Doubling Distilleries on the Isle of Arran (Episode 720: August 19, 2018)20180818215314
Doubling Distilleries on the Isle of Arran (Episode 720: August 19, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2018@stlrrw, 1943, Aberfeldy, Andy Simpson, anniversary, Arkansas, Arran, auction, barking, Barton 1792, Bear, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bonhams, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon & Beyond, Bowmore, Brazil, Breeder's Cup, Brexit, Brodick Bay, Bryan Donaghey, Castle & Key, Castle Brands, cats, Champions for Charity, Chivas Brothers, Churchill Downs, cleanup, collapse, collecting, Colorado, construction, Craigellachie, critters, cutbacks, D. Wayne Lukas, Daftmill, David Robertson, debut, development, Dewar's, Diageo, dogs, Douglas Laing & Co., Draken, Dumbarton, Edinburgh, English, Euan Mitchell, exports, Fine & Rare, flip, Fred Laing, Garryana, Garryana Oak, geese, Genesis, Glasgow, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, GMB Union Highlands, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Omand, guard, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Hong Kong, horse racing, Howell Wright, Huddart, imports, Indiana, Invergordon, Iowa, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, jobs, justice, Karuizawa, Keith Kerkhoff, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Derby Museum, Lagg, Little Rock, Liz Gordon, Lochranza, Louisville, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Mark Shilling, master distiller, McTears, MGP, mice, Missoula, Missouri, Mizunara Oak, Montana, Montgomery, Montgomery Distillery, Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center, Old Pulteney, Old Taylor, Orange Curaçao, Pacific Quay, Parker's Heritage Collection, peat, pests, Phil Brandon, planning, police, politics, pornography, Port Ellen, Portland, Potter Stewart, Press & Journal, Private Collection, Rafael Franz, rare whisky 101, restoration, Rick Wright, rickhouse, River Clyde, Rock Town Distillery, Rosebank, Royal Mile Whiskies, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Sour Mash, Special Releases, Speyside, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, St. Louis, Supreme Court, Sweet Mash, tariffs, tasting pack, Templeton Rye, Texas, Thoroughbred, Tomatin, tour, tours, trade, traffic jam, trainer, travel retail, union, video, Viking, Washington, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fringe, Whyte & Mackay, Wick, Wilderness Trail, Yamazaki0 comments
It’s been a hot, dry summer in Scotland, and Euan Mitchell isn’t complaining a bit. The managing director of Isle of Arran Distillers is o...
Whisky & Chocolate: A Divine Combination (Episode 680: February 11, 2018)20180211170355
Whisky & Chocolate: A Divine Combination (Episode 680: February 11, 2018)
Mark GillespieFebruary 11, 2018@believablebaker, @Ikonoclast, @sanjieB, ABV, age, airports, Alan Wright, Alberta, Alex Mellon, Andy Simpson, Angie Ball, asset-backed, auction, author, Bacardi, Billy Walker, Bitcoin, blockchain, Bob Kunce-Concewitz, Bourbon Review, Brewers Batch, Brexit, cacao, Cadbury, Campari, Campbeltown, Canada, Caribbean Rum Cask Finish, Carolans, CaskCoin, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, Chivas Brothers, chocolate, Chris Long, Christian Svantesson, Classic Cut, Claudine O'Sullivan, cocoa beans, collecting, Conor McQuaid, Crown Royal, cryptocurrency, Dairy Milk, David Robertson, debenture, Deep Tasting, Dennis Malcolm, design, distribution, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dundalk, Eagles, Eden Campus, Eden Mill, Elgin Classic, Estonia, EU. Latvia, European