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...
Parker’s Heritage Collection Takes a Twist (Episode 713: July 12, 2018)20180713003805
Parker’s Heritage Collection Takes a Twist (Episode 713: July 12, 2018)
Mark GillespieJuly 13, 2018@whisky_pete, #freethewhisky, Aberfeldy, airport, Alain Royer, ALS, ALS Association, Amir Peay, Angel's Envy, attorney general, Baltimore, Bardstown, Bare Knuckle, Blenders' Mash, Boot Hill Distillery, Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, Bourbon, Bourbon Mash, Brian Treacy, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buchanan's, Business in Vancouver, Canada, cannabis, Catoctin Creek, Changhi, charity, Columbus, Connecticut, Crown Royal, David Eby, Deatsville, Denny Potter, DFS, Diageo, doctorate, Dodge City, duty free, Ellicott City, Europe, expansion, exports, fermenters, flood, forgery, fundraiser, Heaven Hill, Hickman, honorary, imports, Italy, James E. Pepper, James E. Pepper Distillery, Kansas, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, KO Distilling, Kyle Henderson, label approval, Lexington, Liqueur, Liquor Distribution Branch, Louisville, Mad River Distillers, Manassas, Mark Williams, Marsala, Maryland, New Haven, New Riff Distillery, Newfoundland, Noble Collection, Ohio, Orange Curaçao, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Promise of Hope, province, Puni, R H Resolute, Rachel Barrie, Red Eye Whiskey, regulations, robocall, Rod Zdebiak, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scott Harris, Singapore, SMWS, spelt, St. John's, tariffs, tax strips, Thomas Mackenzie, trade war, travel retail, TTB, University of Edinburgh, Vendome, Vermont, Virginia, Watershed, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky0 comments
Heaven Hill has unveiled the 2018 edition of Parker’s Heritage Collection whiskey. It’s a Bourbon finished in Orange Curaçao liqueur barre...
A New Riff on Bourbon (Episode 712: July 8, 2018)20180708172755
A New Riff on Bourbon (Episode 712: July 8, 2018)
Mark GillespieJuly 8, 2018@JohnnietheScot, @laurieinseattle, @pleddy, @RealWhiskyDave, #freethewhisky, #GreatIslaySwim, Alaska, Amir Peay, Anthony Gismondi, Aultmore, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, auto racing, Bardstown, barrels, Barton 1792, Beam Suntory, Border Marches, bottles, Bourbon, Brad Halpin, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buggalo Trace, Caribbean Cask Finish, Carn Mor, Catoctin Creek, Chairman's Reserve Rum, charring, Chicago, China, Chivas Regal, Chivas XV, Chocolate Edition, Cincinnati, Col. E.H. Taylor Tornado Surviving Bourbon, collapse, Compass Box, construction, contestant, cooperage, cowboy, Czech Republic, damage, Dario Franchitti, Dave Kearns, David Stewart, debris, Delilah's, Delilah's XXV, Denali, Department of Environmental Protection, Distilled Spirits Council, Double Oaked, Douglas Laing & Co., Duns, environment, exports, Family Reserve, fire, firefighters, fish, flame, Formula 1, Founder's Reserve, Gal Granov, Glenfiddich, Glenmore., Goodwood Festival of Speed, Grande Champagne Cognac, Grant's, Great Islay Swim, heat, Heaven Hill, Hickory, High West, Hockenheim, horse, Independent Stave Company, Indianapolis 500, inspection, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Israel, Jack McLaughlin, James E. Pepper Distillery, Jay