The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)20180701201402
The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)
Mark GillespieJuly 1, 2018"Explorer's Cask", @Mr_McW, #freethewhisky, affinity group, aluminum, ambassador, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Armorik, attorney general, Barton, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, Billy Walker, Birdhouse, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Bobby Parnell, Bonticou Crag, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bourbon Burnt Sugar, Bowmore, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Buzick Construction, Canada, Caol Ila, Catoctin Creek, Chad Anderson, China, collapse, cooking, Coppersea Distiling, corrosion, court, David Eby, David McDonald, Distillerie Warenghem, Diurachs, Donald Blincoe, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., Eddie Russell, Empire Rye, engineers, Eric Fergie, European Union, evidence, export, fan club, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fire, France, Franklin County, Georgia, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, Glasgow, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Islay Swim, grill, Hickory, High Road, Highland Park, hospitality license, ice cream, import, Inner Circle, Islay, Isle of Arran, Jason Johnstone-Yellin, Jeni's, Johnnie Mundell, judge, Jura, Justin Fornal, Justin Trudeau, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, LCLB, LDB, liquor agents, Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, Liquor Distribution Branch, Little Jumbo, Maker's Mark, McW, Mexico, Middle West Whiskey, ministry, Nanaimo, New York, New York City, One For All, One For the Road, One For You, open water swimming, Orlando, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pardon My Pappy, Port Dundas, Prime Minister, prosecutor, provincial, pub, raid, recipe, Redbreast, repairs, report, retailers, Reuters, ricks, Roundstone Rye, Russell's Reserve, rust, salmon, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, seizure, sentence, shock probation, Simon Brooking, Single Cask Nation, single grain, single malt, smoke, SMWS, sorghum, Speyside, Springbank, Springbank Society, steel, structural integrity, swimming, tariffs, tenderoin, The Dead Rabbit, theft, Thomas Wingate, trade, trade war, Triagoz, turkey, Union Club, Urban Bourbon, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, warehouse, water damage, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Xtra Old Particular, Zachary Becker0 comments
The rough, cold waters off Scotland’s Isle of Islay are a challenge for even the best sailors, and one might think it madness to try and swim ar...
45 Is Old…For a Bourbon! (Episode 709: June 24, 2018)20180624215447
45 Is Old…For a Bourbon! (Episode 709: June 24, 2018)
Mark GillespieJune 24, 2018@BunkaiH, @ericcbarnes, @fr1day, @whiskeycat1324, #toosoon, 1792 Bourbon, 49th Parallel, Alcademics, aluminum, Andy Treinen, Aoife Keane, auction, Award, Bardstown, Bartender at Large, Barton, Barton 1792 Distillery, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Big Bottom Distilling, Birdhouse, Black Button Distilling, Bonticou Crag, border, Boston, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, branch, Camper English, Canada, Canada 2018 Commemorative Series, charities, cleanup, collapse, competition, Coppersea Distilling, Corby, creek, Cutty Sark, David Bolton, David Wondrich, desert island, Dream Cask, Eastside Distilling, editor, Edrington, environment, Eric Barnes, ETF Managers Group, European Union, exchange-traded funds, export, Final Reserve, flipping, Four Roses, Frazier History Museum, Frederick Stitzel, fund, George Young, Glenmore., Glenturret, Gooderham & Worts, H. Hemphill, history, Hotaling & Co., import, insect damage, investigation, investing, investment, Ireland, Irish Distillers, J.P. Wiser's, J.P. Wiser's Seasoned Oak, James "Buddy" Thompson, James Thompson & Brother, Jim Brooks, Joe Hyman, John Egan, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky, Kentucky Tavern, LCBO, Life Behind Bars, liquidation, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Lot #40, Louisville, Mano a Lámh, Mark @ WTF, Massachusetts, Mexico, Michael Veach, Nelson County Gazette, New Riff, New York, Newport, Noah Rothbaum, Northern Border Collection, online sales, Ontario, Oregon, Owensboro, Pappy Van Winkle, patent warehouse, Pernod Ricard USA, Pike Creek, podcast, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Redbreast, rick, Rick Astley, rick-rolled, rickhouse, ricks, river, rot, rust, Ryan Maloney, sale, Sazerac, ScotchWhisky.com, shares, Skinner, Sother Teague, sparks, Spirited Awards, Spirited Funds, steel, Stitzel-Weller, stocks, Tales of the Cocktail, tariffs, The Famous Grouse, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenrothes, The Speakeasy, trade, trade war, Trump Administration, turkey, Very Old Fitzgerald, veterans, War of 1812, warehouse, Westborough, whiskey, whisky, WSKY0 comments
If you’re young, you might think 45 is old. If you’re older, you might think 45 is still pretty young. But when you’re talking about...
