A “World Record” Whisky Bar? Hold My Dram…20171217161540
A “World Record” Whisky Bar? Hold My Dram…
Mark GillespieDecember 17, 2017adjudicator, Alena Wren, Angus, Angus Dundee, Artisan Restaurant, Ayrshire, bar, Bill Thomas, Derek Mather, Diageo, Dylan Wren, Edzell, Facebook, Glenesk Hotel, Graeme Forbes, Granite PR, Guinness, Guinness World Records, Hotel, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Jim Pattison Group, licensing, London, Millionaire's Casino, pub, Robert Fleming, Samuel Allen, Scotland, social media, The Drinks Business, trademark, Twitter, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Wishaw, world record0 comments
December 17, 2017 – Guinness World Records has declared a Scottish hotel’s whisky bar as having the “largest whisky collection avail...
New Tricks for an Old Elk (Episode 672: December 17, 2017)20171217142214
New Tricks for an Old Elk (Episode 672: December 17, 2017)
Mark GillespieDecember 17, 2017@BDP514AM, @budducci, @chocomeditator, @realsuwilliams, 12 Minute Conversations, acquisition, Adam Minihan, Adam Schwartz-Lowe, adjudicator, airport, Alena Wren, Amazon, Angus, Angus Dundee, Artisan Restaurant, Asia, Asia-Pacific, author, Ayrshire, Ballantine's, bar, Beckmann, Becle, Blade and Bow, Blue Label Miami Edition, Bobby Parnell, book, bottling, Bulleit, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, Bushmills, Campari, Canada, Canadian, Charles Medley Distillery, Chivas Brothers, chocolate, Colorado, consulting, Curt Richardson, David Niles, Davin de Kergommeaux, Derek Mather, Diageo, Dylan Wren, Engel Jones, excuse, Finland, Fort Collins, Forty Creek, Full Volume, George Remus Bourbon, George Washington's Distillery, George Washington's Rye, Glenesk Hotel, Greg Metze, Grimsby, Guinness World Records, Heritage, holidays, Hood River Distillers, I.W. Harper, incentives, Indiana, interview, inventory, investment, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Jeff Parrott, Johnnie Walker, Jose Cuervo, Kalle Valkonen, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority, Kyrö, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, LDI, Lexington Herald-Leader, licensing fee, Matt Hofmann, medicine, membership, Mexico, MGP, Miami, Millionaire's Casino, misogyny, Mount Vernon, Nancy Richardson, New York Times, O.Z. Tyler, office, Old Elk, Ontario, Oregon, Orphan Barrel, Otterbox, Owensboro, Pappy Van Winkle, Pendleton Whisky, playlist, podcast, PR agency, production, Proximo Spirits, R.M. Peluso, Ralph Erenzo, regulations, Republic Restoratives, Robert Fleming, Samuel Allen, Saul Davies, Scotland, Seagram, Seagram's 7 Crown, sexism, Shelbyville, shipping laws, Signature Oak, single malt rye whisky, Spotify, Stephen Hawking, Steve Bashore, Stitzel-Weller, Stitzel-Weller Experience, Stranahan's, Terressentia, The Catholic Man, The Drinks Business, The Sexton, Tin Cup, Tincup, Tom Bulleit, tourism, trademark, travel retail, Virginia, visitors, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Will Drucker, Wishaw, women, world record0 comments
Greg Metze spent years making whisky near the banks of the Ohio River, but he never really got the recognition he deserved because his distillery was ...
