From Hockey’s Hall of Fame to a Whiskey Rookie (Episode 784: September 15, 2019)20190915232029
From Hockey’s Hall of Fame to a Whiskey Rookie (Episode 784: September 15, 2019)
Mark GillespieSeptember 15, 2019@BunkaiH, @michaeldrumm, @VinP27, #randomactofkindness, anniversary, auction, Bacardi, bar, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bardstown-Nelson County Tourism Commission, Ben Milam Distillery, Binny's, Blanco, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Brad Boswell, Buffalo Wild Wings, Cameronbridge, Caribbean Smooth, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado, Conor McGregor, contract, convection oven, Dallas Stars, Danny Wimmer Presents, David Mundell, Dayn Belfour, Dewar's, Diageo, distillery, distilling, Ed Belfour, Fife, Fine & Rare, finish, GMB, Heather Greene, hockey, Hockey Hall of Fame, Hometown Rising, Independent Stave, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jameson, Jane Bowie, Jimmy Russell, John Laun, John Rempe, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilchoman, Kirk Pearson, labor, labour, Leven, Louder than Life, Louisville, Lux Row Distillers, Maker's Mark, Mark Erwin, Mary Gratzer, memorabilia, Mike Mangeot, Milam & Greene, Moonshine University, National Hockey League, NHL, Ohio, Olympic, pecan, Private Select, Proper Twelve, Reaghan Belfour, restaurant, Robert Polson, rum, Rye, Scott Burnside, Shieldhall, Stanley Cup, Stave Profile RC6, Stephanie Macleod, Steve Nally, strike, Talnua Distillery, Texas, The Athletic, The Macallan, union, Unite, visitors, Westminster, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Willett Distillery, wood, Wood Finishing Series, yeast0 comments
Ed Belfour has every honor a hockey player could dream of, including a Stanley Cup, an Olympic gold medal, and the ultimate: being named to the Hockey...
Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)20190715015549
Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 15, 2019@Andrew_leets, @Head_Stone, 1792 Aged Twelve Years, 1792 Bourbon, amaranth, Andrew Leets, bacteria, barrels, Beam Suntory, Bend, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Black Rock Bar, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brad Boswell, Buffalo Trace, Cambus, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., Colin Montgomerie, court, Delaware, Denver, Diageo, Don Julio, environment, Eric Rubin, fines, fire, fish, Gareth Moore, geographical indicators, George Remus, Ghost and Rare, Glenn's Creek, Glenury Royal, golf, governor, grain, Heaven Hill, Highland, Hotel, Independent Stave, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jane Bowie, Jim Beam, John Mura, Johnnie Walker, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Kentucky River, Lagavulin, law, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lawyers, legislation, legislature, Lexington, Loch Lomond, London, Loretto, Los Altos, Madison, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, McGinnis Wood Products, MGP, Michael Henry, Mike Parson, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Old Crow, Oregon Spirit Distillers, oxygen, Pittyvaich, private barrel, Private Select, Prohibition, Remus Volstead Reserve, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Portrush, Ryder Cup, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Rogers, Speyburn, sprinkler, sugar, SWA, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, tequila, The Open Championship, travel retail, Triple Triple, TTB, Versailles, Virginia Distillery Company, Virginia Highland, Volstead Act, WBRB, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Wisconsin0 comments
60 years ago, Bill and Marge Samuels dipped the first bottles of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in Loretto, Kentucky. They left the “e” out of...
Independent Stave Adding New Kentucky Cooperage20180608182847
Independent Stave Adding New Kentucky Cooperage
Mark GillespieJune 8, 2018Bourbon, Brad Boswell, Brown-Forman, cooperage, Independent Stave Company, investment, ISC, Kentucky, Lebanon, Morehead, stave mill, whiskey, whisky0 comments
June 8, 2018 – Independent Stave Company, the largest supplier of barrels to the American whiskey industry, is expanding its cooperage operation...
