Irish Whiskey on the Comeback Trail (Episode 759: March 17, 2019)20190317221636
Irish Whiskey on the Comeback Trail (Episode 759: March 17, 2019)
Mark GillespieMarch 17, 2019@katfoodbreath, @realsuwilliams, @whiskeryturnip, admissions, Allied Lomar, author, Ballyhoo, Bardstown, Barrell Craft Spirits, Basic Alcohol Permit, Beam Suntory, Bellevoye, Bellevoye Noir, Ben Milam Distillery, Blanco, book, Booker Noe, Booker's, border, Bradley Beach, Brexit, Brian Nation, Brianna Gillespie, bribery, Bushmills, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Caribbean, Chancellor, character, coaches, college, Connacht Whiskey Company, Conor Kelly, consulate, conviction, criminal, David Stapleton, Deerhammer Distilling, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council, Distilled Spirits Plant, dramsplaining, EU, European Union, exports, Federal, felony, France, French, geographical indication, Germany, gin, Glen Buchenbach, guide, hard border, Heather Greene, Heaven Hill, indictment, intellectual property, InterBev, International Beverage, International Beverage Holdings, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Isetan Mitsukoshi, Isetan Tartan, IWSR, Jack McGarry, Japan, Kat Aagesen, Kentucky, law, lawyers, legal, Lenny Eckstein, Louisiana, Marci Palatella, Marlene Holmes, Marsha Milam, Method & Madness, Michael Dodd, Midleton, Milam & Greene, Mitchell & Sons, New York City, Nikka, Nikka Days, Northern Ireland, Old Fitzgerald, Parliament, permits, Philip Hammond, Preservation Distillery, Prime Minister, prosecutors, pubs, Red Spot, revocation, sales, scandal, Scotch Whisky Association, Sean Muldoon, sexism, Singapore, spit take, Springbank, SWA, tartan, Tax & Trade Bureau, Teresa Wittemer, Teresa's Batch, testing, Texas, The Dead Rabbit, The Irishman, The IWSR, Theresa May, ThiaBev, Thomas Hogue, Tim Herlihy, trademark, Travel, Treasury Department, TTB, University of Southern California, USC, Walsh Whiskey Company, whiskey, whisky, women, writer0 comments
Irish Whiskey’s resurgence is only now beginning to make up for decades of obscurity over the last century, but with 23 active distilleries in I...
The “Godfather of Rye Whiskey” (Episode 730: October 7, 2018)20181007162602
The “Godfather of Rye Whiskey” (Episode 730: October 7, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 7, 2018@Chris_F74, @irishwhiskeybc, @luvthemstillers, Albert Baladi, aluminum, American Select Oak, Amrut, angel's share, Angostura, Ardbeg, artist, Ashok Chokalingham, auction, Baccarat, Bangalore, Barrel Proof, Beam Global, Beam Suntory, bidding, Bonhams, bootleggers, Bourbon, Brian Nation, Brian Treacy, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Canada, Cannes, Cardhu, CEO, Chivas, Chris Farrell, Christie's, Cincinnati, CL Financial, Clynelish, cognac, collecting, Congress, Dail, Dalwhinnie, David Whitmer, Dekantā, distilling, Don Livermore, Donald Trump, Dubai Duty Free, Eagle Rare 17, Edinburgh, expansion, Fine & Rare Collection, football, Fortnum & Mason, Fortune Brands, France, Game of Thrones, George Remus, George Ross, Gibson's, Glendullan, Gordon & MacPhail, Greedy Angels, Guinness World Records, HBO, Health Minister, health warnings, Hong Kong, House Lannister, India, Indiana, induction, Intermediate Sherry Cask, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Barry, Jim McEwan, Jimmy Russell, Joe Hyman, Johnnie Walker, Kadhambam, Kavalan, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, labels, Lagavulin, Larry Ebersold, Lawrenceburg, LDI, legislature, Leo Varadkar, London, Longmorn, Louisville, Manchester United, Masters Collection, Matt Shattock, Mexico, MGP Ingredients, Michael Dillon, Midleton Very Rare, minimum pricing, molecules, NAFTA, New Riff, New York City, Newport, Nobel Prize, North American Free Trade Act, Oat Grain Edition, Oban, Parliament, Pernod Ricard, Portonova, Private Collection, Public Health Bill (Alcohol), Repeal Reserve, Richard Urquhart, Rob, Rossville, Royal Lochnagar, Rye, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scott Ritenbaugh, Seagram's, Seanad, Sir Peter Blake, Skinner, soccer, Solist, Sotheby's, sponsorship, sports, steel, Stuart Urquhart, Suntory, Talisker, Taoiseach, tariffs, television, The Macallan, Tom Flocco, trade, travel retail, Trinidad & Tobago, Trump Administration, Twenty-Something, Twentysomething, Twitter, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, USMCA, Valerio Adami, value, Vinho Barrique, vintage, W9 Summit, warehouse, Westeros, whiskey, Whiskey Summit, whisky, White Walker, Winter is Coming, Woodford Reserve, world record0 comments
The largest single distiller of Rye Whiskey isn’t in Kentucky, but just along the other side of the Ohio River in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. For nea...