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 ...
Scotch Whisky’s Tiger Gets Back to Work (Episode 627: February 5, 2017)20170204233418
Scotch Whisky’s Tiger Gets Back to Work (Episode 627: February 5, 2017)
Mark GillespieFebruary 4, 2017@hieronymous10, @IMSeth79, @PL_Scotch_Canada, 1815 Legacy Edition, A Glass Apart, Alan Wright, Alberta Premium, Alberta Rye Dark Batch, Alfred Barnard, Andrew Laing, Angelo Veneziano, Ardnahoe, Arthur Guinness, Bacalta, Barbara McEwan, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Barton, batch number, Bill Lumsden, Bird Dog, Bourye, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Calumet Farms, Cask & Crew, Central City Brewing, Ciaran Mulgrew, Constellation Brands, cookies, Dark Horse, Derry, Devil's cask, Diageo, Distell, Double Cask, Dublin, Elijah Craig, expansion, FedEx, Feis Ile, Fine & Rare, Fionnán O'Connor, Four Oak, Four Roses, Gary Lohin, George Roe, Girl Scouts, Glenmorangie, Guinness, Heaven Hill, High West, Hunter Laing & Co., Ileach, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Magazine, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jim McEwan, Kirin, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Ledaig, Lemonades, Lexington Bourbon, Liberties, LiDestri Spirits, Lohin McKinnon, Madeira, Malmsey, malt tax, MGP, Mull, Nancy Fraley, Niche Drinks, Pedro Ximenez, Port Askaig, Prohibition, PX, Roe & Co., Roe & Company, rumor, Sam Mead, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scott Laing, Smores, St. Brendan's, St. James's Gate, Stewart Laing, Stuart McKinnon, suitcase, The Macallan, The Quiet Man, Thin Mints, Tobermory, travel retail, Victoria Whisky Festival, Western Spirits, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
It’s hard for some people to retire. Jim McEwan says he was pacing around his home on Islay “like a tiger” after retiring from Bruic...
Episode 570: January 9, 201620160110012932
Episode 570: January 9, 2016
Mark GillespieJanuary 10, 2016advice, Allied Lomar. trademark, argument, arrest, assassination, author, Barton, book, Brechin, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, California, Canada, candidate, chairman, Chivas Brothers, Chris Morris, Ciaran Mulgrew, Cooper Spirits, Cordelia Toy, Craigslist, crime, Dan Greenwood, David Stewart, Derry, Diageo, Distiller's Select, Donald Trump, Douglas Fitchett, Drinking in America, Dungourney, evidence, festivals, flooding, Four Roses, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glencadam, Graeme Macaloney, guilty, High West, history, Honours List, indictment, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Israel, JFK, John Rhea, judge, KDA, Kennedy, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, law, Law360.com, lawsuit, license, Lock Stock & Barrel, Longmorn, Luxco, Maker's Mark, Manitoba, MBE, MGP, Michael Bendavid, Midleton, Niche Drinks, officer, Old Forester, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pat Melton, Pennsylvania, President, Queen Elizabeth, Richard Nixon, Rob Samuels, ruling, Scotland, Secret Service, Sheriff, Signature, St. Brendan's, state, Stitzel, Stitzel-Weller, Susan Cheever, Tel Aviv, The Balvenie, The Quiet Man, theft, Thomas Wingate, Toby Curtsinger, trial, Ulysses S. Grant, Utah, Victoria, Victoria Caledonian Distillery, Warren Commission, Warren G. Harding, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Yippie-Ki-Yay0 comments
America has a love-hate relationship with alcohol, and it’s fair to say that drinking has changed the course of American history – for bet...