Union, executive, exports, Fife, Fife Council, flu, football, France, gift, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glen Scotia, Glenallachie, Glendalough, GlenDronach, Glenmorangie, Graeme Littlejohn, Grandeur, Great Northern Distillery, Guardbridge, Heaven Hill, Hershey, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, investment, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Mist, Irish Whiskey, Jack McGarry, Jack Teeling, Jameson, Jean-Christophe Coutures, John Teeling, Justin Sloan, Justin Thompson, Justins' House of Bourbon, Kentucky, Kevin Baker, Laurent Lacassagne, law, Leonn Ward, Liberties, Louise McGuane, Madison, Moyvore, New England Patriots, New York City, Newmarket Square, NFC, NFL, North of Scotland Distilling Company, parade, parents, Paul Miller, Pernod Ricard, Philadelphia, planning permission, premiumization, Quintessential Spirits, R.M. Peluso, rare whisky 101, rejection, Ricky Christie, Robin Coupar, Russia, sanctions, Saskatchewan, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sean Muldoon, shove it, Spios, St. Patrick's Day, Stephen Teeling, Super Bowl, SWA, Sweden, swimming, tariffs, taxes, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Dead Rabbit, The Glenrothes, The Macallan, The Single Malt Fund, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Three Notch'd Brewing, trade, travel retail, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, University of St. Andrews, Victoria Whisky Festival, vintage, Virginia Distillery Company, warehouses, Westmeath County Council, whiskey, whisky, Willow Park Wines & Spirits, World of Whiskies0 comments
With apologies to the legendary Scottish poet Robert Burns, “whisky and chocolate gang tegither!” Good whiskies and fine chocolates actual...
Episode 619: December 11, 201620161211123350
Episode 619: December 11, 2016
Mark GillespieDecember 11, 2016@beastin25_8, @crewcutter, @WhiskyRI, 1903, absinthe, acquisition, Alameda, allocation, Anchor Distilling, Andy Simpson, anniversary, Arran, Austin Nichols & Co., Award, Baller Single Malt, Bay Area, Beam Suntory, Bernard Walsh, bleep, blood vessels, Bob Dalgarno, Booger McFarland, Booker Noe, Booker's, Booker's Rye, Bottled in Bond, Bruce Joseph, California, carbon dating, Chapel Gate, Clear Creek, cold, Constellation Brands, consultant, core, counterfeit, craft distilling, cream liqueur, David Robertson, Dean McCarthy, doctors, dunnage warehouse, eau de vie, economic development, Edition No. 2, Edrington, El Cellar de Can Roca, ESPN Radio, fake, Fine & Rare Series, football, fraud, Fritz Maytag, fuck, Gary A. Turner, gin, Girona, government, Green Bay, Greg Parseghian, hallucinogenic, health, Health Services Executive, High West, Holstein, Hotaling's, hypothermia, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, J.J. Corry, Jim Murray, John Little, Joo Kim, Jörg Rupf, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kerrygold, labeling, Lance Winters, Laphroaig, Louise McGuane, Macallan, medical, Mike & Mike, monkey, NBV Investments, Old Potrero, Omar, Oxford, Pappy Van Winkle, polar vortex, pricing, rare whisky 101, Red Tape Follies, Remy Cointreau, Rhode Island, Roca, San Francisco, Scott Spolverino, Seattle, Smooth Ambler, Spain, St. George's Spirits, Steve McCarthy, Tag Galyean, tourism, TTB, Utah, value, visitors, Walsh Whiskey Company, weather, West Virginia, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Bible, whisky trail, Wild Turkey, winter, Yamazaki0 comments
A couple of weeks ago, we credited San Francisco’s Anchor Distilling with being the birthplace of the American craft distilling movement in 1993...