On the Road – And at the Pub in Dublin (Episode 692: April 26, 2018)20180426150644
On the Road – And at the Pub in Dublin (Episode 692: April 26, 2018)
Mark GillespieApril 26, 2018@drunkenmeeples, @travlecrazy, 1823, Adam Bradshaw, Alabama, Angel's Envy, anniversary, Ardbeg, assessor, attorney general, Baltimore Whiskey Company, Barber, Bardstown, Becle, Benromach, bill, Bill Haslam, Bill Lumsden, Billy Leighton, biological clock, book, Bourbon, Bow Street, Bowmore, Bozzy Karatsu, Brian Nation, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, Caledonian MacBrayne, Callum Fraser, CalMac, Celtic Whiskey Shop. The Sexton, Ciaran Mulgrew, construction, Cork, Dave Broom, Dave Pickerell, Derry, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Eden Mill Distillery, Elgin, Elixir Distillers, Epoch Rye, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, Excise Act, exciseman, Feis Ile, ferry, festival bottling, Fife, Forres, gauger, George Smith, Glasgow Edition, Glen Garioch, Glenfarclas, Glenturret, Gordon & MacPhail, governor, Grooves, Henry Donnelly, Hip Flask Series, history, Ian Newton, illicit distilling, IndyCar, inventory, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jameson, Jameson Distillery Bow Street, Jose Cuervo, Karen Cotter, Keith Cruickshank, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, legislaton, legislature, Littlemill, Louisville Slugger Field, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, Mark Williams, Maryland, Metallica, Method & Madness, Michter's, Midleton, Moore County, music, NASCAR, Niche Drinks, Nine Below, Old Forester, Omar Fitzell, opening, Paul Miller, planning permission, Port Ellen, Powers, property tax, Proximo Spirits, Rabbit Hole Distilling, Raj Singh, Ryan Burnett, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, ship, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, St. Andrew's, St. Brendan's, St. Louis, Sukhinder Singh, Tennessee, The Epicurean, The Quiet Man, The Way of Whisky, whiskey, Whiskey Row, Whisky Fairy, Whisky Leprechaun, Whisky Squad, winner0 comments
This time around, we’re on the road in Dublin for the launch of the first cask-strength Jameson Irish Whiskey, the new Jameson Bow Street 18. It’s als...
Whisky, Whiskey…We’ve Got It All This Week! (Episode 662: October 8, 2017)20171007180232
Whisky, Whiskey…We’ve Got It All This Week! (Episode 662: October 8, 2017)
Mark GillespieOctober 7, 2017@scotchology1, 1943, Alwynne Gwilt, auction, Australia, Barry Crockett, beer, Bill Grant Smith, Binny's, Bo Barrett, breakfast, Brexit, Brian Nation, bulk whiskey, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Calistoga, Carlow, Caskmates, Chateau Montelena, collecting, collector, Compass Box, Cotswolds Distillery, County Cork, Daniel Szor, David Stewart, DCS Compendium, Dublin, Dundalk, England, Erik Burgess, euro, European Union, Evan Haskill, exports, Finland, Franciscan Well, Gearoid Cahill, Glasgow, Glen Grant, Glenlivet, Gordon & MacPhail, Great Britain, Great Northern Distillery, Green Spot, Havard Norjodet, Hong Kong, Indiana, IPA, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Pale Ale, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Jim Barrett, John Glaser, John Little, John Teeling, Kalle Valkonen, Kevin O'Gorman, Kyrö, Liberties, London, Luke Gough, Macallan, Marc Pendlebury, Melbourne, Midleton, Midleton Cask Circle, Midleton Very Rare, Mortlach, Napa Valley, No Name, Norway, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Peat Monster, Phenomenology, podcast, Podcast Awards, pound, Private Collection, record, Richard Blanchard, Rob Kielty, Scotchology, Smooth Ambler, South Africa, Spink, Stephen Rankin, Susan Keeker, tariffs, The Balvenie, The Bourbon Daily, The Irishman, The Long Hall Pub, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, transparency, travel retail, Tun 1509, UK, Walsh Whiskey Company, We Like Drinking, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky, wine, World War II, WWII, Zinfandel0 comments
This week, we’re in Ireland for the annual release of Midleton Very Rare from Irish Distillers. There’s something different about the 2017...