There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)20170924192730
There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)
Mark GillespieSeptember 24, 2017@SpeakingEasyPod, @squirrel8870, Alex Grelli, Amie Boswell, Antique Collection, Ashley Penny, attorney, Australia, Barbara Helt, Bardstown, barrels, Benromach, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, Brad Boswell, Brian Kinsman, Brianna Gillespie, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cancer, Château Cissac, Christopher Winters, climate change, Commonwealth, cooperage, coopers, Corby, crime, Daniel Alan Durham, Dave Schmier, David Fenkell, doctor, Domino's, Don Livermore, Dublin, Eagle Rare, Fat Tire, forestry, France, Frankfort, Franklin County, George T. Stagg, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenora Distillers, Gooderham & Worts, Harry Shapira, Haut-Médoc, Heaven Hill, heist, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Ice Wine, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, investigation, Ireland, Israel, J.P. Wiser's, Jane Overeem, Jewish, Joe Boswell, Johannesburg, John Burlowski, judge, Julie Curtsinger, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Barrels, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, lawyer, Lebanon, Lexington Herald-Leader, Little Trinity, loggers, logging, Lot #40, Macallan, Marc Pendlebury, Mark Sean Searcy, Max Shapira, Meredith Grelli, Milk & Honey, Missouri, Mistress Miasma, Monongahela, New Jersey, Northern Border Collection, Nova Scotia, oak, Old Billingsgate, Old Rip Van Winkle, oncologist, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Peat Week, Phenostrus, Pike Creek, Pinch, pizza, police, prosecutors, River Edge, Rosh Hashanah, Rye, Sazerac 18 Rye, Seattle, Sheriff, South Africa, Speaking Easy, Sphincter, Spinther, stave mill, stolen, T.W. Boswell, Tel Aviv, The Whisky Show, theft, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Held, Total Wine & More, Tullibardine, Twitter, US Forest Service, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Brother, Whitney Lawson, Wigle, Wild Turkey, William Larue Weller, Winter Storm, wood, Zach Becker, Zionsville0 comments
It’s often said that wood is responsible for most of a whisky’s flavor, and if that’s the case, then the people who make the barrels...
Buffalo Trace Releases Batch #14 Of Single Oak Project20140805135202
Buffalo Trace Releases Batch #14 Of Single Oak Project
Mark GillespieAugust 5, 2014Bourbon, Brad Boswell, Buffalo Trace, experiment, Independent Stave Company, Ronnie Eddins, Single Oak Project0 comments
August 5, 2014 – Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project of experimental Bourbons is in its final stages, with Batch #14 being released this mo...
Episode 456: December 14, 201320131214001721
Episode 456: December 14, 2013
Mark GillespieDecember 14, 20131963, ad, advertising, agency, American Forests, Ardbeg, Arkansas, Arran, astronauts, auction, Bacardi, Baron, Barrel Drop, barrels, Brad Boswell, Braeval, Bulleit, Business Insider, Canada, charity, Charitybuzz, Chattanooga, Chattanooga Whiskey Company, chopper, Classic Malt, CMT, code, collecting, cooperage, Danville, Dewar's, Diageo, DISCUS, Double Barrel, Douglas Laing, Drink BC, Exotic, export, Facebook, Ferm Solutions, Four Roses, Frank Coleman, Fred Douglas Laing, Fred Laing, gender, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Gregor Mina, Guardians, Independent Stave Company, International Space Station, Ireland, Irish, Ivan Menezes, James MacTaggart, Jim Murray, Jim Rutledge, Johanne McInnis, KDA, Keith Wood, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Malt Maniacs, Marks & Spencer, Masters Collection, McTears, Meet the Baron, Michter's, Missouri, New Year's Eve, Oliver Klimek, Opperman Weiss, Orange County Choppers, Peat Hopper, Powers, Powers Gold Label, PR, RAF, rain, reality, Rocket, Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, Scott Hartig, sexist, social media, Space, Spitfire, Stewart Laing, Straight Malt, sulfur, sulphur, Telegraph, The Whisky Exchange, Tullamore Dew, Twitter, video, weather, Whisky Bible, Wild Turkey, Wilderness Trace, women, Woodford Reserve, World War II, YouTube0 comments
Dewar’s was forced to remove an online video promotion from the Internet this week after a social media-fueled protest campaign over the portray...
Kentucky Distillers Hurt By Temporary Barrel Shortages20131211182459
Kentucky Distillers Hurt By Temporary Barrel Shortages
Mark GillespieDecember 11, 2013Alabama, Arkansas, barrels, Brad Boswell, Brown-Forman, cooperage, forests, Four Roses, Independent Stave Company, Jack Daniel's, Jim Rutledge, logging, Louisville, Missouri, weather, Woodford Reserve1 comment
December 11, 2013 – Wet weather this fall is forcing distilleries in Kentucky and other states to juggle production schedules because of a tempo...
Episode 163: September 20, 200820080921054000
Episode 163: September 20, 2008
Mark GillespieSeptember 21, 2008Aberlour, Andrew Symington, Ann Miller, Brad Boswell, Celtic Connexion, distillery, Edradour, Edwin Foote, Evan Williams, France, French, Glann ar Mor, Glen Moray, Hall of Fame, Independent Stave, Jean Donnay, Jean Metzger, Jim Beam, Jimmy Wickham, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, La Maison du Whisky, La Martiniquaise, Malt Maniacs, Martine Nouet, Old Fitzgerald, Owsley Brown, Paris, Rita Greenwell, Signatory, Tom Flocco, tourism, Travel, Uberach, visitors, Whisky Live, Whisky Magazine0 comments
It’s Whisky Live weekend in Paris, and this is Part 1 of special coverage of an amazing weekend! We’ll find out why the French are so pass...