Pernod Ricard Hops Back Into Kentucky Bourbon (Episode 772: June 16, 2019)20190617030046
Pernod Ricard Hops Back Into Kentucky Bourbon (Episode 772: June 16, 2019)
June 17, 20191205 Distillery, Absolut, age statement, Alexandre Ricard, Alumni Whisky Series, Ardgowan, Arran, Aspen, Baker Beam, Baker's, Beam Suntory, Bear Republic Brewing, beer, Birthday Bourbon, bottling size, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Carlton Welch, casks, celebration, centre, Charbay, Chuck Cowdery, Cincinnati, Clydebuilt, Colorado, Colorado Springs, coppersmith, Corky Taylor, Distillery 291, Douglas Laing & Co., Dry Fly Distilling, Dublin, Easter Rising, Edrington, Ernst & Young, EU, European Union, Father's Day, flavored whiskey, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, George Garvin Brown, George T. Stagg, Granholm, Guinness, Hall of Fame, hockey, hops, Indiana, Indianapolis, Inverkip, investors, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Society, J.P. Wiser's, Jeff Agdern, John Little, Kaveh Zamanian, Kentucky, Kentucky Peerless Distillery, Knob Creek, Lagg, Larry Robinson, Louisville, Luke Waddell, Marrowbone Lane Edition, Martin McAdam, Max McFarlane, metric, Midleton, NHL Alumni, Old Forester, Pappy Van Winkle, Paris, Pernod Ricard, poll, pricing, Prohibition, proposal, Rabbit Hole Distillery, Racer 5 IPA, retailers, Robby Fabbri, Roe & Co., rule making, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Shelbyville, shipping, Smooth Ambler, Spokane, Springbank, St. James's Gate, St. Louis Blues, Stanley Cup, states, Supreme Court, technical file, Tennessee, tequila, The Black Series, TMZ, tourism, TTB, Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye, visitors centers, Washington, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky, Woodford Reserve, World War I, Xtra Old Particular0 comments
Ten years after Pernod Ricard left Kentucky with the sale of Wild Turkey to Gruppo Campari, the world’s #2 spirits company is back in the Bluegr...
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...
A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)20190127172941
A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)
January 27, 2019"Bourbon Pompeii", @realsuwilliams, Ajay Bhardwaj, Andres Faustinelli, Arran, attorney general, B517, backlog, bar, bard, barrels, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, BC Ministry of the Attorney General, BDT Capital Partners, Bearface, Bernard Walsh, Bornw-Forman Cooperage, Bourbon, breakup, Brian Schmitz, British Columbia, Brockrobert Tagarook, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky Awards, Carlow, casks, Chita, Col. E.H. Taylor, competition, Competition Bureau, Congress, Coopers' Craft, Cotswolds Distillery, Daniel Szor, David Eby, David Ferguson, David Wondrich, divorce, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, enforcement, England, exciseman, expansion, fermenter, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fort Nelson, Forty Creek, Founder's Choice, furlough, gauger, government, Grimsby, hearing, Hungarian Oak, Illva Saronno Holdings, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Japan, John Hall, joint venture, Just-Drinks.com, Kakubin, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, label approvals, lawsuit, liquor inspectors, Louisville, Mackmyra, Maison Ferrand, Marc Anthony Wines & Spirits, Michter's, minority stake, Moment Karibien, Old Forester, Ontario, Plantation Rum, poet, QEW, raid, Raj Bhakta, report. hospitality licenses, Richard Hobbs, Robert Burns, Robert Burns World Foundation, Rosemary Walsh, Royal Oak, run, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shareholders, Shirokaku, shortage, shutdown, Soleo Collection, Speyside, statistics, Stefano Battioni, Su Williams, Suntory, Sweden, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Barrel Mill, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Glenrothes, The Whisky Agency, The Whisky Exchange, tourism, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors, Walsh Whiskey Company, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Maker's Cut, Whistlepig, Woody Kane0 comments
Even when things appear to be going well, there are sometimes undercurrents of trouble behind the scenes. That played out in Ireland this week after W...
Episode 490: August 1, 201420140801225852
Episode 490: August 1, 2014
August 1, 2014Adam Shepherd, Adelphi, Alex Bruce, Angus MacDonald, Ar4, Ardbeg, Ardnamurchan, Arran, Australia, Baiju, Balblair, Barclays, Bardstown, barrels, Beam, Bernheim, Bill Sheckles, Black Widow Bourbon, blog, Bluestill, Bourbon, Bourbon Capital, Bowmore, casks, cat, Chiapas, China, cooper, cooperage, Coppersea, craft distillers, Daniel Durham, Dave Greene, Dave Liberman, Devil's Punch Bowl, Diageo, DISCUS, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, earnings, economy, Elements of Islay, Elijah, Elijah Craig, environment, Eric Felton, European Union, feud, Fiendish Finale, finance, Financial Times, forests, Frank Coleman, Gordon MacKenzie, Graeme Bowie, Greg Fischer, Heaven Hill, Hudson River Valley, Hudson Valley, income, independence, Inver House, Ivan Menezes, John MacDonald, KDA, Ken Goldenberg, Kenneth Sundby, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kristin Meadors, local, Louisville, Mark Armin Giesler, mayor, MGP-I, Missouri, Napa Valley, New York, Norway, oak, Oslo, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pernod Ricard, referendum, sales, San Francisco, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Rogers, Scottish, small batch, sourced, stocks, summit, Suntory, SWA, taxes, tequila, The Daily Beast, tourism, trade, trademark, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Scotland’s newest distillery has opened on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula along the western coast, and the first casks of spirit were filled on Thur...
