The Whiskey Ring Podcast

Ep. 86: Teerenpeli Distillery with Founder Anssi Pyysing

It's a bit late - had a great event on Japanese whisky last night! 
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How much do you know about Finland? Yep, probably about the same I did. Not much. 
Turns out, there's a whole lot to learn. I started, oddly enough, with a well-timed episode of Timesuck learning about the sniper known as the White Death from the Winter War of WW2. Besides a fascinating story, it taught me that Finland is both Nordic and Scandinavian, yet its culture - everything from its mythology/pantheon to its drinking culture - are closer to Germany and Russia than to Sweden or Denmark. 
Teerenpeli is a symbol of that identity. Fiercely independent, making whisky where few others are (they're the only active distillery making whisky in Finland!), Teerenpeli is out to prove that Finland has a lot to offer the world whisky community. I think they just might. 
Thanks also to previous guest Fred Barnet of Anthem Imports for the introduction! 
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Thanks for reading! Now here’s Anssi Pyysing, Founder of Teerenpeli Distillery. 
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Ep. 85: Roy Peter Clark, Tell It Like It Is

Roy Peter Clark - RPC, for short - is America's writing coach. He's written dozens of works, hundreds if not thousands of columns for multiple media outlets, and is considered the all-around go-to for concise writing. 
So why is he on my podcast? 
Simple: I write reviews. I read reviews. I critique others' writing and evaluate it as I'm reading. I know I'm far from infallible, so if someone can help me better understand public writing then I'm all for it. 
There's more to it than that, of course, and RPC and I have a fantastic conversation about living, writing, and writing for a living. It may not be my full-time job, but it is my full-time passion, and his new book, Tell It Like It Is: A Guide to Clear and Honest Writing, will help me write more concisely and more clearly going forward. 
I highly recommend both this episode and his book to anyone looking to write, period. You can order his book on Amazon here. 
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Thanks for reading! Now here’s Roy Peter Clark, author of Tell It Like It Is, and recognized authority on clear and honest writing. 
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Ep. 84: Compass Box Whisky with John Glaser

Ever since I started my whisky journey, I've been fascinated by the art of the blend. Malt, grain, bourbon, rye, American, Scotch, Irish - when you get out of the box, there's so much you can do. 
Nobody embodies that in the Scotch world better than Compass Box. Founded in 2000 by American ex-pat John Glaser, the company initially struggled to get on a shelf. Twenty-three years later, Compass Box is, I would argue, putting out the same high-quality blends it always has - but now, their releases are must-taste events. 
John and his team have been doing interviews for all of those twenty-three years, so I had to come up with some new questions for this one. I love a challenge, and I think John was happy that someone took the time to do some research and ask something different. And when a legend - to me, at least - gives you an hour of their time, you make it worth it. 
I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
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Thanks for reading! Now here’s John Glaser, Founder and Head Whiskymaker at Compass Box Whisky. 
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Compass Box Whisky Reviews
Compass Box Hedonism Blended Grain Scotch Whisky Review
Compass Box Hedonism Felicitas Blended Grain Scotch Whisky Review
Compass Box Story of the Spaniard Blended Whisky Review (Coming Today!)
Compass Box Delos Extinct Quartet Blended Whisky Review (Coming Tomorrow!)
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Ep. 83: Pōkeno Distillery with Founder Matt Johns

Our first ever Oceania episode! Join me for a 19-hour flight to New Zealand, one of the most beautiful places in the world. Towards the top of the North Island lies Pōkeno Distillery, a relative newcomer helmed by industry veteran Matt Johns.
The North Island of New Zealand is sub-tropical, with high humidity year-round, an unusual climate for whisky aging. And that whisky is spectacular. 
I'm a bit behind on getting reviews onto this, so stay tuned! But don't let that hold you back from a truly incredible distillery that I can't wait to explore more. 
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Thanks for reading! Now here’s Matt Johns, Founder and Head Distiller of Pōkeno Distillery.
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Ep. 82: Waterford Distillery with Mark Newton

