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...
Episode 585: April 17, 201620160417192240
Episode 585: April 17, 2016
Mark GillespieApril 17, 2016age statements, Annabel Meikle, bill, Brett Hocking, Brett Ratner, Brown-Forman, Brown-Forman Cooperage, Bulleit Bourbon, Cameronbridge, Canada, cocktails, Compass Box, Coopers' Craft, Cornerstone Blend, Crown Royal, David Beckham, Diageo, Drake, dry, earthquake, Eric Gregory, Eric Swanson, Frank Scott, Fredericton, Gimli, Globe & Mail, governor, Greg Roshkowski, Haig Club, Hombo Shizu, Ichiro Akuto, Impex, Islay, Jackie Scott, Japan, John MacLellan, Just-Drinks.com, Kagoshima, KDA, Keepers of the Quaich, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kiichiro Iwai, Kilchoman, Kumamoto, law, LCBO, legislation, Loch Gorm, Louisville, Manitoba, Mars Maltage, Mars Whisky, Masataka Taketsuru, Master of Malt, Matt Bevin, Maverick Drinks, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, Noble Collection, Peter Mielszynski, PMA Canada, precinct, Saki Umemura, Sam Filmus, Sanaig, Shinshu, Simon Fuller, strike, Summerhill, surprise, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, The Hilhaven Lodge, Tokiwa Imports, Toronto, transparency, Virginia Black, visitors centers, wet-dry election, Yamanashi, yellow card, Yuno Hayashi0 comments
Japan’s Hombo Shuzo has been making whiskies off and on since 1949, and the company’s whisky heritage claims a critical link to Masataka T...
Closed Port Dundas Distillery Yields New Whiskies20150908130446
Closed Port Dundas Distillery Yields New Whiskies
Mark GillespieSeptember 8, 2015Cameron Brig, Cameronbridge, Diageo, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Haig Club, Port Dundas, single grain0 comments
September 8, 2015 – It’s been five years since Diageo closed its Port Dundas grain whisky distillery in Glasgow, but the drinks giant is r...
Episode 548: August 17, 201520150818023250
Episode 548: August 17, 2015
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2015Australia, author, Bladnoch, book, Bourbon Curious, brewery, Buffalo, Burn Stewart Distillers, Cairngorms, California, Cameronbridge, Caskmates, Catoctin Creek, charity, copper, Cork, court, Dalwhinnie, Dan Murphy's, David Prior, death, Douglas Laing & Co., Dwyer's Pub Scotch Club, earthquake, family, Florida, Fred Minnick, French Oak, Girvan, Glencairn, Glenglassaugh, hearing, Hoquiam, Hunter Smith, Ian MacMillan, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jay Rogers, Justin Victor, Kansas City, Karuizawa, Lamb, London, lottery, Louisville, Manifesto, MGP, Mike Lisac, Nepal, New York, North British, North Tonawanda, Old Particular, relief, Revenoor Stills, Seattle, settlement, Shetland, Shetland Reel, Silver Trail Distillery, single grain, Speciality Drinks, Spencer Balentine, Strathclyde, Stuart Nickerson, Sullivan's Cove, Tampa Bay Whiskey Society, Tasmania, technology, Templeton Rye, Terrepure, Terry Wilhelm, The Whisky Cabinet, The Whisky Show, theft, travel retail, Unst, Virginia, Washington, Westland, whisky clubs, Winter Garden, Winter's Gold, worm tubs0 comments
The “Bourbon Boom” has led to a corresponding boom in the publishing industry, with almost as many new Bourbon books as there are Bourbons...
Episode 503: October 25, 201420141025201106
Episode 503: October 25, 2014
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2014ad valorem, Ally Alpine, Andrina Fitzgerald, awards, Balcones, Barry Crockett, Barry Gallagher, beer, Beggar's Bush, Billy Leighton, bottling plant, Brian Nation, Cameronbridge, Cannes, Carlow, Caskmates, Celtic Whiskey Club, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chip Tate, Compass Box, competition, Connemara, construction, Cooley, Cork, court, Dave Quinn, defense fund, delay, development, Diageo, Dingle, dispute, divorce, Dublin, duty free, economic impact, economy, Eric Gregory, Eunan Ryan, expansion, Franciscan, Frankfort, gag order, Glendalough, Go Fund Me, Haig Club, Ichiro Akuto, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Society, Jack Ryan's, Jack Teeling, Jameson, Jane Maher, Jim Beam, Jim Lynch, John Cashman, John Glaser, John Quinn, Joker, Just-Drinks.com, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilbeggan, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, lawyers, logistics, mediation, Michael Payne, Michael Rockafellow, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Oliver Hughes, Pearl, Poitin, pot still, Redbreast, restraining order, Shane Fitzharris, slowdown, stout, tax, taxes, Teaninich, Teeling Whiskey, The Irishman, travel retail, Tullamore Dew, University of Louisville, Urban Studies Institute, Waco, Walsh, Walsh Whiskey Company, Whiskey Live Dublin, Whisky Live, William Grant & Sons, winner, Writers Tears, Yellow Spot0 comments
This week’s episode comes from Whiskey Live Dublin, and we’ll be focusing on Irish whiskies this time around with some of the winners from...
