Tariffs, Tide Pods, and a Bootlegger’s Troubled Life (Episode 787: October 6, 2019)20191007014806
Tariffs, Tide Pods, and a Bootlegger’s Troubled Life (Episode 787: October 6, 2019)
Mark GillespieOctober 7, 2019@mhanch, @odinsleftnut, @whiskyranker, @zamoose, A Song of Fire, A Song of Ice, Adam Hannett, Airbus, alcohol poisoning, American Oak Reserve, Andy Mansinne, Ardbeg, arse, Auchentoshan, author, Bardstown, Beam Suntory, Black Art, Blue Label, Boeing, book, Booker Noe, Booker's, bootlegger, Brexit, bribery, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, butt chugging, Chris Swonger, Cincinnati, cocktail, Comic-Con, ComicCon, Country Ham, Dark Oak, Dave Kühn, Diageo, DISCUS, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Dr. Phillip Lee, Drew Mayville, Drinks Ireland, Dubai, Edrington, Elizabeth Valenzuela, environment, EU, European Union, export, Franklin Dodge, Fred Noe, funding, Game of Thrones, George Remus, Ghost and Rare, Glencairn, Glenmorangie, Glenury Royal, Heartwood, Highland Park, Hong Kong, Imogene Remus, import, Indiana, intoxication, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Islay, Javits Center, Johnnie Walker, Karen Abbott, Karen Betts, Kentucky, Kirsteen Campbell, Klaus Doblmann, Lawrenceburg, Liqueur, Llandudno, London Cocktail Week, Mabel Walker Willebrandt, MaltKlaus, Mark Hancheroff, MGP, Michael Veach, Mike Pompeo, mucous membrane, New Orleans, New York, Northern Ireland, nostril, Octomore, Octomore Farm, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Ooho, OrganizedChaos, packaging, Penderyn, plastic, prison, Prohibition, Proximo Spirits, Rasmus Just, rectal, Remus Volstead Reserve, Sarah Burgess, Sazerac, Sazerac House, Schenley, Scotch Whisky Association, Seagram, seaweed, Secretary of State, Skipping Rocks Labs, Springwood, Squibb, Stephen Davies, Storm King, Stuart MacPherson, Supernova, suppositories, SWA, tampon, tariff, tax evasion, The Accord, The Elementa, The Famous Grouse, The Ghosts of Eden Park, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Sexton, The Tribute, The Walking Dead, Tide Pod, trade, travel retail, Trump Administration, University of Tennessee, USTR, Volstead Act, Wales, waste, whiskey, whisky, whisky capsule, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments
George Remus could never have conceived of the idea of edible “whisky capsules,” but if he had, the “King of the Bootleggers” ...
Trade Disputes Lead to a “Whisky Summit” in Louisville (Episode 716: July 29, 2018)20180729211127
Trade Disputes Lead to a “Whisky Summit” in Louisville (Episode 716: July 29, 2018)
Mark GillespieJuly 29, 2018. Life Without Bars, @drmattdreamboat, @yerssot, American Craft Spirits Association, Aoife Clarke, Australia, Basil Hayden's. 2X2 Rye, Beam Suntory, Belgium, Blue Label, Bourbon, Brexit, Brian Kinsman, Brussels, Bushmills, Canada, cancer, Casa Cuervo, China, Chris Liro, Cowie's Blue Seal, Craft Spirits Bill, Dail, David Wondrich, Denmark, Diageo, Distiller's Dram, Donald Trump, Dublin, Eddie Russell, Edinburgh, Edrington, Einar, Elsie Escobar, Eric Gregory, EU, European Commission, European Union, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, Evan Williams Master's Blend, Experimental Series, export, Fire and Cane, Frazier History Museum, Ghost & Rare, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenrothes, Gordon Motion, Grant, Guinness, Harald, health labels, High West, Highland Park, import, Ireland, Irish Spirits Association, Jan Westcott, Japan, Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Producers Makers Association, Jason Craig, Jean-Claude Juncker, Jim Beveridge, Johnnie Walker, Jun Tanaka, Karen Betts, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, lawyer, Life Behind Bars, Louisville, Loyalty of the Wolf, Margie Lehrman, Master's Keep 1894, Matt Baglole, Mexico, Mike Joachim, Mitch Bechard, Mortlach, New Orleans, Noah Rothbaum, Old Overholt, Philadelphia, Pikesville Rye, podcast movement, podcasters, Port Ellen, President, prison, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, resolution, Roe & Co., Royal Mile Whiskies, Rye, Sarah Dickson, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, Sean MacCready, souvenir, Spirit of Collaboration Summit, Spirit of the Bear, Spirits Canada, SpiritsEUROPE, St. James's Gate, summit, Svein, Tales of the Cocktail, Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, tariffs, The Last Drop, trade, trade war, travel retail, turkey, Valkyrie, W.L. Weller, W9, warning label, Warrior Series, Washington, Wee Witchie, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, White House, Wild Turkey, Wings of the Eagle, Yippee Ki-Yay0 comments
Global trade has helped the whisky industry expand massively over the last two decades. With the ongoing trade dispute between the US and its key trad...
