Introducing The Pope to Pappy (Episode 691: April 22, 2018)20180421215431
Introducing The Pope to Pappy (Episode 691: April 22, 2018)
Mark GillespieApril 21, 2018A. Smith Bowman, Aberlour, acquisition, Alan Hansen, Alan Winchester, ANBL, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Ann Miller, app, Ardbeg, Atom Brands, Atom Group, Balcones, Baltimore, Beam Suntory, beer, Bernheim, Bob Baxter, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, British Columbia, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Cairdeas, Canada, Canadian, Catholic, chemistry, chill filtering, church, Col. E.H. Taylor, Dad's Hat, Dan Cohen, Daniel Brown, David Robertson, Diageo, Dominic Venegas, donation, Drew Quesada, e-commerce, Edinburgh, Edrington, education, Engine Shed Building, events, Feis Ile, flocculation, Four Grain, Glen Moray, Grooves, Herman Mihalich, Holyrood Distillery, hops, Ian Macleod Distillers, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack Mayo, Jim Beam, Jim Sichko, Jud Laughter, Julian Van Winkle, Justin Petszaft, Kelly Carpenter, Kentucky, Knoxville, Laphroaig, lawyers, legal, licenses, Louisville, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Missionaries of Mercy, Moine, Molson, museum, New Brunswick, Old Overholt, Orphan Barrel, Pappy Van Winkle, Pennsylvania, PLCB, Pope, Pope Benedict, Pope Francis. Father, Preston Van Winkle, priest, provincial, Quebec, Rhetoric, Rob Carpenter, rum, Rum Cask, Rye, Sagamore Spirit, SAQ, Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Investment Bank, Shazam, Sisters of Loretto, Smokehead, Spey, Speyside, Speyside Distillery, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stitzel-Weller, Supreme Court, technology, Tennessee, Texas, The Famous Grouse, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet Code, The Globe & Mail, tourism, trade, Truman Cox, Two Brewers, Vatican, venture capital, Virginia, Waco, West Overton Village & Museum, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, Whitehorse, Yukon, Yukon Spirits, ZX Ventures0 comments
The Bible says “The Lord works in mysterious ways.” As proof, we have the story this week of Father Jim Sichko, a Kentucky-based Catholic ...
Episode 564: November 29, 201520151130000339
Episode 564: November 29, 2015
Mark GillespieNovember 30, 20151969, Aberfeldy, academics, Advent, Adwords, alert, Andrew Madderson, anniversary, Ansgar Speller, Apollo 11, app, Belgium, brewing, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, calendar, career, certificate, Chicago, Christmas, collectors, college, College of Agriculture, Corsair Artisan Distillery, crowdfunding, Dave Sweet, degree, Depaul, Diageo, distillation, distillery, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Dornoch Distillery Company, Drinks by the Dram, Emerson Lamb, engineering, Eric Gregory, Extraordinary Cask, Festival, finance, Fireball, Gartbreck, Geert Biro, Glenfarclas, Glenturret, Google, Hachette, Heriot-Watt, holiday, India, Indiegogo, Islay, Italy, Jack Daniel's, James Fairlie, Jean Donnay, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Distillers Association, lawsuit, Lindores Whisky Fest, Lindores Whisky Society, litigation, London School of Economics, Louisville, Martine Donnay, Martine Nouet, Master of Malt, Matt Hofmann, Michael Tortorich, moon, Mull, Nashville, Netherlands, Oostende, Ostend, Phil Thompson, Puni, Raimund Leussink, Sazerac, science, Seattle, Seth DeBolt, shareholders, Simon Thompson, Springbank, Stuart Cassells, students, Tennessee, Tennessee Fire, terrorism, The Glenrothes, Tobermory, tourism, trademark, UK, United Spirits, University, University of Kentucky, Vijay Mallya, Wedgwood-Houston, Westland, Whisky Live, wine0 comments
This week, we’ll be talking about whisky and education. Not teaching people how to drink whisky, but how to make it! There aren’t many uni...
