A Nest Full of New Redbreasts (Episode 788: October 13, 2019)20191014000233
A Nest Full of New Redbreasts (Episode 788: October 13, 2019)
Mark GillespieOctober 14, 2019@jackabuss, @MrMichaelMahn, Adam Hannett, age statements, Airbus, Alex Chasko, Alice In Chains, All Secrets Known, anaerobic digestion, Beam Suntory, beer, Billy Leighton, biomass, Black Art, Boeing, boiler, Boris Johnson, Boston, Bottled in Bond, Brainville, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, California, Canada, Chip Tate, Christchurch, Clonakilty Distillery, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Concept No. 2, Concept Series, Connecticut, David McCabe, David Mundell, diplomats, distillery, Distillery 291, distilling, Dornoch Firth, DramFest, Dublin, ECOBoard, energy, England, English Whiskey Company, environment, EU, European Union, Ewen MacKintosh, export, Federal Register, Few Spirits, Fred Noe, Fredericton, Fuzzy Baby Ducks IPA, Fuzzy Cask Finish, George Washington Whiskey Festival, George Washington's Distillery, Glencairn, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Halloween, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, import, inventory, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Toye, John Grant, Julio's Liquors, K&L Wines, Kappy's Liquors, Kentucky, Legent Bourbon, Llandudno, London, Los Angeles Review of Books, Louise Schiavone, Maker's Mark, Malcolm Waring, Massachusetts, methane gas, Michael Fraser Milne, Michael Mahn, Mount Vernon, music, NAS, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New England Brewing Company, New Zealand, Norfolk Wine & Spirits, Northern Ireland, Old Pulteney, Old Rip Van Winkle, oyster, Pappy Van Winkle, Paul Hletko, Penderyn, pot ale, Prime Minister, Proximo Spirits, Redbreast, Redbreast Dream Cask, Redbreast Small Batch, Redstone Liquors, reefs, Scottish Secretary, Shinji Fukuyo, shipping, Single Pot Still, Smokey Virgin, steam, Stephen Davies, Steve Bashore, Steven Bremner, subsides, Suntory, surfboard, surfing, sustainable, Sustainable Surf, Swansea, Taiwan, Taoyuan Airport, tariff, Tate & Company, Teeling Whiskey Company, tequila, Texas, The Birdhouse, The Flaming Lips, The Glenrothes, The Macallan, The Sexton, The Telegraph, trade, travel retail, Trump Administration, Van Winkle, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, Waco, Wales, Welsh Government, whiskey, whisky, whisky clubs, Whisky Galore, wood chips, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments
The United States is the largest market for Irish Whiskey worldwide, but until now, one of Ireland’s legendary whiskeys had never released a spe...
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)20190330215734
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)
Mark GillespieMarch 30, 2019@IrishLegs, accident, acidity, age statement, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, April Fool's Day, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Drum, Australia, author, Bagpiper, Balblair, Bardstown, Barley, bartender, Barton 1792 Distillery, beaver, beer well, BenRiach, biomass, blending, Bob Dalgarno, Bourbon, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, cancer, casks, castor sacs, castoreum, Celebrious, charring, Chicago, Chivas Regal, cocktail, Committee Edition, Compass Box, cooperage, de-char, Delilah's, Dewar's, Diageo, Distell, distiller, Double Double, dramming, Drum, Eau de Musc, Edition No. 4, farming, Fishky, Four Roses, Geert Bero, Geneva Conventions, Glaswegian, grasshopper, Gregg Glass, Hall of Fame, Heidi, herring, Hibiki, Ian Logan, Icons of Whisky Awards, Inver House, investigation, Islay, Jack's Lounge/Equus, Jamie Milne, Jim Swan, John Dewar & Sons, John MacDonald, John Rochfort, joke, Joy Perrine, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Peerless, King of Trees, Klaus Pinkernell, Lait de Romalea, Louisville, Mackmyra, maltings, Mark Reynier, Mclaren Vale, Michter's, New Hampshire, Nick Savage, obituary, Peerless, Perth, Peter Silver, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, planing, prank, Rachel Barrie, re-char, rejuvenated casks, renewable energy, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Shore House Croft, Smith & Wollensky, Speyside, spill, Stephanie Macleod, Stewart Buchanan, stillman, STR Cask, Strathisla, Suntory, Surstromming, Susan Riegler, Suzanna, Sweden, Tamworth Distilling, tank, Teeling Whiskey Company, tequila, The Lakes Distillery, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tommy Smith, travel retail, vintages, Weller, Weller Full Proof, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Works, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, wood, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Blending whiskies is both an art and a science, and Dewar’s could fairly be accused of focusing more on the science side in recent years with so...