I do a lot of research for each episode of the podcast - I don't want to ask anything that's been asked over and over. Often, that's listening to podcasts, reading interviews, anything that might spark an insightful question or a different angle. 
But what do you do when a distillery has their own podcast? What do you do when there's so much information out there and yet so much to ask? 
You start with one interview and go from there. We cover so many topics in this interview that it's hard to imagine another, but there are at least two or three more. A conversation about examining soil and terrain; another about grain varieties; perhaps another about how that incredibly complex cask mix became a background note to the terroir-driven experiments. 
Waterford is like those casks - incredibly complex yet so simple. A single idea branching into dozens of avenues, or dozens of ideas coalescing into a single thought: what if terroir could be proven? What if farm-to-farm terroir could be proven? Not only qualitatively but scientifically. What could be seen? What could be achieved? 
I'm rarely so outright flattering of a distillery, but in this case I truly am amazed and inspired by what Waterford is doing. If every distillery cared this much about their "thing," the world of whiskey would be a better place for it. 
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Thanks for reading! Now here’s Mark Newton, Head of Brand at Waterford Distillery. 
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Waterford Distillery Reviews
Waterford Whisky Heritage Hunter 1.1 Review
Waterford Whisky The Cuvee Review (coming soon!)
Waterford Whisky Organic Gaia 2.1 Review
Waterford Whisky Luna Biodynamic Review
Waterford Whisky Peated Ballybannon and Fenniscourt
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Ep. 81: Talnua Distillery with Founders Patrick and Meagan Miller

Talnua Distillery in Colorado is quietly putting out some excellent single pot still whiskey in the Irish style. They follow the Irish Technical Files as far as possible, with only the "made in Ireland using Irish water" regulation unfulfilled. 
Founders Patrick and Meagan Miller discovered the Irish single pot still style on their honeymoon when, by chance, they were in Ireland when the first Redbreast Cask Strength in decades came to the market. Just a few years later, thousands of miles away, they'd found Talnua and dedicate it solely to that style - the single distillery making only that style in the US. There are other distilleries making single pot still whiskey, just none that are doing that and that alone. 
Talnua was generous enough to send a full lineup of their products for review, all of which are linked below. The big one? Their 2023 Olde Saint's Keep release. It went live for pre-sale on March 14th - if there are still some left, grab them before they're gone. You won't regret it. 
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Thanks for reading! Now here’s Patrick and Meagan Miller of Talnua Distillery. 
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Talnua Distillery Reviews
Talnua Single Pot Still Whiskey Aged In Virgin White Oak Casks Review
Talnua Distillery Heritage Selection Whiskey Review
Talnua Single Pot Still Whiskey Continuum Cask Review
Talnua Distillery Peated Single Pot Still Whiskey Review
Talnua Distillery Olde Saint's Keep 2023 Review (coming today!)
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Ep. 80: Maverick Distilling with Founder Dr. Ken Maverick

This week, we're heading back to Texas! Down to San Antonio, where the Maverick family has roots stretching back to a decade before the Alamo. Dr. Ken Maverick, the owner and founder, is the eighth-generation Maverick in San Antonio. His ancestor might have been the last man to leave the Alamo alive, sent out to get help. 
Maverick Distilling is out to prove itself as a whiskey company that happens to be based in Texas, not a Texas Whiskey company. Not a short order for a family with such a vast and interesting history in the city. Dr. Ken's great-great-great-grandfather and grandmother were some of the first leaders of post-Texas-independence San Antonio, as her digitized memoirs and the town's own history makes clear. 
The conversation is fascinating - Dr. Ken is still practicing medicine while the distillery grows, there's a mistake-turned-good-thing in the triticale whiskey, a bank vault that was once the largest/most impenetrable west of the Mississippi that's now a specialized maturation area, and a barrel proof whiskey that, to be blunt, kicks ass. 
This is an exciting distillery - hope you enjoy!
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Thanks for reading! Now here’s Dr. Ken Maverick of Maverick Distilling. 
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Maverick Distilling Reviews
Samuel Maverick Private Reserve Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review
Samuel Maverick Straight Triticale Whiskey Review
Samuel Maverick Barrel Proof Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review
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Ep. 79: Triple Dog Irish Whiskey with Dan O’Shevlin

Surprise! For the first time, The Whiskey Ring Podcast is proud to bring you the inaugural interview for a brand! 
Triple Dog Irish Whiskey is officially launching TODAY after a soft launch in five states. And you're hearing about it first right here. This is a brand new Irish Whiskey, hailing from Great Northern Distillery just off the Cooley Mountains and in the wee county of the Irish Republic. 
Built from a grandfather's recipe (a real one!), Triple Dog Whiskey is aged six years in a variety of French oak casks. The founder, Dan O'Shevlin, is a man of many talents - biochemistry, entrepreneurship, quantum physics - but his passion for whiskey is tangible. I hope it comes across as much for you as it did for me in interviewing him. 
You can order via the website below to 41 states and counting - and keep track of the brand. There's more to come later this year!
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Thanks for reading! Now here’s Dan O'Shevlin of Triple Dog Whiskey. 
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Triple Dog Whiskey Review
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