong>Georgie Bell</strong> co-founder of indy bottlers <a href="https://theheartcut.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>The Half Cut</strong></a> chuckles, before pressing home her point. “It’s Scotch <strong>and</strong>, not Scotch or…” she insists.</p><br><p>“Whisky is now made across the world, and there are passionate individuals who are making whisky to the quality of Scotch. You just have to take a look at the recent World Whisky Awards and who the award winners were.</p><br><p>“Scotland was there of course, but there were distilleries all over the world who were racking up gold medals right? Taking home best-in-class prizes. And these distilleries across the world, they’re making whisky that’s at that quality, but they’re not trying to replicate Scotch.</p><br><p>“They’re trying to make whisky that tastes of home to them; that has a sense of place. And that is very exciting because actually when you think about it, what you need to make whisky is grain, yeast and water. You need time. You need a lot of money. And you need patience.</p><br><p>“Those six factors don’t have any geographical boundaries. You can make whisky across the world. You just have to have the “why not, what if” mentality to be able to bring that to light. And those are the distillers that we partner with at The Heart Cut”.</p><br><p>Georgie’s been in the whisky business for 19 years; since she was a 19-year-old bartender in Edinburgh. She was a global whisky ambassador for eight years, four with <a href="http://craigellachie.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Craigellachie</strong></a>.</p><br><p>Two and half years ago Georgie and her husband <strong>Fabrizio Leoni</strong> started The Half Cut. (Three days later she gave birth to their twin daughters.)</p><br><p>The name comes from “the heart cut of the distillation process,” Georgie explains. “When the spirit runs off that final spirit still, distillers never take the first bit of the cut. They never take the last bit of the flow because of the undesirable flavours. They’re just not the character they want the whisky to be, but they always take their prized half cut.”</p><br><p>“The heart cut is different from distillery to distillery,” Georgie continues, “because of the way the spirit runs off the still. Different flavour congeners are going to come off at different times.</p><br><p>“We chose the name The Heart Cut for our independent bottler because we’re working with distilleries to find these incredible gems of casks within their warehouses. Kind of those prized one-off casks that really show the heart and soul of that distillery.”</p><br><p>Distilleries like <a href="https://stauningwhisky.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Stuaning </strong></a>on the west coast of Denmark, which was the first distillery Georgie and Fabrizio partnered with.</p><br><p>It was founded by a group of friends intent on making a “distinctly Danish style of whisky,” Georgie explains. “I think four of them were engineers. One was a doctor, one was a butcher, one was a teacher, one was a banker.”</p><br><p>They had the water. They had the grain. But they didn’t have peat.</p><br><p>“But,” Georgie continues, “what they do have is heather. And once a year, they cut down some of this heather and they put it in the kiln during malting and they create a heather-smoked single malt. A flavour, that because of the heather and where they are, can’t be replicated anywhere else in the world.”</p><br><p>It's whiskies like Stauning, "whiskies with a story", that Georgie and Fabrizio are bottling. Others include <a href="https://starward.com.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Starward</strong> </a>in Australia and <a href="https://thomsonwhisky.co.nz/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Thomson</strong> </a>in New Zealand, as well as <a href="https://ncnean.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Nc'Nean</strong></a><strong> </strong>and <a href="https://lochleadistillery.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Lochlea</strong> </a>in Scotland.</p><br><p>So as Georgie says, it's "Scotch and, rather than Scotch or..."</p><br><p>Slàinte!</p><p>-------</p><p>Socials: <a href="https://x.com/C2GWhisky" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@C2GWhisky</a> | <a href="https://x.com/JohnRossBeattie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@JohnRossBeattie</a></p><p> </p><p>Creator & producer: David Holmes</p><p>Art work & design: Jess Robertson</p><p> </p><p>Music: Water of Life (Never Going Home)</p><p>Vocals: Andrea Cunningham</p><p>Guitars: John Beattie</p><p>Bass: Alasdair Vann</p><p>Drums: Alan Hamilton</p><p>Bagpipes: Calum McColl</p><p>Accordion: Gary Innes</p><p>Music & Lyrics: Andrea Cunningham & John Beattie</p><p>Recorded & mixed by Murray Collier at La Chunky Studios, Glasgow, Scotland</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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<p>How do you take your whisky?</p><br><p>Neat? Splash of water? Block of ice? Or even a mixer?</p><br><p>However you take it, join John Beattie, former Scotland rugby international and semi-retired BBC radio and TV news presenter, as he celebrates the heritage and flavour of Scotland's national drink and the world's favourite spirit.</p><br><p>Whether you call it whisky, whiskey, uisge beatha, aqua vitae, or the water of life... there's a story behind every dram; a craftsman behind every drop; an aroma with every nose; and a flavour in every sip.</p><br><p>This is the spirit of Scotland: distilled in a place; shared around the world.</p><br><p>What makes it so special? Why is it so loved? And who are the people that make it, and the aficionados who drink it?</p><br><p>Join John every Thursday as he explores the alchemy that takes place from cask to glass.</p><br><p>Slàinte!</p><br><p>-------</p><p>Host: John Beattie</p><p>Producer: David Holmes</p><br><p>Socials:</p><p>@C2GWhisky</p><p>@JohnRossBeattie</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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