Episode 545: July 25, 201520150726000446
Episode 545: July 25, 2015
Mark GillespieJuly 26, 2015111 Whiskey Row, 1792 Barton, Aberlour, anti-Semitism, AP Indy, app, apple, Apple News, Ardbeg, attorney, author, Ballantine's, Black Snake, Blackadder, Blanton's, book, Bourbon Empire, Bowmore, Breeder's Cup, Brown-Forman, ceremony, change.org, charity, Chivas Brothers, civil service, claim, class action, corruption, court, CS Taylor, Disney, Double Double Oaked, Dublin Airport, facade, fire, Glenfiddich, government, Greg Metze, groundbreaking, Heaven Hill, help wanted, High West, history, horse racing, I.W. Bernheim, Indiana, International Wine & Spirit Competition, iOS, Irish Whiskey Collection, Jim Briggs, Joan Gotschall, job, Joel Harrison, Joseph Greenhut, judge, Keeneland, Keith Kerkhoff, labeling, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lexington, litigation, Louisville, Lure, Maker's Mark, Mark Bylok, Masters Collection, Metze's Select, MGP, MGP Ingredients, MP3, music, Neil Ridley, New York, Old Forester, Old Pogue, Park City, Peoria, Personal Ensign, Powers, prejudice, Raw Cask, Real Mans Man, recording, records, Reid Mitenbuler, rock, Sainsbury's, Scott Bush, Seagram, settlement, Shapira, Spirit of Speyside, Sweet Mash Redux, Sweet Wheat, Taste of Aberlour, Taste the Difference", Templeton Rye, The Glenrothes, The Pogues, The Scotch Charter, The Whisky Topic, Thoroughbred, Three Ships, TTB, Ulysses S. Grant, Utah, Victor Brierley, vintage, Vintage Reserve, vinyl, Voice O Graph, Wendy Treinen, West Cork Distillers, Whiskey Ring, Whiskey Row, Whiskey Trust, Whyte & Mackay, Woodford Reserve0 comments
The history of Bourbon is filled with enough myths to make a dozen Disney movies, enough crimes for years of True Detective, and enough mysteries to m...
Episode 467: February 23, 201420140223020815
Episode 467: February 23, 2014
Mark GillespieFebruary 23, 2014actor, Alix Dunn, Alwynne Gwilt, Anchorman, app, Beam, Berry Bros. & Rudd, British Columbia, Bulleit, Canada, Caramel Delites, Caribbean, cirrhosis, coffin, cookies, Cooley, court, Creative Whisky Company, Dallas, Dean Ayotte, Diageo, Dublin, Ewan Morgan, exports, Extraordinary Cask, Fred Minnick, Gavin Ryan Thomson, Girl Scout, Glazer's, GlenDronach, Glenrothes, Grandeur, Infinium, Ireland, Irish, J.R. Ewing, Jack Teeling, Jacob's Ghost, Jan Petter Hoel, Jim Murray, judge, Larry Hagman, Latin America, lawsuit, legal, liver, London, Longmorn, Louisville, Mackmyra, Magnus Dandanell, Mark Rosauer, mere mortals, merger, Merle Giles, Michael Collins, Michter's, Miss Whisky, Monarq, Mossburn, Navigator, Neil Mathieson, Old Pulteney, Orphan Barrel, PR, press kit, regulatory, Ron Burgundy, Ronnie Cox, Samoas, Seattle, shareholders, Sidney Frank, Sir Ian Noble, Skye, Southfork, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory, Sweden, Teeling, television, Torabhaig, tourism, transplant, travel retail, trial, TV, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors center, vote, Westland, Whisky Bible1 comment
Alwynne Gwilt couldn’t stand whisky…hated it, in fact. That is, until a former boss in London dragged the Canadian expat to a media tastin...
Episode 450: November 2, 201320131103115318
Episode 450: November 2, 2013
Mark GillespieNovember 3, 20131964, Alberta, Andrew Ferguson, Andy Dunn, app, Banff, Bardstown High School, Big Peat, Black Bowmore, Bowmore, Brasserie Kensington, British Columbia, Buffalo Trace, bunker, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calgary, Canada, Canadian, Cara Laing, Chase, Chattanooga, Chris Pickett, Cold War, Diefenbunker, Douglas Laing, Experimental Collection, Fet's, Fino, Franklin County, Fred Laing, Geoff Skeggs, Glenfarclas, Gold Bowmore, Grant's, historic, Iain McCallum, investigation, Jack Teeling, Jim Murray, Joe Ledbetter, Kelly Carpenter, Kensington Wine Market, lawyer, Lexington Herald-Leader, Lifford, Mark Rosauer, Michael Vander Hayden, Mission Main Street, Nuclear, Pappy Van Winkle, Pat Melton, Quarter Casks, Rimrock Hotel, Rob Carpenter, Rockies, Rocky Mountains, Scallywag, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, seasoning, single grain, SMWS, Springbank, staves, Strath, Teeling Whiskey, theft, Tim Piersant, trilogy, Vancouver, Victoria, Whisky Bible, White Bowmore0 comments
This week, we’re in Banff, Alberta for a very special Bowmore weekend in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. The “Bowmore on the Rockies...
