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On the Road – And at the Pub in Dublin (Episode 692: April 26, 2018)20180426150644

On the Road – And at the Pub in Dublin (Episode 692: April 26, 2018)

Mark GillespieApril 26, 2018@drunkenmeeples, @travlecrazy, 1823, Adam Bradshaw, Alabama, Angel's Envy, anniversary, Ardbeg, assessor, attorney general, Baltimore Whiskey Company, Barber, Bardstown, Becle, Benromach, bill, Bill Haslam, Bill Lumsden, Billy Leighton, biological clock, book, Bourbon, Bow Street, Bowmore, Bozzy Karatsu, Brian Nation, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, Caledonian MacBrayne, Callum Fraser, CalMac, Celtic Whiskey Shop. The Sexton, Ciaran Mulgrew, construction, Cork, Dave Broom, Dave Pickerell, Derry, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Eden Mill Distillery, Elgin, Elixir Distillers, Epoch Rye, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, Excise Act, exciseman, Feis Ile, ferry, festival bottling, Fife, Forres, gauger, George Smith, Glasgow Edition, Glen Garioch, Glenfarclas, Glenturret, Gordon & MacPhail, governor, Grooves, Henry Donnelly, Hip Flask Series, history, Ian Newton, illicit distilling, IndyCar, inventory, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jameson, Jameson Distillery Bow Street, Jose Cuervo, Karen Cotter, Keith Cruickshank, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, legislaton, legislature, Littlemill, Louisville Slugger Field, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, Mark Williams, Maryland, Metallica, Method & Madness, Michter's, Midleton, Moore County, music, NASCAR, Niche Drinks, Nine Below, Old Forester, Omar Fitzell, opening, Paul Miller, planning permission, Port Ellen, Powers, property tax, Proximo Spirits, Rabbit Hole Distilling, Raj Singh, Ryan Burnett, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, ship, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, St. Andrew's, St. Brendan's, St. Louis, Sukhinder Singh, Tennessee, The Epicurean, The Quiet Man, The Way of Whisky, whiskey, Whiskey Row, Whisky Fairy, Whisky Leprechaun, Whisky Squad, winner0 comments

This time around, we’re on the road in Dublin for the launch of the first cask-strength Jameson Irish Whiskey, the new Jameson Bow Street 18. It’s als...

Kentucky Moving Toward “Bourbon Without Borders”20180406133543

Kentucky Moving Toward “Bourbon Without Borders”

April 6, 2018 – For almost as long as Kentucky distillers have opened their doors to visitors, they’ve had to field one question. “I...

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 ...

Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)20170402140734

Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)

