Reviving One of Islay’s Legendary Distilleries (Episode 770: June 2, 2019)20190602203754
Reviving One of Islay’s Legendary Distilleries (Episode 770: June 2, 2019)
Mark GillespieJune 2, 2019@AllICanDo, @bozkurtkurasu, @MackmyraJon, administrator, Alberta, Alec Lee, Amrut, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, Balblair, Barley, barrels, beer, Belgium, Billy MacArthur, Brora, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, California, Callum Fraser, Canada, Chairman's Reserve, Charbay, climate, climate change, cooper, cooperage, crop, Diageo, distillery, Donald Trump, drought, Easter Elchies, Edmonton, Endless West, environment, farmers, Feis Ile, Finance Ministry, Georgie Crawford, Glenfarclas, Glyph, Greedy Angels, Iain MacArthur, immigration, India, investment, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, James Bond, Johan Van Dyck, John Manfreda, John Wendell, Jon Buscemi, Kim Jong Un, Lagavulin, LCBO, lifestyle, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Marko Karakasevic, Mexico, mezcal, migrants, Mike Simpson, mitering, molecular whisky, music, Neel Jagdale, Nick Morgan, North Korea, oak, Old Charter Oak, Ontario, planning approval, Port Ellen, President, privatization, Quebec, Quora, retaliatory tariffs, River Spey, Samilpo, sanctions, Scotch Whisky, Speyside, Spirit Drink, spirits, staves, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, tequila, Tesco, The Guardian, The Macallan, The Macallan Estate, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, water, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Wolves Whiskey0 comments
Construction could begin later this year on Diageo’s planned revival of the legendary Port Ellen Distillery on Islay, which was closed in 1983. ...
Your Tax Dollars…Not at Work! (Episode 749: January 13, 2019)20190113220906
Your Tax Dollars…Not at Work! (Episode 749: January 13, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 13, 2019@seriousabtplay, @SML917, @thewhiskymaker, Alberta Distillers, Andy Watts, Ardmore, Ardnahoe Distillery, Argyll & Bute Council, Beam Suntory, Bobby Parnell, Brian Canning, Brown-Forman, budget, Bunnahabhain, Canada, cannabis, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, chemistry, Chita, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, COLA, Colorado, Congress, Cooley, Craigellachie, Cumria, David Monahan, David Ozgo, Dewar's, DISCUS, Distell, Distilled Spirits Council, Douglas Laing & Co., expansion, Flintlock, Germany, Glen Garioch, Glengoyne, government, Hakushu, Highland Park, Hunter Laing & Co., Ireland, Irish Whiskey Awards, Islay, Israel, Jameson, Japan, Jim Beam, Jim Hough, job opening, Johnnie Walker, label approval, labeling, Liberty Pole Spirits, Louise McGuane, Lunar New Year, marijuana, Milk & Honey, Mizunara, Moine, Old Particular, Oregon, Orkney, packaging, Pennsylvania, politics, Reverie, Ruth Kirkpatrick, Scott Laing, Scott Lowery, Seattle, shutdown, Slane Distillery, South Africa, Suntory, Suntory AO, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tel Aviv, The Lakes Distillery, The Last One, Three Chord Bourbon, travel retail, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Twelve Bar Reserve, Washington, Washington State, Westland, whiskey, Whiskey Rebellion, whisky, XOP, Xtra Old Particular, Yamazaki, Year of the Pig0 comments
The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government is now the longest on record, and it is having an impact on the whisky business. Two whisky makers...
Scotland Distillery Projects Moving Through the Approval Process20190109130116
Scotland Distillery Projects Moving Through the Approval Process
Mark GillespieJanuary 9, 2019approval, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, Arran, Brora, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Clynelish, commissioning, construction, David Ferguson, Diageo, distillery, East Lothian Council, Edinburgh, Elixir Distillers, Falkirk, Falkirk Council, Four Corners, Frasers, Glenkinchie, Gordon Dundas, Highland Council, House of Fraser, Hunter Laing & Co., Ian Macleod Distillers, Islay, Isle of Arran Distillers, Johnnie Walker, Lagg Distillery, Laphroaig, Lowlands, planning, Port Ellen, Princes Street, proposal of application notice, public comment, Raj Singh, real estate, Rosebank, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scott Laing, Scottish Canals, Speciality Drinks, Sukhinder Singh, visitors center, visitors centre, whiskey, whisky0 comments
January 9, 2019 (Updated January 15) – As the first work week of the New Year begins for many Scotch Whisky producers, a number of the distiller...
