Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)20190722035536
Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 22, 2019@Mike_W_Simpson, @pogues1977, @TheTracerBullet, age statement, Alan Winchester, Amrut, Atlas Bar, auction, Bartender at Large, Blackadder, Bladnoch, Bonhams, breast cancer, Brian Treacy, Cairdeas, Cards Series, Chivas Brothers, Christina Philburn, Code of Federal Regulations, construction, contract, control state, Dante, David Prior, Diageo, distillery, distributor, Edinburgh, English Whisky Company, Enigma, Feis Ile, fruits, Glass Revolution Imports, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Global Travel Retail, GMB, Hammer Head, Hanyu, Holyrood Distillery, Hong Kong, Huntly, Ian Stewart, Ichiro Akuto, importer, India, instructors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Ivy Mix, J. Rieger & Co., Jameson, Japan, Jerry O'Sullivan, Julio's Liquors, Kansas City, Kavalan, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, Knockdhu, La Maison du Whisky, label approvals, labor, labour, Laphroaig, LaSanta, Lebanon, Lynette Marrero, Massachusetts, Missouri, mystery, Nectar D'Or, negotiations, New Orleans, New Riff, New York City, Nikka Whisky, Norfolk Wine & Spirits, palate, Philadelphia, Philanthropy, photo, Portomento, produce, Prohibition, Purple Valley Imports, Quinta Ruban, R&D, Raj Sabharwal, retailer, Royal Salute, Ryan Maloney, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Singapore, single malt, sommelier, Speed Rack, spices, Spirited Awards, stained glass, strike, Sullivan's Cove, Taiwan, Tales of the Cocktail, tariffs, tasting, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Glenlivet, The Lakes Distillery, The Lost Blend, The Malts Blend, The One, The Party Source, The Signature Blend, three-tier, tied house, Title 27, Triple Triple, TTB, unions, Unite, vegetables, visitors center, visitors centre, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, whisky classes, Wigtown, Woodford Reserve, workers0 comments
Raj Sabharwal doesn’t make whiskies, but his role is critical in making sure you get to drink them. He’s one of the band of independent im...
Pernod Ricard Hops Back Into Kentucky Bourbon (Episode 772: June 16, 2019)20190617030046
Pernod Ricard Hops Back Into Kentucky Bourbon (Episode 772: June 16, 2019)
Mark GillespieJune 17, 20191205 Distillery, Absolut, age statement, Alexandre Ricard, Alumni Whisky Series, Ardgowan, Arran, Aspen, Baker Beam, Baker's, Beam Suntory, Bear Republic Brewing, beer, Birthday Bourbon, bottling size, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Carlton Welch, casks, celebration, centre, Charbay, Chuck Cowdery, Cincinnati, Clydebuilt, Colorado, Colorado Springs, coppersmith, Corky Taylor, Distillery 291, Douglas Laing & Co., Dry Fly Distilling, Dublin, Easter Rising, Edrington, Ernst & Young, EU, European Union, Father's Day, flavored whiskey, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, George Garvin Brown, George T. Stagg, Granholm, Guinness, Hall of Fame, hockey, hops, Indiana, Indianapolis, Inverkip, investors, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Society, J.P. Wiser's, Jeff Agdern, John Little, Kaveh Zamanian, Kentucky, Kentucky Peerless Distillery, Knob Creek, Lagg, Larry Robinson, Louisville, Luke Waddell, Marrowbone Lane Edition, Martin McAdam, Max McFarlane, metric, Midleton, NHL Alumni, Old Forester, Pappy Van Winkle, Paris, Pernod Ricard, poll, pricing, Prohibition, proposal, Rabbit Hole Distillery, Racer 5 IPA, retailers, Robby Fabbri, Roe & Co., rule making, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Shelbyville, shipping, Smooth Ambler, Spokane, Springbank, St. James's Gate, St. Louis Blues, Stanley Cup, states, Supreme Court, technical file, Tennessee, tequila, The Black Series, TMZ, tourism, TTB, Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye, visitors centers, Washington, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky, Woodford Reserve, World War I, Xtra Old Particular0 comments
Ten years after Pernod Ricard left Kentucky with the sale of Wild Turkey to Gruppo Campari, the world’s #2 spirits company is back in the Bluegr...