Mark GillespieApril 2, 2017@ForzaUnion, @OldBurbonGangsta, @TeresaDeck81, #trypod, 100% Islay, A.D. Laws, airport, Amarone, Amazon, ambassador, Andy Rieger, anniversary, Anthony Wills, Arran, Article 50, Artist's Blend, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Bainbridge, Balblair, Battle Point, Beam, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, BenRiach, Benromach, Bernard Walsh, bill, Bill Lark, Birmingham, Bladnoch, Bond & Lillard, Brexit, Brian, buyout, Campari America, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Club Heritage Centre, Carlow, CBC News, Celtic Whiskey Shop, chairman, Chichibu, Chris Malcolm, Colorado, Compass Box, competition, Cooley, court order, craft distillers, Craigellachie, Dail, David G, delivery, dissertation, Drew Dilkens, Dublin, Eclipx, editor, England, English Whisky Company, EU, European Union, exports, farm gate, Federal Court of Australia, Feis Ile, First Minister, Flaming Heart, Forty Creek, free movement, Fuji-Gotemba, George S. Grant, Glenfarclas, Gooderam & Worts, Grant's, Great Britain, Great King Street, Green Label, Hall of Fame, Heathrow, Hibiki, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Hopped, Hubris, ice cream, Imperial, independence, India, investigation, investors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Ironroot Republic, Islay, Isle of Arran, J. Rieger & Co., J.P. Wiser's, Jacob Rieger, James Campbell, John Distilleries, John Hall, Johnnie Walker, Jota Tanaka, JP Wiser's, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Julio's Liquors, Kansas City, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kirin, Knob Creek, La Maison du Whisky, labels, Lark Distillery, Lawrenceburg, legislation, licensing, liens, Lifetime Achievement, Lisa Ryan, Lisbon Treaty, Loch Gorm, London, Macallan, Malt 'n Rye, managing editor, Margaret Batt, Massachusetts, Master of Malt, Matsuri, Matt Jones, mayor, Missouri, Monogram, Morocco, Nant, negotiations, Nicola Sturgeon, Noel Sweeney, Ontario, Overeem, Paris, Parliament, Paul John, Percy Hatfield, Pernod Ricard, podcasting, podcasts, police, politics, Powerscourt, Prime Minister, private cask, receiver, Redbreast, Redlands, referendum, retailer, Rieger, Rivals, Rob Allanson, Rupert Wheeler, Sassicaia, Scale, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Seattle, securities, shares, Single Marrying Cask, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, stake, Steph, Stuart Wilson, Suntory, Suzanne Redmond, Suzi Redmond, SWA, Talia, tariffs, Tasmania, Teaninich, Teresa Deck, The Glenrothes, The Norfolk, theft, Theresa May, Tim Herlihy, tourism, trade, travel retail, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, UK, Urban Bourbon, Val, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, vintage, Walsh Whiskey Company, Waterford, West Midlands Police, whiskey, Whiskey Barons Collection, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Windsor, Wine 2 5, Wine Merchants Collection, Wine Two Five, World of Whiskies, World Whiskies Awards, writer1 comment

There will be music, food, and of course, plenty of whisky on hand during the Spirit of Speyside Festival coming up at the end of this month in Scotla...

Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)20170319145746

Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)

Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2017"Gillespie the Gauger", @6Pod4, @jotterface, @ratherbeonislay, @rmculver, #trypod, Aaron Schorsch, ABC News, Adam Spiegel, age statement, American Craft Spirits Association, Amir Peay, ancestor, ancestry, Ardbeg, artist, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Award, Beam Suntory, Benoit Bailey, best in class, bill, birth certificate, Black Truffle Rye, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Red Rye Finish, Blender's Batch Three Grain American Oak, blending, blog, Blue Spot, bond store, bonders, bonding, Brian DeFoe, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Bulleit Rye, canister, Cardhu, Carlton Welch, chewing, Chuck Cowdery, Churchill Downs, Col. E.H. Taylor, Columbus, commemorative, competition, confectioner, Cooley, Dave Pickerell, David Byrne, Diageo, distiller, distillery, Dublin, Eclipx, excise, exciseman, Facebook, FarmStock, finish, Four Grain Bourbon, France, FTI Consulting, Gavin Smith, Gold Label, governor, Grafton Street, Green Spot, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton, hanged, Harlen Wheatley, history, HoochLaw, horse racing, investors, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, James E. Pepper, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Mitchell, Jude, Kavalan, Keith Batt, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Whiskey, Kildare Street, lawmakers, lawyer, LCBO, legal, legislature, Lexington, Liberties, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, loophole, Louisville, Margaret Batt, Matt Bevin, McDonald's, Melbourne, Method And Madness, MGP, Midleton, Mitchell & Son, Mortlach, Nant, Nant Whisky Bar, Ohio, Old Mill Street, Ontario, paint, painting, Pareau des Charentes, Platinum Label, Prohibition, puppy, Quentin Olde, Quintessential, rebranding, receiver, Red Spot, Revival, Rick Culver, Robert Mitchell, Samuel Adams, ScotchWhisky.com. Malcolm Gillespie, Sheepdog, Shelbyville, Single Pot Still, Sonoma County Distilling Company, Taiwan, Tasmania, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, The Dubliner, Thomas Allen Pauly, Triple Crown, Tyrconnell, Vermont, water spirit, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Daddy, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, Woodford Reserve, workout, Yellow Spot0 comments

For years, whisky connoisseurs whispered about a mysterious Irish whiskey called Green Spot and begged friends traveling to Ireland to track down a bo...

