Tobermory to Shut Down for Two-Year Upgrade Project20170201164455
Tobermory to Shut Down for Two-Year Upgrade Project
Mark GillespieFebruary 1, 2017Andy Watts, Andy Wright, Black Bottle, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, CL Financial, construction, Deanston, Distell, Fraser Thornton, Isle of Mull, James Sedgwick Distillery, Ledaig, Scotland, South Africa, Tobermory, tourism, visitor center, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Updated February 3, 2017 – Tobermory Distillery on Scotland’s Isle of Mull will shut down production on March 31 for up to two years as Di...
Episode 599: July 24, 201620160723223751
Episode 599: July 24, 2016
Mark GillespieJuly 23, 2016@CangletaP, A.D. Laws, Allentown, Allisa Henley, Andy Watts, Belgium, Benelux, Black Bottle, Blood Oath, Boat of Garten, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, County Seat Spirits, Dallas Dhu, Deanston, Denison, Denver, Diageo, Distell, Distillery Reserve, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Fife, franchise, Friar John Cor, Gabby Shayne, Gabrielle Shayne, Geoff Crolley, George Dickel, Germany, Glenmorangie, Hidden Copper Bourbon, Historic Environment Scotland, Hubris, Ironroot Republic, Jake Norris, James Sedgwick Distillery, John Lunn, Kai Ivalo, Kikori, King James IV, Ledaig, Likarish, Lindores Abby, Luxco, Luxembourg, MSP, museum, National Whisky Day, Newport, Pact #2, Paul Grant, Paul Skipworth, Pennsylvania, Pery Zakeri, Popcorn Sutton, Richard Lochhead, Robert Burns, Rod Benkovich, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scottish Leader, Scottish Malt Distillers, Scottish Parliament, South Africa, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside, Stranahan's, surreal, Tennessee, Texas, The Netherlands, Three Ships, Tobermory, Tullahoma, Westword.com, whisky0 comments
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is not only an independent bottler of Scotch whiskies, but also the world’s largest whisky club – and it...
Episode 597: July 10, 201620160710002912
Episode 597: July 10, 2016
Mark GillespieJuly 10, 2016@jgromer, @WhiskyRI, Academy of Podcasters, American Single Malt, Amrut, Anchor Distilling, Andy Watts, Australia, awards, Bain's, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Black Bottle, Blair Athol, Brainsville Rye, Brexit, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, Caol Ila, caramel coloring, Carsebridge, Chivas Brothers, Colorado, Colorado Distiller's Guild, currency, David King, David Montalvo, David Stewart, Deanston, Dinner Party Download, Distell, dollar, E150a, Eater.com, Edinburgh, English Whisky Company, euro, Few Spirits, Flaming Lips, Glengoyne, Gordon & MacPhail, honour, Ian Macleod Distillers, Imperial, importer, India, International Spirits Challenge, Irish Distillers, James Sedgwick Distillery, Jeff Green, John Gromer, Justin Helton, Leith, MBE, Members Rooms, Mortlach, music, Neil Boyd, new oak, New York City, Paul Hletko, pound, psychedelic, PVI Global, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Street, Raj Sabharwal, remodeling, Rob Dietrich, Sandy Hyslop, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, Scottish Leader, Signatory, single malt, South Africa, standards of identity, Steve Hawley, Sullivan's Cove, Tamdhu, Tax & Trade Bureau, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, The Balvenie, The Vaults, The Whisky Exchange, Thomas Hogue, Three Ships, Tobermory, Tomatin, Treasury Department, TTB, used oak, Westland, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons, yen0 comments
The push by distillers for US Government recognition of an “American Single Malt Whisky” definition would also have an impact on single ma...
