#5 Colin Dunn - Whisky Magic, Port Ellen, Brora, Japanese Whisky, Ageing, The Whisky Market, Peat

Colin Dunn is a whisky educator and collector who may have done more consumer tastings than anyone working in whisky in the UK today. He has worked with dozens of brands over the years, including Bowmore, Auchentoshan, Lagavulin, Talisker and Suntory. Whether you have encountered Colin before or not, you are in for a treat. The man is an absolute force of nature who was born to talk about and celebrate whisky. Expect to learn why Colin bought a bull last year, what to do with a £19m cask of whisky, how I missed out on buying one of the rarest bottles of whisky in the world, what Colin thinks about reincarnating distilleries, how we both got on tasting more that 400 Japanese whiskies at Sexy Fish in London, peat terroir, Japanese distilleries old and new, and much more. If you are enjoying the podcast hit the subscribe button! 00:00 New Whisky Distilleries - Alsace, Shazouka 03:30 Pinky from Lagavulin & The Bull 08:00 How to ‘Speak Whisky’ 10:41 Brand Ambassadors 13:07 The Rising Price of Whisky 16:56 Introducing the UK to Japanese Whisky 20:08 The Sexy Fish Japanese Whisky Tasting 23:00 The Whisky Market 26:50 Creating Moments In Whisky 29:58 Does Age Matter? 36:30 Whisky Clubs 42:17 What To Do with a £19m cask of Whisky 45:00 The Hanyu Card Series 50:00 Port Ellen Distillery 53:34 Private Tastings of Rare Whiskies 55:10 Reviving Old Distilleries 1:03:35 The Good & Bad of Old Whisky - Talisker, Ardbeg, Bowmore 1:12:20 Michael Jackson 1:14:25 The Rebranding of Mortlach Distillery 1:16:14 Brora Distillery & Peated Whisky 1:24:45 Whisky Strength 1:26:35 Caol Ila New Make Whisky 1:32:25 Mortlach and Phillippe Starck 1:37:30 Variations in Peat Terroir & Smoke 1:44:00 Terroir in Barley 1:45:29 Yeast, Grain Whisky & Whisky as Perfume 1:51:55 Karuizawa, Kagashima 1:56:15 The Sexy Fish Japanese Whisky Tasting Part 2 1:59:45 New Japanese Distilleries - Shizouka & Kanosuke 2:12:04 Alsace Whisky - Valentin Zusslin 2:16:20 Hong Kong & Whisky Sommeliers 2:19:53 Sponsor: Fever-Tree 2:21:19 How Colin got into Whisky, Jim McEwan & Falling in Love with Islay 2:30:36 Closing Words 2:31:42 Hunter S. Thompson Thanks to our sponsor Fever-Tree mixers Follow me on instagram   / tristanstephenson   Follow Colin on instagram   / colindunnwhisky