Episode 421: April 20, 201320130419233700
Episode 421: April 20, 2013
Mark GillespieApril 19, 2013Aberlour, Andrew Nelstrop, app, Balcones, Bill Haslam, Bowmore, Brenne, Bryan Boulette, Burn Stewart Distillers, Caroline Snyman, charity, Chattanooga, Chivas Brothers, Chris Morris, Churchill Downs, CL Financial, commando, contest, Diageo, Dingle, Distell Group, Double Black, drought, Duncansby Head, England, English Whisky Company, Explorer's Club, Glenmorangie, Gold Route, golf, Hadrian's Wall, Helgi's, Highland Park, horse racing, Imperial, Invergordon, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Joe Ledbetter, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky Derby, Legacy, Lexington, Lighthouse, Louisville, Mary Quinn Ramer, Master of Malt, mint julep, Moray, Mull, Noss Head, Old Pulteney, Oliver Hughes, Open Championship, Orkney, Pentland Skerries, photo, Port Ruighe, rain, Redbreast, regulators, Richard Walker, Royal Liverpool. John McDougall, Single Pot Stills, South Africa, St. George's, storm, Talisker, Tennessee, Thoroughbred, Tim Piersant, Tobermory, Tomatin, tourism, Woodford Reserve0 comments
The English Whisky Company has been distilling since 2006, and while it may not be able to claim the title of “England’s only whisky disti...
Episode 283: October 3, 201020101003105400
Episode 283: October 3, 2010
Mark GillespieOctober 3, 2010Android, app, Ballantine's, Benromach, blend, Blended Scotch, blending lab, Bruichladdich, charity, Charity: Water, Chivas Brothers, Diageo, Double Black, expedition, Gerry Tosh, Gordon & MacPhail, grain, Highland Park, Jeffrey Topping, Jim Murray, John Hansell, Johnnie Walker, Kilmarlid, Malt Advocate, Michael Urquhart, new make, nosing, Old Pulteney, pole, ratings, Roseisle, Sandy Hyslop, scores, Speyside, test, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Bible, Wild Scotsman0 comments
No journalist has ever been allowed inside the Chivas Brothers blending lab in Kilmarlid, Scotland…which means whisky lovers have never gotten a...
Episode 278: September 12, 201020100912133700
Episode 278: September 12, 2010
Mark GillespieSeptember 12, 2010Alasdair Day, app, awards, Birthday Bourbon, Blended Scotch, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, cask strength, Christchurch, Claive Vidiz, collection, Compass Box, display, earthquake, Edinburgh, Flaming Heart, George Garvin Brown, Glasgow, Icons, Julie Hunter, Kentucky, Knob Creek, Mark Reynier, museum, Old Forester, rumor, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, single barrel, Stranahan's, The Irishman, tour, tourism, Travel, Tweeddale, Victor Brierley, Whisky Magazine0 comments
This week’s episode comes from the Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh, Scotland, which has been completely renovated to provide state of the ...
Episode 238: February 7, 201020100206232000
Episode 238: February 7, 2010
Mark GillespieFebruary 6, 2010Al Fastier, Antarctica, app, Ardbeg, auction, auto racing, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bourbon, Bowmore, British Columbia, charity, Chris Morris, classic malts, collecting, craft distilling, Craigdarroch, Crown Royal, Cutty Sark, earthquake, Edrington, expedition, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, goldfish, Haiti, Irish, Jim Beam, Kavalan, KDA, Ken Goldenberg, Kentucky Distillers Association, Knappogue Castle, Lavinia Turnbull, McTears, military, Mortlach, NASCAR, New Zealand, Old Forester, Peter Hart, Sazerac, Shackleton, Sonnalta, Taiwan, Tempest, Tom Ollieuz, Victoria, Victoria Spirits, Victoria Whisky Festival, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
Call it beginner’s luck if you want, but Peter Hunt’s first batch of single malt spirit received rave reviews at the recent Victoria Whisk...