Poking the Bourbon Bear (Episode 766: May 5, 2019)20190505223554
Poking the Bourbon Bear (Episode 766: May 5, 2019)
Mark GillespieMay 5, 2019@BrandZ77, @doctorfate77, @rcampbell919, @scotchology1, acquisition, age statement, Alberta, Alumni Whisky Series, Andy Nelson, archives, auction, Award, Balcones, Baltimore, Bill Newlands, billboard, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bow Street, Brian Treacy, Bulleit Rye, Canada, Centre for Business & Economic Research, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, charity, Charles Maclean, Charlie Nelson, Churchill Downs, Compass Box, competition, Constellation Brands, contest, Corby, Dalbeallie, Darryl Sittler, Dennis McBain, Diageo, distilling, Don Livermore, Dr. Jim Swan, E4C, economic impact, economy, Edmonton, Elgin, Eva Pang, George Washington's Distillery, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graeme Littlejohn, Grand Old Parr, Great Britain, Guy LaFleur, history, hockey, honor, honour, horse racing, Ian Millar, impact, Interstate 65, investment, Ireland, Islay, J.J. Corry, J.P. Wiser's, Jameson, jobs, juniper, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kilchoman, Lanny McDonald, Larry Robinson, Lifetime Achievement, Louisville, Mackmyra, malting, Maryland, mesquite, mezcal, MGP, Michael Urquhart, mint julep, monocle, Nashville, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, New Riff, Newport, NHL, NHL Alumni Association, No Name, Paul Coffey, peat, peaty, Pimlico, playoffs, pocket square, Preakness, PunchDrink.com, quilt, Quinta Ruban, Quora, Redbreast, Reggie Mobley, Ryan Campbell, Rye, Sagamore Farm, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky Association, smoke, smoking jacket, smoky, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stanley Cup, STR Casks, SWA, Sweden, t-shirt, Tamdhu, Tennessee, tequila, Texas, The Balvenie, The Battalion, The Netherlands, too hat, UK, venture, Wendel Clark, whiskey, Whiskey.Wiki, whisky, Whisky Belles, WhiskyBase, William Grant & Sons, wood0 comments
Let’s face it. When you think of American Whiskey, Bourbon is probably top of mind. After all, Congress declared it “America’s Nativ...
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)20190330215734
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)
Mark GillespieMarch 30, 2019@IrishLegs, accident, acidity, age statement, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, April Fool's Day, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Drum, Australia, author, Bagpiper, Balblair, Bardstown, Barley, bartender, Barton 1792 Distillery, beaver, beer well, BenRiach, biomass, blending, Bob Dalgarno, Bourbon, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, cancer, casks, castor sacs, castoreum, Celebrious, charring, Chicago, Chivas Regal, cocktail, Committee Edition, Compass Box, cooperage, de-char, Delilah's, Dewar's, Diageo, Distell, distiller, Double Double, dramming, Drum, Eau de Musc, Edition No. 4, farming, Fishky, Four Roses, Geert Bero, Geneva Conventions, Glaswegian, grasshopper, Gregg Glass, Hall of Fame, Heidi, herring, Hibiki, Ian Logan, Icons of Whisky Awards, Inver House, investigation, Islay, Jack's Lounge/Equus, Jamie Milne, Jim Swan, John Dewar & Sons, John MacDonald, John Rochfort, joke, Joy Perrine, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Peerless, King of Trees, Klaus Pinkernell, Lait de Romalea, Louisville, Mackmyra, maltings, Mark Reynier, Mclaren Vale, Michter's, New Hampshire, Nick Savage, obituary, Peerless, Perth, Peter Silver, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, planing, prank, Rachel Barrie, re-char, rejuvenated casks, renewable energy, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Shore House Croft, Smith & Wollensky, Speyside, spill, Stephanie Macleod, Stewart Buchanan, stillman, STR Cask, Strathisla, Suntory, Surstromming, Susan Riegler, Suzanna, Sweden, Tamworth Distilling, tank, Teeling Whiskey Company, tequila, The Lakes Distillery, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tommy Smith, travel retail, vintages, Weller, Weller Full Proof, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Works, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, wood, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Blending whiskies is both an art and a science, and Dewar’s could fairly be accused of focusing more on the science side in recent years with so...