Episode 593: June 12, 201620160612173612
Episode 593: June 12, 2016
Mark GillespieJune 12, 2016@clanwoodcock, @mcdblake, @Misterpie, @VancouverGuero, Aberlour, Allisa Henley, Arkansas, BenRiach, Billy Leighton, book, bookfinder.com, Bourbon, Box Distillery, Brian Nation, British Columbia, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Chita, Chris Morris, Dan Lundberg, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deconstructed Series, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, Distillery Reserve, Dominium, Early Days, Eddie Russell, endowment, engineering, Five Malt, Fortuna Meritas, Four Roses, Geoff Regan, George Dickel, Ger Buckley, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenglassaugh, Graham Coull, Hakushu, Heather Bradley, Hibiki, HMRC, Honours List, House of Commons, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Jan Westcott, John Shea, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Little Rock, Luceo, Master's Keep, Master's Keep Decades, Misako Udo, Morgan Blake, Nova Scotia, OBE, Order of the British Empire, Parliament, Phil Brandon, Queen Elizabeth, Regalis, retirement, Robert Burns, Rock Town Distillery, Rothes, scholarship, Scotch Whisky, Shelter Point Distillery, Speaker, Speaker's Selection, Speyside, Spirits Canada, Suntory, Sweden, Tennessee Whiskey, The Blender's Dog, The Cooper's Croze, The Dalmore, The Distiller's Safe, The Scottish Whisky Distilleries, Toki, travel retail, Two Brewers, University of Kentucky, Valour, Vancouver Island, Whiskey Makers Series, whisky, Whitehorse, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve, Yamazaki, Yukon, Yukon Spirits0 comments
Many factors go into the decision to give a whisky brand a shakeup, and we’ll look at the factors behind two major facelifts announced in the la...
Episode 592: June 4, 201620160605000837
Episode 592: June 4, 2016
Mark GillespieJune 5, 2016@AlpacaJo, @Joshua_Spahr, @madmen76, @markofrespect, @Sister_Ratched, @slagell, @WhiskyRep, Adam Slagell, Alan Winchester, Altia, Arran, Auchentoshan, Award, barbecue sauce, Battle of Jutland, Beach Whiskey, BenRiach, Bernard Walsh, Billy Leighton, Billy Walker, Black Barrel, Brian Nation, Brown-Forman, Bruce Springsteen, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Carlow, Caskmates, Chivas Brothers, Christina Philburn, copper works, Copperworks Distillery, Crested Ten, Croke Park, Cù Bòcan, Diageo, Dublin, Edradour, English Whisky Company, entrepreneur, Finland, Ger Buckley, Gillian Howell, Gillian McDonald, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Gordon & MacPhail, Hafod Morfa Copperworks, Herald Scotland, Heritage Lottery Fund, Industrial Revolution, Iowa, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Jameson, Jameson Crested, Jeff Kanov, Jim Beam, Jo Lawson, Joshua Spahr, Jude, Klaus Doblmann, Laphroaig, Latitude, Laura Davies, makeover, MaltKlaus, Marcus Houlihan, Mark Jennings, MGP, music, mystery, Old Pulteney, Orkney, packaging, Penderyn, Pernod Ricard, pulled pork, Rare Vintage, recipe, Redbreast, River Tawe, RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sazerac, Scapa, Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Awards, Seattle, Speyside Cooperage, Springbank, Stephen Davies, Strathisla, Swansea, Teeling, Templeton Rye, The Blender's Dog, The Boss, The Cooper's Croze, The Distiller's Safe, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet Alpha, The Glenlivet Cipher, The Irishman, The Long Hall, The Welsh Whisky Company, Tomatin, Tormore, Wales, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Welsh, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Rep Mike, World War I, Writers Tears2 comments
Penderyn is the only whisky distillery in Wales, but may soon spin off a second distillery under its name in nearby Swansea. Local leaders want a seco...
