Catching Up with Forty Creek Whisky Founder John Hall20190126195632
Catching Up with Forty Creek Whisky Founder John Hall
Mark GillespieJanuary 26, 2019Bill Ashburn, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Davin de Kergommeaux, Forty Creek, Grimsby, John Hall, non-compete, Ontario, retirement, Speaker, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Forty Creek Whisky founder John K. Hall has kept a low profile since selling his distillery to Campari five years ago. He won dozens of awards for his...
Cleaning Up Thousands of Bourbon Barrels at Barton 1792 Distillery20180814164315
Cleaning Up Thousands of Bourbon Barrels at Barton 1792 Distillery
Mark GillespieAugust 14, 20181792 Bourbon, Bardstown, barrels, Barton 1792, Bob Mahanna, bobcat, Bourbon, cleanup, collapse, cooperage, cranes, environment, Kentucky, rickhouse, safety, Sazerac, video, warehouse, whiskey, whisky0 comments
On June 22, 2018, half of Warehouse 30 collapsed at the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, spilling around 9,000 barrels of whiskey. The r...
Crown Royal’s Bourbon…Uh, Blender’s Mash20180712155444
Crown Royal’s Bourbon…Uh, Blender’s Mash
Mark GillespieJuly 12, 2018Blenders' Mash, blending, Bourbon Mash, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Crown Royal, Diageo, distillery, export, Gimli, import, Jim Boyko, label approval, Manitoba, Mark Balkenende, NAFTA, New York City, Noble Collection, regulations, Stephen Wilson, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, Thomas Hogue, trade dispute, TTBV, whiskey, whisky0 comments
With the ongoing trade dispute between the US and Canada, it’s important to keep in mind that Canadian Whisky remains extremely popular in the U...
A Craft Distiller’s Last Call20180506184830
A Craft Distiller’s Last Call
Mark GillespieMay 6, 2018Bourbon, business, Camden, Campbell, Chris Williams, Cooper River Distillers, craft distiller, craft distilling, drinks, James Yoakum, Jennifer O'Drain, Kentucky Derby, New Jersey, Philadelphia, RCA, rum, Rye, Shannon Eblen, tasting room, Trent O'Drain, whiskey, whisky0 comments
James Yoakum opened Cooper River Distillers in 2014 in the heart of Camden, New Jersey – just wanting to make good whiskies and rum. He and his ...
The Archivist Preserving Irish Whiskey’s History20171230143051
The Archivist Preserving Irish Whiskey’s History
Mark GillespieDecember 30, 2017accountant, archival, archiving, bottles, Bow Street Distillery, Carol Quinn, climate control, Cork, Cork Distillers, Crested Ten, designers, distillers, distilling, doodles, Dublin, farmers, historic, history, humidity, Ireland, Irish Distillers, James Murphy, Jameson, Jameson Crested, John Jameson, John's Lane, journal, labels, laboratory, ledger, marketing, Method & Madness, Midleton, National Archives, Old Midleton Distillery, Pernod Ricard, photographs, pipe, Powers, preservation, samples, stories, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Irish Whiskey’s history has been written over centuries, but Carol Quinn has the unique task of preserving the history that was actually written...
Whisky Starts With the Grain … and “The Gatekeeper”20171220193526
Whisky Starts With the Grain … and “The Gatekeeper”
Mark GillespieDecember 20, 2017agriculture, Barley, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, cattle, commodities, Corby Spirit & Wine, corn, cows, distiller's grains, distillery, distilling, Don Livermore, farmers, Gatekeeper, Gooderham & Worts, grain, Hiram Walker & Sons, Kristy Fregonese, Lot #40, Ontario, pigs, Pike Creek, process engineer, Rye, spent grains, trucks, wheat, whiskey, whisky, Windsor, Wiser's0 comments
If you’re watching this while sipping a dram, raise a glass to the world’s farmers – because without the grain they grow, there woul...
10 Years of Making Rye Whiskey at George Washington’s Distillery20171212212612
10 Years of Making Rye Whiskey at George Washington’s Distillery
Mark GillespieDecember 12, 2017A. Smith Bowman Distillery, archaeology, Dave Pickerell, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillers, education, Fred Noe, George Washington, George Washington's Distillery, Gordon Working, grist mill, history, Joe Dangler, Lisa Roper Wicker, Matt Hofmann, MGP, Mount Vernon, Rye Whiskey, slavery, slaves, Steve Bashore, video, Virginia, Virginia Gentleman, Westland, whiskey, whisky0 comments
George Washington’s original whiskey distillery at his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia operated from 1797 until shortly after his death in 1799....
A Snowflake Whiskey in the Rocky Mountains20171209194803
A Snowflake Whiskey in the Rocky Mountains
Mark GillespieDecember 9, 2017Brad Green, Campfire, camping, Colorado, Denver, Derek Heydn, donuts, Dope Donuts, Jenna Rhodes, Jess Graber, Kyla Watson, Lynn Kirchhoff, Mike Kirchhoff, Proximo Spirits, Rob Dietrich, Russell Condin, Snowflake, Stranahan's, Wes Jolly, whiskey, whisky0 comments
On the first Saturday each December, Stranahan’s Distillery in Denver releases its annual Snowflake limited-edition single malt whiskey. The rel...
Reviving Whiskey Distilling in Dublin’s Liberties20171109140407
Reviving Whiskey Distilling in Dublin’s Liberties
Mark GillespieNovember 9, 2017Arthur Guinness, Brabazon, cemetery, church, construction, Cooley, Deirdre Lyons, Diageo, distillery, distilling, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Gearoid Cahill, George Roe, Guinness, history, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jack Teeling, Jameson, John Jameson, John Teeling, John's Lane, Kevin Hurley, Liberties, Marrowbone Lane, National College of Art & Design, patron saint, Paul Corbett, Pearse Lyons, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Pearse Lyons Reserve, Power, Powers, relatives, restoration, Roe & Co., saint, St. James's Church, St. James's Gate, stained glass, Stephen Teeling, Teeling Whiskey Company, Walter Teeling, whiskey, whisky, William Jameson0 comments
Dublin’s Liberties neighborhood was once the center of the whiskey universe at a time when Irish Whiskey ruled the world more than 100 years ago...
Selling Whiskey in a Whisky World20171021124756
Selling Whiskey in a Whisky World
Mark GillespieOctober 21, 2017Adam Spiegel, bar, bartender, Benji Purslow, Boston, Bourbon, Brexit, California, cocktail, dollar, drinks, England, Europe, exchange rates, export, Four Roses, John Little, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky, London, Massachusetts, Old Scout, pound, Scotch Whisky, Smooth Ambler, Sonoma County Distilling Company, spirits, Sukhinder Singh, Tennessee Whiskey, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, trade, West Virginia, Westborough, whiskey, whisky, wholesale0 comments
The boom in Bourbon and American Whiskey sales isn’t just a North American phenomenon. Whisky lovers around the world are demanding Bourbon, Ten...