One Nation Under Whisky

The J-Team gathered together to write tasting notes for a very special upcoming whisky (to be announced shortly) and decided to share their process on how they build the Flavometer -- something they rarely discuss. This is a helluva fun time, listen, and peak behind the SCN curtain. ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

With their various travel schedules, it's not often everyone on the J-Team has a chance to meet in the same place at the same time -- apparently running a global independent bottling company is a lot of work, and with the 3 of us living in different states & countries, their calendars don't always line up. Today, however, they found some time to sit, relax, and drink whisky together. ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Joshua & Jess bring up a recent Spirits Business article that discusses proposed changes to Irish Potstill Whiskey; changes that would not only expand the range of flavors but also tie the spirit close to the country's history & heritage. Add to this, the pair discuss whisky rating systems and one of the whisky world's most controversial words: "smooth". ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Back in 2018 Joshua & Jason decided to mothball the Whisky Jewbilee in order to focus on the growth of Single Cask Nation. Mothball is the key term here as in implies the thing being mothballed can be taken out again. As Joshua, Jason, and Jess prepare for Whisky Jewbilee 2026 in Chicago (tickets can be purchased here: https://bit.ly/WhiskyJewbilee2026 ) they took a bit of time to look back at what happened in 2018 and gave an older episode a listen. Here's your chance to do the very same. Boy, was this great to revisit. We can't wait until Thursday, Oct 15th when we get to experience Whisky Jewbilee all over again. Please, join us! ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Jess joined around 30 people at Lochlea distillery to take part in some floor maltings. Pretty dang cool! During her time there she had a wee chat with Alex Ferrand of Lochlea that's well worth your time and a listen. ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Joshua & Jason have a fantastic sit down with Sammy Karachi, Head Blender of Found North Spirits. You can tell the boyz all knew one another for years and years. Lots of fun, laughs, and learning about blending. Add to this, Jess and Joshua discuss details of the new ROW # 13 Release of Single Cask Nation whiskies! ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

A continuing segment for our "Extra! Extra!!" padcosts -- as part of the Single Cask Nation 15th anniversary, we're inviting in Nation members to join us in conversation to drink some SCN whisky, hear about their whisky journey, and sometimes they'll get sneak peek if upcoming whiskies (that last bit did not happen in this episode, mind you). Listen in as Jason sits down to talk and dram with Nation Member Sarita Rainey, one of our brightest stars in The Nation! ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Joshua & Jason revisit an excellent interview with Emma Crandall & Gabe RiCharde of Balcones Distilling . In that interview the trio discuss distilling and blending practices, basically all things Balcones, but touch on the category and future of American Single Malt writ large. Add to this, J&J share the details, and taste through 2 new American Whiskies being released by Single Cask Nation; 2 of 6 total being released on singlecasknation.com on Tuesday, July 28th! ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Joshua & Jason have a sit down with American Single Malt Whiskey Commission President, Steve Hawley, to discuss the status of American Single Malt Whisky. Where are we 18 months in to ratification? Is the public more aware? Has the classification helped producers yet? What direction is American Single Malt Whisky going in flavor/quality-wise? There's only one way to find out... ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Joshua & Jason have a sit down with the one and only Alastair Brogan of Vapor Distilling, producers of Boulder Spirits in Colorado. Listen in as the duo learn about a Scotsman's endeavor -- an incredibly successful and delicious endeavor, we might add! -- to make Whisky here in the US. Together they also taste through an upcoming July 2026 release of an SCN cask of American Single Malt from Boulder Spirits. Lots of fun you'll not want to miss. ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Spurred by an lengthy email from dear friend, Nation member, padcost listener, and head blender of Tormore and Black Tot Rum, Ollie Chilton, Joshua and Jason discuss -- once again -- the idea of terroir in whisky, this time with our most recent episode with Scott Blackwell of High Wire Distilling in mind. Is there terroir in whisky? Is it more of a "sense of place"? Is it all just semantics? Listen in and find out what these two jamokes think! ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Joshua & Jason have a sit down with the wonderful Phil Brandon of Rock Town Distillery out of Little Rock Arkansas. Together they discuss the distillery, production, and upcoming SCN single cask, bass guitars, conjoined twins (uh-huh) and a whole lot more! ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song RØDE for making really great microphones Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Hood River Master Distiller, the wonderful Caitlin Bartlemay, returns to discuss a very special collaboration with Single Cask Nation. A whisky unlike any SCN has released before. Wild stuff! You'll not want to miss this one! ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