Rutledge Distillery Construction Likely To Begin In 201920181207174844
Rutledge Distillery Construction Likely To Begin In 2019
Mark GillespieDecember 7, 2018Bedford & Grove, biomass, Bourbon Hall of Fame, Brook Smith, Castle & Key, crowdfunding, distillery, economic development, Four Roses, Interstate 64, Interstate 71, investors, J.W. Rutledge Distillery, Jim Rutledge, Jon Mowry, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, La Grange, loan, Louisville, Louisville Business First, Luckett & Farley, Oldham County, Pod Architecture + Design, Southern Wine & Spirits, Stephen Camisa, USDA, Venture First, whiskey, whisky, Will Conniff0 comments
December 7, 2018 – After three years of starts and stops because of funding and health issues, construction of the J.W. Rutledge Distillery is l...
The Macallan Opens New £140 Million Distillery20180522134344
The Macallan Opens New £140 Million Distillery
Mark GillespieMay 22, 2018architect, biomass, construction, distilling, Easter Elchies, Edrington The Macallan, energy, Ken Grier, River Spey, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Rothes Distillers, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Speyside, water, whiskey, whisky0 comments
May 22, 2018 – With a laser light show over the Speyside countryside that apparently had some people in the area fearing an alien invasion, Edri...
Episode 504: November 1, 201420141102005934
Episode 504: November 1, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 2, 2014additive, age matters, age statement, anCnoc, antifreeze, author, Award, Balblair, Beam Suntory, biomass, boiler, book, bootleg, Bruichladdich, bullshit, Bushmills, Casa Cuervo, cask filling, Chivas Brothers, Compass Box, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, Diageo, Dingle, DiSaranno, Don Julio, Douglas Laing & Co., Emperador, environment, ethylene glycol, Evgeny Vershinin, exciseman, Extra Old Particular, film, film festival, Finland, Fireball, fish, Fishky, flavoring, Food & Drug Administration, Fortuna Merita, Founder's Reserve, gauger, greasy, green, Haig Club, herring, history, illegal, interview, Inver House, Inverness, Ireland, Jim Murray, John Glaser, John MacDonald, John Moriarty, joke, Jose Cuervo, Kentucky Dram, Kerry, Knockdhu, Liqueur, Malcolm Waring, Michael Deresynski, Mike Dziennik, moonshine, movie, nasty, negotiations, Norway, oil, Old Pulteney, Oliver Hughes, Peat Reak, Petr Hosek, printer ink, propylene glycol, recall, regulators, Reserve Bank of India, Sazerac, Sazerac Rye 18, single grain, smart ass, swap, Sweden, The Balvenie, The Dalmore, The Glenlivet, toxic, trade, travel retail, trees, Tun 1401, Tun 1509, Twitter, Twitter tasting, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Wall Street Journal, Whiskey Live Dublin, Whisky Bible, Whyte & Mackay, Wick, William Larue Weller, worst, XOP, Yamazaki, Zsoka McDonald0 comments
The battle between Scotland’s illicit distillers and the excisemen known as “gaugers” is the stuff of which legends, books, and now,...
Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery Going Green20140522095830
Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery Going Green
Mark GillespieMay 22, 2014Aberfeldy, Bacardi, Balcas, biomass, boilers, Bombay Sapphire, carbon footprint, Dewar's, environment, Equitix, Green Investmen Bank, greenhouse gases, Invergordon, Laverstoke Mill, Mexico, Ronit Wolfson, tequila, Tomatin0 comments
May 21, 2014 – Dewar’s will take advantage of a new loan program from the UK’s Green Investment Bank to upgrade its Aberfeldy Distil...