Episode 520: February 7, 201520150208002445
Episode 520: February 7, 2015
Mark GillespieFebruary 8, 2015#28DramsIn28Days, abstraction, age statements, Andy Watts, Angel's Envy, Baptists, Beam Suntory, Ben Nevis, Black Bottle, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, bulk, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart, California, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Caol Ila, Ceòbanach, Chicago, Chivas Brothers, colds, commemorative, commerce, contract, court, data, David Ozgo, Deanston, DISCUS, Distell, Distilled Spirits Council, economic, economy, Edinburgh, Elijah Craig, experiment, exports, Extraordinary Cask Collection, Federal, football, Forsyths, Forty Creek, Founder's Reserve, Gaelic, Glencadam, grandmother, Greenore, hearing, Hiram Walker Distillery, Hot Toddy, Huffington Post, Ian MacMillan, illness, Inverleven, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Islay, Jimmy Russell, Johanne McInnis, John Hall, John Ramsay, Jura, Ken Goldenberg, Kilbeggan, Kilmarnock, Kyle Henderson, lawsuit, Ledaig, Lincoln Henderson, London, London Bridge, Louisville Distilling Company, Maker's Mark, Mano a Lámh, Marc Bushala, Mark Reynier, mediation, medicinal, MGP-I, Moine, Mull, New England, pastor, Patriots, Port Charlotte, Port Charlotte Scottish Barley, RebelRunnerGirl, Redbreast, remedy, sales, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Scottish Leader, SEPA, single cask, single grain, Single Oak Project, South Africa, Southern Baptist, Special Releases, sports, statistics, stills, Sukhinder Singh, Sunday Herald, Sunday School, Super Bowl, Tam Carr, Taryn Denman, Templeton Rye, The Glenlivet, The Glenrothes, The Stillhouse, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Thijs Klaverstijn, Tobermory, trade, Trader Joe's, travel retail, Vinopolis, water, Waterford, Welly, Wes Henderson, Wild Turkey, Wiser's, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Straight Rye, Words for Whisky2 comments
Ian MacMillan has been overseeing the whiskies from Deanston, Tobermory, and Bunnahabhain for years…but Cognac cask finishes were one thing he h...
Episode 506: November 15, 201420141116003452
Episode 506: November 15, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 16, 20141870 Original Batch, 1984, 354, airport, Amsterdam, anCnoc, Angus MacWhisky, anniversary, apology, arrests, author, Balblair, Balcones, Balmenach, Barack Obama, Black Bottle, blender, blending, bonded warehouse, Bourbon Summit, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, burglary, Burn Stewart, bylaws, Catto's, Chip Tate, Christopher Winters, Corryvreckan, court, Dave Greene, directors, Distiller's Art, Dornoch, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Douglas Laing & Co., Early Times, Early Times Kentucky Whiskey, East Kilbride, election, Eric Blair, Evgeny Vershinin, expansion, Exquisite, Facebook, George Orwell, Glasgow, Glasgow's Whisky Festival, Glenmorangie, Graham Brown, Greg Allen, Hankey Bannister, Inside Job, interview, Inver House, investors, Jeff Berlat, judge, Jura, Justin Victor, Knockdhu, Laphroaig, lawsuit, literary, Marine Conservation Society, Matt Wooler, Mitch McConnell, mystery, Nordicbarrel, novel, offend, Oklahoma City, Old Forester, Old Malt Cask, Old Pulteney, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pat Melton, Phil Thompson, poem, poet, police, President, Republican, restraining order, River Spey, Robert Burns, ruling, Schiphol, Scottish Leader, Senate, senator, Sheriff, Simon Thompson, Spey Foundation, Speyburn, Stuart Harvey, suspects, theft, Thompson Brothers, Timorous Beastie, travel retail, warehouse, whirlpool. tuberculosis, Whiskey Row, Whisky Sponge, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies0 comments
Stuart Harvey has been the master blender for Inver House for nearly 11 years, and he’s living proof that you don’t have to be born into t...
