The Worst #@*$ Whisky I’ve Ever Tasted!20190328143946
The Worst #@*$ Whisky I’ve Ever Tasted!
Mark GillespieMarch 28, 2019Austria, Balblair, Berlin, Bowmore Hotel, Bruichladdich, Cadenhead's, Campbeltown, Edderton, finishing, fish, Fishky, Germany, Glencairn, herring, Inferno, Invergordon Distillers, Islay, Jim McEwan, John MacDonald, Klaus Pinkernell, Louisiana, Mark Reynier, Norwegian, pepper sauce, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, prank, recask, Salzburg, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Tabasco, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky0 comments
March 28, 2019 – “What have you done!” My mouth was puckering, trembling, and shivering all at the same time as a briny, fishy taste...
Whisky Knows No Gender…Why Don’t Some Men Get That? (Episode 758: March 10, 2019)20190309234619
Whisky Knows No Gender…Why Don’t Some Men Get That? (Episode 758: March 10, 2019)
Mark GillespieMarch 9, 2019@jacksonwharf, @odysseusunbound, #OurWhisky, acacia, accident, analysts, Aoife Keane, Austria, Bardstown, Barton 1792 Distillery, Beam Suntory, Becky Paskin, beer well, Benromach, bias, brand ambassador, Brexit, Brian Axelrod, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Bushmills, Cadenhead, Canada, China, collapse, Conor McGregor, Dialogos, distiller's beer, Dublin Liberties Distillery, earnings, Eire Born Spirits, environment, Essence of Suntory, EU, European Union, exports, Flaget Memorial Hospital, Fred Noe, gender, Georgie Bell, Glengoyne, Great Britain, hockey, how cute, Ian Macleod Distillers, import, Incompatible, International Women's Day, investigation, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Act, Japan, Joel, John Cashman, Kat Aagesen, Keeper's Coin, Kentucky, King of Hell, Klaus Doblmann, Kristopher Hart, Legent Bourbon, Leonard Russell, Los Angeles, mansplaining, Martin Daraz, Mexico, Mike Frank, Murder Lane, Octomore, Paddy, Paddy Flaherty, Paddy's, pricing, Proper No. Twelve, Rachel Barrie, regulations, Rick Edwards, Ross Salchow, sales, Sazerac, sexism, shares, Shinji Fukuyo, spill, St. Patrick's Day, storage tank, Suntory, Takeshi Niinami, Tamdhu, tariffs, trade, Trump Administration, Tyrconnell, warehouse, wash, whiskey, whisky, whisky specialty, women0 comments
Women are making whiskies, running whisky companies, and teaching people how to enjoy whiskies all over the world. So…why do many men still trea...
Port Charlotte and Islay’s “Middle Child Syndrome” (Episode 701: May 27, 2018)20180526213217
Port Charlotte and Islay’s “Middle Child Syndrome” (Episode 701: May 27, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 26, 2018@mikeyjoedrum, @R_Moore, @whiskygirl6, air pressure, airlines, airport, aluminum, April Fool's, attorney general, Austria, baggage, Bill Haslam, Billy Leighton, bottle, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Cascade Blonde, Cascade Hollow, Cecelia Malmstrom, chili pepper sauce, construction, Crown Royal, Diageo, Douglas Taylor, European Union, Ewan Gunn, exports, Feis Ile, George Dickel, Georgie Crawford, Glen Scotia, Glenegedale Airport, governor, Ilay Barley, imports, Inferno, Interstate 24, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Ken Grier, Klaus Doblmann, Lagavulin, legislation, legislature, LiDestri, Loch Indaal, maltings, Matt Hofmann, McIlhenny, mesquite, Method And Madness, Midleton, Moore County, Murfreesboro, Octomore, Ontario, Ottawa, packing, planes, Port Charlotte, Port Ellen, property tax, quota, Remy Cointreau, Rhonda Moore, road, Sazerac, Scotland, Seattle, security, Simon Coughlin, steel, suitcase, Tabasco, Tennessee, Texas, The Macallan, trade, Travel, trip, Trump Administration, Westland, whiskey, whisky, zoning0 comments
Bruichladdich’s Port Charlotte single malt lies in between the distillery’s namesake unpeated whiskies and its Octomore heavily peated mal...