There’s Whisky History Behind That Wall! (Episode 676: January 14, 2018)20180114175122
There’s Whisky History Behind That Wall! (Episode 676: January 14, 2018)
Mark GillespieJanuary 14, 2018@ninja_padrino, @yerssot, A Chorus Line, additive, Alistair Reavey, anCnoc, arrest, aserone, Astil Dotonbori Hotel, auto racing, Ballantine's, Barbados, Bardstown, Ben-Burk, biobutanol, biofuel, Blair Athol, Blender's Batch, Blood Oath, Blue Label, bootleggers, bottle dipping, bottling workshop, Bourbon, Bourbon Country, Brent Hocking, Bruichladdich, building, calamus oil, calamus root, carcinogen, Cardhu, Carl Reavey, Catoctin Creek, Celtic Renewables, China, Chinese New Year, Claive Vidiz, cocaine, Cork, Dan Castellano, David Nicholson, Deanston, Diageo, diesel, distillery waste, Double Cask, draft, Drake, drugs, Dublin, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, elastic, extradition, Ezra Brooks, F1, farmland, flavorings, Fodors, Force India, Foreign Office, Formula One, Four In One, fraud, gasoline, Glencairn, Glentauchers, Grangemouth, Greg Trainor, H.C. Berkowitz, Hakushu, Heathrow, Hibiki, Highland Park, Honours List, Ileach, India, initial public offering, inmates, IPO, Ireland, Irwin Benjamin, Islay, Jameson, Jan Reavey, Japan, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, job training, Johnnie Walker, Joseph Magliocco, Justin Victor, Kelly Magyarics, Kentucky, Kingfisher Airlines, lanyard, London, Louisville, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, magistrate, Maine, Maker's Mark, marijuana, Mark Dzindsio II, Martin Tangney, medicinal whiskey, MGP Ingredients, Michter's, money laundering, motorsport, Mount Gay, Mr. Boston, music, newspaper, OBE, obituary, Old Overholt, Old Pulteney, opium, Order of the British Empire, Osaka, Peatheart, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Community Corps, Philly Reclaim, Port Charlotte Hotel, pot ale, prescription, prison, Prohibition, Queen Elizabeth II, Quora, Rebel Yell, Royal Mile, Rye, salvage, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, sedative, severance, Springfield, stock market, Strathmill, Suntory, Sweden, The Dark, The Drinks Business, The Ileach, The Macallan, Tim Matthews, tourism, toxic, tranquilizer, Travel, travel retail, United Spirits, Urban Bourbon Trail, vending machine, Vijay Mallya, Virginia, Virginia Black, warrant, weed, whiskey, whisky, whisky club, Whyte & Mackay, Wiggly Bridge Distillery, Yamazaki, Year of the Dog0 comments
You never know what might be found behind the walls or under the floors of old houses and other buildings, especially those built during the Prohibiti...
