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...
Episode 537: May 30, 201520150531030701
Episode 537: May 30, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 31, 2015@whiskysec, actress, adult film, Alasdair Day, alleged, anCnoc, Ardbeg, arraignment, artisan, Atlantic City, Barbara Townsend, barbecue sauce, Bernard Walsh, Bill Dobbie, Billy Walker, Blade & Bow, blast, Bob Townsend, body blended, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bullitt County, Burns, Carlow, chocolate, cooper, Cork, court, Coxs Creek, death, Derek Mather, development, Dover, drought, Dublin, Dustin Adkins, economic impact, environment, expansion, explosion, export, Feis Ile, fire, fire marshal, flooding, Four Roses, Frankfort, Gilbert Curtsinger, GlenDronach, Hardin, Hielan, Highland Council, Ian Chang, infrastructure, investigation, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Irish Water, Irish Whiskey Association, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Jura, Isle of Raasay, Jameson, Jay Rogers, Jim Rutledge, jobs, Jura, Katy Willis, Kavalan, Kent, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, King Car, Kirin, Kyle Rogers, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Lawrenceburg, lorries, Mark S. Searcy, Master Distiller's Reserve, Matt Wooler, Midleton, Miner's Delight Inn, Nashville, not guilty, organized crime, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, planning, plea, porn star, prosecutors, pub crawl, R&B Distillers, Raasay, Rabbit Hole Distilling, Rachel McCormack, racketeering, Rebel Yell. Luxco. porn, recipe, review, ringleader, Salt Lake City, Second Saturday Single Malt Tasting, Silver Trail Distillery, Skye, solar, Spencer Balentine, Spey, Speyside, still, Stitzel-Weller, Sydney, Taiwan, Talisker, Tastival, Terry Wilhelm, Texas, The Glenlivet, The Hague, The Irishman, theft, trade, travel retail, trucks, Tweedale Blend, Utah, Vanderbilt, Whisky By X, Whisky Live Holland, Wild Turkey, Wishaw, Writers Tears, Wyoming0 comments
Irish Whiskey once dominated the world, but several factors combined to nearly wipe the country’s distillers out over time. While it’s now...
Episode 536: May 23, 201520150524000406
Episode 536: May 23, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 24, 2015anniversary, Anthony Bourdain, Ardbeg Perpetuum, Arran, arrest, artisan, barbecue sauce, Barrelhead, Barry Crockett, Benromach, Bill Lumsden, Brian Williams, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Caol Ila, Chivas Brothers, David Wood, Derek Mather, Douglas MacArthur, Eddie Russell, Ernest Hemingway, Errol Flynn, Experimental Collection, explosion, Facebook, fantasy, Feis Ile, fire, fire marshal, Forres, Frank Sinatra, French Oak, Gilbert Curtsinger, Gordon & MacPhail, grand jury, Hearach, Humphrey Bogart, Iain MacArthur, Ian Chang, indictment, investigation, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Harris, Jay Rogers, Jeffrey Lohr, Jimmy Russell, Julie Curtsinger, Justin Victor, Kavalan, Keith Cruickshank, Kilchoman, Kyle Rogers, Lagavulin, lawsuit, lawyer, Leslie Wright, Lucille Ball, Master's Keep, Michael Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Mike Farley, Mike Ross, Octomore, PappyGate, Revenoor Stills, Rodolfo Alvarado, Ron Burgundy, Rowan Atkinson, Sammy Hagar, Silver Trail Distillery, Spencer Balentine, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, steroids, Steve Gormley, tasting panel, Terry Wilhelm, theft, Urquhart, White Stags, Wild Turkey0 comments
Gordon & MacPhail reopened Benromach Distillery in Speyside in 1998 after 15 years of inactivity, and Keith Cruickshank has been there since the s...
Episode 492: August 16, 201420140816195323
Episode 492: August 16, 2014
Mark GillespieAugust 16, 2014Aaron Baxter, Ace, Andrew Weir, Andy Nelson, Arco, artisan, auction, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, author, auto racing, ban, Bardstown, Ben Nevis, BenRiach, Benromach, bidding, Bonhams, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Hall of Fame, Bourbon: Straight, Bourbon: Strange, Bowmore, Brian Williams, Brown-Forman, Butte, Canadian Club, Caperdonich, cards, Carmel, Cascade, Charles Nelson, Charlie Nelson, Chuck Cowdery, collecting, collectors, construction, Courtney McKee, Craig Daniels, Czech, Czechoslovakia, Dario Franchitti, Dark Origins, Devil's cask, Discovery Channel, distiller, Dublin, Edinburgh, environment, Eric Burke, expansion, export, food safety, George Dickel, Glenglassaugh, Gordon & MacPhail, Hammer Head, handcrafted, Headframe Spirits, Highland Park, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt, import, Indianapolis 500, IndyCar, Ireland, Jack Daniel's, Jack Teeling, Jess Graber, John McKee, Justin Victor, K&L Wines, Karuizawa, Kentucky, Kentucky Gentleman, Laguna Seca, Lalique, Macallan, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, MGP-I, mine, Montana, Montana Standard, Monterey, Morgan, Moscow Times, Nashville, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Old Pulteney, Phil Lynch, playing card, poker, Prague, racing, Rare Craft Collection, Robin Burke, Royal Mile Whiskies, Russia, sanctions, Sazerac, Scott Mansfield, shark, Shark Week, Six Pillars, Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award, Stock Spirits, Stranahan's, Superfund, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tennessee, Tennessee Honey, The Balvenie, Tin Cup, Tom Anderson, Tony Roberts, trade, Ukraine, warehouse, West Lothians, Whisky Fringe, Willett, writer, Yamazaki2 comments
Chuck Cowdery is regarded as one of the top Bourbon writers around, and is one of the few writers to be inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fam...