Episode 577: February 20, 201620160221000544
Episode 577: February 20, 2016
Mark GillespieFebruary 21, 20165 hole, age statements, anCnoc, Andy Simpson, apple, auction, Balcones, Bear, Beckmann, bidding, Bill Lumsden, Billy Leighton, Blas, Bourbon, Bristow, Bruichladdich, Bushmills, Casa Cuervo, charring, Chip Tate, Ciaran Mulgrew, Colum Egan, Compass Box, Cooley, craft distilling, Dallas, dog, dogs, Drake, Ed Belfour, EU, European Union, Flaming Heart, flavoring, Frizzle, GlenDronach, Glenmorangie, goalie, gold medal, Helen Mulholland, hockey, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jared Himstedt, John Newfry, Kinahan's, Klaus Doblmann, labeling, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, legal, memorabilia, Midleton, Milsean, NBA, NHL, non-compete, Olympic, Patrick Grant, Portuguese wine, rapper, rare whisky 101, Redbreast, rubbery, Ryan Engen, Scotch Whisky Association, Scots Gaelic, settlement, Sherry Cask Reserve, SS Bushmills, Steamship Collection, Steve Jobs, stills, SWA, Tate & Company, Texas, The Laddie Classic, The Quiet Man, The Whisky Exchange, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tomatin, transparency, travel retail, Virginia Black Whiskey, Waco, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Loch0 comments
Chip Tate is about to get back into the whisky business, about 15 months after his acrimonious departure from Balcones Distilling, the Texas distiller...
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 ...
Episode 500: October 6, 201420141006155338
Episode 500: October 6, 2014
Mark GillespieOctober 6, 2014101 Whiskies, AASHISH BERI, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Amrut, Andy Simpson, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, anniversary, Ardbeg, Asia, Athol Castle, Auriverdes, author, Black Bottle, book, Calgary, Canadian Club, Charles Gordon, code, COLIN HAMPDEN-WHITE, collecting, Constellation, Dalmore, Dave Broom, David Robertson, Dennis Malcolm, Distilled, Ed Bates, EWALD LAP, experiment, FDA, financial, flavorings, Food & Drug Administration, Girvan, Glen Grant, Glenmorangie, Hamish Torrie, Harrod's, Hiram Walker Distillery, Ian Buxton, India, induction, ingredients, International Space Station, investing, investment, Iskristall, Islay, Japan, JOEL EASTMAN, Joel Harrison, Karuizawa, Keepers of the Quaich, Kevin Abrook, Kilchoman, KIRSTY CHANT, labeling, LARS CEDERBRO, Lawrence Graham, layoff, London, Macallan, Mackmyra, Malt Maniacs, MARTIN JENKINS, Mikael Svendson, MOOKIE BISLA, Neil Ridley, Nikka, Ontario, Peter Wills, regulators, Rick Jagdale, road trip, Rye, Shanghai, single grain, Stephen Cannon, Stephen Notman, Sukhinder Singh, Supernova, Sweden, Taghta, Taipei, Tax & Trade Bureau, Telegraph, Templeton Rye, The Nikka, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, tour, tracking, Treasury, TTB, Victoria Whisky Festival, Vinopolis, William Grant & Sons, Windsor, World Atlas of Whisky, Yokohama0 comments
This is a special episode of WhiskyCast – not only is it the 500th episode, but it’s the second of two episodes this weekend from The Whis...
Episode 361: March 17, 201220120317115513
Episode 361: March 17, 2012
Mark GillespieMarch 17, 2012Andy Simpson, awards, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blackadder, Col. St.. James, collecting, competition, David Byrne, distillery, Dublin, F. Paul Pacult, Glenfiddich, Glenrothes, investing, Ireland, Jameson, Johnnie Walker, Liam Donegan, Midleton, Paul Daly, Paul Driscoll, radio, Randy Malloy, Redbreast, St. Patrick's Day, tourism, Travel, whiskey, whisky0 comments
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and we’re in Dublin for the annual Jameson Global Broadcast from the Old Jameson Distillery. Each year, radi...
Episode 360: March 10, 201220120310212406
Episode 360: March 10, 2012
Mark GillespieMarch 10, 2012Andy Simpson, Bourbon, distillery, Dublin, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, investing, Ireland, Irish, Jameson, Kentucky, Laphroaig, Scotch, Scotland, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Investment-grade Scotch. The very idea makes many whisky lovers furious…but there are those who see potential profits from their whiskies. Andy ...