Wandering The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 686: March 25, 2018)20180325175011
Wandering The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 686: March 25, 2018)
Mark GillespieMarch 25, 2018@corymcrae, @jotterface, @saratogamatt, @TheLadyBlender, #patriot, 1792 Full Proof, 1956, agriculture, airport, Alberta, aluminum, Amrut, Andrea Wilson, Andrew Ferguson, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Australia, Barry Bernstein, Barry Stein, bartender, bartending, Batch Proof, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, biodynamics, border, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, bullshit, butterfly knife, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Chris Morris, code, Committee Edition, Cornwall, Cory McRae, Dan Tullio, Diageo, diplomat, Donald Trump, Edmonton, Elgin, Elvis Presley, England, EU, European Union, exports, farmers, FedEx, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Gold Label Reserve, Gordon & MacPhail, Great Britain, Grooves, Hakushu, Hall of Fame, hard border, Heartbreak Hotel, Heathrow, history, Ian Bentley, Icons of Whisky Awards, imports, Inchmurrin, India, inductee, Ireland, Irish, James Otter, Jim Swan, Johnnie Walker, Karen Betts, Kavalan, Kensington Wine Market, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kilchoman, King Car Distillery, King of Kentucky, legislature, Leo Varadkar, Linkwood, Loch Lomond Distillers, London, Louisville, Manuel Salazar, manure, Mark Reynier, Master of Malt, Masters Collection, Matt Jones, Matthew Ingram, Memphis, Michter's, Mitch McConnell, mixology, Morrison Bowmore, Mounties, NAV Centre, Nectar Grove, negotiations, Nick Morgan, Northern Ireland, Ontario, Pam Heilmann, politics, Premium Bottlers, President, Prime Minister, Private Collection, Rachel Barrie, RCMP, retaliation, Richard Paterson, Rye, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Research Institute, Scotland, security, Senate, senator, shipping, single cask, single malt, Speyside, Staffordshire, Stalk & Barrel, steel, Stephen Rankin, Still Waters Distillery, story, Sullivan's Cove, Sun Records, SWA, T.T. Lee, Taiwan, Taoiseach, target, tariffs, Terminal 5, The Dalmore, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tish Harcus, tools, Toronto, tourism, trade, trade war, Travel, travel retail, Trump Administration, visitors center, Waterford, weapon, Wemyss Malts, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whyte & Mackay, Wonderful World of Whisky Show, Woodford Reserve, World of Whiskies, World Whiskies Awards, Y.T. Lee0 comments
Rachel Barrie is known on Twitter as @TheLadyBlender, and she’s just winding up her first year as the master blender for Brown-Forman’s Be...
Compass Box Faces Criticism Over Too Much Transparency20151030135343
Compass Box Faces Criticism Over Too Much Transparency
Mark GillespieOctober 30, 2015bullshit, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Compass Box, Dailuane, EU, European Union, Flaming Heart, Girvan, Glen Ord, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Magnus Cormack, Richard Woodard, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Act, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Law, ScotchWhisky.com, Spice Tree, Strathclyde, Teaninich, The Last Vatted Malt, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, transparency, whisky2 comments
October 30, 2015 – In its 15 years of producing Scotch Whiskies, Compass Box has had its issues with the larger Scotch Whisky industry. In 2006...
Episode 544: July 19, 201520150719155447
Episode 544: July 19, 2015
Mark GillespieJuly 19, 2015@DSMBourbonClub, @Zeech, acting, Alexander Hamilton, Artesian, Australia, author, Bacardi, bar, Bonnie Rose, book, Bourbon Empire, Bronfman, Buffalo Trace, bullshit, Canon, Chicago, Chivas Brothers, class action, cocktail, Col. E.H. Taylor, Compton MacKenzie, consumer, corruption, Dandelyan, Dave Broom, Edrington, Evan Williams, Evan Williams Single Barrel, extras, film, First Minister, Four Roses, fraud, Garrison Brothers, George T. Stagg, George Washington, Gordon Motion, Heaven Hill, Herald Scotland, history, Holyrood, Hood River Distillers, Hotel Michael, Hudson Four Grain Bourbon, Hudson Whiskey, humidity, insurance, Iowa, Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Strength, Joan Gotschall, judge, Keith Kerkhoff, knucklehead, labeling, lawsuit, legalized stealing, Lew Rosenstiel, litigation, London, Matt Rosenfeld, Mellow Gold, MGP Ingredients, MGP-I, Mount Vernon, movie, multinational, myth, New York City, Nicola Sturgeon, novel, OFC, Orkney, Pendleton, Pendleton Midnight, Portsoy, Press and Herald, protected geographical indicator, refunds, Reid Mitenbuler, Revolutionary War, Richard Paterson, Robert Mark, Samuel Bronfman, Scapa, Schenley, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish National Party, Seagram, Seattle, settlement, shipwreck, Singapore, Skiren, snakes, SNP, Spirited Awards, SWA, Tales of the Cocktail, task force, Tasmania, Tasmanian Whisky, taxes, Templeton Rye, The Black Grouse, The Dalmore, The Dalmore Affinity, The Dead Rabbit, The Famous Grouse, Thomas Jefferson, TTB, Tuthilltown Spirits, Tyler Allison, Wade Woodward, Whiskey Rebellion, Whiskey Ring, Whiskey Trust, Whisky Galore, William Grant & Sons, writer, Zack Schrock0 comments
Bourbon has a unique place in American history, but as with other elements of American history…many of the stories of Bourbon are based more on ...
Episode 504: November 1, 201420141102005934
Episode 504: November 1, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 2, 2014additive, age matters, age statement, anCnoc, antifreeze, author, Award, Balblair, Beam Suntory, biomass, boiler, book, bootleg, Bruichladdich, bullshit, Bushmills, Casa Cuervo, cask filling, Chivas Brothers, Compass Box, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, Diageo, Dingle, DiSaranno, Don Julio, Douglas Laing & Co., Emperador, environment, ethylene glycol, Evgeny Vershinin, exciseman, Extra Old Particular, film, film festival, Finland, Fireball, fish, Fishky, flavoring, Food & Drug Administration, Fortuna Merita, Founder's Reserve, gauger, greasy, green, Haig Club, herring, history, illegal, interview, Inver House, Inverness, Ireland, Jim Murray, John Glaser, John MacDonald, John Moriarty, joke, Jose Cuervo, Kentucky Dram, Kerry, Knockdhu, Liqueur, Malcolm Waring, Michael Deresynski, Mike Dziennik, moonshine, movie, nasty, negotiations, Norway, oil, Old Pulteney, Oliver Hughes, Peat Reak, Petr Hosek, printer ink, propylene glycol, recall, regulators, Reserve Bank of India, Sazerac, Sazerac Rye 18, single grain, smart ass, swap, Sweden, The Balvenie, The Dalmore, The Glenlivet, toxic, trade, travel retail, trees, Tun 1401, Tun 1509, Twitter, Twitter tasting, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Wall Street Journal, Whiskey Live Dublin, Whisky Bible, Whyte & Mackay, Wick, William Larue Weller, worst, XOP, Yamazaki, Zsoka McDonald0 comments
The battle between Scotland’s illicit distillers and the excisemen known as “gaugers” is the stuff of which legends, books, and now,...