Whisky tasting in the Arctic Circle and creating whisky - Stephen Woodcock and Les Mason

Whisky Stories Podcast · Jan 23, 2025 · 2h 6m · transcript

This was our first episode back in Diggers recording for 2025 and it was great to be back in our spiritual home.

We were joined by 2 guests this week - Stephen Woodcock who is Head of Whisky Creation and Stocks for Glen Turner and we had a last minute call up for Les Mason who is founder of the Arctic Whisky Club, and is about to head out to the Arctic on some exciting adventures.

Stephen has had an incredible journey and career in whisky. Starting off as a chemist with no real inclination for a dram, he found himself managing a cooperage site for Diageo and from there began an amazing…