One Nation Under Whisky

Extra! Extra!! Steve Hawley, President of the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission

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

Alastair Brogan, Chieftain at Boulder Spirits

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

Extra! Extra!! Terroir, a Sense of Place, or Semantics?

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

Rock Town Distillery President & Founder, Phil Brandon

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, Caitlin Bartlemay Returns to discuss an SCN collaboration

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

Scott Blackwell, Co-Founder/Owner High Wire Distilling (Jimmy Red Bourbon)

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

Extra! Extra!! Amanda Beckwith of Virginia Distillery Co & Whisky "Cigar Malts"

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

SCN's 15th Anniversary: a convo w/Anthony Wills (Kilchoman) Revisited/Remixed

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

Extra! Extra!! #IAmThe Nation w/Nation Member, Frederick Keator

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

A Very Special Single Cask Nation 15th Anniversary Episode & Announcement

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