Well, this is mighty peculiar! An Emmy Award winning actor, the one and only Matthew Rhys, on our cheeky wee whisky podcast? Oh yes! Listen in as Joshua and Jason talk with Matthew Rhys (did we mention he's an EMMY AWARD WINNING ACTOR?!) about whisky, acting, dad jokes, kill rooms, Wales, Penderyn single malt Welsh whisky, and also, the boys drink some fine and rare whiskies with Mr. Rhys. Super fun stuff.

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 - Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo - RØDE for making *really* great microphones - Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers - Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices - Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Our 9th Annual Year in Review episode is here! The agenda? Joshua, Jason, and Jess discuss their favorite:

• One Nation Under Whisky episode/interview
• Event of the year
• Non-SCN whiskies of the year
• SCN whiskies of 2025 (all while drinking as much as was needed to ensure this episode was their best Year in Review episode to date!).

...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

- Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo

- RØDE for making *really* great microphones

- Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers

- Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices

- Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

A couple weeks back our dear friend and listener of the padcost, Ollie Chilton of Elixir Distillers, told Joshua that he missed hearing good whisky news on our "Extra! Extra!!" episodes. Joshua gave him a challenge: "If you can bring us good whisky news, Ollie, we'll cover it on the padcost!"

Well, Ollie brought some good news and so we decided it was best to have Ollie on the pad to discuss his good news with 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

- Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo

- RØDE for making *really* great microphones

- Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers

- Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices

- Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Joshua and Jason announce the release of the final Online Exclusive bottling of 2025: a 25 year old Laphroaig from a refill Bourbon Hogshead and the announcement is set to the backdrop of some history of production at the Laphroaig Distillery as well as close to 30 years of Laphroaig drinking experience. That and some serious belly laughs (rabbit, rabbit!).

This dreamboat of Laphroaig, distilled in 1999, that's somehow both fruity and mineral-y at once, launches on Tuesday, December 9 at Noon EST on singlecasknation.com. It's a special, special Laphroaig, nae doot!

...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

- Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo

- RØDE for making *really* great microphones

- Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers

- Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices

- Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

A few episodes ago Jason asked Joshua if there were any distilleries of note in his home state of Connecticut (the pizza capitol of the world) and Joshua named just a few, one of them being Powdermen Spirits Co.

Located in Simsbury CT, Vince Lucca is producing delicious (and award winning) bourbon at Powdermen Spirits Co. and he's doing it in a way that's very unique; in a way that may have some hesitate or -- gasp -- say nay!

Listen up nay sayers (and neigh sayers!), you need to listen to Joshua's conversation with Vince and hear and learn about his process because it's unlike anything you may have heard of before, and while it may not be traditional, it's making some damn fine whisky.

...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

- Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo

- RØDE for making *really* great microphones

- Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers

- Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices

- Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

10 years of distillation -- what a milestone for Virginia Distillery Company and for American Single Malt writ large! Joshua and Jason discuss these 10 years but talk, too, about their relationship with the company that goes back 15+ years ago, before the distillery started producing their own spirits. The duo also taste through VDC's new Gingerbread Stout Cask Matured release.

Add to this, Joshua discovers that there's a difference between a "Snickerdoodle" cookie and a "Snickers" cookie, which he had been calling, in his head, a "Snickerdoodle" because it actually resembles a Snickers bar. It gets very controversial, people. The good news is, Joshua has shared his in-house "Hatton's-Snickers-Doodle" recipe below which is *delicious*. See below, and try it at home! We'd love to hear your thoughts!

Hatton's Snickers-Doodles:

• 1 cup Unsalted Butter (softened)
• 1 cup Brown Sugar (tightly packed)
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 2 large Eggs
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups Flour
• 3/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 2 cups Torrone Nougut (finely chopped)
• 1 cup Milk Chocolate Chips

Method

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and sugar until light and fluffy and pale yellow in color.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
• Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. Fold in chocolate chips and Torrone Nougat.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges start to become a light golden color. Let cool for at least 10-15 minutes before removing from the baking sheet.
• Put a cookie in your mouth and eat it. Repeat.

...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

- Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo

- RØDE for making *really* great microphones

- Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers

- Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices

- Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Glasgow is home to many things whisky-related: Glasgow Distillery, Clydeside Distillery, The Bon Accord, The Pot Still, an SMWS Member's Room, and the home the one and only Jessica Rabbit Guillermo Lomas. The list could go on, really, but would surely be an "incomplete Joshua-Hatton-list" if we left off The Good Spirits Company; one of Glasgow's most respected and well curated whisky shops. Period.

Listen in Jess speaks with Co-owner, Matthew McFayden, about all things Good Spirits Co. It's a cracking conversation, to be sure!

What's more is Jess gives us a recap of her time at the 2025 Glasgow's Whisky Fest.

...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

- Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo

- RØDE for making *really* great microphones

- Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers

- Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices

- Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Single Cask Nation -- America's Original Independent Bottler -- is nearing on 15 years as an independent bottling company. Catch up with the Joshua, Jason, and Jess as they recount their very beginnings and talking about the growth of the company through the lens whisky, packaging changes, the addition of a US retail range, Global growth, and now a pending brand refresh. Lot's of stories here to tell and things we discuss that some of us completely forgot about (looking at you, Hatton!)

...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

- Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo

- RØDE for making *really* great microphones

- Focusrite for making awesome USB receivers

- Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices

- Joshua Hatton for producing and editing