Whisky Across the Generations (Episode 634: March 26, 2017)20170326150210
Whisky Across the Generations (Episode 634: March 26, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 26, 2017@SoundersFC_Fan, #trypod, Alberta Distillers, Alberta Premium, Alberta Rye Dark Batch, American Whiskey Convention, Andrew Morrison, Article 50, assets, auction, Australia, Australian Tax Office, Australian Whisky Holdings, Avianna Ponzi, Ballyduff, Baltimore, Barley, barrel investors, Bill Lumsden, Black Velvet, Blackwater Distillery, Bluebird Distilling, Bomberger's, Booker Noe, brewer, Brexit, Brian Treacy, Brothership, Brown-Forman, Brussels, Calgary, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, charity, Chatham Imports, Chris Malcolm, Christopher Winters, Citizens Bank Park, Clan MacGregor, Clydeside, Columbus, Compass Box, Connacht Whiskey Company, construction, Cooper Spirits, Coopers' Craft, corn, creditors, Davin de Kergommeaux, Dick Stoll, Distilled Spirits Epicenter, Eclipx, Eddie Russell, election, Elmer T. Lee, Eric Wolfe, European Union, farmers, FarmStock, FTI Consulting, George Washington, Glasgow, Glenmorangie, GMB Scotland, grain, Hall of Fame, Hillary Clinton, Hochstadter's, Hong Kong, horse racing, Ian Macleod Distillers, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, Jared Adkins, Jewish, Jimmy Russell, Julio's Liquors, Kashrut, Keith Batt, Kevin Hough, Kieran Curtin, Kosher, Kosher Information Bureau, label approval, Lalique, lawyers, Liberty Pole Spirits, Louisville, malted wheat, Margaret Batt, Maryland, Massachusetts, Master's Keep, Master's Keep Decades, Michelone, Michter's, Middle West Spirits, Mingo Creek, Moonshine University, Morrison Glasgow Distillers, Nant Distillery, New Liberty Distillery, New York City, Ohio, orthodox, OYO, Pam Heilmann, Parker Beam, peated bourbon, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Spirits Convention, Peter Mulryan, Philadelphia, Phillies, Phoenixville, Pia Carusone, Port Covington, Preakness, Pride 1974, Prime Minister, protect, rabbi, Rachel Gardner, receivers, receivership, Republic Restoratives, Rivals, River Clyde, Rob Cooper, Rob Hough, Rodham Rye, Ryan Lang, Rye, Sagamore Spirit, Six Pillars, Sotheby's, Steinway Hall, Stoll & Wolfe, Tamdhu, Tax & Trade Bureau, taxes, The Macallan, Theresa May, Tim Meushaw, Tim Morrison, trade union, trademark, travel retail, Triple Crown, TTB, Tyler Gomez, Vermont, Wall Street Journal, Westborough, wheat, wheat malt, Whiskey Rebellion, Whisky Magazine, Whistlepig Rye, Wild Turkey, Willie Pratt, wine, Woodford Reserve, workers, Zionsville0 comments
This week’s American Whiskey Convention at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park featured an air of generational change. At one end, legendary...
