One Nation Under Whisky

Extra! Extra!! Some good whisky news -- Scottish Tourism Soars

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 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

2026 Year in Preview with Susannah Skiver Barton!

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?
Distribution and retail -- How will debt affect these players if sales continue in this downward direction?
plus more...
Thanks ever so much to Susannah for joining us once again to discuss what may come to be for the world of whisky in 2026 and beyond!
Now, 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

Extra! Extra!! "Bundle Up with SCN" and Drinking through some Bruichladdich Rye

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.
What's more is Jason shares his Black Manhattan recipe using the Bruichladdich rye below:
Black Manhattan
2 Oz The Laddie Rye1 Oz Amaro1 dash Angostura bitters1 dash Orange bitters
Method: Stir with ice, strain over ice cube, garnish with brandied cherry.
...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

Author Justine Hazlehust "Opening The Case" regarding the Pattison Whisky Crash

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 get your copy here: https://bit.ly/4qa3fVD
Now, 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

Remix Episode! Emmy Award Winning Actor Matthew Rhys!!

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

2025 Year in Review!!

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

Extra! Extra!! "Good Whisky News, Everyone!" with Ollie Chilton of Elixir Distillers

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

Extra! Extra!! A bit of Laphroaig History and a VERY Special Bottling

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

Joshua sits down with Vince Lucca of Powdermen Spirits Co.

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

Extra! Extra!! Virginia Distillery Co Celebrates 10 years. J&J taste their new Gingerbread Stout Cask whisky!

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