Episode 499: October 4, 201420141004201207
Episode 499: October 4, 2014
Mark GillespieOctober 4, 201435 Maple Street, accident, Amrut, Andrew Laing, Angus MacRaild, auctions, Benrinnes, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bib & Tucker, Blended Malt, Cameronbridge, Charlie Downs, Chivas Brothers, Cleveland, Clynelish, Compass Box, cooperage, criticism, Dan Witzinger, death, Des McCaugherty, distillery, Doug McIvor, Dufftown, Edradour, Edrington, Elijah Craig, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, expansion, fatality, feedback, fire, Four Roses, Generations, Glasgow Blend, Glenlivet, Gordon & MacPhail, Great King Street, Greedy Angels, Highland Journey, Hunter Laing, Ian Logan, Imperial, India, Jim Beam, John DeYoung, Jon Birkbeck, Justin Victor, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Laphroaig, Linkwood, London, Louisville, MGP, Michael Urquhart, Mortlach, movie, North British, Old Malt Cask, paramedics, Parkmore, planning, Private Collection, Rare Cask, retirement, Rick Jagdale, safety, Scott Laing, Signature Craft, single grain, Small Batch Limited Edition, South Wales Whisky Interest Group, Speyside, Stewart Laing, Strathisla, The 87, The Eighty Seven, The Faerie Flag, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Tom Lix, Urquhart, whisky clubs1 comment
This is the first of two episodes this weekend from The Whisky Show in London, and we’ll be looking at some of the new whiskies that made their ...
Beckham & Fuller’s Haig Club Debuts in London20140714173910
Beckham & Fuller’s Haig Club Debuts in London
Mark GillespieJuly 14, 2014Cameronbridge, David Beckham, Diageo, Edinburgh, Haig Club, London, Selfridge's, Simon Fuller, The Whisky Shop0 comments
July 14, 2014 – Haig Club, the single grain Scotch Whisky brand being launched by Diageo in partnership with soccer star David Beckham and enter...
Episode 474: April 11, 201420140412232943
Episode 474: April 11, 2014
Mark GillespieApril 12, 2014A. Smith Bowman, Aberfeldy, Abraham Bowman, Alan Shayne, Alasdair Day, Andy Watts, Bain's, Balcones, Barry Crockett, basketball, Bernheim, Bernie Lubbers, Boston, bottle, Bourbon Affair, Bowmore, Brooklyn, Cameronbridge, Cape Mountain, Chip Tate, Connecticut, craft distiller, craft distilling, Cù Bòcan, Daily Show, Dannel Malloy, Daric Schlesselman, Darren McInnis, data, David Beckham, David Frost, Dennis Malcolm, Dewar's, Diageo, diplomat, Double Barrel, economy, editor, Edwin Foote, Edwin Vargas, Elizabeth Cross, embassies, environment, Eric Gregory, export, extravaganza, farm, Frank McHardy, Fred Minnick, Haig Club, Hall of Fame, Heaven Hill, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, independence, inductee, Jack Daniel's, James Sedgwick Distillery, Jim McEwan, Jon Stewart, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilchoman, label, Loch Gorm, Lord Elcho, Louisville, Mike Reppucci, NCAA, Nick Morgan, North Shore Whisky Club, packaging, Parker Beam, pecan, Polo, Pumpkin Spice, Raj Bhakta, Red Hook, referendum, Rested Rye, Rhode Island, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Seagram, Simon Fuller, single grain, SMWS, Sons of Liberty, South Africa, Stephen Marshall, Steve Beshear, Stitzel-Weller, television, Texas, Tomatin, trade, travel retail, Tweedale, Twitter, UK, Van Brunt Stillhouse, Vermont, Virginia, Waco, wager, Wemyss Malts, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, Whistlepig, William Wolf, World of Whisky, World Whiskies Awards, World Whiskies Conference1 comment
Craft distillers took center stage during Whisky Live New York on Wednesday evening, and we’ll hear from several of them on this week’s ep...
Diageo Partners With Beckham & Fuller On Haig Club Single Grain20140408082006
Diageo Partners With Beckham & Fuller On Haig Club Single Grain
Mark GillespieApril 8, 2014Cameron Brig, Cameronbridge, David Beckham, David Gates, Diageo, Dimple, Girvan, Haig Club, House of Haig, John Haig, New York City, Simon Fuller, single grain, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Conference0 comments
April 8, 2014 – Single grain Scotch whiskies have often been the red-headed stepchildren of the Scotch whisky industry: rare, unusual, and often...
Episode 488: July 18, 2014