A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)20190330215734
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)
March 30, 2019@IrishLegs, accident, acidity, age statement, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, April Fool's Day, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Drum, Australia, author, Bagpiper, Balblair, Bardstown, Barley, bartender, Barton 1792 Distillery, beaver, beer well, BenRiach, biomass, blending, Bob Dalgarno, Bourbon, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, cancer, casks, castor sacs, castoreum, Celebrious, charring, Chicago, Chivas Regal, cocktail, Committee Edition, Compass Box, cooperage, de-char, Delilah's, Dewar's, Diageo, Distell, distiller, Double Double, dramming, Drum, Eau de Musc, Edition No. 4, farming, Fishky, Four Roses, Geert Bero, Geneva Conventions, Glaswegian, grasshopper, Gregg Glass, Hall of Fame, Heidi, herring, Hibiki, Ian Logan, Icons of Whisky Awards, Inver House, investigation, Islay, Jack's Lounge/Equus, Jamie Milne, Jim Swan, John Dewar & Sons, John MacDonald, John Rochfort, joke, Joy Perrine, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Peerless, King of Trees, Klaus Pinkernell, Lait de Romalea, Louisville, Mackmyra, maltings, Mark Reynier, Mclaren Vale, Michter's, New Hampshire, Nick Savage, obituary, Peerless, Perth, Peter Silver, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, planing, prank, Rachel Barrie, re-char, rejuvenated casks, renewable energy, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Shore House Croft, Smith & Wollensky, Speyside, spill, Stephanie Macleod, Stewart Buchanan, stillman, STR Cask, Strathisla, Suntory, Surstromming, Susan Riegler, Suzanna, Sweden, Tamworth Distilling, tank, Teeling Whiskey Company, tequila, The Lakes Distillery, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tommy Smith, travel retail, vintages, Weller, Weller Full Proof, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Works, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, wood, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Blending whiskies is both an art and a science, and Dewar’s could fairly be accused of focusing more on the science side in recent years with so...
Trade Disputes Lead to a “Whisky Summit” in Louisville (Episode 716: July 29, 2018)20180729211127
Trade Disputes Lead to a “Whisky Summit” in Louisville (Episode 716: July 29, 2018)
July 29, 2018. Life Without Bars, @drmattdreamboat, @yerssot, American Craft Spirits Association, Aoife Clarke, Australia, Basil Hayden's. 2X2 Rye, Beam Suntory, Belgium, Blue Label, Bourbon, Brexit, Brian Kinsman, Brussels, Bushmills, Canada, cancer, Casa Cuervo, China, Chris Liro, Cowie's Blue Seal, Craft Spirits Bill, Dail, David Wondrich, Denmark, Diageo, Distiller's Dram, Donald Trump, Dublin, Eddie Russell, Edinburgh, Edrington, Einar, Elsie Escobar, Eric Gregory, EU, European Commission, European Union, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, Evan Williams Master's Blend, Experimental Series, export, Fire and Cane, Frazier History Museum, Ghost & Rare, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenrothes, Gordon Motion, Grant, Guinness, Harald, health labels, High West, Highland Park, import, Ireland, Irish Spirits Association, Jan Westcott, Japan, Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Producers Makers Association, Jason Craig, Jean-Claude Juncker, Jim Beveridge, Johnnie Walker, Jun Tanaka, Karen Betts, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, lawyer, Life Behind Bars, Louisville, Loyalty of the Wolf, Margie Lehrman, Master's Keep 1894, Matt Baglole, Mexico, Mike Joachim, Mitch Bechard, Mortlach, New Orleans, Noah Rothbaum, Old Overholt, Philadelphia, Pikesville Rye, podcast movement, podcasters, Port Ellen, President, prison, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, resolution, Roe & Co., Royal Mile Whiskies, Rye, Sarah Dickson, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, Sean MacCready, souvenir, Spirit of Collaboration Summit, Spirit of the Bear, Spirits Canada, SpiritsEUROPE, St. James's Gate, summit, Svein, Tales of the Cocktail, Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, tariffs, The Last Drop, trade, trade war, travel retail, turkey, Valkyrie, W.L. Weller, W9, warning label, Warrior Series, Washington, Wee Witchie, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, White House, Wild Turkey, Wings of the Eagle, Yippee Ki-Yay0 comments
Global trade has helped the whisky industry expand massively over the last two decades. With the ongoing trade dispute between the US and its key trad...
