Tag: Alan Winchester

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...

Whiskey’s High Wire Act (Episode 775: July 7, 2019)20190708030028

Whiskey’s High Wire Act (Episode 775: July 7, 2019)

Mark GillespieJuly 8, 2019@derbycityphil, @ionosaurus, @whiskyranker, 1792 Bourbon, 6'5" Rye, Airbus, Alan Winchester, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, alcohol, ambulance, American Brands, Ann Marshall, Bardstown, Basil Hayden's, Beam Suntory, Bear Republic Brewing, BevCon, Black Label Origin Series, Bodega Series, Boeing, bottle size, Bottled in Bond, building codes, Bunnahabhain, California, Canada, Caribbean Reserve Rye, Charbay, Charleston, Chivas Brothers, Colorado, David DeFazio, Deanston, Delgado Zuleta, Denver, Diageo, Distell, Distilled Spirits Council, distillery, distilling, Drew Chandler, economic incentives, educational distillery, El Paso, Elixir Distillers, environment, EU, European Union, expansion, exports, FarmStock, fire, firefighters, Firehouse Whiskey, fish, found_art_whisky, George Washington's Distillery, Glenallachie, Glenmorangie, Glenn's Creek, Glentauchers, Global Travel Retail, Grand Vintage Malt 1991, heat, High Wire Distilling, hops, imports, insurance, investment, Irish Whiskey, Jim Beam, Jimmy Red, jobs, Johnnie Walker, Karl Von Rimkus, Kentucky, Kentucky River, Koval, Laws Whiskey House, Ledaig, Lux Row Distillers, McCracken Pike, medics, Mount Vernon, No. #1 Bond House, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, O.Z. Tyler Distillery, Ohio River, Old Crow, Old Overholt, Outryder, Overholt, Owensboro, Pennsylvania, Phil Kollin, photo, Prohibition, public comment, R5, Racer 5 IPA, rickhouse, Robert Maron, safety, Sagamore Spirit, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scott Blackwell, Single Malts of Scotland, South Carolina, Spain, spirit safe, sprinkler, standards of fill, Steve Nally, subsidies, supply shortage, Sweden, Talisker, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, Texas, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet 12, The Glenlivet Enigma, Tobermory, trade, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, U.S. Trade Representative, Versailles, West Overton Village, whiskey, whisky, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, wildfire, Woodford County, Woodford County Emergency Management, World Trade Organization, WTO, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments

The husband and wife team of Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall opened High Wire Distilling six years ago in Charleston, South Carolina to make whiskey,...

The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 760: March 24, 2019)20190324171915

The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 760: March 24, 2019)

Mark GillespieMarch 24, 2019@jad627, @Sea_nick63, @TMoore71, @whiskyphiles, Alan Winchester, Allura Fergie, anCnoc, auction, Austria, bags, Balcones Distilling, barrels, BC Ministry of the Attorney General, Beth Havers, Blackadder, Bonhams, Bourbon, Bourbon Barrel Reserve, Brexit, British Columbia, Bushmills, Canada, career, Caroline Martin, charity, China, Code of Federal Regulations, cooperage, Cornwall, costume, Cotswolds, Crown Royal, David Eby, death, Diageo, Distilled Spirits Council, dramsplaining, Dublin, economics, Eigashima, Eric Fergie, Erin Pike, EU, European Union, exports, fashion, Fet's, financial services, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Great Britain, Guinness, Guinness Storehouse, Hicken Report, Ian Bentley, Ian Chang, imports, insurance, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jack Daniel's, Japan, Jared Himstedt, Jeff Arnett, Jill Day, Jim Swan, John McCheyne, Justerini & Brooks, Kat Aagesen, Kavalan, King Car, Knockdhu, Lindores Abbey Distillery, Lora Hemy, mansplaining, memorial, Mexico, Mortlach, NAV Centre, Ontario, outfit, Pappy Van Winkle, Parliament, Petr Hosek, PMA, politics, Prime Minister, proposal, public comment, Quora, regulations, Reunion Barrel, Rich Oak, Roe & Co., Scotch Malt Whisky Society, sewing, Singapore, Singing Stills, SMWS, St. James's Gate, STR Cask, stroke, Taiwan, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tennessee, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, Texas, The Glenlivet, Theresa May, Title 27, Tom Moore, trade, travel retail, Treasury Department, TTB, Vancouver, Victoria Caledonian Distillery, Vienna, vote, Waco, Wayne Pike, whiskey, whisky, Winchester Collection, winery, women, Wonderful World of Whisky Show, Wounded Warriors Canada, Zack Pilgrim0 comments

This week, we’re on location at the Wonderful World of Whisky Show in Cornwall, Ontario with everything from great whiskies and good friends to ...