Episode 500: October 6, 201420141006155338
Episode 500: October 6, 2014
Mark GillespieOctober 6, 2014101 Whiskies, AASHISH BERI, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Amrut, Andy Simpson, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, anniversary, Ardbeg, Asia, Athol Castle, Auriverdes, author, Black Bottle, book, Calgary, Canadian Club, Charles Gordon, code, COLIN HAMPDEN-WHITE, collecting, Constellation, Dalmore, Dave Broom, David Robertson, Dennis Malcolm, Distilled, Ed Bates, EWALD LAP, experiment, FDA, financial, flavorings, Food & Drug Administration, Girvan, Glen Grant, Glenmorangie, Hamish Torrie, Harrod's, Hiram Walker Distillery, Ian Buxton, India, induction, ingredients, International Space Station, investing, investment, Iskristall, Islay, Japan, JOEL EASTMAN, Joel Harrison, Karuizawa, Keepers of the Quaich, Kevin Abrook, Kilchoman, KIRSTY CHANT, labeling, LARS CEDERBRO, Lawrence Graham, layoff, London, Macallan, Mackmyra, Malt Maniacs, MARTIN JENKINS, Mikael Svendson, MOOKIE BISLA, Neil Ridley, Nikka, Ontario, Peter Wills, regulators, Rick Jagdale, road trip, Rye, Shanghai, single grain, Stephen Cannon, Stephen Notman, Sukhinder Singh, Supernova, Sweden, Taghta, Taipei, Tax & Trade Bureau, Telegraph, Templeton Rye, The Nikka, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, tour, tracking, Treasury, TTB, Victoria Whisky Festival, Vinopolis, William Grant & Sons, Windsor, World Atlas of Whisky, Yokohama0 comments
This is a special episode of WhiskyCast – not only is it the 500th episode, but it’s the second of two episodes this weekend from The Whis...
Episode 470: March 15, 201420140315232112
Episode 470: March 15, 2014
Mark GillespieMarch 15, 2014Bill Rogers, Black Bottle, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Campari, Canada, Canadian, Carron, Chivas Brothers, cinnamon, Coull, Cutty Sark, Dad's Hat, Diageo, Diamond Anniversary, Douglas Taylor, Eddie Russell, electric car, EU, Europe, European Union, Forsyths, Forty Creek, France, General Assembly, George Dickel, Green Spot, Grimsby, Herman Mihalich, Ian MacMillan, Imperial, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jim McEwan, Jimmy Russell, John Cooper, John Hall, Kilchoman, La Maison du Whisky, Laddie, Leaf, legislature, Liqueur, Lucy Dolan, Madison, Mark Reynier, Mike Arnoni, Mike DaRe, Nick Morgan, Octomore, Ontario, PC, Phil Lynch, Phil Pritchard, Port Charlotte, Prohibition, Simon Coughlin, Speyside, Tennessee, Tennessee Fire, Tennessee Whiskey, test market, travel retail, Tullamore, Tullamore Dew, Van Winkle, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Wisconsin0 comments
Bruichladdich expressions come and go…sort of like the waves on Loch Indaal do. Laddie fans are lamenting a decision to pull the Laddie Ten, Six...
Black Bottle Gets New Blend & Black Bottle20130927173757
Black Bottle Gets New Blend & Black Bottle
September 27, 2013 – In the first major move for Black Bottle since South Africa’s Distell acquired Burn Stewart Distillers this spring, t...
Distell Excited About Burn Stewart Acquisition20130418115056
Distell Excited About Burn Stewart Acquisition
Mark GillespieApril 18, 2013Amarula, Bain's Cape Mountain, Black Bottle, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart, Caroline Snyman, Deanston, Distell, International Beverage Company, Ledaig, Scottish Leader, South Africa, Taiwan, Three Ships, Tobermory0 comments
April 18, 2013 – Distell Group’s $245.4 million (USD) acquisition of Scotland’s Burn Stewart Distillers this week fills a gaping hol...
South Africa’s Distell Buys Burn Stewart Distillers20130415071518
South Africa’s Distell Buys Burn Stewart Distillers
Mark GillespieApril 15, 2013Angostura, Black Bottle, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart, Burn Stewart Distillers, Cape Mountain, CL Financial, Deanston, Distell, Jan Scannell, Ledaig, Scottish Leader, Sedgwick, South Africa, Three Ships, Tobermory0 comments
April 15, 2013 – Burn Stewart Distillers, one of the few bright spots in the troubled CL Financial portfolio, has been sold to the South African...