As part of our series of American Whisky-focused episodes/interviews, Joshua and Jason have a sit down with Scott Blackwell, Co-Founder/Owner of High Wire Distilling. If you don't know the "High Wire" name you sure gotta know know Jimmy Red Bourbon! If you don't know High Wire or Jimmy Red, well strap in, because you're about to hear a fantastic conversation between the two J's and the wonderful Scott Blackwell. Geeky, fun, funny, informative. You know the drill. Part of what makes this conversation so special is that it's a conversation with a new collaborative partner to Single Cask Nation. We're honored to collaborate with Scott and the team at High Wire and so excited for our very own upcoming single cask. More details on that in today’s episode! ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Jason invites Virginia Distillery Company's Lead Blender, Amanda Beckwith, to his home office for an interview to discuss whisky "Cigar Malts". Wouldn't you know VDC has a new one, to boot! This is the first of many American-producer-focused episodes which will all lead up to something very special come early July! ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

In celebration of Single Cask Nation's 15th anniversary, Joshua and Jason revisit a conversation they had with Anthony Wills, Owner and Managing Director of Kilchoman Distillery. When Single Cask Nation launched, the first three casks of whisky bottled were from Arran, BenRiach, and Kilchoman. We here at SCN HQ consider ourselves incredibly lucky to have been the only independent bottlers to have legally bottled a cask of Kilchoman independently. The boys discuss this and other things as a new introduction to this older episode, one of their favorite conversations to date. Joshua and Jason consider themselves incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to travel all over the world to interview some of the most interesting people within the whisky-making industry (and each guest is as interesting as the next). Few, however, are able answer things as candidly as the good Anthony Wills does in this episode. It's his distillery so he gets to do things and talk the way he likes. We like this. We are thankful for this. So, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

A continuing segment for our "Extra! Extra!!" padcosts -- as part of the Single Cask Nation 15th anniversary, we're inviting in Nation members to join us in conversation to drink some SCN whisky, hear about their whisky journey, and sometimes they'll get sneak peek if upcoming whiskies (that last bit did not happen in this episode, mind you). Listen in as Joshua sits down to talk and dram with Nation Member Frederick Keator. They discuss a number of things including, but not limited to, the return of Whisky Jewbilee in Chicago on October 15th, 2026!! ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

On Monday, May 11th, 2026, Single Cask Nation officially turned 15 years old! Joshua, Jason, and Jess get together to discuss these past 15 years, reminisce a bit, and share details of a special event to commemorate this milestone! If you were thinking of skipping an episode, this is NOT the one to skip. Trust us. ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

It's safe to say that, without Sam Filmus in our lives, there would be no Single Cask Nation, no One Nation Under Whisky, and, on a much larger scale, the whisky landscape in America would be a much quieter place. Sam is a titan in the whisky industry & community. We’re lucky enough to call him a friend, and on behalf of Single Cask Nation, we are so thankful for his friendship over these past 15 years and counting. ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

In our cask maturation episode with Matt Strickland , where we discussed ex-Bourbon barrels, we dug into the science behind the wood and how it interacts with spirit. In today's episode with David Blackmore, Global Brand Ambassador for Glenmorangie & Ardbeg and dear friend to both Joshua & Jason, we have a more philosophical conversation around "Cask Finishing". Glenmorangie are pioneers, masters, and champions of cask finishing. Let's dig in people. This is going to be a wild ride. ...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation! Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing