500 Reviews & 500 More (The Video One) This is not a response to The Dramface Colonials Podcast.* To celebrate Dramface reaching its 1,000 reviews milestone we thought it'd be a good idea to attempt a video edit this time around. Our editor is work-shy, so he might decide this is a one off, we'll see. If you enjoy this new format then hop on with the words of encouragement for future episodes to feature our (Dram)faces. This episode is a little self-indulgent, given the milestone, but we wander off to discuss the challenges of scoring as well as celebrating where we're at in whisky right now, like, today After we pause to mark 1k reviews, we all fall out with Roy over the I Am A Distillery result. Shocking behaviour. *Totally a response to the Dramface Colonials Podcast.

The Colonials are serious.

Not only have they submitted their second episode within a remarkably prompt time window, there’s another hot on the heels of this. Good news if you enjoy it, we suppose.

Anyway, Gregor has suggested that, given the difficulties in scheduling, it’s acceptable to proffer the ‘B-team’ now and again. All the while he’s readied his response, and he’s promising power-ups. Of what style we’re not sure, but we wait excitedly to see the outcome. (Members have access already).

In the meantime enjoy Rob and the team sharing their thoughts on the length of a finish, an ingenious way to free up bottle space, availability of this year’s OSWA.co.uk nominations in the not-so-united states of America as well as proffering their own picks for the OSWAs Best Value category for 2024.

Enjoy!

Wally & The Team

It’s terrifying what happens while you sleep.

With the regular podcast team struggling to get time around a mic, despite genuine efforts, a vacuum has appeared. No podcast episode has been recorded or released since early August.

Into this vacuum, we suppose inevitably, a group of Dramface team members have stepped, under well-meaning , auspicious intentions. Claiming it’s all about timezones and variation of territory, they now have shared-control of our strategic recording studio.

Luckily, they don’t know what they’re doing.

Or do they?

You decide. Leave your feedback in the comments section below.

Enjoy!

Wally & The Team

Gregor will return!

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.

To Buy Or Not To Buy

As the team find it more and more difficult to successfully find an evening where they’re all available, we’re eeking things out. We know we could do with sharing more of these, we hope you’ll accept some rather than none. We will try harder though, we really do enjoy it..

In this session we witness Roy’s red-faced inability to find the mute button as he lets his inner demon out, before venturing into chats about different kinds of sherry maturation, buying habits and palate progression. Gordon, after his record-breaking win last time, hosts the I Am A Distillery.

New face and new voices. And new games.

A bit late...

Of course there’s a huge apology due on this one because it was recorded way back after the Easter break. This means it’s the longest to-edit Dramface podcast yet. However, that record will only stand for a week or so, since we recorded Twenty Eight at the same time and it’s still being edited now.

We hope it’s worth the wait.

With the help of the amazing Gus, we cover chocolate malt, blind tasting and where those lactic notes come from. Before we diverge into wood types and maturation, Gregor pulls out a new game he came up with in collaboration with Jenny. We round out with much cheatery in I Am A Distillery.

The Dramface Strikes Back. Again.

Covering all the topics we didn’t get to during Podcast Twenty Five.

Gregor asks the teams for some “drams of note” that we’ve encountered since we wrapped season two. From there we wander into The Jura Problem, the delightful surprises of the Dramface Top 40 and the sadness at the loss of Malt Review, before rounding off with another community-sourced IAAD.

See you back in a couple of weeks!

Gregor & The Team