Memories of an Irish Whiskey Legend (Episode 699: May 20, 2018)20180519204831
Memories of an Irish Whiskey Legend (Episode 699: May 20, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 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 ...
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)20170305014032
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 5, 2017#trypod, A. Smith Bowman, Adam Harris, Alex Conyngham, Alexander Murray & Co., Allison Patel, ambassador, anniversary, archaeology, Ardbeg, Ardgowan, arrest, Atlanta, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bankruptcy, Bardstown, Barrell Bourbon, Barrell Craft Spirits, Beam Suntory, beer, Boris Johnson, bottling, Bourbon, Brenne Whisky, brewer, brewery, Brian Shemwell, Brown-Forman, Brussels, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, bus, CEO, charity, Chris Malcolm, Cincinnati, collectors, construction, cooper, coopering, counterfeit, court, D.E.W. and a Brew, Dan Rosen, David Faughn, David Frost, dendrochronology, Diageo, diplomat, Dublin Airport, Earl of Mount Charles, eBay, editor, EU, European Union, fake, fraud, fundraiser, Ger Buckley, Glenlivet, Glenturret, Golan Heights Distillery, Golani, Greenock, Hall of Fame, Highland Park, Icons of Whisky Awards, Ileach, Inverclyde Council, Inverkip, investors, Irish Whiskey, Isabel Graham-Youll, Islay, Israel, Jack Daniel's, Jamieson's Jigger, Jane Maher, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Joe Beatrice, John J. Bowman, Julian Van Winkle III, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Jura, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Killian O'Mahony, Kim Bennett, Laphroaig, lawyers, Limestone Branch, London, Louisville, Lux Row, Luxco, Lynchburg, Maker's Mark, Martin Daraz, Mauritania, Mazurt Brewing Company, Meier's Winery, MGP, Michael Jamieson, Michter's, Mickey Heads, Midleton, Mike Reppucci, Minor Case Beam, Morocco, Nant, NUPBL Foundation, Ohio, Orkney, Paul Beam, podcast, police, Port Ellen, Rare Bourbon for Rare Disease, retirement, Rhode Island, road trip, Rupert Wheeler, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Mansfield, Shelbyville, Simon Brooking, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, Sons of Liberty, St. Patrick's Day, Steve Beam, still, Stuart Thomson, SWA, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tim Herlihy, trees, Tripp Stimson, Tullamore D.E.W., Vendome, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live London, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, whisky.auction, Willie Pratt, winter, World War II, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Mickey Heads grew up about three miles from Islay’s Ardbeg Distillery, but the third-generation whisky maker never thought he’d wind up as...
Episode 604: August 28, 201620160828095506
Episode 604: August 28, 2016
Mark GillespieAugust 28, 2016A.D. Rattray, Adalen, Adam Moore, Adelphi, Akkurat, Alex Bruce, Australia, Balblair, barrel, blending, Bonneville Salt Flats, Booker Noe. Bluegill Creek, Booker's, Box Distillery, Brown-Forman, bureaucracy, coopering, Coopers' Craft, Cross, customer casks, Dalvve, Douglas Laing & Co., Edinburgh, England, export, fishing, Flavour Behaviour, Ger Buckley, Glasgow. Clydeside, Glen Garioch, Glenglassaugh, Hanyu, High Coast, Holyrood Park Distillery, Inver House Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Kentucky, land speed record, laws, Longmorn, Matt Kleinman, Mizunara Oak, Mongolian Oak, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Morrison Glasgow Distillers, motorcycle, motorsports, Old Pulteney, Patrick Maguire, personality, Project 63, psychologist, pushrod, racing, Ralfy Mitchell, Red Head, Red Tape Follies, regulatons, research, retail, River Clyde, Roger Melander, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shipping, SMWS, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Sweden, Swedish, Systembolaget, Tasmania Distillery, test, The Cooper's Croze, The Glover, Thomas Larsson, Tim Morrison, Timorous Beastie, Tomatin, University of Edinburgh, Utah, Walsh Whiskey Company, Whiskey Makers Series, Whisky Fringe, Woodford Reserve, Writers Tears0 comments
This week, we’re in Sweden visiting Box Distillery for a follow-up to our 2014 visit, and Box is making some big changes six years after it open...
Episode 352: January 14, 201220120113235908
Episode 352: January 14, 2012
Mark GillespieJanuary 13, 2012bar, Bourbon, Canada, coopering, Derby, Don Ramsay, Duncan Taylor, Festival, Frank Murphy, Glasgow, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, history, House of Commons, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey Society, Ken Storrie, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Leo Phelan, Louisville, Old Pulteney, Parliament, Port Askaig, pub, Scotland, The Pot Still, The Whisky Exchange, tourism, Travel, Victoria0 comments
A year ago, the owner of Glasgow’s Pot Still Bar, Ken Storrie, passed away. At first, Glasgow whisky lovers were sad…but they quickly beca...
Episode 317: May 22, 201120110522001431
Episode 317: May 22, 2011
Mark GillespieMay 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...
Midleton Distillery Cooper Ger Buckley20110520073443
Midleton Distillery Cooper Ger Buckley
Mark GillespieMay 20, 2011barrels, casks, coopering, Cork, distillery, distilling, Ger Buckley, history, Ireland, Irish, Jameson, Midleton, Redbreast, tools, woodworking1 comment
Ger Buckley is a 5th generation master cooper at Ireland’s Midleton Distillery, and one of only four coopers working at whiskey distilleries in ...
Episode 305: February 26, 201120110226214356
Episode 305: February 26, 2011
Mark GillespieFebruary 26, 2011Antarctica, awards, barrels, Bourbon, Bourye, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Canadian, casks, Charbay, Christchurch, Col. E.H. Taylor, Collingwood, competition, Cooley, cooperage, coopering, disaster, DramFest, earthquake, Greg Roshkowski, Harrison, Heritage, High West, Indiana, Ireland, Jack Daniel's, John Hansell, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Koval, Louisville, Louisville Slugger, maple, Michael Fraser Milne, millet, Mint Julep Tours, New Zealand, oak, oats, Shackleton, single malt, spelt, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Taiwan, thieves, tourism, Travel, wheat, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Galore, wood, Woodford Reserve, yeast0 comments
Brown-Forman’s cooperage in Louisville, Kentucky has an impact on whiskies all over the world. The cooperage makes all of the barrels for Jack D...
Episode 166: September 27, 200820080927202600
Episode 166: September 27, 2008
Mark GillespieSeptember 27, 2008barrels, Bourbon, casks, Chris Hamilton, cooperage, coopering, Ham Days, Independent Stave, Joe David Humphrey, John King, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kevin Smith, Lebanon, Maker's Mark, tourism, Travel, visitors, wood0 comments
This week, WhiskyCast is in Lebanon, Kentucky for the Marion County Country Ham Days Festival. This year’s festival honors Independent StaveR...
Episode 90: May 6, 200720070505231200
Episode 90: May 6, 2007
Mark GillespieMay 5, 2007accident, Andrew Mackay, auto racing, Balvenie, barrels, binge, brain, casks, cooper, coopering, Crown Royal, Derby, Don Ramsay, Famous Grouse, Glenfiddich, health, history, Jim Stewart, NASCAR, overpouring, Queen Elizabeth, Rob Draper, rugby, Scotland, Single Malt TV, storytelling, video, Wall Street Journal, William Grant & Sons, wood0 comments
Distillers get all the glory, but there’s more to making great whisky than just running the still. The whisky industry’s unsung heroes are...