A New Job…and a New Way to Spell “Whiskey” (Episode 785: September 22, 2019)20190922224646
A New Job…and a New Way to Spell “Whiskey” (Episode 785: September 22, 2019)
Mark GillespieSeptember 22, 2019"The Magic of the Cask", @ButlerB, @donaldhanna, Aidy Smith, Amazon Prime, Angel's Envy, Ardbeg, Arkansas, Ashley Cundiff, Ashley Penney, barrel aging, barrels, BBC, Ben Nevis, Benchmark, Bourbon Women, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Bushmills, Caol Ila, Cascade Hollow, ceramic, Charles W. Medley, cognac, COLIN HAMPDEN-WHITE, Colombia, contract, Crand Cru, Cream of Kentucky, cuvee, decanter, Diageo, Dictador Rum, Dingle, Dingle Distillery, Donald Hanna, Drew Mayville, Eagle Rare, Ed Dodson, Edition No. 5, Elgin, evaporation, Even Kulsveen, Fay Coull, Frank McHardy, Garry Oak, Garryana, George T. Stagg, glazing, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, GMB, Graham Coull, Greg Butler, Greg David, Heaven Hill, Helena Nicklin, Imperial, Indiana, induction, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, James Beam, Jim Beam, Jim Rutledge, Jimmy Russell, Katrina Egbert, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, La Martiniquaise, labor, labour, Larry Kass, lead, Lincoln Henderson, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Distillers, London, Lowlands, Martha Willett Kulsveen, maturation, MGP, negotiations, oxidation, Peggy Noe Stevens, Phil Brandon, plant-based, Preakness, Quora.com, Robbie Mattingly, Rock Town Distillery, rum, Sazerac, Sazerac Rye, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, social media, Speyside, Springbank, strike, Supernova, Tennessee, The Glasgow Distillery Company, The Macallan, The Three Drinkers, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tracie Franklin, Two Masters, union, Unite, Wes Henderson, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Willett Distillery, William Larue Weller, wood, World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay0 comments
Graham Coull grew up in Speyside spelling “whisky” without the “e” – as any proper Scot would. It didn’t help him ...
Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)20190715015549
Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 15, 2019@Andrew_leets, @Head_Stone, 1792 Aged Twelve Years, 1792 Bourbon, amaranth, Andrew Leets, bacteria, barrels, Beam Suntory, Bend, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Black Rock Bar, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brad Boswell, Buffalo Trace, Cambus, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., Colin Montgomerie, court, Delaware, Denver, Diageo, Don Julio, environment, Eric Rubin, fines, fire, fish, Gareth Moore, geographical indicators, George Remus, Ghost and Rare, Glenn's Creek, Glenury Royal, golf, governor, grain, Heaven Hill, Highland, Hotel, Independent Stave, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jane Bowie, Jim Beam, John Mura, Johnnie Walker, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Kentucky River, Lagavulin, law, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lawyers, legislation, legislature, Lexington, Loch Lomond, London, Loretto, Los Altos, Madison, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, McGinnis Wood Products, MGP, Michael Henry, Mike Parson, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Old Crow, Oregon Spirit Distillers, oxygen, Pittyvaich, private barrel, Private Select, Prohibition, Remus Volstead Reserve, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Portrush, Ryder Cup, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Rogers, Speyburn, sprinkler, sugar, SWA, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, tequila, The Open Championship, travel retail, Triple Triple, TTB, Versailles, Virginia Distillery Company, Virginia Highland, Volstead Act, WBRB, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Wisconsin0 comments
60 years ago, Bill and Marge Samuels dipped the first bottles of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in Loretto, Kentucky. They left the “e” out of...
O.Z. Tyler Distillery Rickhouse Suffers Partial Collapse20190617154526
O.Z. Tyler Distillery Rickhouse Suffers Partial Collapse
Mark GillespieJune 17, 2019Bardstown, barrels, Barton 1792 Distillery, collapse, environment, investigation, Kentucky, O.Z. Tyler, O.Z. Tyler Distillery, Owensboro, rickhouse, Sazerac, scientist, Terressentia, whiskey, whisky0 comments
June 17, 2019 – Cleanup work is underway as investigators begin to search for the cause of an overnight rickhouse collapse at the O.Z. Tyler Dis...
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. ...