The Way of Whisky (Episode 696: May 10, 2018)20180510193948
The Way of Whisky (Episode 696: May 10, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 10, 2018"The Amber Light", Alan Winchester, aluminum, Andrew Mansinne, archive, Ashton Cigar Bar, auction, Australia, Austria, author, Avengers, Award, Balblair, Baltimore Whiskey Company, Berlin, Bill Grant Smith, Billy Leighton, Bloomberg News, book, border, Bourbon, Brexit, Bruichladdich, Brussels, Bushmills, Cadenhead's, Camden, Captain's Reserve, Chichibu, closing, Colum Egan, Cooper River Distillers, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dave Broom, David Jacob, Deborah Stewart, Diageo, Donald Trump, Dream Cask, Ed Dodson, Eden Mill, Epoch Rye, EU, European Union, Ewan Gunn, export, fish, Fishky, Founder's Reserve, Game of Thrones, George Remus, George Ross, Germany, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Graham Coull, Great Britain, Hanyu, hard border, Heaven's Door, herring cask, Hombo Shuzo, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt & Grain, import, Indiana, Infinity Stones, Infinity War, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, James Yoakum, Japan, Japanese Whisky, John Grant, John MacDonald, Johnnie Walker, Kavalan, Kentucky Derby, King Car, Klaus Pinkernell, Lawrenceburg, Marc Bushala, Mars Komagatake, Mars Shinsu, Martin Kenney, Masataka Taketsuru, MGP Ingredients, movie, negotiations, New Jersey, Nikka, Northern Ireland, Parliament, party, Paul LaGrange, Philadelphia, Photoshop, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, politics, prank, President, quotas, Redbreast, Reserva, Rita Taketsuru, Rob Whitinger, Rossville Union, Ryan Perry, Rye, Salzburg, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Shyamal Ramachandran, Sinn Fein, social media, Spirit of Speyside Festival, spoiler, steel, Strathisla, stupidcask.de, Suntory, Taketsuru, tariffs, Tasmania, Tasmanian Whisky Week, tease, television, Thanos, The Birdhouse, The Glenlivet, The Way of Whisky, Tom Brim, trade, United Kingdom, voting, whiskey, whisky, WhiskyAuctioneer.com, White Walker, William Grant Smith, World Whisky Day, Yamazaki0 comments
Dave Broom has been one of Japanese whisky’s most passionate observers for many years, and his latest book “The Way of Whisky” delve...
Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)20170604143251
Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)
Mark GillespieJune 4, 20171792 Bourbon, Al Young, American Epic Sessions, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, auction, Austria, author, auto racing, Bardstown, Barton, Bernie Taupin, bill, blogger, blues, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, British Airways, Carla Carlton, debate, Douglas Laing & Co., Elton John, experiment, farm, Feis Ice, festival bottling, foam, Four Roses, Garryana, governor, Heaven Hill, heirloom corn, Houston, Indianapolis 500, International Space Station, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack White, Japan, Jill-Ann Stolley Vick, Jim Murray, Joel Harrison, Karuizawa, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Distillers Association, Klaus Doblmann, Kwikpac, legislation, legislature, Limited Edition Small Batch, Louisville, Lydia Calhooligan, Marquess Series, Matt Bevin, Matt Hofmann, motorsports, music, Neil Ridley, Noh, Number One Drinks Company, Pacific Northwest. Scotch Whisky, packaging, PBS, plant, recording, Remarkable Regional Malts, Reserve 101, retailers, Robert Mark, Rock Oyster, Sazerac, Seattle, Sir Douglas Murray, song, Space, statehood, Takuma Sato, tasting, The Bourbon Babe, The Murray, The Sun, Timorous Beastie, Tullibardine, Two Fingers of Whiskey, Voice O Graph, Washington, weather balloon, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, Wilderness Trail1 comment
Bourbon’s growing global profile is at its highest in decades, and that’s good news in Kentucky. Even though Bourbon can be made anywhere ...
Episode 610: October 9, 201620161008235602
Episode 610: October 9, 2016
Mark GillespieOctober 8, 2016#GrabWhiskey, 1792 Bourbon, 50 of 5 Whisky Club, AIG, Allt a'Bhainne, Amrut, Austria, author, Barton 1792, Bill Lark, Bill Newlands, Blended Malt, Bonhams, book, Braeval, Brendan Coyle, Buena Vista, Buffalo Trace, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Colin Scott, Colorado, Compass Box, Constellation Brands, Corsair, David Perkins, Deerhammer, Dominic Roskrow, Donald Trump, Double Cask, Edinburgh, Edrington, Facebook, Glencairn, Glenfiddich, Hanshu, High West, Hudson Whiskey, Hurricane Matthew, India, insurance, Jane Perkins, Japan, Jimmy Russell, John Glaser, Lenny Eckstein, lewd, Limestone Branch, Longmorn, Macallan, Maple Cask Rye, maple syrup, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Nobel, Olympic Peninsula, Outryder, Peat Week, Petr Hosen, pussy, Richard Paterson, Rye, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac, Seattle, Select Reserve, Springbank, Strathisla, Stuart MacPherson, Suntory, Tasmania, Tormore, transparency, Twitter, Ultis, Utah, Vermont, Vienna, Washington, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Japan, Wild Turkey, Wyoming Whiskey, Yamazaki, Yellowstone, Yoichi0 comments
Japanese whiskies have become harder to find as worldwide demand grows for them, but books about them are even harder to find. Longtime whisky writer ...
