The Story of Green Spot Irish Whiskey20170317135041
The Story of Green Spot Irish Whiskey
Mark GillespieMarch 17, 2017Blue Spot, Bordeaux, Bow Street, Château Léoville Barton, Dublin, France, Grafton Street, Green Spot, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Kildare Street, merchants, Mitchell & Son, Red Spot, Robert Mitchell, whiskey, whiskey bonding, whisky, wine, Yellow Spot0 comments
For years, whiskey lovers spoke of a mysterious Irish Whiskey that could generally be found only in Ireland. Green Spot is a single pot still Irish Wh...
Episode 581: March 19, 201620160319235701
Episode 581: March 19, 2016
Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2016A Glass Apart, Abraham Bowman, Alex Chasko, ambassador, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Arran, Ashok Chokalingam, Australia, author, Balcones, BenRiach, Bernheim Original, Bernie Lubbers, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker. Utah, Bourbon, Brenne, Brian Kinsman, budget, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Changi, Château Léoville Barton, cognac, Colorado, Cooley, corn Bourbon, Corn Whiskey, Craig Beam, Dark Cove, Denny Potter, Denver, DFS Group, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, duties, Exile Casks, Feis Ile, Fergal Murray, Fionnán O'Connor, France, Fuji-Gotemba, George Osborne, Gifted Horse, Glen Alba, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gooderham & Worts, Great Northern Distillery, Green Spot, Guinness, Hall of Fame, Harold Currie, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, High West, historian, Hudson Baby Bourbon, Icons of Whisky Awards, independent bottling, Inver House, Ireland, Irish, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Joel Harrison-Grier, John Quinn, John Teeling, Josh Hafer, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Knob Creek, Koichi Inatomi, Koichi Nishikawa, La Maison du Whisky, Lagg, Laphroaig, Legion D'Honneur, Lidl, light whiskey, Margaret Mary Clarke, Master of Malt, MGP, Neil Ridley, Nikka, Old Pulteney, Old Scout, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, Paul Currie, Pennsylvania, Pierre Weydert, Pikesville Rye, Pioneer Spirit, Sainsbury's, Sarah Mytych, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Smoked Maple, Smooth Ambler, Solist, sourced, Steve Ryan, Stuart Cassells, Suntory, SWA, Switzerland, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Lakes Distillery, Tom Diana, Tomatin, True Blue, Tullamore D.E.W., Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wick, William Grant & Sons, World War I, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
After two years of victories for Pacific Rim whiskies, a single malt Scotch is back on top of the World Whiskies Awards. Old Pulteney’s 1989 Vin...
Old Pulteney Takes Top Honors at World Whiskies Awards20160318094614
Old Pulteney Takes Top Honors at World Whiskies Awards
Mark GillespieMarch 18, 2016Abraham Bowman Pioneer Spirit, Award, Balcones, Ben Bracken, Bernheim Original, Canada, Cardhu, Château Léoville Barton, competition, Corby, Fuji-Gotemba, Glen Alba, Glen Scotia, Glenkinchie, Gooderham & Worts, Green Spot, Hakushu, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, International Beverage, Inver House, Ireland, judges, Jura, Kavalan, King Car, Knob Creek Smoked Maple, Lidl, London, Malcolm Waring, Margaret Mary Clarke, North America, Old Pulteney, Old Scout, Pikesville Rye, Pulteney, Sazerac, Scotland, Smooth Ambler, Solist, Stuart Harvey, Suntory, Taiwan, Teeling, True Blue, whiskey, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wick, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
March 18, 2016 – Inver House’s Pulteney Distillery never uses peated malt to make its single malt whiskies, but the distillery at the nort...
Midleton Dair Ghaelach: Reviving Irish Oak20160215151157
Midleton Dair Ghaelach: Reviving Irish Oak
Mark GillespieFebruary 15, 2016Château Léoville Barton, forestry, Green Spot, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Oak, Irish Whiskey, Kevin O'Gorman, Midleton, Midleton Dair Ghaelach, St. Julien, whiskey0 comments
February 14, 2016 – In a few weeks, a team of foresters will visit a stand of trees at an undisclosed site near Dublin and select several mature...
Episode 576: February 14, 201620160214171541
Episode 576: February 14, 2016
Mark GillespieFebruary 14, 2016@williamberryiii, Ailsa Bay, Alasdair Day, Alaska, Alaska Highway, ambassador, Andy Simpson, auction, Ayrshire, Big Peat, Bonhams, Bozzy Karasu, Brian Kinsman, Buffalo Trace, Burn Stewart Distillers, Canada, Château Léoville Barton, code, collecting, correction, David Robertson, Douglas Laing, forests, Girvan, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, gold, Green Spot, Hudson Baby Bourbon, Ian Millar, index, investing, investment, Irish Distillers, Irish Oak, Isle of Raasay, Jack Daniel's, Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Rye, Johnny Mitchell, Kevin Abrook, Kevin O'Gorman, Kilchoman, Kilted Whisky Man, Koval, Ledaig, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, McTears, Michter's, Midleton Dair Ghaelach, Mikkeller, Milsean, oil, palate, Prestige Whisky, Private Edition, R&B Distillers, rare whisky 101, Remarkable Regional Malts, Rested Rye, Rock Oyster, Ross Salchow, Rye, Scallywag, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, stocks, Tennessee, Timorous Beastie, Tobermory, Tomintoul, Tuthilltown, Two Brewers, Unaged Rye, value, Vision Wine & Spirits, whiskey, whisky, Whitehorse, William Berry, William Grant & Sons, Willie Pratt, Yukon Brewing0 comments
With oil prices in the doldrums, stocks sagging, and other forms of investments losing value, a number of investors are turning to rare whiskies as a ...