Episode 585: April 17, 201620160417192240

Episode 585: April 17, 2016

Mark GillespieApril 17, 2016age statements, Annabel Meikle, bill, Brett Hocking, Brett Ratner, Brown-Forman, Brown-Forman Cooperage, Bulleit Bourbon, Cameronbridge, Canada, cocktails, Compass Box, Coopers' Craft, Cornerstone Blend, Crown Royal, David Beckham, Diageo, Drake, dry, earthquake, Eric Gregory, Eric Swanson, Frank Scott, Fredericton, Gimli, Globe & Mail, governor, Greg Roshkowski, Haig Club, Hombo Shizu, Ichiro Akuto, Impex, Islay, Jackie Scott, Japan, John MacLellan, Just-Drinks.com, Kagoshima, KDA, Keepers of the Quaich, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kiichiro Iwai, Kilchoman, Kumamoto, law, LCBO, legislation, Loch Gorm, Louisville, Manitoba, Mars Maltage, Mars Whisky, Masataka Taketsuru, Master of Malt, Matt Bevin, Maverick Drinks, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, Noble Collection, Peter Mielszynski, PMA Canada, precinct, Saki Umemura, Sam Filmus, Sanaig, Shinshu, Simon Fuller, strike, Summerhill, surprise, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, The Hilhaven Lodge, Tokiwa Imports, Toronto, transparency, Virginia Black, visitors centers, wet-dry election, Yamanashi, yellow card, Yuno Hayashi0 comments

Japan’s Hombo Shuzo has been making whiskies off and on since 1949, and the company’s whisky heritage claims a critical link to Masataka T...

Episode 572: January 17, 201620160118024549

Episode 572: January 17, 2016

Mark GillespieJanuary 18, 2016Aberlour, Adam McDowell, age statements, Alwynne Gwilt, Avril Scott, baby, baby name, Barack Obama, beer, Benromach, Beth Havers, bill, blender, Bourbon, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace. Col. E.H. Taylor, Canada, Canadian Rockies, Canadian Whisky, Caolila Scott, Chivas Brothers, Dalmunach, daughter, Distiller's Masterpiece, Don Livermore, Drew Mayville, dry hopping, exports, Founder's Reserve, Fountana Group, Graeme Macaloney, Guinness, Highwood Distillers, Hopped Whisky, hops, Ian Chapman, Ian Logan, IPA, Irish Whiskey, Islay, J.P. Wiser's, Jan Westcott, Jeremy Scott, Jim Beam, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Laphroaig, legislation, legislature, Liqueur, liquor by the drink, Longmorn, Miss Whisky, Nadurra, National Post, Pacific Rim, Parliament, Peak Oil, Peak Speyside Single Malt, PMA, President, samples, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Senate, Simon Brooking, Southern Comfort, Spirits Canada, stout, tariffs, The Balvenie, The Glenlivet, The Pacific Rim Hotel, theft, Thomas Chen, Tormore, tourism, TPP, trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Tuaca, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Caledonian Distillery, Victoria Whisky Festival, welly boots, whiskey, whisky, WhiskyFest New York, William Grant & Sons0 comments

One of the most-discussed topics at this weekend’s Victoria Whisky Festival was a National Post feature on whisky questioning the future of vint...

Irish Water Hits Distillery Project With €500,000 Bill20150515141511

Irish Water Hits Distillery Project With €500,000 Bill

Mark GillespieMay 15, 2015Bernard Walsh, bill, Carlow, discharge, dispute, infrastructure, Ireland, Irish Water, permits, The Journal, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, water treatment0 comments

May 15, 2015 – Bernard Walsh’s Walsh Whiskey Distillery is still several months away from producing its first spirit, but the fledgling pr...