Memories of an Irish Whiskey Legend (Episode 699: May 20, 2018)20180519204831
Memories of an Irish Whiskey Legend (Episode 699: May 20, 2018)
May 19, 2018@ChristinaCSM, @donaldhanna, @stonekettle, @whiskyslayer, 1926, alembic, Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport, Angel's Fare, auction, auto racing, Balcones, Barb Helt, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, barrels, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blair Athol, Bonhams, Bourbon Heritage Center, breakfast whisky, Brown-Forman, Bunnahabhain, butt, cancer, Castlemartyr Resort, charity, Chris Morris, Christina Philburn, Colin Keegan, Colkegan, collecting, coopering, coopers, Cork, Crown Royal, Daniel Lam, David Fenkell, definitons, dictionary, Dominic Roskrow, Donald Hanna, Douglas Laing & Co., Dream Cask, Dubai, Dublin, Eddie Russell, Evan Williams, fill in, Flaget Memorial Hospital, Fr. Oak, Fred Laing, Fred Minnick, Fred Noe, French Oak, George Dickel, Heaven Hill, history, hogshead, Hong Kong, hospice, Indianapolis 500, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jameson, Jason Hauser, Jim Beam, Jimmy Russell, job description, John Clement Ryan, John Power & Sons, John Ryan, Kansas City, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Le Clos, Legends Series, Louise Schiavone, Louisville, mesquite, Midleton, Missouri, monks, motorsports, New Mexico, Philadelphia, Play-Doh, port pipe, Powers, Redbreast, refill, Rolling Standard, Santa Fe Spirits, Scallywag, Scotch Whisky, Shayne, Sir Peter Blake, sponsor, Staoisha, staves, Steve Nally, Tabasco, Texas, The Birdhouse, The John Milroy Selection, The Macallan, Tom Helt, Union Horse Distilling, Valerio Adami, Virgin Oak, Waco, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Quarterly, Wild Turkey, wood0 comments
Irish Whiskey lost one of its longtime champions this past week with the passing of John Clement Ryan. He was the 7th – and final generation of ...
30 Years of the Scotch Whisky Experience (Episode 698: May 17, 2018)20180517153600
30 Years of the Scotch Whisky Experience (Episode 698: May 17, 2018)
May 17, 2018Andy Treinen, anniversary, Ardbeg, aroma, auto racing, awards, Balcones, Barb Helt, Beam Suntory, Big Level, Big Red Liquors, Blade & Bow, Blenders' Mash, Bourbon, Buddy Thompson, Bulleit, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, cancer, charity, Chita, Christopher Winters, Colorado State University, conductor, contest, Contradiction, Corryvreckan, Courtney Howard, Croftengea, Crown Royal, Cutty Sark Prohibition, Denis Lynch, Dewar's, Diageo, dogs, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Elijah Craig, English Whisky Company, exhibit, Final Reserve, Frazier History Museum, Glencadam, Grand Macnish, Hakushu, Heaven Hill, Henry McKenna, Hibiki, Highland Park, hospice, I.W. Harper, ice, Indiana, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy 500, Irish Whiskey, James Thompson & Brother, Jan Westcott, Japan, Jay Howard, Jeff Timi, Jim Beam, John Foster, Johnnie Walker, Jon Miller, Julie Trevisan Hunter, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Knob Creek, Laphroaig, Lauder's, LCBO, Loch Lomond Distillers, logo, Louisville, Macduff International, Mark McAlister, Matt Colglazier, motorsports, Nikka, oncology, One Cure, Ontario, Orphan Barrel, pizza, Powers John's Lane, research, Richard Paterson, Royal Mile, Royal Salute, Royal Wedding, Rye Whiskey, sales, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, senses, Shelbyville, shortages, Six Cask Edition, Smokey, Smooth Ambler, Spirits Canada, sponsorship, Stitzel-Weller Experience, Suntory, supply, Talisker, taste, Texas, The Dark, The Whisky Exchange, Tom Helt, tourism, Travel, Tyrconnell, visitors, visitors center, W. Brendan Waller, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Yamazaki0 comments
In May of 1988, the Scotch Whisky Experience opened its doors on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, next to Edinburgh Castle. Over the last 30 years, milli...