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)20190106165051
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 6, 2019Aberfeldy, Abhainn Dearg, acquisition, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Andy Watts, application, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Argyll & Bute Council, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, Bain's, Beam Suntory, Bicentenary, Big Five Duty Free, Black Prince, Booker Noe Distillery, Bourbon, Brent Stewart, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Calgary, Cambus, Canada, Canadian Club, Chicago, Christopher Winters, competition, construction, Daniel Marlowe, Dave Pickerell, DC, Diageo, District of Columbia, Donegal, Douglas Laing & Co., East Lothian Council, Edinburgh, Elixir Distillers, Feis Ile, first dram, Freddie Johnson, Freddie Noe, Fritz Farm, Gaja Capital, Georgie Crawford, Glen Elgin, Glen Grant, Glenkinchie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, hockey, Imperial. @lawschooldrunk, India, Indiana, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Lewis, James Sedgewick Distillery, Jim Beam Distillery, Johannesburg, John Distilleries, John Newfry, Johnnie Walker, Kent Crittenden, Kentucky, Kentucky for Kentucky, Kilchoman, Laddie Classic, Lagavulin, Last Dram, Lexington, liquor agency, Little Book, lottery, Macduff, Madeira, Maker's Mark, Maryland, moonshine, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New Year's, NHL, nosing, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Ohio, palate, Palmetto Distillery, Pappy Van Winkle, Paul John, planning approval, planning permission, Port Ellen, R.J. Hodges, Raj Singh, Ryan Campbell, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky. expansion, Scotland, shares, single grain, South Africa, South Carolina, Special Releases, Speciality Drinks, stake, Stanley Cup, Star Industries, Sukhinder Singh, tasting, The Balvenie, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Deveron, The Whisky Exchange, Three Chord Bourbon, Tim Knittel, Timorous Beastie, Tish Harcus, travel retail, Virginia, visitors centers, Washington, Washington Capitals, whiskey, Whiskey Bear, whisky, world champions, Zionsville0 comments
There are plenty of competitions to find the best whiskies, but what about competitions to find the best whisky tasters? Those are few and far between...
Bourbon & Cuisine in Louisville’s Butchertown (Episode 731: October 11, 2018)20181012013014
Bourbon & Cuisine in Louisville’s Butchertown (Episode 731: October 11, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 12, 2018@cuffleman, Argyll & Bute Council, auction, Bobby Benjamin, Bonhams, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Bourbon and Beyond, Breaking and Entering, British Bourbon Society, Brora, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Butchertown, Butchertown Grocery, chef, Christie's, construction, cooking, cuisine, Dave Smith, DCS Compendium, Diageo, Distell, Edinburgh, food, H. Diaz, Health Minister, health warning, Highland Council, Ian Macleod Distillers, ice cream, Indiana, Invergordon, Ireland, Islay, Jim Murray, Kentucky, Lance Winters, Lawrenceburg, Lola, London, Louisville, Maker's Mark, MGP, minimum pricing, minimum unit pricing, minority, Morgan, Nathan Green 1870, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Palo Cortado, Parliament, person of color, planning, poll. Chaney Uffelman, Port Ellen, private barrel, Private Select, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, Public Health Bill (Alcohol), rain, retailer, Rossville Union, Rye, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, shoplifting, Simon Harris, single grain, Sir Peter Blake, Sotheby's, speculators, St. George Spirits, store, surveillance, Tamdhu, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Future of Whisky Series, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Twitter, Uncle Nearest, Valerio Adami, weather, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, whisky nerd, William Larue Weller, world record0 comments
Louisville’s Butchertown got its name from the stockyards and meat processing plants that dominated the neighborhood a century or more ago. Toda...