Celebrating 13 Years of WhiskyCast! (Episode 739: November 11, 2018)20181112015727
Celebrating 13 Years of WhiskyCast! (Episode 739: November 11, 2018)
Mark GillespieNovember 12, 2018@crispiism, @Mark_Whiskey, 101 Whiskies, advert, Aeneas MacDonald, Aerstone, age statement, Ailsa Bay, Alfred Barnard, American Cancer Society, anniversary, archivist, auction, author, Ballyhoo, Billy Walker, blending, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Crusaders, Canadian Club, Carol Quinn, Christina Philburn, Christoph, Clonakilty, Connacht Whiskey Company, Conor McGregor, Cork, cruise ship, Crumlin, Customs, Cyril Briscoe, Dave Pickerell, Dingle, Drew Kulsveen, Dublin, Dublin 12, Dublin Airport, Dylan Whiskey Bar, Eddie Langton, Eire Born Spirits, Elliott Hughes, experimental, Food Safety Authority of Ireland, Fred Minnick, fundraiser, George Thomson, gin, Girvan, Glenallachie, Glenrothes, Gordon & MacPhail, Ha'Penny Irish Whiskey, HIAS, Ian Buxton, Inverleven, Ireland, Irish Coffee, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Collection, islands, Islay, Isle of Lewis, Jack Teeling, Jim Rafferty, John Quinn, Kevin Abrook, KFC Yum! Center, Kilkenny, Kilkenny Whiskey Guild, Kulsveen, Land Cask, Langton House Hotel, Louisville, MacNair's Lum Reek, Mark McLaughlin, Marriott, mass shooting, measurement, memorial service, Micah Pickerell, Midleton Very Rare, mixed martial arts, MMA, obituary, Orkney, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Porterhouse, postal code, Powers, PPM, Private Collection, Proper No. Twelve, regulators, RMS Mauretania, rum, Scotch Whisky, Sea Cask, single malt, Single Pot Still, sponsor, SPPM, stateroom, tax-free, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tesco, The Dead Rabbit, The Loop, The Oak, The Sunday Times, Tish Harcus, travel retail, Tree of Life Synagogue, Tullamore Dew, Walsh Whiskey, whiskey, Whiskies Galore, whisky, Wikipedia, Willett, William Grant & Sons, Writers Tears0 comments
This episode marks our 13th anniversary of the very first WhiskyCast episode on November 12, 2005, and we’re celebrating with an old friend! Ian...
The High Plains and the Highlands Come Together (Episode 723: September 9, 2018)20180909204127
The High Plains and the Highlands Come Together (Episode 723: September 9, 2018)
Mark GillespieSeptember 9, 2018@CGBSpender8874, @scotchology1, @whiskyfreedom, @whiskyranker, acquisition, age statement, album, Angel's Envy, anniversary, Arden, baby, Bacardi, band, Bardstown, Benromach, birth, Blackened Whiskey, Blended Malt, BMW, Booker Noe Distillery, Boss Hog, Boston, Bourbon, Brad Mead, Brent Elliott, Brown-Forman, Brugal Rum, Caol Ila, Carsebridge, Catoctin Creek, charity, Chris Spalding, classic malts, Compass Box, Constellation Brands, Coxs Creek, Dave Pickerell, David DeFazio, Dawn Smith, Diageo, distillery, Donald Colville, Duke of Rothesay, Edrington, Edrington Americas, England, Erik Smith, estate, fire, firefighters, Flaming Heart, Four Roses, Frazier History Museum, Fred Minnick, George Washington's Distillery, Gordon & MacPhail, Hampton Manor Inn, Heaven Hill, High West, Highland Park, historic, hog, impressions, inert gas, insurance, Jaclyn Minnick, Jeff Royalty, Jim Beam Distillery, judge, Julian Joseph Minnick, Kate Mead, Keith Cruickshank, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kirby, Kirin, Kirkwall, Lawrenceburg, Longmorn, Louisville, Magnum, Maureen