A Big Boost for Scotch Whisky Tourism (Episode 697: May 13, 2018)20180513130251
A Big Boost for Scotch Whisky Tourism (Episode 697: May 13, 2018)
May 13, 2018@Drew7182, @Mike_W_Simpson, 50cl, ACSA, American Craft Spirits Association, April Fool's, Baltimore, Baltimore Whiskey Company, Beam Suntory, beer, Binny's, bottle size, Bourbon, Brett Pontoni, Bruichladdich, budget, cancer, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Caskmates, Chancellor, Chicago, chili pepper, Clynelish, collecting, Cooper Spirits, Cork, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Croftengea, Dave Broom, Dave Pickerell, DHL, Diageo, Dream Cask, duty, economic impact, Edinburgh, Eight Degrees Brewing, Epoch Rye, Ewan Gunn, Excheqeur, excise tax, FarmStock, Federal, FedEx, Four Corners, Franciscan Well Brewery, George Dickel, Graeme Littlejohn, Great Britain, horse racing, hospice, Illinois, Indianapolis, Inferno, Interstate, investment, Irish Distillers, Islay Barley, Jameson, Japanese Whisky, Jim Cook, jobs, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky Derby, lobbying, Loch Lomond, Lock Stock & Barrel, Louisiana, Margie Lehrman, Maryland, McIlhenny, O'Hare Airport, oncologist, Pennsylvania, Pernod Ricard, Philip Hammond, Pimlico, Pittsburgh, policy, politics, Port Charlotte, Port Charlotte Scottish Barley, Port Rye, Preakness, Redbreast, regulations, Revenue, rumor, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scottish Barley, Seattle, shipping, standards of fill, Suntory, SWA, Tabasco, tax cut, Tennessee Whiskey, The Whisky Exchange, Tom Helt, tourism, UPS, Vermont, Vintner's Reserve, visitor centers, visitor centres, visitors, Washington, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whistlepig, WhistlePig Farm, Wigle, Yamazaki0 comments
Scotland’s distilleries have been investing millions of pounds over the last several years to upgrade their visitor experiences as more tourists...
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)
September 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...
On the Road in Bourbon Country (Episode 659: September 17, 2017)20170917215602
On the Road in Bourbon Country (Episode 659: September 17, 2017)
September 17, 2017@jpr9954, Alabama, Anchor Distilling, Angel's Envy, Barbara Helt, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bardstown Capital Community Alliance, barrel, Beam Suntory, bicycle, Bill Samuels Jr., Booker Noe, bootlegger, Bourbon, Boyd's Jig & Reel Pub, Brown-Forman, Brown-Forman Cooperage, California, cancer, Changhi Airport, Charlie Downs, Chris Morris, Cincinnati, Clyde May's, collaboration, Conecuh Ridge, Consortium of Cards, Copper & Kings, country music, David Mundell, David Shapira, Dawn Pryztal, Deerhammer, Douglas Laing & Co., Elizabeth McCall, Eric Gregory, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, expansion, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, George Remus, Gerry Nichols, Glenmorangie, Harry Shapira, heart, heart attack, Heaven Hill, Heaven Hill Bourbon Heritage Center, hospital, Indiana, Indianapolis, inductee, Islay, Islay Jazz Festival, Jack Daniel's, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Rye, Japan, Jerry Summers, Jim Rutledge, jobs, John Hayes, John Richardson, Jud Laughter, Judy Shapira, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Colonel, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kentucky Tourism Industry Association, Kingsman, Knoxville, Lagavulin, Lawrenceburg, layoffs, Lenny Eckstein, Limited Edition Small Batch, Little Book, Louisville, Maker's Mark, marketing, Max Shapira, MGP, Mizunara, Montgomery Gentry, music, Nashville, Nick Nicholson, nosing, Old Forester, Old Potrero, oncologist, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Polo Edition, Port Dundas, Prohibition, Renovo, retirement, rocket scientist, Royal Salute, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Seattle, senses, Shinji Fukuyo, Singapore, sinus, SMWS, Solid Light, Speyburn, spies, spy, staves, Stuart Harvey, Suntory, surgery, Tennessee, The CrackerJack, The Golden Circle, Tom Helt, Travel, Troy Gentry, union, Westland, whiskey, whisky, wooden, Woodford Reserve0 comments
This week, we’re on the road at the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, Kentucky! We’ll have highlights from the festival throu...
