Gordon Bruce is curious about craft. And in Knock Tales, the Knockdhu Distillery Manager and anCnoc single malt whisky maker meets people who know exactly what it takes to make the world’s most beautifully crafted and celebrated products. He’ll be sharing a dram with these fellow craft obsessives to get to the bottom of his favourite topic: ‘making things well’. There’s always meticulous process, traditional skills, impeccably sourced raw materials and a stubborn refusal to compromise. But i ...
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Peat. One of whisky’s most divisive flavours, sparking lots of love, a little bit of hate, but always a lively conversation amongst drinkers. That’s exactly what we’ve captured in our latest episode, as anCnoc introduces two new peated single malts to the world: Sherry Cask Finish, Peated Edition and the long awaited limited edition, Peatheart Batc…
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Hans Martin Hansgaard, Stauning Distillery, Denmark
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Nordic whisky is having a moment. And in this month’s episode Gordon chats to one of its pioneers: Hans Martin Hansgaard, co-founder of Stauning Distillery. This former teacher clubbed together with a group of friends (a butcher, helicopter pilot, doctor, several engineers and a chef) to found Denmark’s first ever single malt whisky distillery. And…
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Desiree Reid, Cardrona Distillery, New Zealand
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What difference does an extreme distillery location make to a finished bottle of whisky? That’s the topic that Gordon gets into with his special guest in this episode: the inspiring Desiree Reid, founder of Cardrona Distillery which she built from scratch in New Zealand’s remote Southern Alps. A former farmer, Desiree chats to Gordon about followin…
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Karan Nagpal, Overtone Brewing, Glasgow
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What’s the deal with craft? That’s the question that Gordon and guests dive into in this episode of Knock Tales, featuring craft beer supremo Karan Nagpal from Glasgow’s Overtone Brewing and Gordon’s anointed ‘stunt double’, anCnoc Global Brand Ambassador Stewart Baxter. After the first anCnoc Craft Cast event at Karan’s brewery a few weeks ago, th…
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Calum Haggerty, COCO Chocolatier
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Chocolate and a whisky: a match made in heaven. And the perfect combination for the start of Knock Tale’s second series. In this episode Gordon chats to chocolate maestro Calum Haggerty, the brains behind Scotland’s deliciously crafted COCO chocolate. This former fire service worker tells Gordon why he followed his passion for food, art and design …
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In this bumper festive edition, Gordon takes a look back at some of his favourite bits from Knock Tales 2021: the life lessons and laughs, the stories of creativity, community and daily passion that our craft obsessed guests from around the world put into their products, whether they’re in South America, Sweden, Tasmania or Texas. We have American …
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Steven Anderson, East Coast Cured, Edinburgh
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From illicit home brewing in his teenage bedroom to converting the eaves of his family home into a makeshift curing chamber, Gordon meets an unstoppable maker in this month’s podcast: Steven Anderson of East Coast Cured. Having fallen in love with charcuterie in the South of France, this former brewer and distiller wondered why no one in Scotland w…
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Erik McRitchie, @frombarreltobottle, Canada
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In this episode, Gordon leaves the comfort of the whisky making world behind to talk light, technique, and yes, even Tik Tok, with Canadian photography and single malt fanatic Erik McRitchie. As a founder of the globally successful @frombarreltobottle Instagram account, Erik has spent the past few years combining his passions for whisky, photograph…
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Emma Rice, Hattingley Valley Wines, England
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In this episode Gordon jumps feet first into a vat of grapes, hard graft and global success as he gets the lowdown on English wine – courtesy of Emma Rice, Head Wine Maker at the multi award-winning Hattingley Valley Winery in Hampshire. Don’t expect polite chit chat over a glass of fizz…the pair get straight into the joys of working in the country…
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Kiera Shiels and Matt Oberg, Last Hope Distillery, Patagonia
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What led two young Australian engineers to pack in their jobs and build a distillery from scratch in one of the most remote corners of the world? In this episode, tune in to hear Kiera Shiels and Matt Oberg of Last Hope Distillery in Patagonia give Gordon the lowdown on their great leap of faith, and a new life crafting small batch gin and whisky i…
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Mark Gillespie, founder and host of WhiskyCast
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What do you say to the ‘Podfather’ of the whisky world when he’s a guest on your own podcast? In this episode of Knock Tales, Gordon settles his nerves and finds out, when he hosts Mark Gillespie, podcasting legend and founder of WhiskyCast who has close to 900 episodes to his name…and counting. Having been a WhiskyCast guest, Gordon enjoys turning…
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Heather Tillott, Sullivans Cove Distillery, Tasmania
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Quirky production, prohibition and never selling your soul to the (mechanised) devil: Gordon meets his whisky making match in Heather Tillott, Head Distiller of cult Tasmanian whisky brand Sullivans Cove in this edition of Knock Tales. Starting out in Australia’s famed wine business, Heather fell in love with whisky after touring a few of Tasmania’…
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Henric Molin, Spirit of Hven Distillery, Sweden
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If the whisky world has a ‘Willy Wonka’ then it’s Henric Molin: chemist, flavourist, creator and experimenter in chief at Sweden’s Spirit of Hven Distillery. In this episode of Knock Tales, Henric dials in to Knockdhu from the remote, tiny island of Hven in the Oresund Straight between Sweden and Denmark - population 371 – where he crafts some of t…
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Rory Stone, Cheesemaker, Highland Fine Cheeses
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Does making things for a living make you happy? Is perfection possible? Is the 21st Century really all it’s cracked up to be? These questions and many more are answered in the second episode of Knock Tales, as Knockdhu Distillery Manager Gordon Bruce breaks loose from his beloved whisky world to meet one of the big characters of Scotland’s food sce…
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Jared Himstedt, Balcones Distillery
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What does it take to build a whisky distillery from scratch? Why is second hand equipment better than new? What’s the ultimate finishing cask for single malt? In this first episode, Knockdhu Distillery manager Gordon Bruce ‘chews the fat’ with Jared Himstedt from award winning Balcones Distillery in Texas - a man who Gordon proclaims is something o…
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Knock Tales Whisky Podcast with Gordon Bruce
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על ידי Lorna Burt
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