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)20170723021823
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)
Mark GillespieJuly 23, 2017.36 Small Caliber Bourbon, .36 Texas Straight Bourbon, ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Angus Dundee, artisan, Balcones, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bernheim Distillery, Bill Samuels Jr., board, Bourbon, Bourbon Women, brewery, Brown Hotel, bucket list, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Whisky, CEO, charity, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, cocktail, Colorado, Communist, Credit Suisse, Crown Royal, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Dallas Dhu, Deatsville, debate, Dennis Oetinger, Denny Potter, Denver, Derek Mather, Diageo, director, distiller, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dublin Liberties Whiskey, Evan Chapman, expansion, Firestone & Robertson, Gimli, Glen Alba, Glencadam, governor, Hammer Head, Heaven Hill, Historic Environment Scotland, Houston, Hunter Stacks, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jim Boyko, John Hickenlooper, John Mack, Kentucky, Lidl, London, Louisville, Manitoba, Marge Samuels, mayor, Michael McKenna, Moray, Morgan Stanley, museum, Not a Pink Drink, Ontario, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Parliament, politics, Pradlo Distillery, Quintessential Brands, Quora, Ranger Creek, Reserve 101, retired, Rhône, Richard Lochhead, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, Sean Murray, Sip-osium, Sir Douglas Murray, Speyside, Stock Spirits, Susan Riegler, tasting, Texas, The Dubliner, The Murray, The Reawakening, The Scotsman, Tomatin, Tullibardine, Warehouse 6, Waterloo, Westword, whiskey, whisky, Wishaw, women, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Jim Boyko’s career took him from the old Seagram’s distillery in Waterloo, Ontario to the Canadian prairie in Gimli, Manitoba, and eventua...
Flooding Closes Scotland’s Glencadam Distillery20160107115635
Flooding Closes Scotland’s Glencadam Distillery
Mark GillespieJanuary 7, 2016Angus Dundee, damage, Douglas Fitchett, flood, flooding, Glencadam, repairs, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, whisky1 comment
January 7, 2016 – While most Scotch Whisky distillers have been lucky to avoid major problems from flooding caused by more than two weeks of hea...
Distillers Largely Free of Holiday Flood Damage So Far20160103114742
Distillers Largely Free of Holiday Flood Damage So Far
Mark GillespieJanuary 3, 2016Aberdeenshire, Alistair Longwell, Angus, Angus Dundee, Ardmore, Ballater, Brechin, Brendan Buckley, Chivas Brothers, Diageo, Douglas Fitchett, Dungourney, flood, flooding, Glencadam, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Jameson Experience, Midleton, Midleton Distillery, Mississippi River, Nick Morgan, Old Midleton Distillery, river, River Dee, Royal Lochnagar, Scotland, Speyside, Storm Frank, whiskey, whisky0 comments
January 3, 2016 – With heavy rain still slamming parts of Scotland and flood advisories in place, distillers returning from holiday shutdowns ar...
Whisky & Water Use Criticized by Scottish Regulators20150120165233
Whisky & Water Use Criticized by Scottish Regulators
Mark GillespieJanuary 20, 2015Angus Dundee, Baxter's, Ben Nevis, Burn Stewart, Chivas Brothers, Cragganmore, Dailuane, Deanston, Diageo, environment, farms, Fochabers, Glencadam, Glengoyne, golf courses, Ian MacLeod, Ian MacMillan, Jura, Keith Miller, Kirin, leaks, Longmorn, Miltonduff, Port Ellen Maltings, river, Rob Edwards, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, SEPA, Speyside, Teaninich, water, water permits, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
January 20, 2015 – Scottish environmental regulators ranked eight whisky plants as “poor” for exceeding their allowed water usage du...
Episode 515: January 10, 201520150111002425
Episode 515: January 10, 2015
Mark GillespieJanuary 11, 2015A Midwinter Night's Dram, Angus Dundee, Anne Marsden, Aultmore, baby, Balblair, Balcones, Benjamin Herrera, Blackpool, Bourye, Brussels, Campbell Evans, Chip Tate, Christmas cake, court, Crown Royal, David Frost, David Perkins, Dewar's, European Union, Excellence, exercise, export, fake, fecal, fruitcake, Gimli, Glencadam, Glenfiddich, global, government, head-wetting, High West, Jack Daniel's, James Dumas, Jared Himstedt, Jeffrey Armstrong, Justine Hazelhurst, KaskWhisky, KrazyLegz, Laura Himstedt, lawsuit, loan, lobbying, London, Manitoba, Nicholas Stewart, Nick Soper, Park City, Peter Johnston, ranch, Rendezvous Rye, resort, running, Salt Lake City, scam, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Mansfield, single barrel, Smirnoff, snow shoveling, Speyside, SWA, tasting notes, Tate & Company, Tate and Company, Texas, trade, travel retail, urine, Utah, vintage, Waco0 comments
On New Year’s Day, David Perkins and his team at Utah’s High West Distillery fired up the still at their new distillery for the first time...