A Big Bourbon Weekend in Mississippi (Episode 693: April 29, 2018)20180429144448
A Big Bourbon Weekend in Mississippi (Episode 693: April 29, 2018)
Mark GillespieApril 29, 2018@#I_Laddie, @bigbadchef, @iamandyhaskins, @mikeyjoedram, @willrunforwhisky, 21 Fir, airplane, airport security, Andy Haskins, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, artist, auction, Blenders' Mash, Boston, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bourbon Mash, Bruichladdich, Canada, Canadian Whisky, chef, chefs, children, collector, concert, cooking, Corby, Crown Royal, cuisine, Dad's Hat, Diageo, Dick Stoll, dill, dinners, distillery, Don Livermore, Dubai, Dubai Duty Free, Dublin, Dublin Airport, duty free, education, Edward Lee, Elixir Distillers, emotional support flask, environment, flask, Forty Creek, fossil fuels, Gimli, greenhouse gases, Grimsby, health, Herman Mihalich, High Wire Distilling, hunger, Hunter Laing & Co., Irish Whiskey Collection, Islay, Jameson, Jameson Bow Street 18, John Currence, Julian Van Winkle, Kentucky, label approval, Lalique, Lancaster County, Laphroaig, Le Clos, Le Creuset, Liberties, Lot #40, lottery, Manitoba, Marsala, Michter's, Mississippi, Move On Up Mississippi, music, Newmarket Square, obesity, Octomore, Ontario, Oxford, Oxford Bourbon Festival and Auction, Pappy Van Winkle, peat, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Turnpike, pickle juice, Pickleback, pickles, Pittsburgh, planning, Port Ellen, Raj Singh, recycled content, recycling, renewable energy, Revival, Rye, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sean Brock, service animal, Shannon, Sir Peter Blake, Skinner, Stoll & Wolfe, Sukhinder Singh, sulfur, sulphur, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Caledonian, The Irishman, The Loop, The Macallan, The Organic, The Whisky Exchange, Tom Fahey, Tony Folino, Toronto, Travel, travel retail, TSA, TTB, Unity, Valerio Adami, Walsh Whiskey, water, Waterloo, whiskey, whisky, whisky bars, Wigle, Wilderness Trail0 comments
Oxford, Mississippi is known for many things, but Bourbon isn’t usually the first thing you think of. Chef John Currence and his friends might j...
Plans Announced for Another Islay Whisky Distillery20180427181939
Plans Announced for Another Islay Whisky Distillery
Mark GillespieApril 27, 2018Ardbeg, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, Caol Ila, Diageo, Elements of Islay, Elixir Distillers, Farkin Cottage, Google Earth, Hunter Laing & Co., Islay, Kildalton Cross, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, planning approval, Port Askaig, Port Ellen, Raj Singh, Scotland, Speciality Drinks, Sukhinder Singh, The Whisky Exchange, whiskey, whisky0 comments
April 27, 2018 – Scotland’s “whisky island” of Islay has around 3,000 residents, and could soon have eleven malt whisky distil...
Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)20180225005718
Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)
Mark GillespieFebruary 25, 2018@garretmalt, @kingrhinola, @nevillem, @sipologyblog, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Argyll & Bute Council, Arran Whisky, Athgarret Malt, barrel sales, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Boston, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Cairdeas, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cat, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, court, Crown Royal, Dave Pickerell, dog, Drew Mayville, Earth, Entrapment, EU, European Court of Justice, European Union, expansion, FarmStock, Feis Ile, fire, Five Virtues, Gimli, glen, Glen Buchenbach, Glen's Cask, Glencairn, GlenDronach, Glenturret, groovy, Hazlet Rye, Heaven Hill, induction, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Arran, J.J. Corry, John Campbell, Jon Kriedler, Josh Wright, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, King Rhino, Lagg, Laphroaig, lawsuit, legal, Louise McGuane, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Metal, Metallica, Mickey Heads, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Montreal, mouser, music, Nik, Obey Your Master, Old Fitzgerald, Old Montreal Distillery, Old Overholt, Old Overholt Bonded, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, partnership, peanuts, pet, photo, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, planning permission, post office, Quebec, rock, Sazerac, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Ritenbaugh, song, SWA, Tal, Tattersall Distilling, Tattersall Rye, The Glenmorangie Company, Tom Dean @meerkat1984, Tomatin, Towser, Turret, Vermont, Waldhorn, water, Westborough, whiskey, Whiskey in the Jar, whisky, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, wood0 comments
Distillers like to say they’re not making whisky for themselves, but laying it down for future generations. Part of that process is identifying ...
Islay’s Bunnahabhain Distillery In For £11 Million Upgrade Project20170706171501
Islay’s Bunnahabhain Distillery In For £11 Million Upgrade Project
Mark GillespieJuly 6, 2017A846, Andrew Brown, Argyll & Bute Council, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, Canasta, cottages, Derek Scott, Distell, dock, Eich Bhana Lìr, Gaelic, Islay, Jura, Lìr, Moine, moorings, Mull, Paps of Jura, pier, sailing, Strait of Jura, Tobermory, visitors center0 comments
July 6, 2017 – Of Islay’s eight working whisky distilleries, Bunnahabhain is the hardest to visit. To get there, one turns off A846, the r...
It’s Allta ‘Bout the Yeast! (Episode 753: February 3, 2019)