Talking Whiskey with the British Bourbon Society (Episode 746: December 23, 2018)20181223173405

Talking Whiskey with the British Bourbon Society (Episode 746: December 23, 2018)

Mark GillespieDecember 23, 2018@Mike_W_Simpson, 1863, Alan Winchester, Alan Wright, An Bord Pleanála, Andrew Watson, Angel's Envy, APB, Arbikie, Art & Terroir, atomic bomb, auction, Avon, barrels, Bladnoch, Blue Label, Bourbon, British Bourbon Society, budget, Carbon 14, carbon dating, Chinese New Year, Chrissy Lau, collecting, Congress, consulting, Corby, counterfeit, County Westmeath, Cream of Kentucky, Cutty Sark, David Robertson, Diageo, Donald Trump, Dublin, Ed Rosie, Edinburgh, Edrington, fake, France, Frasers, Glenturret, Gordon Cook, Gordon Dundas, Great Britain, Highland Rye, Highland Whisky Festival, Huddart, Ian Macleod Distillers, Ian MacMillan, investment, Ireland, J.W. Rutledge Distillery, Jim Rutledge, John's Lane, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky, La Martiniquaise, London, Lot #40, lunar calendar, maturation warehouse, Michael Carr, Minnesota, National College of Art & Design, Northern Border Collection, nuclear weapons, Old Pulteney, planning, Powers, President, Princes Street, professor, public comment, radiocarbon, rare whisky 101, regulations, Revival, Richard Hobbs, Rosebank, Schenley, Scotland, Scottish Canals, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, shutdown, Silvio Benz, single grain, Talisker, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Barrel Mill, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenlivet, Title 27, Tomatin, tourism, Treasury Department, TTB, Vault Whiskey Store, Washington, Westmeath County Council, whiskey, whisky, White House, Year of the Pig0 comments

One sign of the Bourbon boom worldwide can be found in Great Britain, where the British Bourbon Society was founded in 2016 by six whisky lovers. As 2...

Pour Me a Spot of Whiskey, Please! (Episode 740: November 18, 2018)20181118002710

Pour Me a Spot of Whiskey, Please! (Episode 740: November 18, 2018)

Mark GillespieNovember 18, 2018@mikeyjoedrum, @whiskeryturnip, A Fine Christmas Dram 2018, Aerstone, Ailsa Bay, Alan Winchester, apology, auction, Australia, Australia Distillers Association, backstop, Bardstown, Barley Batch Limited Edition, bidding, Blue Spot, Bobby Parnell, Bonhams, border, bottling, Bowmore, brands, Brexit, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, cask, Cedar Creek Quarry, Christmas cake, Chronicles, closed distilleries, Conor McGregor, Customs, Davin de Kergommeaux, Delta Hotel Fredericton, Democratic Unionist Party, Diageo, Distiller of the Year, Dmitry Efimov, election, Elixir Distillers, EU, European Union, excise tax, Fistful of Bourbon, flavor, Frank Scott, Fredericton, Fredericton Whisky Society, fruitcake, Girvan, Glenfiddich, Great Britain, Green Spot, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, HIAS, history, Hong Kong, Ian Millar, International Wine & Spirits Competition, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jackie Scott, John Begg, Jonathan Mitchell, Kentucky, Kentucky Owl Park, Kevin O'Gorman, Kirsten Grant Meikle, Knob Creek, Ladyburn, Lorraine Winchester, Marsala, Mitchell & Son, mixed martial arts, MMA, Montreal, My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Department of Tourism, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, No. #1 Vaults, Northern Ireland, peat, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, prank, Prime Minister, projections, Proper No. Twelve, Red Spot, rent, Sazerac, Seagram's, Seagram's 5 Star, Seagram's 83, Seagram's VO, Shigeru Ban Architects, shooting, Sicily, Sukhinder Singh, supply shortage, tasting note, The Glenlivet, The Glenrothes, The IWSC, The Macallan, The Shout, The Stoli Group, The Whisky Exchange, Theresa May, Tish Harcus, Tom Diana, trade, Tree of Life Synagogue, Tuthilltown Spirits, Vaults Collection, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons, Yellow Spot0 comments

Back on the road again, and this episode comes from the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick! We’ll have highlights from...