A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)20190127172941
A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 27, 2019"Bourbon Pompeii", @realsuwilliams, Ajay Bhardwaj, Andres Faustinelli, Arran, attorney general, B517, backlog, bar, bard, barrels, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, BC Ministry of the Attorney General, BDT Capital Partners, Bearface, Bernard Walsh, Bornw-Forman Cooperage, Bourbon, breakup, Brian Schmitz, British Columbia, Brockrobert Tagarook, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky Awards, Carlow, casks, Chita, Col. E.H. Taylor, competition, Competition Bureau, Congress, Coopers' Craft, Cotswolds Distillery, Daniel Szor, David Eby, David Ferguson, David Wondrich, divorce, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, enforcement, England, exciseman, expansion, fermenter, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fort Nelson, Forty Creek, Founder's Choice, furlough, gauger, government, Grimsby, hearing, Hungarian Oak, Illva Saronno Holdings, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Japan, John Hall, joint venture, Just-Drinks.com, Kakubin, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, label approvals, lawsuit, liquor inspectors, Louisville, Mackmyra, Maison Ferrand, Marc Anthony Wines & Spirits, Michter's, minority stake, Moment Karibien, Old Forester, Ontario, Plantation Rum, poet, QEW, raid, Raj Bhakta, report. hospitality licenses, Richard Hobbs, Robert Burns, Robert Burns World Foundation, Rosemary Walsh, Royal Oak, run, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shareholders, Shirokaku, shortage, shutdown, Soleo Collection, Speyside, statistics, Stefano Battioni, Su Williams, Suntory, Sweden, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Barrel Mill, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Glenrothes, The Whisky Agency, The Whisky Exchange, tourism, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors, Walsh Whiskey Company, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Maker's Cut, Whistlepig, Woody Kane0 comments
Even when things appear to be going well, there are sometimes undercurrents of trouble behind the scenes. That played out in Ireland this week after W...
Talking Whiskey with the British Bourbon Society (Episode 746: December 23, 2018)20181223173405
Talking Whiskey with the British Bourbon Society (Episode 746: December 23, 2018)
Mark GillespieDecember 23, 2018@Mike_W_Simpson, 1863, Alan Winchester, Alan Wright, An Bord Pleanála, Andrew Watson, Angel's Envy, APB, Arbikie, Art & Terroir, atomic bomb, auction, Avon, barrels, Bladnoch, Blue Label, Bourbon, British Bourbon Society, budget, Carbon 14, carbon dating, Chinese New Year, Chrissy Lau, collecting, Congress, consulting, Corby, counterfeit, County Westmeath, Cream of Kentucky, Cutty Sark, David Robertson, Diageo, Donald Trump, Dublin, Ed Rosie, Edinburgh, Edrington, fake, France, Frasers, Glenturret, Gordon Cook, Gordon Dundas, Great Britain, Highland Rye, Highland Whisky Festival, Huddart, Ian Macleod Distillers, Ian MacMillan, investment, Ireland, J.W. Rutledge Distillery, Jim Rutledge, John's Lane, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky, La Martiniquaise, London, Lot #40, lunar calendar, maturation warehouse, Michael Carr, Minnesota, National College of Art & Design, Northern Border Collection, nuclear weapons, Old Pulteney, planning, Powers, President, Princes Street, professor, public comment, radiocarbon, rare whisky 101, regulations, Revival, Richard Hobbs, Rosebank, Schenley, Scotland, Scottish Canals, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, shutdown, Silvio Benz, single grain, Talisker, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Barrel Mill, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenlivet, Title 27, Tomatin, tourism, Treasury Department, TTB, Vault Whiskey Store, Washington, Westmeath County Council, whiskey, whisky, White House, Year of the Pig0 comments
One sign of the Bourbon boom worldwide can be found in Great Britain, where the British Bourbon Society was founded in 2016 by six whisky lovers. As 2...
WhiskyFest Hits New York City (Episode 743: December 6, 2018)20181207014258
WhiskyFest Hits New York City (Episode 743: December 6, 2018)
Mark GillespieDecember 7, 20181926, ACSA, Afghanistan, age statement, agency, American Craft Spirits Association, American Single Malt Whiskey Commission, Anthony Burnet, Ardbeg, artist, auction, Balcones, bar, barrels, Bernheim Distillery, Blackened American Whiskey, Bottled in Bond, bottling strength, brand ambassador, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Cairngorm Mountains, Campari, Canada, Caol Ila, Christie's, Christy McFarlane, Colorado, Compass Box, construction, craft distillers, Darryl McNally, Dave Pickerell, Denver, design, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distilling, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dylan Strang, earnings, Easter Elchies House, economic development, Eden Mill, Elijah Craig, European Union, Evan Holt, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, exports, Family Casks, finishing, Fortnum & Mason, Fountain Square, French Oak, funding, geographical protection, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Heaven Hill, Hilary Barnes, Hillrock Estate Distillery, Hotel Tango, incentives, Indiana, Indianapolis, investors, Ireland, Islay, J.W. Rutledge Distillery, Jared Himstedt, Jim Rutledge, John Glaser, Juveniles, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, LaGrange, LCBO, London, Louisville, Louisville Business First, Marriott Marquis, Michael Dillon, military, NATO, New York City, New Zealand, news release, Oldham County, Ontario, painter, Paris, Paul Miller, phonetic alphabet, Pod Architecture + Design, Port Charlotte, Port Charlotte MRC:01 2010. Bordeaux, Private Collection, proposal, PTSD, public comment, quarter, Rabbit Hole Distillery, regulations, Rob Dietrich, Robert Polson II, Robin Coupar, rule making, sales, Scotland, single malt, Sir Peter Blake, Snowflake, Speyside, St. Andrew's, St. Andrew's Day, Stranahan's, Stranger & Stranger, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, TBI, Texas, The Dead Rabbit Irish Whiskey, The Dubliner, The Macallan, Thomas Hogue, Timorous Beastie, Title 27, Toronto, trade, traumatic brain injury, Travis Barnes, Treasury Department, tribute, trunk, TTB, unaged whiskey, Valerio Adami, Waco, Westminster, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, WhiskyFest, Whistlepig Rye, white whiskey, world record, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
Whisky Advocate’s annual WhiskyFest took over the Marriott Marquis in New York City’s Times Square Tuesday night, and we’ll have som...