Episode 598: July 17, 201620160717000905
Episode 598: July 17, 2016
Mark GillespieJuly 17, 2016A Dram a Day, AH Hardy USA, Allentown, American Revolution, Australia, Austria, Ben Bowers, Caramel, Children's Heart Surgery Fund, Cleveland, cognac, Colorado, Colorado Distiller's Guild, convention, County Seat Spirits, cowboy, Darren Schilberg, David Culver, David Montalvo, Democrat, Denison, Denmark, Denver, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Dstill, Dunrobin Castle, duty free, E150a, Eddie Russell, Finger Lakes, Florian Passera, Fort Worth, Four Grain, Frank Maestri, Germany, glass, glassware, Glencairn, Global Travel Retail, God Bless America, GOP, Hidden Copper Bourbon, Highland Park, Hobbister, Hubris, Huxley Rare Genus, Inchmurrin, Ironroot Republic, John Myer, Keystones Series, label, Liberty Bell, Likarish, Loch Lomond Distillers, Maker's Mark, Master's Keep, Myer Farm Distillers, New York, Norlan, Old County Courthouse, Orkney, Ovid, P.T. Wood, party, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Republican, Revolutionary War, Rob Dietrich, Rune Lauridsen, Salida, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Second Amendment, Sheridan, Stranahan's, Sutherland, Texas, Throttle to Bottle, Tobermory, travel retail, Venturi Brands, Vicomte, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Wood's High Mountain Distillery, World Café Live, Wyoming0 comments
There are lots of whiskies to choose from, and there’s a story behind each one. This time around, we’ll talk with the entrepreneurs behind...
Episode 562: November 14, 201520151115013843
Episode 562: November 14, 2015
Mark GillespieNovember 15, 2015.36 Single Barrel, age statement, Alistair Longwell, Amrut, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardmore, Ash Whitaker, auction, Austria, Balblair, Ben Grayson, Ben Nevis, bidding, Bill Ricker, Billy Walker, Blair Athol, Boise, Bonhams, Booker's, Boone County, Boston, Bourbon, Boxing Hares, California, Cardrona, charity, Chivas Brothers, collecting, collector, Denison, deputy, Derek Sinclair, Desiree Whitaker, Diageo, Edrington, effluent, environment, Family Casks, film, Gary D'Urso, Glasgow, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Herald Scotland, Ian Macleod Distillers, Idaho, Inver House, Ironroot Republic, Johnny Mitchell, Josef Litt, Josh Quinn, Kentucky, Kilted Whisky Man, Kirsten Mitchell, Klaus Doblmann, Larry Ebersold, location, Lochaber, Lord of the Rings, Los Angeles, Macallan, MGP, Michael Jackson, Millburn, Miltonduff, New York City, New Zealand, pollution, rainfall, Ranger Creek, Robertson & Baxter, Robertson Trust, Royal Lochnagar, San Antonio, San Francisco, Scotch Whisky, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Seagram's, Sebastopol, SEPA, Sheriff, Smoky Goat, Spectrum, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirit Works Distillery, Tamdhu, Texas, The 1833, The Glenlivet, The Hobbit, Tom Fischer's Tavern, Tullibardine, veterinary school, Victor Brierley, violations, Wanaka, water, watercourse, Westmont, whiskey, Whiskey Union, whisky, Whisky Ambassador Course, Woodford Reserve Bourbon Academy1 comment
As we begin the 11th year of WhiskyCast, we’re taking a look back this week to catch up with some of the friends we’ve made over the last ...
Episode 542: July 4, 201520150704200652
Episode 542: July 4, 2015
Mark GillespieJuly 4, 2015@WhiskyGuyRy, Alberta, ambassador, Andy Watts, Austria, Bain's, Bain's Cape Mountain, Baker Beam, Beam Suntory, Booker Noe, Breton, Brittany, Bruichladdich, Brussels, Canada, Canada Day, Carl Beam, chef, Clermont, Contradiction, cooking, Cooley, Coxs Creek, Crown Royal, Culinary, Custodian's Club, David Beam, David Bouley, David Frost, David Stewart, Deirdre Mahlan, Diageo, Diageo North America, diplomat, dismissal, Distell, European Union, expansion, fireworks, food, Four Roses, Fourth of July, France, Gartbreck, Glann ar Mor, Glencairn, Graeme Littlejohn, Guatemala, Harlem Whiskey Festival, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, Hodson & Roberts, Honduras, Independence Day, Indiana, Isao Yamada, Islay, Ivan Menezes, Japan, Jean Donnay, Jim Beam, Jim Rutledge, kitchen, Klaus Doblmann, Larry Schwartz, lawsuit, lawyers, legal, litigation, lobbying, Los Angeles, Martine Donnay, MGP-I, Michael Collins, Mike Roberts, minority, Nelson County Gazette, New York, Northern Harvest Rye, Pappy Van Winkle, Parliament, Phillip Palmer, planning, protected geographical indicator, retirement, Ron Williams, Ryan Engen, Sam's Club, Sarah Dickson, Scotch Whisky Association, Shinji Fukuyo, Sidney Frank, single grain, Smooth Ambler, South Africa, Spirit of America, Suntory, The Balvenie, Tullibardine, Tun 1401, Tun 1509, warehouses, West Virginia, Westminster, Yearling, zoning0 comments
Jim Rutledge gets most of the credit for reviving Four Roses Bourbon in the US over the last decade after years of neglect by the brand’s previo...
The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 760: March 24, 2019)