Bringing Distilling Back to Lexington’s Distillery District (Episode 714: July 15, 2018)20180715203813

Bringing Distilling Back to Lexington’s Distillery District (Episode 714: July 15, 2018)

Mark GillespieJuly 15, 2018@CodanofCanada, @Head_Stone, @livepaint, 500ml, Alan Winchester, Alissa Henley, Amir Peay, Austin, Award, Ben Milam Distillery, Bill Lumsden, Blanco, bottle size, Bourbon, Brandy Cask, Chocolate Edition, cognac, construction, Dan Cozzuol, Denmark, Diageo, Distill Ventures, Distillery District, Douglas Laing & Co., Dr. Pepper, eBay, Elijah Pepper, EU, European Union, floor maltings, France, Georgetown Trading Co., Glenmorangie, Gus Gonzales III, Hill Country, International Spirits Challenge, Interstate 24, James E. Pepper, James E. Pepper Distillery, Japanese Whisky, jeroboam, Jim Beam, John Lunn, Kavalan, Kentucky, Knoxville, Lexington, Lifetime Achievement Award, London, Mark Williams, Marlene Holmes, Marsha Milam, memorabilia, metric, Murfreesboro, Nikka, Nikka From the Barrel, Old Forester, Oscar Pepper, Popcorn Sutton Distillery, Red Blend, San Antonio, Sazerac, Scallywag, Schenley, Stalk & Barrel, Stauning, Still Waters Distillery, Taiwan, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Texas, The Glenlivet, Toronto, trade, Versailles, Vicomte, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons0 comments

The James E. Pepper Distillery dominated the western edge of downtown Lexington, Kentucky for decades until it closed in 1958, and what was at one tim...

The Way of Whisky (Episode 696: May 10, 2018)20180510193948

The Way of Whisky (Episode 696: May 10, 2018)

Mark GillespieMay 10, 2018"The Amber Light", Alan Winchester, aluminum, Andrew Mansinne, archive, Ashton Cigar Bar, auction, Australia, Austria, author, Avengers, Award, Balblair, Baltimore Whiskey Company, Berlin, Bill Grant Smith, Billy Leighton, Bloomberg News, book, border, Bourbon, Brexit, Bruichladdich, Brussels, Bushmills, Cadenhead's, Camden, Captain's Reserve, Chichibu, closing, Colum Egan, Cooper River Distillers, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dave Broom, David Jacob, Deborah Stewart, Diageo, Donald Trump, Dream Cask, Ed Dodson, Eden Mill, Epoch Rye, EU, European Union, Ewan Gunn, export, fish, Fishky, Founder's Reserve, Game of Thrones, George Remus, George Ross, Germany, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Graham Coull, Great Britain, Hanyu, hard border, Heaven's Door, herring cask, Hombo Shuzo, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt & Grain, import, Indiana, Infinity Stones, Infinity War, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, James Yoakum, Japan, Japanese Whisky, John Grant, John MacDonald, Johnnie Walker, Kavalan, Kentucky Derby, King Car, Klaus Pinkernell, Lawrenceburg, Marc Bushala, Mars Komagatake, Mars Shinsu, Martin Kenney, Masataka Taketsuru, MGP Ingredients, movie, negotiations, New Jersey, Nikka, Northern Ireland, Parliament, party, Paul LaGrange, Philadelphia, Photoshop, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, politics, prank, President, quotas, Redbreast, Reserva, Rita Taketsuru, Rob Whitinger, Rossville Union, Ryan Perry, Rye, Salzburg, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Shyamal Ramachandran, Sinn Fein, social media, Spirit of Speyside Festival, spoiler, steel, Strathisla, stupidcask.de, Suntory, Taketsuru, tariffs, Tasmania, Tasmanian Whisky Week, tease, television, Thanos, The Birdhouse, The Glenlivet, The Way of Whisky, Tom Brim, trade, United Kingdom, voting, whiskey, whisky, WhiskyAuctioneer.com, White Walker, William Grant Smith, World Whisky Day, Yamazaki0 comments

Dave Broom has been one of Japanese whisky’s most passionate observers for many years, and his latest book “The Way of Whisky” delve...