Episode 539: June 13, 201520150614001706
Episode 539: June 13, 2015
Mark GillespieJune 14, 2015£501, 1792, acquisition, anniversary, Ardmore, author, Bardstown Barrel Selections, Barton, Bernie Lubbers, blues, book, book signing, Bottled in Bond, Brown-Forman, Burns, Cabernet Sauvignon, cask supplies, charity, Chris Morris, Compass Box, Creative Whisky Company, Dave Schmier, David Stirk, death, Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, Downsized, explosion, festival bottling, Fred Minnick, fundraiser, George Grant, Glenfarclas, Grant, Groth, Hardin, independent bottler, Invergordon, Islay, Jan Mohr, Jay Rogers, Jefferson's, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim Beam, John Grant, Joy Perrine, Kentucky Dram, Kyle Rogers, Laphroaig, Lew Bryson, Louisville, Matt Hofmann, MGP-I, Michael Kandar, MP3, music, Napa Valley, Old Forester, Oregon Oak, Original Moonshine, Peat Monster, Redemption Rye, Reid Mitenbuler, Roger Wade, Sally Van Winkle Campbell, Sazerac, Seattle, Silver Trail Distillery, song, Strathclyde, Sweet Wheat, Tom Steffanci, travel retail, Vanderbilt, Westland Whiskey, Westport Whiskey & Wine, Whiskey Row, Whisky Drinking Woman, Whisky Jewbilee0 comments
Dave Schmier and Michael Kandar started Bardstown Barrel Selections five years ago to bottle some casks of good whiskey they’d come across from ...
Kentucky Distillers Honor Wild Turkey’s Jimmy Russell20140902223018
Kentucky Distillers Honor Wild Turkey’s Jimmy Russell
Mark GillespieSeptember 2, 2014achievement, Barton, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Buddha, Charles King McClure, documentary, Dr. Frank Kraus, Eddie Russell, Eric Gregory, film, James Bigstaff O'Rear, Jim Beam, Jimmy Russell, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, lifetime, Maker's Mark, Schenley Distilleries, Stitzel-Weller, T. William Samuels, Wild Turkey0 comments
September 2, 2014 – Not much happens around Wild Turkey Distillery without longtime Master Distiller Jimmy Russell knowing about it, but his fri...
Sazerac’s Kentucky Gentleman Bourbon Caught In Ukraine Sanctions Battle20140807121632
Sazerac’s Kentucky Gentleman Bourbon Caught In Ukraine Sanctions Battle
Mark GillespieAugust 7, 20141792 Barton, Amy Preske, Bardstown, Barton, Canada, Customs, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, European Union, import, Kentucky Gentleman, Mark Brown, pet, phthalates, plastic, Rospotrebnadzor, Russia, sanctions, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, SWA, trade, Ukraine, US0 comments
August 7, 2014 – Sazerac’s Kentucky Gentleman Bourbon is one of the Western products being targeted in a tit-fot-tat escalation of trade s...
Bourbon Capital To Get Another Distillery20140626151627
Bourbon Capital To Get Another Distillery
Mark GillespieJune 26, 2014Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Barton, Clermont, Donna Nally, Jim Beam, Kentucky, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Loretto, Maker's Mark, Nelson County, Pete Kamer, Steve Beshear, Steve Nally, Willett, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
June 26, 2014 – Bardstown, Kentucky claims the title of “Bourbon Capital of the World”, with the trademark to prove it. Now, Bardsto...
Episode 444: September 22, 201320130922222751
Episode 444: September 22, 2013
Mark GillespieSeptember 22, 2013Alltech, ALS, Balcones, Bardstown, Barton, Beam, Betty Jo Boone, Binny's, Booker Noe, Buffalo Trace, Buzick, Carlow, Cask Masters, Corsair, David Blackmore, Davin de Kergommeaux, Dublin, Eric Leslie, Evgeny Vershinin, Filson, Five Fathers, Forgiven, Forty Creek, Fred Noe, George T. Stagg, Georgetown, Glenmorangie, Google, Harlen Wheatley, Heaven Hill, Icons of Whisky, Ireland, James E. Pepper, Jeff Weber, Jim Beam, Jimmy Russell, Joe Fraser, Johanne McInnis, Justin Victor, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kim Bennett, Lebanon, Limestone Branch, Maker's Mark, Man Caves, Mark Coffman, Matt Shattock, Michael Veach, Old Punk, Oscar Getz Museum, Pappy Van Winkle, Park Avenue Liquor Shop, Parker Beam, Pearse Lyons, Pogue, Promise of Hope, Ranger Creek, Revenge, Rick Robinson, San Antonio, Taghta, Tom Blincoe, Town Branch, Whisky Magazine, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve0 comments
In the second of two episodes from this weekend’s Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, we’ll hear from the newest members of the Kentuc...