The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)20180701201402
The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)
Mark GillespieJuly 1, 2018"Explorer's Cask", @Mr_McW, #freethewhisky, affinity group, aluminum, ambassador, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Armorik, attorney general, Barton, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, Billy Walker, Birdhouse, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Bobby Parnell, Bonticou Crag, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bourbon Burnt Sugar, Bowmore, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Buzick Construction, Canada, Caol Ila, Catoctin Creek, Chad Anderson, China, collapse, cooking, Coppersea Distiling, corrosion, court, David Eby, David McDonald, Distillerie Warenghem, Diurachs, Donald Blincoe, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., Eddie Russell, Empire Rye, engineers, Eric Fergie, European Union, evidence, export, fan club, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fire, France, Franklin County, Georgia, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, Glasgow, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Islay Swim, grill, Hickory, High Road, Highland Park, hospitality license, ice cream, import, Inner Circle, Islay, Isle of Arran, Jason Johnstone-Yellin, Jeni's, Johnnie Mundell, judge, Jura, Justin Fornal, Justin Trudeau, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, LCLB, LDB, liquor agents, Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, Liquor Distribution Branch, Little Jumbo, Maker's Mark, McW, Mexico, Middle West Whiskey, ministry, Nanaimo, New York, New York City, One For All, One For the Road, One For You, open water swimming, Orlando, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pardon My Pappy, Port Dundas, Prime Minister, prosecutor, provincial, pub, raid, recipe, Redbreast, repairs, report, retailers, Reuters, ricks, Roundstone Rye, Russell's Reserve, rust, salmon, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, seizure, sentence, shock probation, Simon Brooking, Single Cask Nation, single grain, single malt, smoke, SMWS, sorghum, Speyside, Springbank, Springbank Society, steel, structural integrity, swimming, tariffs, tenderoin, The Dead Rabbit, theft, Thomas Wingate, trade, trade war, Triagoz, turkey, Union Club, Urban Bourbon, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, warehouse, water damage, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Xtra Old Particular, Zachary Becker0 comments
The rough, cold waters off Scotland’s Isle of Islay are a challenge for even the best sailors, and one might think it madness to try and swim ar...
Making Whisky with Passion in Denmark (Episode 640: May 7, 2017)20170507163054
Making Whisky with Passion in Denmark (Episode 640: May 7, 2017)
Mark GillespieMay 7, 2017@canlgetaP, 1968, Aberlour, acquisition, ambassador, Anchor Distilling, Andretti Autosport, Antarctic Heritage Trust, Antarctica, Ardor, awards, Ben Herrera, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Birthday, Brabazon, Braunstein, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Campbell Brown, Chris Morris, Copenhagen, Cutty Sark, Dalmore, Danish, Dario Franchitti, Denmark, Destilleri Nyborg, director, donation, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Edrington, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ernest Shackleton, F1, Fernando Alonso, film, Formula 1, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant-Gordon, Hawaii, Heritage, Highland Park, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy 500, IndyCar, Ireland, Jacques Villeneuve, Johnnie Walker, Jura, Karen Betts, Keith Brown, Kim Møller-Elshøj, Kingsman, Kirkwall, Liberties, livery, Louisville, Luxco, Mannochmore, Mario Andretti, Martin Markvardsen, Matthew Vaughn, McLaren, Monique van Ensbergen, Morocco, motorsports, movie, Nyborg, Old Forester, Orkney, Pauly G, Rare Breed, Rebel Yell, rich list, Ronnie Cox, Sandy Herrera, Scallywag, Scotch Whisky Association, Shackleton, Single Cask Nation, Spirit of Speyside Festival, sponsor, St. Magnus Festival, Statesman, Stauning, surprise, SWA, Tamdhu, Teeling Whiskey, The Glenrothes, The Golden Circle, The Netherlands, The Secret Service, The Sunday Times, Times, U.S. Grand Prix, Valkyrie, Viking, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, Willem van Ensbergen, William Grant & Sons, Yvo van Ensbergen0 comments
Denmark is known for its beers and aquavit, but is starting to develop a reputation for whiskies as well with distilleries like Braunstein and Staunin...
Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)20170402140734
Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)
Mark GillespieApril 2, 2017@ForzaUnion, @OldBurbonGangsta, @TeresaDeck81, #trypod, 100% Islay, A.D. Laws, airport, Amarone, Amazon, ambassador, Andy Rieger, anniversary, Anthony Wills, Arran, Article 50, Artist's Blend, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Bainbridge, Balblair, Battle Point, Beam, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, BenRiach, Benromach, Bernard Walsh, bill, Bill Lark, Birmingham, Bladnoch, Bond & Lillard, Brexit, Brian, buyout, Campari America, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Club Heritage Centre, Carlow, CBC News, Celtic Whiskey Shop, chairman, Chichibu, Chris Malcolm, Colorado, Compass Box, competition, Cooley, court order, craft distillers, Craigellachie, Dail, David G, delivery, dissertation, Drew Dilkens, Dublin, Eclipx, editor, England, English Whisky Company, EU, European Union, exports, farm gate, Federal Court of Australia, Feis Ile, First Minister, Flaming Heart, Forty Creek, free movement, Fuji-Gotemba, George S. Grant, Glenfarclas, Gooderam & Worts, Grant's, Great Britain, Great King Street, Green Label, Hall of Fame, Heathrow, Hibiki, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Hopped, Hubris, ice cream, Imperial, independence, India, investigation, investors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Ironroot Republic, Islay, Isle of Arran, J. Rieger & Co., J.P. Wiser's, Jacob Rieger, James Campbell, John Distilleries, John Hall, Johnnie Walker, Jota Tanaka, JP Wiser's, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Julio's Liquors, Kansas City, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kirin, Knob Creek, La Maison du Whisky, labels, Lark Distillery, Lawrenceburg, legislation, licensing, liens, Lifetime Achievement, Lisa Ryan, Lisbon Treaty, Loch Gorm, London, Macallan, Malt 'n Rye, managing editor, Margaret Batt, Massachusetts, Master of Malt, Matsuri, Matt Jones, mayor, Missouri, Monogram, Morocco, Nant, negotiations, Nicola Sturgeon, Noel Sweeney, Ontario, Overeem, Paris, Parliament, Paul John, Percy Hatfield, Pernod Ricard, podcasting, podcasts, police, politics, Powerscourt, Prime Minister, private cask, receiver, Redbreast, Redlands, referendum, retailer, Rieger, Rivals, Rob Allanson, Rupert Wheeler, Sassicaia, Scale, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Seattle, securities, shares, Single Marrying Cask, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, stake, Steph, Stuart Wilson, Suntory, Suzanne Redmond, Suzi Redmond, SWA, Talia, tariffs, Tasmania, Teaninich, Teresa Deck, The Glenrothes, The Norfolk, theft, Theresa May, Tim Herlihy, tourism, trade, travel retail, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, UK, Urban Bourbon, Val, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, vintage, Walsh Whiskey Company, Waterford, West Midlands Police, whiskey, Whiskey Barons Collection, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Windsor, Wine 2 5, Wine Merchants Collection, Wine Two Five, World of Whiskies, World Whiskies Awards, writer1 comment
There will be music, food, and of course, plenty of whisky on hand during the Spirit of Speyside Festival coming up at the end of this month in Scotla...
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)20170305014032
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 5, 2017#trypod, A. Smith Bowman, Adam Harris, Alex Conyngham, Alexander Murray & Co., Allison Patel, ambassador, anniversary, archaeology, Ardbeg, Ardgowan, arrest, Atlanta, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bankruptcy, Bardstown, Barrell Bourbon, Barrell Craft Spirits, Beam Suntory, beer, Boris Johnson, bottling, Bourbon, Brenne Whisky, brewer, brewery, Brian Shemwell, Brown-Forman, Brussels, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, bus, CEO, charity, Chris Malcolm, Cincinnati, collectors, construction, cooper, coopering, counterfeit, court, D.E.W. and a Brew, Dan Rosen, David Faughn, David Frost, dendrochronology, Diageo, diplomat, Dublin Airport, Earl of Mount Charles, eBay, editor, EU, European Union, fake, fraud, fundraiser, Ger Buckley, Glenlivet, Glenturret, Golan Heights Distillery, Golani, Greenock, Hall of Fame, Highland Park, Icons of Whisky Awards, Ileach, Inverclyde Council, Inverkip, investors, Irish Whiskey, Isabel Graham-Youll, Islay, Israel, Jack Daniel's, Jamieson's Jigger, Jane Maher, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Joe Beatrice, John J. Bowman, Julian Van Winkle III, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Jura, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Killian O'Mahony, Kim Bennett, Laphroaig, lawyers, Limestone Branch, London, Louisville, Lux Row, Luxco, Lynchburg, Maker's Mark, Martin Daraz, Mauritania, Mazurt Brewing Company, Meier's Winery, MGP, Michael Jamieson, Michter's, Mickey Heads, Midleton, Mike Reppucci, Minor Case Beam, Morocco, Nant, NUPBL Foundation, Ohio, Orkney, Paul Beam, podcast, police, Port Ellen, Rare Bourbon for Rare Disease, retirement, Rhode Island, road trip, Rupert Wheeler, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Mansfield, Shelbyville, Simon Brooking, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, Sons of Liberty, St. Patrick's Day, Steve Beam, still, Stuart Thomson, SWA, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tim Herlihy, trees, Tripp Stimson, Tullamore D.E.W., Vendome, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live London, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, whisky.auction, Willie Pratt, winter, World War II, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Mickey Heads grew up about three miles from Islay’s Ardbeg Distillery, but the third-generation whisky maker never thought he’d wind up as...