Erisman, Jim Clark, Jim Clark Trust, John Glaser, Johnnie Mundell, Kelly Carpenter, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, labels, Lark Distillery, Larry Ebersold, Laurie van Thiel, Lexington, limerick, Mairtin Seoighe, Mark Brown, Mark Hicken, Mark Reynier, Marriage 0962, MGP, Michter's, Mike Miller, Morrison & Mackay, museum, Nant Distillery, NDP, New Democratic Party, New Riff Distilling, New York City, Newport, NPR, O.K.I., Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery, Overeem Distillery, Paul Leddy, Petr Hosek, photography, province, radio, recovery, regulation, rickhouse, Rob Carpenter, Roundstone Rye, Rye, sample, Sazerac, Scallywag, Seppeltsfield Estate, Simon Brooking, Smokey Triple Reserve, SMWS Canada, Snow Phoenix, St. Lucia Distillers, Steamboat, Steel Bonnets, structural engineers, Sun Phoenix, swimming, tariffs. imports, Tasmania, The Balvenie, The Barber of Figaro, The Dead Rabbit, The Irishman, The Lakes Distillery, The Party Source, Toasted Barrel Finish, toasting, tourists, tours, trade secret, trade war, Triple Wood, Trump Administration, University of Wyoming, Vancouver, voice mail, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me, Walsh Whiskey, Warren Randall, water, Waterford Distillery, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons, Woodford Reserve, World Chocolate Day, Wyoming Whiskey, Yippie-Ki-Yay0 comments
Ken Lewis has accomplished a lot of things in his life, from climbing Alaska’s Denali to owning one of Kentucky’s largest chains of liquor...
Meet “The Gatekeeper of the Grains” (Episode 673: December 24, 2017)20171224191643
Meet “The Gatekeeper of the Grains” (Episode 673: December 24, 2017)
Mark GillespieDecember 24, 2017adjudicator, Amir Peay, anCnoc, Andrew Morrison, Angelo Veneziano, Artisan Restaurant, Berry Bros. & Rudd, bonded warehouses, Bourbon, Canada, Canadian Whisky, capitalized interest, Christmas, Clydeside Distillery, Colorado, commodity, Congress, Connacht, Conor Dempsey, Corby, Daftmill, Derek Mather, Detroit, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Distiller's Edition, distiller's grains, Donald Trump, Dr. Don Livermore, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Drumshambo, Edinburgh, Eric Gregory, father-in-law, Federal Excise Tax, FET, Full Volume, Glasgow, Glenburgie, grain, grain elevator, Guinness World Records, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, interest, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Isle of Raasay, J.P. Wiser's, James E. Pepper Distillery, Jim Allan, jobs, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Knappogue Castle, Kristen Ott, Kristy Fregonese, laboratory, Lagavulin, Laurie van Thiel, Lexington, licensing, Lindores Abbey Distillery, lobbying, logo, Macallan, Mark Gorman, Mike Farley, Oban, Ontario, P.T. Wood, R&B Distillers, Rascan, ReserveBar.com, Rhonda Moore, Ryan Campbell, Sam Speers, Santa, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, silo, Solstice, spent grains, tax reform, taxes, The Dark, The Glenesk Hotel, The Light, The Shed Distillery, trademark, whiskey, whisky, Windsor, Wishaw, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Distilleries need tons of grain to make their whiskies, and the responsibility for making sure that grain meets quality control standards falls on ...