Episode 546: August 1, 201520150801232210
Episode 546: August 1, 2015
Mark GillespieAugust 1, 2015Abbas Kazerounian, Aberlour, accelerated, administration, Alltech, Andrew Purslow, appellation, Armstrong, Arthur Dobrucki, Australia, Bali, Baroda, Beam Suntory, Bladnoch, boiler, Breton Whisky, Brittany, building code, California, Charles Medley Distillery, Château Léoville Barton, chipotle, Christos Koulizakis, cider cask, class action, consumer, Contrasts, court, Cù Bòcan, Cuatro Series, daughter, Dave Pickerell, David Prior, dismissal, Dueling Barrels, entrepreneur, Eric Gregory, explosion, fatality, fire code, five:am, Florida, food, France, Gavin Hewitt, Glann ar Mor, Glen Garioch, Graham Eunson, Green Spot, Greg Metze, handmade, INAO, Indiana, Indonesia, initiative, inspectors, investigation, Ivan Stoler, James Espey, Jay Rogers, Jean Donnay, Jim Beam, John Houston, John Quinn, judge, Kazerouni Law Group, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kyle Rogers, Last Drop Distillers, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lexington Brewing & Distilling, Lowlands, Maker's Mark, Martine Donnay, Melbourne, Metze's Select, MGP, MGP Ingredients, O.Z., Old Pogue, Old World, Oregon, Orkney, Owensboro, oxygenation, peppers, Peter Pogue, Pikesville, pony, pressure relief valve, prosecutors, protected geographical indicator, recording, regulators, Revenoor Stills, Rogue, ruling, safety, San Diego, Scapa, Silver Trail Distillery, Skiren, Spencer Balentine, Spey Foundation, State Fire Marshal, surfing, Terrepure, Terresentia, Terry Wilhelm, The Last Drop, The Pogues, Tom Jago, Tomatin, Town Branch, trademark, travel retail, trilogy, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, ultrasonic waves, Vermont, vintage, vinyl, water heater, West Cork Distillers, Whisky Breton, Whistlepig, Wigtown0 comments
Scotland’s Bladnoch Distillery will be 200 years old in 2017, but for more than a year, it was fair to question whether one of the oldest Lowlan...
Episode 538: June 6, 201520150607023547
Episode 538: June 6, 2015
Mark GillespieJune 7, 2015Angel's Envy, anniversary, Ardmore, Arkansas, Bacardi, Barry Stewart, Beam Suntory, Bernard Walsh, Bernheim, Blended Malt, Bordeaux, Bottled in Bond, Brendan Buckley, Brewdog, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, California, Cecelia Henderson, charges, Château Léoville Barton, Chris Ratcliff, Chuck Cowdery, class action, construction, consumer, Conyngham, Cooley, court, Creative Whisky Company, crowdfunding, David Stirk, defendant, Diageo, dispute, Douglas Laing & Co., Equity for Punks, estate, executor, experiment, family, Flora & Fauna, Forty Creek, Gilbert Curtsinger, Green Spot, Grimsby, guilty, Harlen Wheatley, hug, indictment, Invergordon, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey Association, Jim Beam, Joe Hyman, John Hall, Justin Victor, Kazerouni Law Group, Klaus Doblmann, labeling, Lane Castle, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lee Tatum, Leslie Wright, Lincoln Henderson, Linkwood, litigation, Little Rock, Maker's Mark, Mark Brown, Midleton, Mount Charles, Ontario, organized crime, pallet, Pappy Van Winkle, Phil Brandon, plea, racketeering, ringleader, Rock Town Distillery, Ronnie Eddins, Scallywag, Shelby County, Single Oak Project, Single Pot Still, Spirited Brands, Teun Van Wel, theft, Three Grain Harmony, Triple Wood, W.L. Weller, Wes Henderson, will, Zsoka McDonald0 comments
This week, we’re looking at the end of an experiment nearly 14 years in the making…Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project. The attempt t...
Green Spot Gets A Touch of Bordeaux20150605104031
Green Spot Gets A Touch of Bordeaux
Mark GillespieJune 5, 2015Anthony Barton, Château Léoville Barton, Green Spot, Irish Distillers, Midleton, Mitchell & Son, Single Pot Still0 comments
June 5, 2015 – The much-rumored new version of Green Spot has been unveiled, and it combines the heritage of the Irish Whiskey brand with an Iri...