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)20181014212011
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 14, 2018@LorenMoulder, @realsuwilliams, @ryeskeysamples, 1926, Angel's Envy, Appalachian Gap Distillery, appeal, Ardbeg, artist, auction, Auriverdes, Bad Guy Bourbon, barrels, bidding, Bourbon, Brewers Batch, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, bung, bunghole, Canada, Christie's, clearance, collecting, Colorado, Columbia, Columbus, Compass Box, Contradiction, cooper, cooperage, Cowie, Cowie's Blue Seal, DC, DEEP, development, Diageo, distillery, Distillery 291, Dixie Highway, Dornoch Firth, Edinburgh, environment, Fay Coull, FedEx, fishing, Fredericton, George Garvin Brown, Glen Moray, Glenburgie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Coull, Great American Whisky Fair, Guinness World Records, habitat, Heriot-Watt University, Hibiki, High West, Hotel Grand Pacific, Interstate, Ireland, Irish, Kentucky, Last Call, law, legal, London, Loren Moulder, Louisville, Lovingston, Michael Dillon, Middlebury, Mortlach, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New York City, oak, Ohio, Ohio Division of Liquor Control, Old Forester, oysters, Parker's Heritage Collection, poll, poplar, Prohibition, Raymond Loewy, recycling, research, Ridgeline Vermont Whiskey, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Shelter Point, shipping, Shively, Signatory, Sir Peter Blake, Smooth Ambler, Sotheby's, South Carolina, staves, Sue Williams, Supreme Court, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Macallan, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Three Stars Brewing, Total Wine & More, tour, Twitter, UPS, Valerio Adami, Vancouver Island, Vermont, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, W.L. Weller, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Ry @dramsofwhisky, William Hogg, wood, Woodford Reserve, world record, Yippee Ki-Yay0 comments
Old Forester released its final edition in the Whiskey Row series of limited-edition Bourbons this week, and the 1910 Old Fine Whiskey honors the bran...
Creating a More Diverse Whisky Community (Episode 729: September 30, 2018)20180930224918
Creating a More Diverse Whisky Community (Episode 729: September 30, 2018)
Mark GillespieSeptember 30, 2018@davemacdo, African-American, aluminum, analyst, Anibal Raposo, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Artisan Restaurant, ATF, barrel tax, barrels, Bay Area, Beam Suntory, black, Black Bourbon Society, Blackened Whiskey, Booker Noe, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, British Columbia, Buena Vista, Buffalo Trace, cacao, California, Canada, Canadian Whisky, charcoal., Colorado, Corn Whiskey, Craft Spirits Data Project, Cultura Chocolate, Dave MacDonald, Dave Pickerell, Deerhammer, Denver, Derek Mather, distilling, diversity, Edward Mundy, emoji, English Whisky Company, Eric Gregory, European Union, exports, Färjestaden, Freddie Johnson, Freddie Noe, Glenesk Hotel, growth, Guatemala, Guinness World Records, Hillrock Estate, Holly Seidewand, Hotel Skansen, imports, industry, inventory, investment, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Japan, Jeff Arnett, Jefferies, Just-Drinks.com, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, legislation, legislature, Lenny Eckstein, Lincoln County Process, Little Book, Manzanilla, Metallica, minority, Miyagikyo, Motlow, Munich Malt, Nashville, New York, Nikka, Noe Simple Task, people of color, Progeny, property tax, race, regulators, Revenue, rickhouses, Rough & Tumble, Samara Rivers, Scotch, Scotland, Shelter Point, spelling, steel, stereotype, stills, Sweden, tariffs, tax credit, taxes, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Tomatin, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, Twentysomething, Two Brewers, Vancouver Island, Vermont, whiskey, whisky, WhistlePig Farm, Whitehorse, Wishaw, Yoichi, Yukon0 comments
Let’s be honest for a moment. Look around the crowd at most whisky events, and if you’re being honest with yourself, you’ll notice t...
The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 760: March 24, 2019)