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    • Alcohol in Space
    • Alcohol + sugar + cream = Cream Liqueur
    • Alcohol + Tech
    • Beer and Football
    • Best Examples of Alcohol Flavoured Foods
    • Craft Watch
    • Disgusting Drinks from Around the World
    • Do you recognise these ‘Fictional’ Drinks brands from Hollywood films and TV?
    • Drinks Industry Books
    • Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
    • The Celebrity Liquor Index
    • The Drinks brands in the Dragons’ Den
    • The Drinks Industry Rich List 2022
    • The Most Popular Alcohol Subscription Boxes
  • whisky
    • How to Plan your own Whisky Festival
    • How to Buy a Scotch Whisky Cask…
    • How to start your own Whisky Club…
    • The Auld Art of Coopering
    • Facebook Whisky Groups
    • Interesting Facts & Figures about Scotch Whisky
    • Scotch Whisky Videos
    • The Scotch Whisky History Timeline
    • The Top Whisk(e)y Podcasts
    • Whisky Books
    • Whisky Events & Festivals
    • Whisky Maps
    • Whisky Websites
    • Whose own label whisky is it anyway?
  • gin
    • Direct to Your Door: Gin Subscription Clubs
    • Facebook Gin Groups
    • Gin Books
    • Gin Websites
    • The Top 20 Gin Botanicals
    • The New Gin Brand Bingo Game
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    • 6 Steps to find a Drinks industry job
    • Drinks Jobs Board
    • How to find a job in the Drinks Industry
    • How to Learn more about the Drinks Industry for Free
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Guest Q&A’s

An Inside the Cask chat with….

Swedish Whisky Girl, Moa Nilsson

a Swedish whisky enthusiast and the person responsible for Swedish Whisky Girl, the Icons of Whisky Communicator of the Year 2021.

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Elwyn Gladstone, creator of Malfy Gin and many other brands

His most recent drinks creations include Gladstone Axe Scotch whisky and Shanky’s Whip Irish liqueur.

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Dan Szor, CEO and Founder of Cotswolds Distillery

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Stephanie Jordan, wine and spirits consultant and co-founder of Avallen Calvados

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Jassil Villanueva, 5th generation Brugal Maestra Ronera

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Darryl McNally, Director of Irish Whiskey at Dublin Liberties Distillery

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Alasdair Day, the Co-founder of R&B Distillers and Isle of Raasay Distillery

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Shonna Milliken Humphrey, food writer and author of 'Gin', part of Bloomsbury's 'Object Lessons' series

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Robert Fleming, Master Distiller at Tomintoul Distillery in Speyside, Scotland for over 30 years

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Robin Honhold made a name for himself creating cocktails, building venues, developing products and running projects around the world alongside one of the World’s most awarded bartenders - Ryan Chetiyawardana aka Mr Lyan.

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Ron Welsh, the Master Blender and Strategic Inventory Manager for Beam Suntory

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Billy Walker from The GlenAllachie Distillery and son Alistair Walker, from independent bottler Alistair Walker Whisky Co.

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Liam Manton and Mark Smallwood, co-founders of Didsbury Gin

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Jason Barber, co-founder of Black Cow Vodka and West Dorset dairy farmer

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John Campbell, Laphroaig Distillery Manager and the 1st 'Ileach' (native of Islay) in its history

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Colin Hampden-White, photographer, drinks writer, producer and TV presenter of 'The Three Drinkers Do Scotch Whisky' on Amazon Prime Video

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Dr. Kirstie McCallum, Head of Whisky Creation and Stock at the Glen Turner Company

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David Robertson, co-founder of Holyrood Distillery in Edinburgh and also Rare Whisky 101

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Isabel Graham-Yooll, Auction & Private Client Director at www.Whisky.Auction

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Alice Lascelles, the award winning journalist, author, presenter and drinks expert

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Jackie Fast, the former BBC The Apprentice star, entrepreneur, investor, business book author and more recently the founder of Canadian ice wine brand REBEL Pi

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Carin Luna-Ostaseski, the founder and CEO of Scotch whisky brand start-up SIA

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John McCheyne, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) Master Brand Ambassador

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Alan Mahon, the Brewgooder founder

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Marshall Farrer, Senior Vice-President, Managing Director of GTR at Brown-Forman