Snowflakes in the Forecast … and Whiskey Lovers in Line (Episode 670: December 3, 2017)20171204191254
Snowflakes in the Forecast … and Whiskey Lovers in Line (Episode 670: December 3, 2017)
Mark GillespieDecember 4, 2017@jgromer, @MeasureofWhisky, @tcotie, @WhiskyWhistle, audit, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Barrel Proof, Barrell, Barrell Rye, Ben Wives, BenRiach, Blue Label, Bourbon, Bowmore, Brora, Cambus, camper, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Cash Moore, Caskmates, Colorado, Comcast, Congress, content providers, crowdfunding, Crown Royal, Dave Broom, Dave Smith, Deloitte, Denver, Derek Haydn, Dingwall, Duncan Tait, Eddie McAffer, election, Elijah Craig, English Whisky Company, Entrapment, Ewan Morgan, excise taxes, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Florida, Fort Walton Beach, Ghost and Rare, Gimli, Glen Wyvis, Glenglassaugh, Glenskiach, Halifax, Heaven Hill, House, Indiana, insolvent, Internet, investigation, investment, investors, IPA, Irish Pale Ale, Irish Whiskey, Isetan, Jameson, Janesville, Japan, Jenna Rhodes, Jess Graber, Jim Beam Signature, Joe Beatrice, John Gromer, John McKenzie, Johnnie Walker, Kalamath Street, Keith Batt, legislation, line, liquidation, Liquor Mountain, liquor store, Liquors Hasegawa, Lynn Kirchhoff, Malcolm Waring, Manitoba, Margaret Batt, Mark's Whisky Whistle, mayor, MGP, Mike Kirchhoff, Mortlach, Nant, Net Neutrality, Nova Scotia, Old Pulteney, opossum, Orphan Barrel, P.T. Wood, Pittyvaich, Poland, police, Proximo Spirits, Quandary Peak, Quandary Point, Quora, receivership, Richard Hughes, Rob Dietrich, Russell Condin, RV, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Senate, Shinanoya, single malt whiskey, Snowflake, Stranahan's, Tasmania, tax, taxes, Tennessee, The Mercury, Tokyo, transactions, travel retail, Tullahoma, Tyrone Cotie, Vault Editions, Verizon, whiskey, whisky, whisky shops, wildlife refuge, Wisconsin, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Colorado’s ski resorts wish they had lift lines as long as the one that stretched down Kalamath Street in Denver Saturday morning, when hundreds...
Episode 614: November 6, 201620161106161234
Episode 614: November 6, 2016
Mark GillespieNovember 6, 2016Adam Hannett, airport, anCnoc, anniversary, artwork, asset, auction, Bacardi, Bardstown, baseball, BC Liquor Stores, Beam Suntory, Bernheim, Billy Leighton, Black Art, Black Bowmore, blending, Blue Label, Boris Johnson, bottling, Bourbon, Bowmore, Bowmore Trilogy, Brian Nation, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Celtic Whiskey Shop, charity, Chicago Cubs, Chivas Brothers, Christie's, commentary, Corby, David Frost, David Stewart, DCL, Delaware Valley Fields Foundation, Dexter Fowler, Diageo, Distillers Company, Don Livermore, Dublin, Dumbarton, Edinburgh, Edwin Landseer, engraved, farm, fire, Fire Giants, Fly the W, football, Frankfort, gift, Glansa, Gleneagles, Gold Bowmore, Gordon Motion, Grand Metropolitan, Guinness, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Highland Park Fire, Highland Park Ice, Iain McArthur, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Collection, Islay, J.P. Wiser's, Jim McEwan, Jimmy Russell, John Dewar & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Julian Van Winkle, Kentucky, Kilmalid, Lagavulin, Laura Fields, Louisville, Max Shapira, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Monarch of the Glen, mythology, National Museum of Scotland, National War Museum, O.F.C., Octomore, OFC, Old Rip Van Winkle, Orkney, painting, Paisley, Pappy Van Winkle, Parker Beam, Peaty Collection, Pennsylvania, Pernod Ricard, Pierre Weydert, Port Charlotte, Robert Gibbs, Rùdhan, Scapa, Scotch Whisky Association, soccer, sports, Switzerland, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Balvenie, The Balvenie DCS Compendium, The DCS Compendium, The Laddie Ten, The Thin Red Line, The Times, Tommy Dewar, trash, travel retail, Union 52, Viking, Walkerville, warehouse, whiskey, whisky, White Bowmore, Windsor, World Series0 comments
This Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the fire that destroyed Heaven Hill’s distillery and 90,000 barrels of whiskey in Bardstown, Kentucky....
Episode 602: August 14, 201620160814001523
Episode 602: August 14, 2016
Mark GillespieAugust 14, 2016"The Angel's Share" movie, @Centered_Sam, ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Arran, bar bet, Bardstown, Benromach, Birthday Bourbon, Blue Label, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, break-in, Brian Thompson, Brown-Forman, Bunnahabhain, Campbeltown, Caramel, Cardhu, Clayton Kershaw, construction, Cork, Dave Pickerell, Deanston, Diageo, Dublin, Duncan Taylor, E150a, ENTHUSE, Euan Mitchell, Evan Cattanach, Ewan Morgan, feedback, flavorings, George Garvin Brown, Glengyle, Gregor Cattanach, Heaven Hill, Inspira, Ireland, Isle of Arran, Johnnie Walker, Ken Loach, Kilkerran, Kim Lawton, Lagg, Ledaig, Lochranza, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Rams, Martin Duffy, Masters of Whisky, Midleton, MKTG, Naz Ghassemian, Old Forester, Old Jameson Distillery, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, police, poll, Promise of Hope Fund, Rare Auld, renovation, Reserve Brands, robotic, Sassicaia, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, ScotchWhisky.com, Scotland, Spike McClure, Springbank, Stephen Rust, Steve Beal, theft, Tobermory, tourism, Travel, visitors, Washington DC, whiskey, Whiskey Library, whisky, Year of the Monkey, Year of the Ram1 comment
Diageo has faced criticism on social media for its decision to shut down the long-running Masters of Whisky program, a US-based education program aime...
