Episode 502: October 18, 201420141019023114
Episode 502: October 18, 2014
Mark GillespieOctober 19, 2014advertising, anniversary, appeal, approval, auction, Balcones, Bill Clinton, Birthday Bourbon, blending lab, bloggers, censor, charity, Chip Tate, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chivas Regal Extra, COLA, Columbus Barrel Company, Compass Box, contempt, court, crowdfunding, custom, Cutty Sark, Dalmunach, Daniel Weber, defense fund, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, donations, Dublin, English Whisky Company, European Court of Justice, fashion, Festival, Finland, Finnish, Generic Surplus, George Washington's Rye, Glasgow Blend, Glen Grant, Go Fund Me, Great King Street, Gregg Glass, Haig Club, Hanyu, Hedonism, Helsinki, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malts, interview, investors, Ireland, Japan, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim Meyer, John Glaser, Joker, Jubilee, judge, Knob Creek, Kyrö, labeling, Lahti, lawsuit, legal, London, Louisville, Luke Winter, Mikko Koskinen, minimum pricing, Mount Vernon, Ohio, Old Forester, Party Mart, Poppy Appeal, President, Queen Elizabeth, recycling, regulators, regulatory, restraining order, River Spey, Robert Mondavi, Royal British Legion, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Seattle, shoes, Single Cask Nation, sneakers, Speyside Way, sunglasses, SWA, Teeling, Teeling Whiskey Company, Teerenpeli, Texas, The Balvenie, The Glenlivet, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, throne, Timo Kuorahjarvi, TTB, Tun 1509, Waco, Washington, waste, Westland, Whiskey Live, Woodzee, World War I, Wounded Warriors Family Support0 comments
Finland has a love-hate relationship with whisky. Finns love it, and the Finnish government hates it. Distilled spirits advertising is banned, and reg...
Episode 370: May 20, 201220120520003428
Episode 370: May 20, 2012
Mark GillespieMay 20, 20121964, An Cnoc, Ardbeg, Belfast, blending lab, blog, Bourbon, Bowmore, chefs, competition, cooking, Dave Martin, Dram Therapy, Elijah Craig, Feis Ile, Glasgow, Glenfarclas, Iain McCallum, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky, Laphroaig, photography, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Scotch, Scotland, Scottish Field, whiskey, whisky0 comments
1964 was an iconic year at Scotland’s Bowmore Distillery, though that fact wouldn’t be known for decades. The casks laid down that year pr...
Episode 302: February 6, 201120110206014946
Episode 302: February 6, 2011
Mark GillespieFebruary 6, 2011airport, Andrew Ferguson, Antarctica, Ballantine's, Beam, Bible, blending lab, book, Calgary, contest, Cooley, Costco, counterfeit, Delhi, distillery, Dublin, DYC, Glen Grant, GlenDronach, golf, Graeme McDowell, Grant's, Greenore, India, Ireland, Irish, Jameson, Jim Murray, Jura, Just-Drinks.com, Kensington, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Marcus Fraser, Mark Dermul, Michael Collins, Michael Fraser Milne, Midleton, Octomore, photography, Rachel Quinn, Sandy Hyslop, single cask, single grain, sulfur, sulphur, taint, Tullamore Dew, Whisky Galore, William Grant & Sons0 comments
Jim Murray isn’t one to hold his tongue when he doesn’t like something, and the man behind the Whisky Bible shares some of the things that...
Episode 295: December 27, 201020101227012800
Episode 295: December 27, 2010
Mark GillespieDecember 27, 2010Aberlour, accident, AIDS, Ardbeg, auction, Ballantine's, BenRiach, Bill Ricker, blending lab, Bourbon Balls, Bowmore, Brigid Kaelin, Bruichladdich, Chloe Kelbie, Christina, Christmas Cask, Colorado, competition, Connemara, Dennis Hendry, Denver, Dougie Gillespie, Ella Edgar, Eugene Neo, Feis Ile, Glengoyne, Gordon & MacPhail, Islay, Jake Norris, Jess Graber, Jim McEwan, Jura, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Libby Morris, Machrie, Michael Urquhart, Mortlach 70, music, Netherlands, nosing, Octomore, peat, photography, Proximo, Ralph Erenzo, recipe, Red Cross, retirement, Sandy Hyslop, singing, Stranahan's, test, toast, tour, Tuthilltown, uniform0 comments
In the final episode of 2010, we’ll take a look back at some of the year’s more memorable moments. In the news, Tuthilltown Spirits founde...
Episode 283: October 3, 201020101003105400
Episode 283: October 3, 2010
Mark GillespieOctober 3, 2010Android, app, Ballantine's, Benromach, blend, Blended Scotch, blending lab, Bruichladdich, charity, Charity: Water, Chivas Brothers, Diageo, Double Black, expedition, Gerry Tosh, Gordon & MacPhail, grain, Highland Park, Jeffrey Topping, Jim Murray, John Hansell, Johnnie Walker, Kilmarlid, Malt Advocate, Michael Urquhart, new make, nosing, Old Pulteney, pole, ratings, Roseisle, Sandy Hyslop, scores, Speyside, test, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Bible, Wild Scotsman0 comments
No journalist has ever been allowed inside the Chivas Brothers blending lab in Kilmarlid, Scotland…which means whisky lovers have never gotten a...
Episode 265: June 13, 201020100613111900
Episode 265: June 13, 2010
Mark GillespieJune 13, 2010Auchentoshan, Bill Andrews, blending lab, Bowmore, Canada, craft distilling, Diageo, English Whisky Company, Fife, Florette Hyman, Glasgow, Glen Breton, Glen Garioch, GlenDronach, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenora, Hans-Henrik Hansen, Ho-Cheng Yao, Hudson, Iain McCallum, Islay, Kosher, lawsuit, Maker's Mark, Michael Halpern, Morrison Bowmore, nosing, Scotland, SWA, Travel, Tuthilltown, William Grant & Sons, World Cup0 comments
Time for another trip inside the blending lab, and Iain McCallum of Morrison Bowmore is our host. He’ll take us through some old Auchentoshans a...
Episode 171: November 2, 200820081102140700
Episode 171: November 2, 2008
Mark GillespieNovember 2, 2008awards, blending lab, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Burn Stewart, chemistry, Deanston, Dendress Ennis, Glengoyne, Halloween, Icons, Inver House, James MacArthur, Old Masters, Resurrection, Single and Single, Smokehead, South Africa, tasting, Truman Cox, Whisky Magazine, Yossi Schwartz0 comments
We’ll go inside the laboratory this time around, and our guides are the lead chemist at Buffalo Trace, Truman Cox, and one of the leaders of the...
Episode 133: February 24, 200820080223224000
Episode 133: February 24, 2008
Mark GillespieFebruary 23, 2008Aberdeen, Ardmore, author, awards, Beam, blender, blending lab, book, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Classic Malts Cruise, Dominic Roskrow, Drammies, Iain McCallum, Kevin Erskine, sailing, Teacher's, voting0 comments
There’s a new generation of whisky makers coming into their own, and we’ll hear from one of them in this episode. Iain McCallum told us ab...