Scotch Whisky’s Tiger Gets Back to Work (Episode 627: February 5, 2017)20170204233418
Scotch Whisky’s Tiger Gets Back to Work (Episode 627: February 5, 2017)
Mark GillespieFebruary 4, 2017@hieronymous10, @IMSeth79, @PL_Scotch_Canada, 1815 Legacy Edition, A Glass Apart, Alan Wright, Alberta Premium, Alberta Rye Dark Batch, Alfred Barnard, Andrew Laing, Angelo Veneziano, Ardnahoe, Arthur Guinness, Bacalta, Barbara McEwan, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Barton, batch number, Bill Lumsden, Bird Dog, Bourye, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Calumet Farms, Cask & Crew, Central City Brewing, Ciaran Mulgrew, Constellation Brands, cookies, Dark Horse, Derry, Devil's cask, Diageo, Distell, Double Cask, Dublin, Elijah Craig, expansion, FedEx, Feis Ile, Fine & Rare, Fionnán O'Connor, Four Oak, Four Roses, Gary Lohin, George Roe, Girl Scouts, Glenmorangie, Guinness, Heaven Hill, High West, Hunter Laing & Co., Ileach, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Magazine, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jim McEwan, Kirin, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Ledaig, Lemonades, Lexington Bourbon, Liberties, LiDestri Spirits, Lohin McKinnon, Madeira, Malmsey, malt tax, MGP, Mull, Nancy Fraley, Niche Drinks, Pedro Ximenez, Port Askaig, Prohibition, PX, Roe & Co., Roe & Company, rumor, Sam Mead, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scott Laing, Smores, St. Brendan's, St. James's Gate, Stewart Laing, Stuart McKinnon, suitcase, The Macallan, The Quiet Man, Thin Mints, Tobermory, travel retail, Victoria Whisky Festival, Western Spirits, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
It’s hard for some people to retire. Jim McEwan says he was pacing around his home on Islay “like a tiger” after retiring from Bruic...
Beam Suntory to Export Alberta Premium for First Time20150120171757
Beam Suntory to Export Alberta Premium for First Time
Mark GillespieJanuary 20, 2015Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Alberta Premium, Beam Suntory, Canada, Dan Tullio, Dark Horse Lager, Old Grand-Dad, Oloroso Sherry, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival4 comments
January 20, 2015 – Beam Suntory’s Alberta Distillers distillery in Calgary has produced the award-winning Alberta Premium range of whiskie...
Episode 516: January 17, 201520150117211324
Episode 516: January 17, 2015
Mark GillespieJanuary 17, 2015Alberta Distillers, Alberta Premium, Alberta Rye Dark Batch, Allied Domecq, Award, Beam Suntory, Big Peat, Bond Street Whisky Appreciation Society, Brett Burnes, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Burns Night, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Mist, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Chairman's Select, Chase Stampe, competition, contract, Corby, crime, Crown Royal, Dan Tullio, Dark Horse, David Dobbin, Davin de Kergommeaux, Diageo, Douglas Laing & Co., Edinburgh, Forty Creek, Gbuschrist, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Harold Ferguson, Hiram Walker Distillery, hockey, holdup, Hotel Grand Pacific, ice, investigation, Jack Phillips, Jim Beam Rye, Jimmy Russell, Johanna Ngoh, John Hall, John Richardson, Las Vegas, Lawrence Graham, letsgojets, Lifetime Achievement, Masterson's, missedlitterbox, Montreal, negotiations, Neil Barrie, Ontario, Prohibition, R_E_Thomas, recommendation, robbery, Robert Burns, Rock Oyster, Roy Thomson Hall, Royal Mile Whiskies, SAQ, Scallywag, single barrel, skating, Spirit of Toronto, Stalk & Barrel, Still Waters, Taghta, Texas, The Balvenie, theft, Timorous Beastie, Tish Harcus, Torfa, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Walkerville, whisky bar, whisky club, Windsor, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Jets0 comments
We’re on the road for the first time in 2015 this weekend, with the first of two episodes from the 10th annual Victoria Whisky Festival in Victo...