Sip, Sip, Sippin’ On Heaven’s Door… (Episode 695: May 6, 2018)20180505233924

Sip, Sip, Sippin’ On Heaven’s Door… (Episode 695: May 6, 2018)

Mark GillespieMay 5, 2018@Mike_W_Williams, age, Alan Winchester, alcohol abuse, Angel's Envy, author, Barry Crockett, Bob Dylan, book, Bottled in Bond, Brexit, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, Captain's Reserve, Charles Maclean, cigar barrels, Clan Fraser, Cork, Dave Broom, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deborah Stewart, Diageo, distillery, duty free, English Whisky Company, EU, European Union, exports, Glenfarclas, Graeme Littlejohn, Great Britain, Haneda Airport, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, Howick, Immature Spirits Act of 1915, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Lower East Side, Maclean's Miscellany of Whisky, Marc Bushala, Meghan Markle, Mike Williams, minimum unit pricing, music, Nashville, Nikkei, Nobel, Old Fitzgerald, Omar Fitzell, Orphan Barrel, Peat Week, Prime Minister, Prince Harry, Rhetoric, Royal, Ryan Perry, Scotch Whisky Association, ScotchWhisky.com, Scotland, Scottish Borders, singer, songwriter, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirits Investment Partnership, Strath, Stuart Nickerson, Suntory, SWA, tariffs, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Borders Distillery, The Glenlivet, The Way of Whisky, Theresa May, Tim Carton, trade, travel retail, Two Brewers, Victoria, wedding, whiskey, whisky, Yamazaki, Yukon Spirits0 comments

Bob Dylan is known for many things, but slapping his name onto a product to make a quick buck is definitely not one of them. In fact, the new Heaven&#...

Introducing The Pope to Pappy (Episode 691: April 22, 2018)20180421215431

Introducing The Pope to Pappy (Episode 691: April 22, 2018)

Mark GillespieApril 21, 2018A. Smith Bowman, Aberlour, acquisition, Alan Hansen, Alan Winchester, ANBL, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Ann Miller, app, Ardbeg, Atom Brands, Atom Group, Balcones, Baltimore, Beam Suntory, beer, Bernheim, Bob Baxter, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, British Columbia, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Cairdeas, Canada, Canadian, Catholic, chemistry, chill filtering, church, Col. E.H. Taylor, Dad's Hat, Dan Cohen, Daniel Brown, David Robertson, Diageo, Dominic Venegas, donation, Drew Quesada, e-commerce, Edinburgh, Edrington, education, Engine Shed Building, events, Feis Ile, flocculation, Four Grain, Glen Moray, Grooves, Herman Mihalich, Holyrood Distillery, hops, Ian Macleod Distillers, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack Mayo, Jim Beam, Jim Sichko, Jud Laughter, Julian Van Winkle, Justin Petszaft, Kelly Carpenter, Kentucky, Knoxville, Laphroaig, lawyers, legal, licenses, Louisville, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Missionaries of Mercy, Moine, Molson, museum, New Brunswick, Old Overholt, Orphan Barrel, Pappy Van Winkle, Pennsylvania, PLCB, Pope, Pope Benedict, Pope Francis. Father, Preston Van Winkle, priest, provincial, Quebec, Rhetoric, Rob Carpenter, rum, Rum Cask, Rye, Sagamore Spirit, SAQ, Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Investment Bank, Shazam, Sisters of Loretto, Smokehead, Spey, Speyside, Speyside Distillery, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stitzel-Weller, Supreme Court, technology, Tennessee, Texas, The Famous Grouse, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet Code, The Globe & Mail, tourism, trade, Truman Cox, Two Brewers, Vatican, venture capital, Virginia, Waco, West Overton Village & Museum, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, Whitehorse, Yukon, Yukon Spirits, ZX Ventures0 comments

The Bible says “The Lord works in mysterious ways.” As proof, we have the story this week of Father Jim Sichko, a Kentucky-based Catholic ...

Inver House Named Distiller of the Year in Icons of Whisky Scotland Round20161202114358

Inver House Named Distiller of the Year in Icons of Whisky Scotland Round

December 2, 2016 – International Beverage’s Inver House Distillers division took Distiller of the Year honors in the Scotland round of Whi...