Scotch Whisky Association Names New CEO20170302134155
Scotch Whisky Association Names New CEO
Mark GillespieMarch 2, 2017ambassador, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Brussels, CEO, David Frost, diplomat, Embassy, EU, European Union, FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Foreign Secretary, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Karen Betts, Mauritania, Morocco, Pierre Pringuet, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, SWA, Washington0 comments
March 2, 2017 – The Scotch Whisky Association has once again turned to Her Majesty’s diplomatic corps for a leader, naming Ambassador Kare...
Trump’s Scotch Whisky Goes on the Auction Block20170106142032
Trump’s Scotch Whisky Goes on the Auction Block
Mark GillespieJanuary 6, 2017Aberdeenshire, Alistair Walker, ambassador, auction, Barack Obama, BenRiach, Billy Walker, Brooke Brown Barzun, Brown-Forman, Donald Trump, election, Glasgow, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Hard to Find Whisky, Matthew Braun, McTears, POTUS, President, resort, Scotch Whisky, ScotchWhiskyAuctions.com, Scotland, transition, Trump International Golf Links, Trump Scotland, whisky0 comments
January 6, 2017 – One week before Donald Trump takes the oath of office as the 45th President of the United States, a bottle of the only single ...
Episode 596: July 3, 201620160703204946
Episode 596: July 3, 2016
Mark GillespieJuly 3, 2016@BenWood40, @Misterpie, actor, ambassador, Annis Noe, Arkansas, Arran, Barack Obama, bartender, Beam, Ben Wood, Bloomberg, Bobby Gleason, Booker Noe, Booker's, Booker's Roundtable, Bourbon, Bourbon Brotherhood, Bovey Tracey, Brexit, Brooke Brown Barzun, Brown-Forman, Buckingham Palace, Caithness Viking Festival, campaign, Christy Brown, Cincinnati, clowns, cocktail, cognac, community shares, Compass Box, crowdfunding, Dartmoor, David Stewart, Denver, Devon, Diageo, Diamond Peak, Dingwall, dollar, election, Elliott Gillespie, England, European Union, exchange rate, expansion, fortune, Gerard Butler, gift voucher, Glen Wyvis, Glenturret, gold, Gold Bar Whiskey, Hadleigh Bailey, Hollywood, Honours List, investors, Ira Seligman, JA Mackay, Jake Norris, Jess Graber, Joshua Mercer, Jura, Justin Petszaft, Kentucky, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Kickstarter, lease, Licking River, Linda Ruffenach, Little Rock, Lochranza, Louisville, luck, Manhattan, Marilyn "Toogie" Dick, Master of Malt, Matthew Barzun, MBE, Michter's, movies, Nashville, Nelson's Green Briar Distillery, New Riff, Newport, Norway, Order of the British Empire, Owsley Brown, Pam Heilemann, Perthshire, Phil Brandon, politics, pound, President, Proximo Spirits, Queen Elizabeth, relocation, Rob Dietrich, Rock Town, shaken, silent season, single malt, Snowflake, standards of identity, stirred, Stoke-on-Trent, Stranahan's, tax incentives, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Bourbon Mixer, The Circus, The Famous Grouse Experience, Thurso, Toogie's Invitation, Tromsø, TTB, UK, United Kingdom, US1, WCPO-TV, Whisky Chicks, Willie Cochrane, Wolfburn, World Duty Free0 comments
Single malt whiskies have been sold in the US for decades, but technically, there’s no official definition for “single malt” in the ...