New York’s Coppersea Distillery First To Use New York Barrels20140801162941
New York’s Coppersea Distillery First To Use New York Barrels
August 1, 2014Angus MacDonald, barrels, Bob Hockert, casks, cooper, cooperage, Coppersea Distillery, Hudson Valley, New York, U.S. Barrel, Wilmington0 comments
August 1, 2014 – New York has been a hotbed of craft distilling for the last decade, but tiny Coppersea Distillery in the Hudson River Valley ha...
Episode 462: January 19, 201420140120013851
Episode 462: January 19, 2014
January 20, 2014Alberta, anniversary, auction, Barry Wilde, Beam, Black Bull, blender, Bowmore, British Columbia, Business Standard, Calgary, Campbeltown, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky Awards, casks, charity, Charity: Water, collector, Colorado, coronation, Cù Bòcan, Dalmore, Dave Mason, David Cox, Dennie Hammer, Denver, Diageo, disaster, Douglas Campbell, Duncan Taylor, Fabien Baron, flooding, Frank McHardy, frustration, Gavin MacLachan, George Grant, Glenfarclas, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Eunson, Guinness, Harbour Inn, High River, Highwood, Highwood Distillers, Hong Kong, Hotel, Huntly, India, Islay, Jess Graber, Jim Beam, John Lark, Karnataka, Knob Creek, Kyloe, Lalique, Longrow, merger, Michael Urquhart, Morrison Bowmore, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Mortlach, Office of Fair Trading, Peter Currie, Proximo, record, recovery, regulators, Richard Paterson, Sotheby's, Speciality Drinks, Springbank, Stranahan's, Suntory, Tamnavulin, The Macallan, The Macallan M, Tincup, Tish Harcus, Tomatin, United Spirits, Valerie Bradshaw, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Vijay Mallya, Whyte & Mackay, wood management0 comments
More coverage of the Victoria Whisky Festival in this bonus edition of WhiskyCast, with details on new and upcoming releases from Springbank, Duncan T...
Episode 442: September 15, 201320130916002111
Episode 442: September 15, 2013
September 16, 2013Angel's Envy, anniversary, Bowmore, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, camouflage, casks, Colton Smith, cooper, cooperage, Cork, coronation, Decatur, Devil's Casks, Eagle Rare, Early Times, Eddie Russell, Elmer T. Lee, Forgiven, Freddy May, Gartbreck, George T. Stagg, Georgia, Ger Buckley, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Harlen Wheatley, hunters, hunting, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James Andrews, Justin Victor, Kilchoman, Killian O'Mahony, Kyle Henderson, Lincoln Henderson, Mac McGee's Irish Pub, Marines, Mickey Hammond, Midleton, Monkey Shoulder, Phoenix, Preston Van Winkle, Queen Elizabeth, Sazerac Rye, Simon Coughlin, St. Mary's, The Irishman, The Whisky Exchange, Thomas H. Handy, Tullamore Dew, Wes Henderson, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, William Larue Weller, Woodford Reserve, Writers Tears0 comments
Ger Buckley is the fifth-generation cooper at Ireland’s Midleton Distillery, but had no one to pass the torch to. In fact, there hadn’t be...
Episode 389: September 16, 201220120916194235
Episode 389: September 16, 2012
September 16, 2012archaeology, auction, Bardstown, barrel rolling, book, Booker Noe, Bourbon, Bourbon Women, Brandi Daniels, Buck Cheatham, casks, Cynthia Torp, Evan Williams, events, family, Fred Noe, French Oak, Getz, Greg Davis, Hall of Fame, Heaven Hill, history, I.W. Bernheim, Jeff Weber, Jim Beam, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Michael Veach, Michter's, museum, Peggy Noe Stevens, Pepper, race, Ransom's, storytelling, Tom Block, University, W.L. Weller, Willie Pratt, women, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Bonus coverage in this special episode from the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, with highlights from the Bourbon Hall of Fame induction ceremony for the le...
Episode 317: May 22, 201120110522001431
Episode 317: May 22, 2011
May 22, 2011Auchentoshan, Billy Stitchell, Bruichladdich, Caol Ila, casks, cooperage, coopering, Cutty Sark, distillery, Duncan Taylor, Edrington, English Whisky Company, Euan Shand, events, F. Paul Pacult, Feis Ile, Festival, Ger Buckley, Huntly, Iain MacArthur, Ileachs, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Lagavulin, Lem Motlow, Mark Reynier, Midleton, music, Old Pulteney, Remy Cointreau, Robin Laing, The Spirit Journal, video0 comments
This is a big weekend on Islay, and not only because it’s the first weekend of the Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Bruichladdich is celebrat...