New Whiskies From Auchentoshan, Lagavulin, Caol Ila, & Buffalo Trace20140526185524
New Whiskies From Auchentoshan, Lagavulin, Caol Ila, & Buffalo Trace
Mark GillespieMay 26, 2014American Oak, Auchentoshan, Billy Stitchell, Buffalo Trace, Caol Ila, David Wood, Experimental Collection, Feis Ile, Iain McArthur, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Lagavulin0 comments
May 26, 2014 – Here’s the latest on new whiskies, with two Feis Ile bottlings from Lagavulin and Caol Ila, a new Auchentoshan, and three B...
Episode 480: May 24, 201420140523124508
Episode 480: May 24, 2014
Mark GillespieMay 23, 2014administration, Armorik, Armstrong, Arran Brewery, Ayami Nakao, Beam Suntory, Beith, Bernheim, Billy Stitchell, black mold. baudonia, Bladnoch, Bowling Green, Breton, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Cairdeas, Caol Ila, Cedar Ridge, Chivas Brothers, Corsair, Crown Club, Crown Royal, Dan Garrison, David Wood, Diageo, Ernst & Young, Experimental Collection, Feis Ile, Fellowship of the Still, France, fungus, Garrison Brothers, Hakushu, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, Houston, Iain McArthur, Ian Hunter, Iowa, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack Daniel's, John Campbell, judge, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, lawsuit, Leeds, Mexcor, Mike Raymond, Nashville, Orphan Barrel, Popcorn Sutton, Reserve 101, Rhetoric, Seiichi Koshimizu, Simon Brooking, Suntory, trademark, vapors, whisky club, Willowyard, Yamazaki0 comments
Seiichi Koshimizu has been making whisky at Suntory for 41 years, and became the company’s chief blender in 1991. Over the years, he’s bee...
Diageo Names Billy Stitchell’s Successor at Caol Ila20131025104427
Diageo Names Billy Stitchell’s Successor at Caol Ila
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2013Billy Stitchell, Caol Ila, David Wood, Diageo, Georgie Crawford, Islay, Lagavulin, Nick Morgan0 comments
October 25, 2013 – With longtime Caol Ila distillery manager Billy Stitchell set to retire at the end of the year, Diageo has named David Wood t...
Episode 447: October 12, 201320131012210323
Episode 447: October 12, 2013
Mark GillespieOctober 12, 2013Adam Mimran, Allison Patel, ALS, American Prairie Reserve, Arran, Billy Stitchell, Bon Accord, Bonhams, Boss Hog, Brandy Library, Brenne, Business Standard, Caol Ila, Carin Luna-, classic malts, Convalmore, Dave Pickerell, David Perkins, Diageo, Far North Distillery, Fife, Girvan, Glasgow, Glenrothes, High West, Hillrock Estate Distillery, Iain MacArthur, India, Islay, John Fergus, Just-Drinks.com, Kelly Levison, Kilchoman, Kyndal, Lagavulin, Louisa Young, Master Distillers' Unity, Maureen Robinson, Mendy Berkowitz, Millennium Casks, Neil Firetog, Nick Morgan, Office of Fair Trading, Parker Beam, Paul McDonagh, Port Ellen, Promise of Hope, SIA, Siddharth Banerji, Single Cask Nation, single grain, Skye, storm, Talisker, Turner Moore, United Spirits, Whisky Jewbilee, Whistlepig, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons1 comment
With 28 malt whisky distilleries and two grain whisky distilleries in Scotland, Diageo almost always has something going on. Dr. Nick Morgan is head o...
Oldest Lagavulin Expression Highlights Diageo’s 2013 Special Release Single Malts20130903134100
Oldest Lagavulin Expression Highlights Diageo’s 2013 Special Release Single Malts
Mark GillespieSeptember 3, 2013Billy Stitchell, Caol Ila, Cardhu, classic malts, Convalmore, Diageo, Dufftown, Georgie Crawford, Islay, Lagavulin, Oban, Port Ellen, Scotland, Singleton, Stitchell, Talisker0 comments
September 3, 2013 – The annual release of limited-edition single malts from Diageo’s Scotch distilleries includes a 37-year-old Lagavulin,...
Episode 426: May 25, 201320130525223410
Episode 426: May 25, 2013
Mark GillespieMay 25, 20131824 Series, Amber, An Cnoc, anCnoc, Andrew Nelstrop, Andrew Walker, Andy Watts, attorney general, auction, author, Barbara Townsend, Bill Ricker, Billy Stitchell, Bob Townsend, book, Bowmore, British, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Caol Ila, collecting, cooper, coronation, counterfeit, Creative Whisky Company, Devin Cross, English Whisky Company, Erik Burgess, Exclusive Malts, fake, Feis Ile, Fred Minnick, Gavin Smith, Glenrothes, gold, Great Britian, Harold Wilson, Highland Park, Iain MacArthur, Ileach, illustrator, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Ivo Fanotti, Jim Martin, Jim McEwan, John Major, Julia Nourney, Knockdhu, Kris Comstock, Lagavulin, Macallan, Malted Muse, Manse Brae, Margaret Thatcher, Master of Malt, McTears, Miner's Delight Inn, Murray McDavid, New Jersey, Nick Morgan, North British, Octomore, Peter Arkle, Port Charlotte, Prime Minister, Queen Elizabeth, Remy Cointreau, retirement, Rothes, Rothes House, Ruby, shortage, Sienna, Spirit of Toronto, weather, Wyoming1 comment
The annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music gets underway this weekend, and they’ll be celebrating more than just whisky on Islay this week. B...
Episode 317: May 22, 201120110522001431
Episode 317: May 22, 2011
Mark GillespieMay 22, 2011Auchentoshan, Billy Stitchell, Bruichladdich, Caol Ila, casks, cooperage, coopering, Cutty Sark, distillery, Duncan Taylor, Edrington, English Whisky Company, Euan Shand, events, F. Paul Pacult, Feis Ile, Festival, Ger Buckley, Huntly, Iain MacArthur, Ileachs, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Lagavulin, Lem Motlow, Mark Reynier, Midleton, music, Old Pulteney, Remy Cointreau, Robin Laing, The Spirit Journal, video0 comments
This is a big weekend on Islay, and not only because it’s the first weekend of the Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Bruichladdich is celebrat...
Episode 256: May 24, 201020100524123600
Episode 256: May 24, 2010
Mark GillespieMay 24, 2010bagpipe, Billy Stitchell, Caol Ila, Chloe Kelbie, Chris Pepper, classic malts, Doug McFarlane, Feis Ile, Festival, George Gillis, Ileach, Islay, Lindsey MacArthur, lobster, Luc Timmermans, Marion Pepper, Nick Morgan, oysters, Peter Kelbie, Richard Joynson0 comments
Caol Ila Distillery may have the most beautiful setting of any of Islay’s distilleries. It sits on the Sound of Islay directly across from the P...