“Pardon My Pappy” Campaign Goes Viral20150425060144
“Pardon My Pappy” Campaign Goes Viral
Mark GillespieApril 25, 2015Barack Obama, blogger, Bourbon Babe, Bourbon Summit, Buffalo Trace, Carla Carlton, charges, Christopher Preston, Eagle Rare, Franklin County, Gilbert Curtsinger, Gov. Steve Beshear, indictments, insurance, judge, Mark S. Searcy, Mitch McConnell, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pardon My Pappy, Pat Melton. sheriff, President, prosecutors, Russell's Reserve, Senate, theft, Wild Turkey1 comment
April 25, 2015 – While watching coverage of Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton’s news conference Tuesday on the indictments of nine people...
Episode 526: March 21, 201520150321223424
Episode 526: March 21, 2015
Mark GillespieMarch 21, 2015@Matthewthet, Abbas Kazerounian, accomplice, age statements, Akron, Anthony Bourdain, attorney, Award, Barack Obama, barrels, Beam Suntory, bedtime story, BenRiach, Bill Lark, bootlegger, Bourbon Summit, break-in, budget, Buffalo Trace, California, Camp Nelson, Campari America, CEO, Chancellor, charged, Chivas Regal, Chivas Regal Extra, City Club of Cleveland, class action, Cleveland, Cleveland State University, coalition, Col. E.H. Taylor, competition, cured oak, daughter, Diageo, dismiss, Drew Kulsveen, drop the duty, duty, Edwin Vargas, election, Franklin County, George Dickel, George Osborne, Germany, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glentauchers, Goldilocks, Grand Central Station, Green Label, Hakushu, handcrafted, handmade, I.W. Harper, Ian Chang, Ian MacLeod, Icons of Whisky, incubator, intern, Irish Car Bomb, Jim Beam, Jim Beveridge, Jim Murray, John Lunn, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Goldstein, Justin Victor, Kavalan, Kazerouni Law Group, label, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, lobbying, London, MAGNET, Maker's Mark, Manhattan, manufacturing, Matt Wooler, Matthew T, MGP-I, Mitch McConnell, moonshine, motion, mystery, New Orleans, Nikka, Ohio, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Park Avenue Liquor Shop, Parliament, Pat Melton, Popcorn Sutton, President, Presidential, process, puked, Pure Malt, Ray Surinick, Rosemary Gallagher, Schwetzingen, Scotch Whisky Association, Secret Service, Seiichi Koshimizu, Sheriff, Shinji Fukyuo, Simon Marshall, Solist, St. George's, Stitzel-Weller, stolen property, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Suntory Holdings, suspect, SWA, Taiwan, Takeshi Niinami, Taketsuru, Tamdhu, taxes, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, theft, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Lix, Vinho, warehouse, Wemyss Malts, Whisky Bible, Whisky Live, Whisky Magazine, White House, Wild Turkey, Willett, World Whiskies Awards, Yamazaki0 comments
US President Barack Obama visited a whisky maker for the first time this week during his trip to Cleveland for a speech to the City Club of Cleveland....
President Visits Cleveland Whiskey20150319210248
President Visits Cleveland Whiskey
Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2015Barack Obama, basketball, bipartisan, Bourbon Summit, City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Cleveland State University, Democrat, Henry Clay, incubator, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, MAGNET, MGP-I, Mitch McConnell, motorcade, Ohio, politics, President, Republican, Secret Service, Senate, senator, speech, Tom Lix0 comments
March 19, 2015 – If the “Bourbon Summit” between US President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ev...
Episode 507: November 22, 201420141123021818
Episode 507: November 22, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 23, 2014Aberfeldy, Andy Nelson, Annandale, Anthony Dias Blue, Aultmore, Bacardi, Ballantine's, Barack Obama, Ben Nevis, Bill Ricker, blog, Borders, Bourbon Summit, Buffalo Trace, Charles Maclean, Charlie Nelson, Chivas Brothers, comedy, Craigellachie, Craigellachie Hotel, Dave Broom, David Thomson, Deveron, Dewar's, Diageo, farm, Fishky, Fred Minnick, George T. Stagg, Glen Deveron, Gordon & MacPhail, independent bottlers, John Dewar & Sons, Ken Goldenberg, Kevin Smith, landmark, Last Great Malts, lawyers, legal, Lost Prophet, Lyndsey Gray, Macduff, Mitch McConnell, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Nashville, NBC, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Oregon, Orphan Barrel, parody, Phil Lynch, Phil Thompson, Piers Adam, politics, Prohibition, Quaich Bar, renovation, Rogue, Royal Brackla, Saturday Night Live, Sazerac, Senate, Simon Thompson, single blend, Single Oak Project, Speciality Drinks, Spey, Speyside, Stephen Marshall, Tennessee, Teresa Church, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Shop, trademark, UDV, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Dewar’s has focused on its Blended Scotch whiskies for generations, with the limited exception in recent years of single malts from Aberfeldy. H...
Saturday Night Live Takes On The “Bourbon Summit”20141117001128
Saturday Night Live Takes On The “Bourbon Summit”
Mark GillespieNovember 17, 2014Barack Obama, Bourbon Summit, comedy, election, Hillary Clinton, Jay Pharoah, Mitch McConnell, NBC, parody, prank, President, Republican, Saturday Night Live, Senate, Taran Killam0 comments
November 16, 2014 – While newly re-elected Senator Mitch McConnell told Kentucky Republican Party leaders Saturday the “Bourbon SummitR...
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 505: November 8, 201420141109013129
Episode 505: November 8, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 9, 2014air freshener, Alexander Grant Gordon, Andy Nash, Angus MacRaild, Ardmore, Ardmore Traditional, Ardshiel Hotel, Award, bar, Barack Obama, Bere, Boss Hog, Bourbon Summit, Box, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Bushmills, cabinets, camp out, Campbeltown, Canada, Casa Cuervo, Ceòbanach, charity, Charles Brown, Charles Gordon, Cincinnati, Coffey, collapse, Colum Egan, critic, Dave Pickerell, Diageo, disclosure, Don Julio, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Drumnadrochit, election, environment, Fiddlers Inn, fish, Fishky, flavorings, fundraiser, Glenfiddich, habitat, Herno, Ian MacMillan, Inver House, Isle of Arran, Jello, Jim McEwan, Jon Beach, Justin Victor, Keith Kerkhoff, label, Legacy, lines, Loch Ness, loss, Louisville, Macallan, Mackmyra, Mario Testino, Masters of Photography, Meta, Mitch McConnell, Mortimer, Newport, Nikka, opinion, Orkney, Pappy Fever, Pappy Van Winkle, Party Source, Peter Grant Gordon, Phil Thompson, photo, politics, Polly Burns, print, provincial, Republican, River Spey, Scott Bush, Scott Rogers, Scottish Field, Scottish Licensed Trade News, Senate, shelving, Simon Thompson, Spey Foundation, Speyburn, Stockholm, Sweden, Templeton Rye, The Ardmore, Tullamore Dew, Velvet Fig, visit, Wemyss Malts, Whisky Sponge, Whistlepig, Whitehorse, wildlife, William Grant & Sons, WindyBore, Yukon0 comments
This episode marks the end of our 9th year, and we’ll hear from two of the more outspoken voices in the whisky world on this week’s Whisky...
Episode 518: January 24, 2015