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John Peterson, a drinks industry legend

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Stewart Hainsworth, the Group CEO of Halewood Wines and Spirits

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Ingvar Ronde, the creator, owner and editor of the Malt Whisky Yearbook

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John McDonnell, Managing Director International at Tito's Handmade Vodka

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Erik Juul-Mortensen, the long-standing Tax Free World Association (TFWA) President

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Sarah Zhang, producer, host and lifestyle influencer in China

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Mrs. O Around the World, one of the Top Travel Bloggers based in the UK

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Chris France, one of the founders and director of BeerHawk.co.uk

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David Gluckman, the man behind Baileys and many other brands

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Andrew Watson, the co-founder of the global airport app FLIO

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Nestor Sanajko, Global Client Business Development at The Advantage Group

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Anshuman Vohra, the founder and CEO of BULLDOG Gin

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Matthew Fergusson-Stewart, Chief Marketing Officer at The Whisky Store in Singapore

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Gordon McCallum, Junior Brewer at Timothy Taylor's

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Lindsay Brown, Marketing Manager at VisitScotland

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Annebeth Wijtenburg, Communications Manager at the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

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Ludo Ducrocq, Global Head of Ambassador Advocacy at William Grant & Sons at the time of our chat (currently the Director of Education & Advocacy at The Glenmorangie Company)

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Callum A. Fraser, the Glenfarclas Distillery Manager

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Anna Twitchin, The Cruise Blogger

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Airport Planning Expert Gordon Hamilton

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One Red Kite, the team behind the Free Travel Retail Jobs Board

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Jean-Philippe Aucher, the Travel Retail Director at the STOLI Group

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Açai, granola and strawberries for lunch after so Açai, granola and strawberries for lunch after some sunshine and fussball with the girls….
A matcha colada cocktail and it seems like the sor A matcha colada cocktail and it seems like the sorting hat is heading my way….
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What a transformation on the Belgian Owl Single Ma What a transformation on the Belgian Owl Single Malt whisky bottle - the new one (on the right) looks great! #whisky #belgium #belgianowl #belgianowlwhisky #singlemalt
Interesting find on a motorway station in Portugal Interesting find on a motorway station in Portugal…
Sunshine, fresh watermelon and a book…. Sunshine, fresh watermelon and a book….
Seen at the local supermarket in Portugal Seen at the local supermarket in Portugal
At the beach for a walk this evening… At the beach for a walk this evening…
Lovely surprise visit from my cousin and his son ( Lovely surprise visit from my cousin and his son (not pictured as he was playing in the park with my youngest daughter at the time)
And relax…… And relax……
Waiting for my girls to arrive so our holidays can Waiting for my girls to arrive so our holidays can begin in Portugal 🇵🇹
Thanks to Connas for sharing a dram of his wonderf Thanks to Connas for sharing a dram of his wonderful Bowmore birthday scotch whisky (as I will be missing it) after our 3rd and final day of tasting today - we sampled baijiu sauce aroma, old molasses rum 3-4yo, grape rayka and laying down rhum agricole XO #spiritsselectionbycmb #guadeloupe2022
Delighted to have been part of the jury team in ta Delighted to have been part of the jury team in table 10 for Spirits Selection with some great people….day 2 brought us Pisco Puro, Cachaca armazenada, Calvados XO, Vermouth and Baijiu Chinese sauce aroma…. #spiritsselectionbycmb #guadeloupe2022
Enjoying some wonderful Guadeloupe hospitality dur Enjoying some wonderful Guadeloupe hospitality during our visit here, as well as the fresh coconut water and sugarcane juice… #selectspiritsbycmb #guadeloupe2022
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Visited Distillery Montebello this afternoon and s Visited Distillery Montebello this afternoon and sampled some new rums soon to be released in the market…. #spiritsselectionbycmb #guadeloupe2023
The spirits tasting part has started today - on my The spirits tasting part has started today - on my table we had London Dry gin, world whisky single malt, strong aroma baijiu, rhum agricole and soju-sochu so quite a variety! Plenty more to come over the next few days… #spiritsselectionbycmb #guadeloupe2022 #soju #sochu #rum #rhum #rhumagricole #rumagricole #gin #londondrygin #worldwhisky #whisky #singlemalt #baijiu #strongaromabaijiu
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