12 Years of Whisky Podcasts…and We’re Still Here! (Episode 667: November 12, 2017)20171111234544
12 Years of Whisky Podcasts…and We’re Still Here! (Episode 667: November 12, 2017)
Mark GillespieNovember 11, 2017@bdp415am, 1939, A. Smith Bowman, Abraham Bowman, American Whiskey, Amir Peay, anniversary, Augusta National Golf Club, Australia, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, BBC News, Beaumont Inn, BenRiach, Big Peat, Black Label, black market, Blended Malts, Bobby Parnell, bootlegging, Bourbon, Bourbon Capital of the World, break-in, Brown-Forman, burglary, C.M. Dedman, Canada, Carlow, Carlow Brewing Company, Chattanooga Whiskey, Churchill Downs, Colorado, Colosseum, Diageo, diplomacy, diplomat, Dixon Dedman, Dmitry Efimov, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, economic development, Embassy, Fawn Weaver, film, Fredericton, Generations, Georgetown Trading Company, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Gordon & MacPhail, Harrodsburg, Highland Park, Hyon Ki-Yong, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy 500, Inner Circle, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Isaac Bowman, Islamabad, Islay, J.D. Tolley, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, James E. Pepper Distillery, John's Lane, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Kentucky Owl, Kentucky Owl Park, Keystones Series, Kingsman, Lagavulin, Lexington, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, Lynchburg, Matt Wooler, Matthew Vaughn, MGP, Midleton, Mortlach, movie, Muslim, Nathan Nearest Green, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New York City, Nick Morgan, North Korea, Pakistan, Pakistan Daily, Pearse Irish Whiskey, Pearse Lyons Distillery, police, Port Ellen, Powers, Prohibition, Proximo Spirits, Quercus, Redbreast, Reuters, Rome, Rose Bowl, sanctions, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Regulations of 2009, Scotland, Signatory, slavery, Stewart Buchanan, Stoli Group, Stolichnaya, Svend Jansen, Tennessee, Texas, The Masters, The Original, The Whisky Agency, The Whisky Exchange, theft, Tincup, Vatican City, Virginia, whiskey, whisky, Yankee Stadium0 comments
The very first episode of WhiskyCast was on November 12, 2005, and twelve years later, we’ve been around long enough to have an age statement! B...
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...
Lexington’s Historic James E. Pepper Distillery To Be Restored20160509133914
Lexington’s Historic James E. Pepper Distillery To Be Restored
Mark GillespieMay 9, 2016Amir Peay, Barrel House Distillery, Brown-Forman, Chris Kelly, Dave Scheurich, Distillery District, Georgetown Trading Co., James E. Pepper, Kentucky, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Labrot & Graham, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, MGP, Schenley, Teri Kelly, Woodford Reserve0 comments
May 7, 2016 – The downtown Distillery District in Lexington, Kentucky has become one of the city’s bright spots, with restaurants, art stu...
Episode 588: May 7, 201620160508001914
Episode 588: May 7, 2016
Mark GillespieMay 8, 2016@Justin83793724, @WhiskyLadyIN, 1792 Barton, Alberta, Amir Peay, arbitration, awards, Beam Suntory, British Columbia, Brixton Mash Destroyer, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Camden, Canada, Canadian Club, capital, Carissa Hickling, cask, Chairman's Select, Chris Kelly, cigar, Cologne, contract, Cooper River Distillers, Cork Distilleries Company, Cragganmore, crowdfunding, Crown Royal, Dave Scheurich, Diageo, Distillery District, Drew Estate, financing, Georgetown Trading Co., Germany, Gimli, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenfiddich, Greg Davis, hemlock, Hillrock Estate, Hochstadter's, India, Indiegogo, inventory, investment, investors, Irish Distillers, J.W. Rutledge Distillery, James E. Pepper, James Marinus, Jameson, Jim Beam, Jim Marinus, Jim Rutledge, John Drew Brands, Jonathan Drew, judging, Julian Van Winkle, Justin, Ken Pearce, labor, Las Vegas, Lexington, Lock Stock & Barrel, Manitoba, Mark Brown, MGP, Michael Collins, Midleton, milestone, million, Mumbai, Murphy, negotiations, New Jersey, Nicaragua, Paddy, Pappy & Co., Pappy Van Winkle, Patrick Evans, Pedro Ximenez, Pernod Ricard, Philadelphia, Powers, restoration, retirement, Rob Cooper, Saint-Germain, Sazerac, Scotia Spirit, Shelter Point, Socrates, Spirit of Speyside Festival, strike, UFCW, United Food & Commercial Workers, Vancouver Island, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America0 comments
Jonathan Drew wants to take his success in the cigar business and expand into the spirits industry, and he plans to do it with the same unique style a...