Robinson, Metallica, Moet Hennessy, Mortimer, Mount Vernon, music, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, NCFO, negotiations, Oreck, Orkney, Oscar Minnick, oxidation, partnership, pattern bargaining, Pernod Ricard, picket line, pig, police, Prince Charles, Remy Cointreau, Ryan Ashley, Scotch, SEIU, Smoking Man, Smooth Ambler, Soleo Collection, Special Releases, stake, Steve Bashore, Stitzel-Weller, strike, strike vote, Talisker, Teamsters Union, The Famous Grouse, The Glenrothes, The Macallan, The Spirit of Mauve, The Story of the Spaniard, tour, Tuthilltown Spirits, UCFW, union, United Auto Workers, United Food & Commercial Workers, vacuum, Van Winkle, vintages, Virginia, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Maker's Cut, Whistlepig Rye, William Grant & Sons, Woodinville, Wyoming, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
Like most romances, Wyoming Whiskey and Edrington had plenty of potential partners trolling around. Neither one needed a partner, until they found eac...
Making Sense(s) of Whisky (Episode 658: September 10, 2017)20170910211330
Making Sense(s) of Whisky (Episode 658: September 10, 2017)
Mark GillespieSeptember 10, 2017age statement, agent, Andrea Wilson, Angel's Envy, aroma, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, author, Award, Bardstown, barrel sales, beer, Ben & Jerry's, Benromach, BevCon, blogger, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Women, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Cabrach Trust, Canada, car, Charleston, China, Chivas Brothers, Christa Havican, chug, cocktail, coffee, Columbus, ComicCon, concierge, Diageo, Distilled Sunshine, distillery, dollar, drinks, drunk, Dublin, economy, Ellen DeGeneres, euro, exhibit, flavor, Forgotten Drop Series, Founder's Reserve, fraud, Frazier History Museum, Gerry Nicholls, Glen Grant, Glen Grant Collection, Gordon & MacPhail, Hall of Fame, Halle Berry, heirloom grains, Highland Park, historical, Houston, ice cream, Icons of Whisky, illicit distilling, Inverharrock Farm, investment, investors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jack Daniel's, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Rye, Jeni's, Kavalan, KDA, Keith Batt, Keith Cruickshank, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, King Car, Kingsman, Laurent Lacassagne, Lois Mateus, Louisville, Margaret Batt, Michter's, Middle West Spirits, Mike Raymond, Moray Council, Nant Distillery, Nant Estate, Nantou, Nath Pizzolatto, neuroscience, New Zealand, Ohio, Omar, open records, OYO, Pam Heilmann, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Pat Retson, Patricia Retson, planning, police, pound, provincial, Quebec, Renaud Dugas, Reserve 101, Robert Kaiser, Robert Simonson, Rotorua, sale, SAQ, science, scientists, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, ScotchWhisky.com, senses, sensory, Singleton of Glen Old, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, South Carolina, Speyside, SWA, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tasmania Police, taste, terroir, The Glenlivet, Tocade, tourism, tourists, triple distilled, Urban Bourbon, US 1, visitors, visitors center, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Magazine, WhiskyCast Tasting Panel0 comments
Flavor, aroma, and taste. We all know what they mean…or do we? Gerry Nicholls isn’t so sure. He’s a veteran judge in beer and coffee...
Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)20170319145746
Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2017"Gillespie the Gauger", @6Pod4, @jotterface, @ratherbeonislay, @rmculver, #trypod, Aaron Schorsch, ABC News, Adam Spiegel, age statement, American Craft Spirits Association, Amir Peay, ancestor, ancestry, Ardbeg, artist, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Award, Beam Suntory, Benoit Bailey, best in class, bill, birth certificate, Black Truffle Rye, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Red Rye Finish, Blender's Batch Three Grain American Oak, blending, blog, Blue Spot, bond store, bonders, bonding, Brian DeFoe, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Bulleit Rye, canister, Cardhu, Carlton Welch, chewing, Chuck Cowdery, Churchill Downs, Col. E.H. Taylor, Columbus, commemorative, competition, confectioner, Cooley, Dave Pickerell, David Byrne, Diageo, distiller, distillery, Dublin, Eclipx, excise, exciseman, Facebook, FarmStock, finish, Four Grain Bourbon, France, FTI Consulting, Gavin Smith, Gold Label, governor, Grafton Street, Green Spot, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton, hanged, Harlen Wheatley, history, HoochLaw, horse racing, investors, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, James E. Pepper, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Mitchell, Jude, Kavalan, Keith Batt, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Whiskey, Kildare Street, lawmakers, lawyer, LCBO, legal, legislature, Lexington, Liberties, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, loophole, Louisville, Margaret Batt, Matt Bevin, McDonald's, Melbourne, Method And Madness, MGP, Midleton, Mitchell & Son, Mortlach, Nant, Nant Whisky Bar, Ohio, Old Mill Street, Ontario, paint, painting, Pareau des Charentes, Platinum Label, Prohibition, puppy, Quentin Olde, Quintessential, rebranding, receiver, Red Spot, Revival, Rick Culver, Robert Mitchell, Samuel Adams, ScotchWhisky.com. Malcolm Gillespie, Sheepdog, Shelbyville, Single Pot Still, Sonoma County Distilling Company, Taiwan, Tasmania, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, The Dubliner, Thomas Allen Pauly, Triple Crown, Tyrconnell, Vermont, water spirit, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Daddy, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, Woodford Reserve, workout, Yellow Spot0 comments
For years, whisky connoisseurs whispered about a mysterious Irish whiskey called Green Spot and begged friends traveling to Ireland to track down a bo...
Episode 608: September 25, 201620160925114827
Episode 608: September 25, 2016
Mark GillespieSeptember 25, 2016@JohnnieStumbler, @MaltReview, @smokshootr2, @whiskyexperts, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Spa, Aberfeldy, Acts of Union, age statement, age statements, airport, American Whiskey, Anki Ulvmane, Ardbeg, Ardbeg 21, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, auction, Australia, auto racing, Baccarat, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Beam, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Black Bull, BMW, Bourbon Bill, British GT Championship, Buffalo Trace, burglary, Calum Fraser, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chuck Cowdery, Col. E.H. Taylor, Colin Scott, construction, crystal, Custodian Master Blender, Custodian's Club, Denmark, Diageo, Duncan Taylor, duty free, Ecurie Ecosse, Euan Shand, fakes, Frank McHardy, Fred Noe, Gavin Birnie, General Assembly, George Dickel, Glansa, Glen Garioch, GlenDronach, Gretzky Estates Winery & Distillery, Heaven Hill, hockey, Hunter Laing & Co., Islay, Jaguar, Justine Hazelhurst, Kevin Balmforth, Kilchoman, Kilkerran, King James VI, King of Scots, Knob Creek, lawmakers, LCBO, legislature, Mark@Malt-Review.com, McLaren, Meldrum House, Moji Shand, motorsports, mystery, New Brunswick, Niagara-by-the-Lake, Number 99 Red Cask, O.F.C., O.F.C. Distillery, Oldmeldrum, Ontario, Orkney, Orphan Barrel, Perth, photo, planning, Police Scotland, Port Askaig, raithrover, Redaktion, regulations, retired, retirement, Richard Paterson, Royal Salute, Rune Lauridsen, Russ Charity, Sandy Hyslop, Scapa, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, shit, Springbank, stolen, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Dalmore, theft, travel retail, Tullibardine, Union of the Crowns, vintage, Wayne Gretzky, West Cork Distillers, Whippersnapper, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Rover, Whoop & Holler, Whyte & Mackay, Willett, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies0 comments
We’re at a unique point in whisky history when it’s not unusual to see people celebrating 40, 45, or even 50 years of working in whisky an...
WhiskyFest Hits New York City (Episode 743: December 6, 2018)