Whisky with GreatDrams - Season One - Episode Two

In this episode we introduce you to the founder of Jackson Jones, a brand new blended Scotch whisky brand that Greg of GreatDrams has helped create the whisky for as well as talking through how excited we are to be finally out again at events from Saturday 17th April! 

Whiskies talked about include:

Jackson Jones - in founder Racheal's words... 
I should probably introduce myself. I’m Racheal, the ‘Jones’ part of Jackson Jones. I’ve loved whisky all my (legal) life. Chris is the ‘Jackson’ part, and he really loves whisky too. Ever since we first met, we dreamed of tearing up the rule book and creating small batch whiskies that were all about one thing – flavour. We wondered what would happen if we stopped obsessing over the pedigree of a particular distillery and chose liquids based exclusively on how they taste.

This is the story of why we decided to create Jackson Jones.

I spent several years in the Scotch business, working on the premium range of one of the world’s leading blends. This took me to places all over the world that I never dreamt I’d get the chance to visit – Taipei being one place in particular that lodged itself firmly into my heart, but tales from Taiwan I will save for another day. I got to try whiskies older than I was and meet whisky lovers from all corners of the globe.

One thing that stood out to me though, was that despite being a tradition that is over 1000 years old, so many people still find whisky unapproachable. I grew tired of ‘experts’ who said you shouldn’t add water to your whisky (even though the best Distillers and Blenders in the world all add water to their whisky to get the best flavour), tired of those that looked down their noses at grain whisky (even though grain whiskies can often be much more versatile than their malt cousins) and tired of the same old expected cues of tartan, bagpipes and haggis. Make no mistake, I love everything about traditional Scotland and some of my favourite times were spent wearing a tartan sash, dancing until the early hours on Speyside to the sound of the Fochaber Fiddlers. I just don’t think all whisky needs to relate back to that.

https://jacksonjoneswhisky.com/pages/about-us/ 
https://www.instagram.com/jacksonjoneswhisky/

We also talk about the latest events we are attending including... 
Wilmslow – Sat 17th April
Chorlton – Sat 17th April
Sale – Sun 18th April
Haigh – Sun 18th April
Lowry – Sat 24th & Sun 25th April
Ashton-under-Lyme – Sat 24th April
West Didsbury – Sun 25th April
Urmston – Sat 1st May
Cheadle – Sat 1st May
Stockport – Sat 8th May
Northwich – Sat 8th May

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