Episode 554: September 26, 201520150926192922
Episode 554: September 26, 2015
Mark GillespieSeptember 26, 20151970's Collection, A. Gillies & Company, Adam Spiegel, Adrian Bosner, Allison Patel, anniversary, ANZAC, Ardbeg, Australia, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Benromach, Bill Lumsden, Bourbon Hall of Fame, Brendan Buckley, Brenne, Brian Nation, Broxburn, Buffalo Trace, Campbeltown, construction, Dad's Hat, Diggers & Ditches, distillation, Dry Fly, expansion, experiment, find, France, Germany, Glenmorangie, Harlen Wheatley, Heaven Hill, Hedley Wright, Herman Mihalich, Hermitage, Icons of Whisky Awards, International Space Station, Ireland, Irish Distillers, John Quinn, Karen Cotter, Kent Fleischmann, Kentucky, La Maison du Whisky, Lark Distillery, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, microdistillery, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, news release, Old Midleton Distillery, Paris, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pope Francis, Ranald Watson, Richard Paterson, Sassicaia, soldiers, Sonoma County Distilling, Springbank, Steve Nally, Supernova, Tasmania, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, warehouse, Washington, Westland, Whisky Live, Whisky Live Paris, Whisky Magazine, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, World War I2 comments
This time around, we’re in Paris for the first of two episodes this weekend from Whisky Live Paris! Each year, Whisky Live Paris draws whisky fa...
Episode 534: May 9, 201520150510014013
Episode 534: May 9, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 10, 201560 Minutes, Aberlour, airport, arraignment, arrest, Atlantic City, attorney, Avianna Wolfe, awards, bacon, bacon roll, Ballindalloch, Barbara Townsend, Barrelhound, Baton Rouge, Benrinnes, Benromach, Billy Leighton, Blade and Bow, Bob Simon, Bob Townsend, Bomberger's, Bomberger's Declaration, Brian Nation, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Cardhu, castle, CBS News, charges, Chatham Imports, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, class action, Colin Scott, correction, court, Craigellachie, Dave Quinn, David Bowie, Dewar's, Diageo, Dick Stoll, dismissal, Dubai, Dublin, Dufftown, Duthac, duty free, estate, Family Cask, Federal, Florida, football, Frankfort, George Grant, Ger Buckley, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glemorangie, Glen Spey, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Google, guilty, haggis, handmade, Hangout, Heathrow, Hillrock Estate, indictment, infusion, Islay, Jim Beam, John Harvey McDonough, Joseph Magliocco, judge, Kentucky Dram, Kevin O'Gorman, Kingussie, Last Great Malts, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, London, Louisiana, Maker's Mark, Manchester United, Michael Owen, Michael Shaun Ballard, Mike Lord, Mike Wells, Miner's Delight Inn, music, Nancy Guillory, Newcastle, officer, Oliver Russell, organized crime, Orphan Barrel, Pappy Van Winkle, Pennsylvania, Pink Floyd, police, prosecutors, Real Madrid, Redbreast, resignation, resigned, Richard Hinkle, Ronnie Lee Hubbard, ruling, Scratched Cask, Second Saturday, Skye, soccer, Solera, Spey, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, St. Duthac, St. James Hall, steroids, Stitzel-Weller, Strathisla, surprise, Tain, Taipei, Talisker, Tallahassee, Tamdhu, The Icon, The Whisky Shop Dufftown, theft, Thistle Finch, Tim Howard, Tom Lindner, trademark, travel retail, U.S. 1, Vicky Keough, Warren Marsden, Whisky Island, White Label, Wild Turkey, Wyoming0 comments
This episode wraps up our special coverage of the Spirit of Speyside Festival in Scotland, and we’ll hear from soccer star Michael Owen. The for...
Episode 514: January 3, 201520150103221243
Episode 514: January 3, 2015
Mark GillespieJanuary 3, 2015Anne Marsden, anniversary, Asahi, Balcones, Ben Nevis, birth, Brian Nation, British Columbia, buyout, Chip Tate, Christina Philburn, construction, dispute, distillery, Dublin, Facebook, financing, Friends of Laphroaig, Glencairn, GlenDronach, Green Spot, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jameson, John Campbell, Jon Birkbeck, Kamloops, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Laurie Harder, likes, Little Bay, Masataka Taketsuru, meeting, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Mitchell & Son, Miyagikyo, New Year's, Nikka, Oban, obituary, Pierre Weydert, Rhode Island, Rita Taketsuru, Robert Chesney, Robert Mitchell, Rose Blackmore, Scott Mansfield, social media, South Wales Whisky Interest Group, Spokane Whisky Club, Stockholm, Switzerland, Takeshi Taketsuru, Tate & Company, Twitter, Waco, whisky clubs, whiskytalks, Yellow Spot, Zurich0 comments
Irish whiskey will take another step in 2015 with the first exports of Yellow Spot to the US market, still the strongest market in the world for Irish...
Episode 614: November 6, 2016