Episode 475: April 19, 201420140419000235

Episode 475: April 19, 2014

Mark GillespieApril 19, 201421c Museum, acquisition, ad valorem, AMC, Andrea Duvall, Andrew Webber, Asia, austerity, Australia, author, Baron, barrel tax, Beam, bill, Bill Newlands, Bill Welter, Binny's, bookshelf, Bourbon, Brett Pontoni, Bulleit, Charlotte, Charlotte Observer, China, Clark Street Ale House, cocktails, commercial, cookbook, cooking, Corsair, counterfeit, court, craft distillers, craft distilling, creditors, Danny Williamson, Darek Bell, dedication, Delilah's, Dewar's, Diageo, Diamond Anniversary, earnings, Eddie Russell, education, Eric Gregory, Few Spirits, Filson, Fountainhead, Four Kings, government, governor, India, investors, James Espey, Jeffrey Lohr, Jim Beam, Jimmy Russell, Johanne McInnis, John Campbell, Journeyman, Justin Victor, Karnataka, Kathleen Purvis, KDA, Ken Mack, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Distillers Association, law, Lawrenceburg, legislative, Leo Mierzwicki, local, Louisville, Mad Men, Making Your Marque, Meet the Baron, Mike Veach, Mississippi River Distilling Company, Paul Hletko, Philadelphia, profits, property tax, recipe, Remy Cointreau, Robert Probst, Rosemary Gallagher, Ryan Burchett, Scotch Whisky Association, sexism, shares, single barrel, Steve Beshear, stock, Suntory, SWA, The Bar on Buena, The Fat Ham, trademark, Travel, TV, United Spirits, University of North Carolina Press, visitors, visitors center. tourism, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve0 comments

Whisky has a place in the kitchen as well as the bar, and Bourbon may well be one of the most versatile spirits chefs can experiment with. It adds a s...

Episode 471: March 22, 201420140322221027

Episode 471: March 22, 2014

Mark GillespieMarch 22, 2014administration, Alberta Premium, Ardbeg, Australia, author, awards, Balcones, beer, Big Peat, bill, Bladnoch, book, Brimstone, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, budget, Bulleit, Bushmills, Canadian Club, Catoctin Creek, Chancellor, Chip Tate, cider, Cocke County, cocktail, Coffey Grain, Colin Armstrong, competition, court, Dark Horse, Dave Broom, Dave Greene, David Frost, David Grant, David Urquhart, David Wishart, Dennie Hammer, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, duties, editor, escalator, Exchequer, exports, Forgiven, General Assembly, George Dickel, George Osborne, George T. Stagg, Glen Grant, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Gold Reserve, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant's, guide, Hall of Fame, Highland Park, history, Icons, Icons of Whisky, independence, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim McEwan, L. Mulligan, La Maison du Whisky, Laphroaig, law, legislation, legislature, manual, Mark Green, Master of Malt, Michael Foggarty, Mickey Heads, moonshine, Nikka, Octomore, Patrick Maguire, perfect score, Pike Creek, Popcorn Sutton, Raymond Armstrong, receiver, Redbreast, referendum, Richard Paterson, Rob Allanson, Rupert Wheeler, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Mansfield, Scottish National Party, Simon Marshall, Single Cask Nation, SNP, St. Patrick's Day, suicide, Sullivan's Cove, SWA, Swallow, Taketsuru, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, taxes, Teeling, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Blended Whisky Company, The Lost Distilleries Blend, The Whisky Exchange, Thomas H. Handy, Tish Harcus, Torfa, trade, Twitter, Ultimate Spirits Challenge, Waco, Whisky Magazine, Whyte & Mackay, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Awards0 comments

Dave Broom has written and edited many books on whisky and other spirits, but none quite like his latest book. “Whisky: The Manual” is for...