Dramface Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

New Kids on the Block

New is the topic for this session. New distilleries, sure, but also new whiskies, new make and even how the word ‘new’ should actually be pronounced.

We cover environment and time and also wonder why Gordon can’t taste effervescence. Yet.

The Whisky Roads Less Travelled.

An eclectic discussion around trips and travels in the pursuit of whisky.

Gordon shares tales of sailing to Campbeltown while Roy heads there for the festival. All the while we share takes on dog training, island life and mixing our whiskies.

Buyer's Remorse.

What do you regret buying?

What do you regret not buying? Even better, what did you think you might regret buying, only for it to turn out to be a revelation?

Joining Gregor this time are Julie, Roy, Rob and Stuart.

As we share our trials, tribulations and regrets, we also touch upon branding successes and disasters before finishing on a quite remarkable (and impressive!) I Am A Distillery.

We do not manage to keep it under an hour.

Gregor & The Team

14 Scores, 12 Reviewers, 7 Batches…

Deep-diving into a deep-dive.

Joining Gregor this time are Julie, Roy, Rob and Scott.

We consider future contenders for the next mega-review thingy to test the patience of the editing team, while discussing how the last mega-review came about covering Springbank’s opinion-splitting 15yo.

The I Am A Distillery challenge comes from a Dramophone contributor and member Iain Bruce which puts our own recent efforts to shame.We also tease the cheese.

Gregor & The Team

“I Can’t Taste What Everyone Else Does!”

Inspired by a Dramophone comment

As usual we have a main topic; nosing, tasting and note-taking.

As per usual, we’re all over the place and it takes us a while to get there. But get there we do. We discuss nosing, tasting and note taking. Via peanut butter, Ruffle bars, chocolate and cheese.

Rob shares another killer auction steal, before breaking his mic, and then going on to break I Am A Distillery.

As usual, we leave it all in.

Gregor & The Team

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We're rusty.

In case it isn’t obvious

We forgot how to do things. We have a pre-meeting planning meeting to decide how to refine our intro, which we fumble, but decide just to leave it all in. Then we forget to bring a warm-up “bum” tune, so we leave it all out.

From there we kinda get it together and cover some great auction tips and reflect on a year of Dramface. It gets a little self-indulgent but only for a wee bit before Gordon brings a new word to us. This is therefore the “shunky” one.

We make a few excuses on why there’s not been much in the way of podcasting recently too.

Next release is already in the works!

Gregor & The Team

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A Very Messy Christmas

Our Secret’s Out.

We try to record multiple episodes when we get together. We cue up guests and they appear without any idea of what the subject matter is. They’re asked to bring an optional dram along and that’s it. All good.

However, on nights where we‘ve all opted for the drams and we’re recording back-to-back, things become a little relaxed. Messy even.

Our editor said this was the most difficult to put together. I’ve had a listen through and there are very little clues left of the wheels continually falling off, so good job. Still, it remains our messiest to date, but we think you’ll be fine with that.

We begin with a topic of avoiding ‘dud’ Christmas gifts and it meanders all over the place from there. This was a lot of fun to record. It literally was the Dramface Podcast’s Christmas party.

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We wish one and all a very Merry Christmas!

Gregor & The Team

'Tis The Season

In the first of our two Christmassy-themed sessions, we have a very easy time in the company of Jen and Rachel of The Grail.

This was a fun one. PG15 rated. (18 should you like to dram along!).

Gregor canvasses for boozy cocktail ideas and asks about the shifting of palates and preferences during different seasons. The Grail team tackle some whisky misinformation and stereotypes based on their time in retail and welcoming visitors to distilleries.

Links for this episode:

The Grail - https://www.youtube.com/@TheGrailTastings

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We had to encourage Wally to ‘have a word’ to get things moving again. Which would’ve been an interesting discussion to witness.

Anyway, something seems to have worked because this October recording is now good-to-go and ready for your ears. There is some more good news too; there are another two episodes to follow in December, so we’re playing catch up to get into your good books once more.

This one is perhaps the deepest dive Gregor has done on any one subject. With a drive to start to build his own whisky community around him locally, he invites Julie Hamilton to join and share everything about whisky clubs, events and festivals and she treats us with a real behind the scenes scenario for it all.

There’s a familiar voice from the Dramophone and of course, a close-out with an accessible “I am a Distillery”.

Links for this episode:

Glasgow’s Whisky Festival - https://glasgowswhiskyfestival.com/

Scotch 4 Dummies “Whiskygasm” 2017 episode - https://youtu.be/YfTyPZJbIfA

It’s still about whisky, but we speak more about the connections it affords us.  There is a little talking pish on this one (literally) and for that we’re sorry not sorry.

Gregor hosts regulars Roy, Rob and Scott as they look back on what has been enjoyed during the summer break. With various members of the team enjoying travels once more, many of them have been focused on rekindling their love of whisky experiences.

Earlier this year, many of the team were able to schedule things so that paths could cross. From Campbeltown to Islay during June, new connections and memories were made. Now that the dust has settled and we’ve recovered form some whisky over-saturation (some more than others) we look back and share our thoughts with you.

Whisky did this.

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