Episode 471: March 22, 201420140322221027
Episode 471: March 22, 2014
Mark GillespieMarch 22, 2014administration, Alberta Premium, Ardbeg, Australia, author, awards, Balcones, beer, Big Peat, bill, Bladnoch, book, Brimstone, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, budget, Bulleit, Bushmills, Canadian Club, Catoctin Creek, Chancellor, Chip Tate, cider, Cocke County, cocktail, Coffey Grain, Colin Armstrong, competition, court, Dark Horse, Dave Broom, Dave Greene, David Frost, David Grant, David Urquhart, David Wishart, Dennie Hammer, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, duties, editor, escalator, Exchequer, exports, Forgiven, General Assembly, George Dickel, George Osborne, George T. Stagg, Glen Grant, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Gold Reserve, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant's, guide, Hall of Fame, Highland Park, history, Icons, Icons of Whisky, independence, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim McEwan, L. Mulligan, La Maison du Whisky, Laphroaig, law, legislation, legislature, manual, Mark Green, Master of Malt, Michael Foggarty, Mickey Heads, moonshine, Nikka, Octomore, Patrick Maguire, perfect score, Pike Creek, Popcorn Sutton, Raymond Armstrong, receiver, Redbreast, referendum, Richard Paterson, Rob Allanson, Rupert Wheeler, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Mansfield, Scottish National Party, Simon Marshall, Single Cask Nation, SNP, St. Patrick's Day, suicide, Sullivan's Cove, SWA, Swallow, Taketsuru, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, taxes, Teeling, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Blended Whisky Company, The Lost Distilleries Blend, The Whisky Exchange, Thomas H. Handy, Tish Harcus, Torfa, trade, Twitter, Ultimate Spirits Challenge, Waco, Whisky Magazine, Whyte & Mackay, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Dave Broom has written and edited many books on whisky and other spirits, but none quite like his latest book. “Whisky: The Manual” is for...
Redbreast 21 Gets 100 Points In Ultimate Spirits Challenge Judging20140320152453
Redbreast 21 Gets 100 Points In Ultimate Spirits Challenge Judging
Mark GillespieMarch 20, 2014100 points, Alberta Premium, Ballantine's, Big Peat, Bulleit, Bushmills, Coffey Grain, competition, Dark Horse, Douglas Laing, F. Paul Pacult, Forgiven, George T. Stagg, Glenmorangie, judging, Nikka, Redbreast, Tullamore Dew, Ultimate Spirits Challenge, Wild Turkey0 comments
March 20, 2014 – For the second consecutive year, a whisky has received a perfect 100-point score from the judging panel for the Ultimate Spirit...
Episode 451: November 9, 201320131109155759
Episode 451: November 9, 2013
Mark GillespieNovember 9, 2013Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Alberta Premium, Alberta Springs, Andrew Ferguson, Beam, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Calgary, Canada, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Collingwood, Cooley, Dalmore, Daniel Boulud, Daniel Weber, Danny Williamson, Diageo, Dublin, Ealanta, Fettercairn, Fife, Glenmorangie, Jill Hill, Jim Murray, Jim Rogerson, Kensington Wine Market, Kirkcaldy, Masterson's, Pappy Van Winkle, Pat Melton, Richard Paterson, Rick Murphy, Rye, Scott Mansfield, Tangle Ridge, theft, Virgin Oak, warehouse, Whisky Bible0 comments
This week, we’ll take a tour of a distillery very few people ever get to visit, Beam’s Alberta Distillers facility in Calgary, Alberta. 80...
Alberta Flooding Forces Distillery Shutdowns20130624122328
Alberta Flooding Forces Distillery Shutdowns
Mark GillespieJune 24, 2013Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Alberta Premium, Andrew Ferguson, Beam, Black Velvet, Canada, Canadian, Centennial, Century Reserve, Chelsey Coulson, Chris Spearman, disaster, flooding, High River, Highwood, Highwood Distillers, Jarrod Grant, Kensington Wine Market, Lethbridge, Paula Erickson, Potter's, river, White Owl, Willow Park0 comments
Updated June 25, 2013 – Massive flooding along several rivers in Alberta have claimed at least three lives, caused millions of dollars in damage...
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: January 201320130122222918
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: January 2013
Mark GillespieJanuary 22, 2013Alberta Premium, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian, Century Reserve, Forty Creek, Gibson's, Graham MacKenny, Hanna Raskin, Highwood, Johanne McInnis, John Hall, Seattle, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival0 comments
This month, our tasting panel gathered at the Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia. Hanna Raskin, Johanne McInnis, and Graham MacKen...
Episode 518: January 24, 2015