Jim Beam Returns to Indianapolis 50020170525145637
Jim Beam Returns to Indianapolis 500
May 25, 2017Andretti Green Racing, Australia, auto racing, Beam Suntory, Bourbon, Canadian Club, cancer, Colorado State University, Dallara, Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti, Dick Johnson Racing, doctors, Fernando Alonso, Honda, Indianapolis 500, Indy 500, IndyCar, James Hinchcliffe, Jay Howard, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Klein Tools, Marco Andretti, Michael Andretti, Mikhail Aleshin, motorsports, NASCAR, oncology, research, Robby Gordon, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Scotch Whisky, sponsorship, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Team One Cure, Team Penske, Tony Stewart Foundation, V8 Supercars, veterinarians0 comments
May 25, 2017 – When Jay Howard takes the green flag Sunday in his Honda-powered #77 Schmidt-Peterson Motorsports IndyCar for the Indianapolis 50...
Viking Soul & Whisky in Denmark (Episode 639: April 30, 2017)20170429172000
Viking Soul & Whisky in Denmark (Episode 639: April 30, 2017)
April 29, 2017@GCPepperGuy, @whiskyadventurer, #toasttodads, Bernheim, Blair Athol, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Bourbon & Rye Cask Finish, bottles, Bourbon District, Brexit, Brora, Call Ila, cancer, Charles Maclean, chemicals, classic malts, Colonial Williamsburg, comment, Convalmore, cooperage, coopers, Copenhagen, currency, Cutty Sark, dads, Danish, Dark Origins, Davey McKenzie, Denmark, design, Diageo, Edrington, environment, EU, European Union, exports, fathers, fracking, fracturing, Full Volume, gas, George Washington's Distillery, Gordon Motion, Grant Cummings, Greg Fischer, groundwater, Guinness, Highland Park, historical, history, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jason Craig, Jennifer Nickerson, Jim Beveridge, Jim Lyngvild, Johnnie Walker, Ken Goldberg, Kentucky, Knockmealdowns, Lagavulin, Liam Ahearn, Louisville, Louisville Business First, Louisville Business Journal, Magnus, Main Street, marketing, mayor, Mount Vernon, Nick Morgan, Norway, oil, Orkney, Orphan Barrel, packaging, pollution, Port Dundas, Port Ellen, pound, preview, protests, Raunsborg, Ravnsborg, Rhetoric, Scotch Whiskey, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Government, Special Releases, Speyside Cooperage, Spirit of Speysid Festival, Stitzel-Weller, Stuart Nickerson, Teaninich, The Scotsman, Tipperary, trade, travel retail, tribute, United States, vacation, Valhalla, Valknut, Valkyrie, Viking, Viking Soul, Virginia, water, Watershed, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, world record0 comments
This week, we’re in Copenhagen, Denmark for the launch of Highland Park’s new Valkyrie single malt and new packaging for its core range th...
Irish Whiskey’s Ups and Downs in 2018 (Episode 744: December 9, 2018)