Episode 561: November 7, 201520151108020549
Episode 561: November 7, 2015
Mark GillespieNovember 8, 2015@ScotchTestDummies, @talesofthegrape, age statements, Amaretto, Andrew Nelstrop, Angel's Envy, angel's share, anniversary, appeal, apple cider, Art of Auchentoshan, artists, Auchentoshan, Ballantine's, Baltimore Whiskey Company, bartenders, Baudonia, Benromach, Benromach 100º Proof, Benromach Imperial Proof, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blue Label, Braveheart, Brooklyn, Chapter 10, Christina Philburn, Clean Air Act, clothing, Clover Club, Colin Fultz, Compass Box, court, data, David and Goliath, Diageo, dick, Dry Fly, Dublin, Edrington, emissions, English Whisky Company, exports, family, Flaming Heart, fungus, Germany, glass blowing, Glenturret, Goa, Hard Fired, heavy cream, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Ian Newton, India, Islay, Ivy Mix, James Bond, James Espey, Jeff Weber, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker Oldest, Kentucky, Kentucky Mist, Kevin Plank, KREM-TV, label approval, lawsuit, lawyers, Leyenda, litigation, Louisville, Mark@Malt-Review.com, Marks & Spencer, Masters Collection, Mel Gibson, movies, O'Danagher's Hibernian Whiskey, opinion, Paul John, Peated Cask Reserve, Portlanc Institute of Contemporary Art, Revival, Robin Nance, Ronnie Cox, Rosemary Gallagher, Russia, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Spokane, Steffen Brauner, Stitzel-Weller, Stuart Cassells, SWA, t-shirts, Taiwan, Tales of the Cocktail, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Famous Grouse, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenrothes, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tim Danagher, trade, trademark, transparency, TTB, Under Armour, United Distillers, University of Kentucky, Urban Glass, vapors, Washington, whiskey, whisky, whisky fungus, Wildcats, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection 1838 Style White Corn0 comments
Scotland’s Glenturret Distillery celebrated its 240th anniversary this week by gathering 240 people at The Famous Grouse Experience for a toast,...
Episode 521: February 14, 201520150215001337
Episode 521: February 14, 2015
Mark GillespieFebruary 15, 2015age statement, Andrew Bohrer, Anki Ulvmane, anonymity, anonymous, apology, asshole, Bardstown, Basil Hayden, Beam, Beam Suntory, Bernheim, Blackpool, bloggers, Blue Label, Bonded, Booker Noe, Booker's, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon Heritage Center, brand, budget, calendar, cars, cask, Chancellor, chemistry, China, Chivas Brothers, commentary, computers, counterfeit, cruising, Detroit, duty, Exchequer, fake, Ferndale, Forged Oak, Founder's Reserve, Fred Noe, George Osborne, golden ticket, Heaven Hill, high school, Ian MacMillan, industrial, Invergorden, jail, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Justin Aden, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kininvie, Leota Skirvin, Louisville, Lunar New Year, magistrate, marketing, Merle Giles, Michael Divers, Michigan, milestone, million, Nicholas Stewart, Old Grand-Dad, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, Parliament, Priti Patel, probation, R.B. Hayden, Rifino Valentine, school, science, Scotch Whisky Association, screen name, Seattle, sentence, sherry, sherry wine, skydiving, social media, Stitzel-Weller, Sweden, taxes, teacher, The Glenlivet, tourists, troll, University of Illinois, urine, Valentine, violation, Wall Street, Wemyss Malts, Westland, Woodward, Year of the Ram0 comments
It’s Valentine’s Day, and who better to explain his passion for making whisky than Rifino Valentine of Valentine Distilling. His Woodward ...
Johnnie Walker Marks Year of the Ram With Lunar New Year Bottle20150210171158
Johnnie Walker Marks Year of the Ram With Lunar New Year Bottle
Mark GillespieFebruary 10, 2015Asia-Pacific, Blue Label, Book of Changes, Brian Cox, ceramic, Diageo, Johnnie Walker, Lunar New Year, Year of the Ram0 comments
February 9, 2015 – With Lunar New Year celebrations underway in many parts of the world, Johnnie Walker is releasing its second in a series of s...
Talking Whiskey with the British Bourbon Society (Episode 746: December 23, 2018)