Racing Legend Franchitti Curates The Balvenie 2014 Rare Craft Collection20140812132416
Racing Legend Franchitti Curates The Balvenie 2014 Rare Craft Collection
Mark GillespieAugust 12, 2014artisan, auto racing, Carmel, Dario Franchitti, handmade, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, motorsports, racing, Rare Craft Collection, Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, The Balvenie, Todd Snyder0 comments
August 12, 2014 – The Balvenie is kicking off its second annual Rare Craft Collection tour in Carmel, California this weekend with a collection ...
American Distilling Institute Announces 2013 Craft Distilling Awards20130404090449
American Distilling Institute Announces 2013 Craft Distilling Awards
Mark GillespieApril 4, 2013ADI, American Distilling Institute, artisan, Ballast Point Spirits, craft distilling, Devil's Share, Huber0 comments
April 3, 2013 – Devil’s Share Malt Whiskey from Ballast Point Spirits was named Best of Class among whiskies in the 7th annual American Di...
Episode 403: December 22, 201220121222013336
Episode 403: December 22, 2012
Mark GillespieDecember 22, 20121957, Arran, artisan, Auchentoshan, auction, BenRiach, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bulleit, charity, civil rights, Connemara, Cordish, croquet, Derek Mather, Diageo, discrimination, drugs, France, fudge, Glann ar Mor, GlenDronach, Harris, Hearach, Highland Park, holiday, Islay, Isle of Harris, Jameson, Japan, Jean Donnay, Jim McEwan, Joe Hyman, Joshua Hatton, Jura, Kornog, Laphroaig, lawsuit, logo, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Marc Lavardiere, Mark Dermul, Mark Reynier, markets, Martin Markvaardsen, Master of Malt, Matt Rosenfeld, Matt Wooler, Mayans, merger, Michael Cunningham, Octomore, Orkney, overdose, painkiller, Port Charlotte, Remy Cointreau, restaurant, Samuel Karlsson, Samuels, Sant Erwan, Scott Mansfield, Simon Coughlin, Simon Erlanger, Single Cask Nation, Suntory, tattoo, Vince Regan, warning, Wishaw0 comments
Bruichladdich’s $90 million acquisition by Remy Cointreau was one of the biggest whisky stories of the year, and CEO Simon Coughlin joins us for...
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival20120920184507
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Mark GillespieSeptember 20, 2012artisan, auction, Bardstown, barrels, Bill Sheckles, event, food, Jason Cohen, Jerry Summers, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, party, tourism0 comments
Bourbon has been part of the fabric of Central Kentucky for generations, and that heritage is celebrated every September at the Kentucky Bourbon Festi...
Episode 357: February 18, 201220120217223314
Episode 357: February 18, 2012
Mark GillespieFebruary 17, 2012"99 Pot Stills", "Alt Whiskeys", Adelphi, ADI, Alex Bruce, Ardnamurchan, artisan, Balcones, Balvenie, Bill Owens, book, Brimstone, Chip Tate, Corsair, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Cutty Sark, Darek Bell, distillery, distilling, football, Glengoyne, Jason Craig, Kentucky, Maker's Mark, Nashville, Pendleton, rugby, Talisker, Tennessee0 comments
Craft distillers make whisky as much out of passion as a desire to make money, and that gives them the freedom to try different things…just beca...
Episode 340: October 23, 201120111023001400
Episode 340: October 23, 2011
Mark GillespieOctober 23, 2011Andrew Weir, artisan, Balvenie, Blended Scotch, Bon Accord, Bourbon, Chuck Miller, craft, craft distilling, Drinkmonger, Glasgow, Glengoyne, Indiana, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, LDI, Lexington, MGP, Mike Miyamoto, moonshine, New York, Pearse Lyons, pub, Royal Mile Whiskies, Shackleton, Shem Blum, Suntory, Tipsy Parson, Town Branch, Virginia, Yamazaki0 comments
Chuck Miller describes himself as “America’s First Craft Distiller”. He’s been making moonshine legally at his Stillhouse Dist...