Episode 581: March 19, 201620160319235701
Episode 581: March 19, 2016
Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2016A Glass Apart, Abraham Bowman, Alex Chasko, ambassador, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Arran, Ashok Chokalingam, Australia, author, Balcones, BenRiach, Bernheim Original, Bernie Lubbers, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker. Utah, Bourbon, Brenne, Brian Kinsman, budget, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Changi, Château Léoville Barton, cognac, Colorado, Cooley, corn Bourbon, Corn Whiskey, Craig Beam, Dark Cove, Denny Potter, Denver, DFS Group, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, duties, Exile Casks, Feis Ile, Fergal Murray, Fionnán O'Connor, France, Fuji-Gotemba, George Osborne, Gifted Horse, Glen Alba, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gooderham & Worts, Great Northern Distillery, Green Spot, Guinness, Hall of Fame, Harold Currie, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, High West, historian, Hudson Baby Bourbon, Icons of Whisky Awards, independent bottling, Inver House, Ireland, Irish, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Joel Harrison-Grier, John Quinn, John Teeling, Josh Hafer, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Knob Creek, Koichi Inatomi, Koichi Nishikawa, La Maison du Whisky, Lagg, Laphroaig, Legion D'Honneur, Lidl, light whiskey, Margaret Mary Clarke, Master of Malt, MGP, Neil Ridley, Nikka, Old Pulteney, Old Scout, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, Paul Currie, Pennsylvania, Pierre Weydert, Pikesville Rye, Pioneer Spirit, Sainsbury's, Sarah Mytych, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Smoked Maple, Smooth Ambler, Solist, sourced, Steve Ryan, Stuart Cassells, Suntory, SWA, Switzerland, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Lakes Distillery, Tom Diana, Tomatin, True Blue, Tullamore D.E.W., Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wick, William Grant & Sons, World War I, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
After two years of victories for Pacific Rim whiskies, a single malt Scotch is back on top of the World Whiskies Awards. Old Pulteney’s 1989 Vin...
Episode 576: February 14, 201620160214171541
Episode 576: February 14, 2016
Mark GillespieFebruary 14, 2016@williamberryiii, Ailsa Bay, Alasdair Day, Alaska, Alaska Highway, ambassador, Andy Simpson, auction, Ayrshire, Big Peat, Bonhams, Bozzy Karasu, Brian Kinsman, Buffalo Trace, Burn Stewart Distillers, Canada, Château Léoville Barton, code, collecting, correction, David Robertson, Douglas Laing, forests, Girvan, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, gold, Green Spot, Hudson Baby Bourbon, Ian Millar, index, investing, investment, Irish Distillers, Irish Oak, Isle of Raasay, Jack Daniel's, Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Rye, Johnny Mitchell, Kevin Abrook, Kevin O'Gorman, Kilchoman, Kilted Whisky Man, Koval, Ledaig, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, McTears, Michter's, Midleton Dair Ghaelach, Mikkeller, Milsean, oil, palate, Prestige Whisky, Private Edition, R&B Distillers, rare whisky 101, Remarkable Regional Malts, Rested Rye, Rock Oyster, Ross Salchow, Rye, Scallywag, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, stocks, Tennessee, Timorous Beastie, Tobermory, Tomintoul, Tuthilltown, Two Brewers, Unaged Rye, value, Vision Wine & Spirits, whiskey, whisky, Whitehorse, William Berry, William Grant & Sons, Willie Pratt, Yukon Brewing0 comments
With oil prices in the doldrums, stocks sagging, and other forms of investments losing value, a number of investors are turning to rare whiskies as a ...
Heaven Hill Tops US Icons of Whisky Awards20150926175111
Heaven Hill Tops US Icons of Whisky Awards
Mark GillespieSeptember 26, 2015Allison Patel, ambassador, Astor Wines & Spirits, Bernie Lubbers, Binny's, Bourbon, Brenne, Buffalo Trace, Chris Riesbeck, Classic Imports, David Perkins, Dee Ford, DFS Group, Diageo, distiller, distillery, duty free, Duty Free Americas, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, Ewan Morgan, ForWhiskeyLovers.com, Greg Davis, Gregor Cattanach, Harlen Wheatley, Heaven Hill, High West, Icons of Whisky Awards, John Cashman, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Laphroaig, Liquor Barn, Maker's Mark, Matt Higgins, Park Avenue Liquor Shop, Scotch, Seattle, Simin Brooking, spirits, Tim Herlihy, Todd Roe, tourism, Travel, travel retail, Tullamore Dew, Tuthilltown Spirits, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, visitors, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve0 comments
September 24, 2015 – Heaven Hill Brands led the list of winners in Whisky Magazine’s 2016 Icons of Whisky Awards US round, winning Distill...