One Nation Under Whisky

Strap in dear Padcost listeners as Jason and Joshua are going to get their geek on with Whisky Maker, Teacher, and Author of "Cask Management for Distillers" (amongst other titles) Matt Strickland. The trio discuss the science behind oak, entry proofs (or ABVs if you're like Joshua and prefer that term), and so much more.

...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and st...

There are few things the Joshua, Jason, and Jess love more than interaction with their listeners. Tom J. (aka "Tomnamurchan") is one of the more interactive listeners. He’s always sending questions, letting the team know when he’s enjoyed an episode or a new bottling. On top of that, he’s just a genuinely nice person.

A while back he sent over some samples to be tasted blindly, and while they were in Scotland, the J‑Team tasted ...

The J-Team find themselves together in Scotland once again and head on over to the Lochlea Distillery to meet with their Distillery Manager, Darren McCormick. Here's another chance to get a fly-on-the-wall experience touring one of Scotland's few Farm-to-Bottle Distilleries, Lochlea!

...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...

A few weeks back Jess returned to The Village Whisky festival in Nuremberg Germany and, this time around, she had a wee chat with some of our fellow brand-mates within the Prineus portfolio. From friends at Lindores Abbey to Ballindalloch, Indri, and more, listen in as Jess and her compatriots talk whisky at one of the best whisky festivals in the world!

...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. I...

Joshua heads north to beautiful and snowy Canada to spend 5 days with the wonderful people at PWS Imports (Single Cask Nation's distributors within Canada) and, at the very end of a long whisky-filled trip, has a sit down with Travis Watt and Dave Robert to discuss: Canadian whisky clubs, distribution within Canada, Whisky Wonderland Festival, Canadian whisky, Pantera, and so much more!

...as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and li...

Joshua, Jason, and Jess discuss what's to come in Seasoned Hen, I mean, Season Ten of One Nation Under Whisky Padcost. There's lots of fun, approachable whisky geekery, interviews, belly laughs, and some new things coming your way!

...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 al...

You guys! We did it! We've wrapped up another season of One Nation Under Whisky and did so in the traditional way: answering your questions!

Our 2026 MailBag Episode is here. Not only did we receive a record number of questions (sorry, we could not get to ALL of your questions) we had a blast answering them and laughed our (sherry) butts off, too.

Now, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in as Joshua, Jason, and Jess ans...

Join Joshua and Jason as they share the details of the latest SCN US Retail Release # 14. Not only are 8 new whiskies being unleashed onto store shelves, this is the reveal of new retail packaging, to boot!

The pair also share some serious belly laughs....

...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 thank...

Jess takes a drive down the road to visit her local distillery -- not everyone can say that! -- Glasgow Distillery. 

Listen in as Jess has a sit down with Libby Barmby & Niall Hall of Glasgow Distillery. The discuss the ins and outs of the distillery and the whiskies they make along with why they all feel Glasgow is the best city in Scotland. You'll not want to miss this. 

Now, as usual, have a seat, have a pour, and listen in....

Referencing an article in The Drinks Business penned by Jessica Mason, Joshua and Jason discuss some good news in the drinks industry -- Scotland's Whisky tourism is soaring!! That's good reason to celebrate!!

...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...

Our 2026 Year in Preview episode is here! The agenda? Joshua, Jason, and Jess welcome back the preeminent whisky journalist, Susannah Skiver Barton to discuss:

• Bourbon -- are people not willing to pay top dollar for Pappy/BTAC/Blanton's anymore?
• Scotch whisky -- Are we going to see more tariffs if the US doesn't get Greenland?
• Premiumization of whisky -- is it a thing of the past?
• American Single Malt -- How's it doing?
• Distri...

Joshua and Jason discuss something SCN don't do too often: run a promotion on singlecasknation.com. Tune in as the duo discuss their "Bundle Up with SCN" promotion which will run from Jan 26 through to Feb 6th. 

Add to this, J&J taste through the new Bruichladdich Rye 7yo and discuss the growing number of Scottish distilleries dipping their toes into the world of Rye Whisky. It's an exciting time to be a lover of rye whisky.

Wh...

Happy New Year!! Our very own Jessica Rabbit-Rabbit Guillermo Lomas has a sit down with the wonderful Justine Hazlehurst discussing her book "Opening The Case" regarding the Pattison Whisky Crash. As you'll find out in the interview, this is one of many, many things that Justine does in the whisky world. This is such a great conversation and, dare we say, unmissable! 

We highly recommend you get her book Opening The Case. You can g...

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...

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 drivin...

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, hav...

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...

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!

Lis...

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 differenc...