Compass Box Faces Criticism Over Too Much Transparency20151030135343
Compass Box Faces Criticism Over Too Much Transparency
Mark GillespieOctober 30, 2015bullshit, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Compass Box, Dailuane, EU, European Union, Flaming Heart, Girvan, Glen Ord, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Magnus Cormack, Richard Woodard, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Act, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Law, ScotchWhisky.com, Spice Tree, Strathclyde, Teaninich, The Last Vatted Malt, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, transparency, whisky2 comments
October 30, 2015 – In its 15 years of producing Scotch Whiskies, Compass Box has had its issues with the larger Scotch Whisky industry. In 2006...
Diageo Opens Vaults for Rare Travel Retail Single Malt Whiskies20151026162653
Diageo Opens Vaults for Rare Travel Retail Single Malt Whiskies
Mark GillespieOctober 26, 2015Brora, Caledonian, Caol Ila, Clynelish Select Reserve, Cragganmore, Dailuane, Dalwhinnie, Diageo, Dubai Duty Free, Lagavulin, Peter Fairbrother, Pittyvaich, Port Ellen, Royal Lochnagar, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, single malt, Special Releases, The Cally, travel retail, whiskey, whisky0 comments
October 26, 2015 – Diageo rarely opens its vaults of vintage single malts for the travel retail market, preferring instead to focus on a handful...
Episode 559: October 24, 201520151025021719
Episode 559: October 24, 2015
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2015@ScotchBlog, Amber Rock, Andrew Buchanan, Andrew Smith, Andy Cant, Baccarat, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Bourbon, Bourbon County, Bowmore, Brian Kinsman, Brora, Brown-Forman, Bruce Jardine, Caledonian, Cannes, Caol Ila, Cardhu, CBC, cease and desist, chemistry, Chris Morris, clothing, Colin Fultz, conflict of interest, crystal, Dailuane, Dalwhinnie, Deconstructed Series, Devil's Casks, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Double the Devil, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Elementary, Elements, expansion, First Chapter, France, Fred Minnick, Gentleman Jack, George Washington's Distillery, gift, Girvan, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenora, Golden Age of Travel, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant's, Greg Metze, groin punch, Gus Griffin, Hartfield & Company, Hartfield and Company, Heaven Hill, House of Hazelwood, Iain MacArthur, Indiana, infringment, IPO, Islay, Israel, Jameson, Janet Sheed Roberts, Jardine Reserve, John Campbell, John E. Fitzgerald Very Special Reserve, John MacDougall, Kentucky Gentleman, Kentucky Mist, Kininvie, Kirsty Clarke, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Lauchie MacLean, law, Lawrenceburg, lawyers, legend, Lifehacker, Louis Royer, Lucy Doland, Masters Collection, media kit, Metze's Select, MGP, Mortlach, Mount Vernon, myth, Nordic, Norse, Nova Scotia, Old Fitzgerald, periodic table, Pittyvaich, Port Ellen, Rare Cask Black, samples, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, seal, shares, shirts, Solera, Special Releases, Speyside, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory Holdings, swag, Sweet Corn, Takeshi Niinami, The Cally, The Gentleman Distillery, The Macallan, Torii, trademark, travel retail, Tsingtao, University of Kentucky, Virginia, Virginia Gentleman, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, William Grant & Sons, WKYT, Woodford Reserve, Yoav Gelbfish, Yula1 comment
Andy Cant has been a Scotch Whisky nomad for nearly four decades, working at distilleries and maltings all over Scotland. He’s done everything f...
Whisky & Water Use Criticized by Scottish Regulators20150120165233
Whisky & Water Use Criticized by Scottish Regulators
Mark GillespieJanuary 20, 2015Angus Dundee, Baxter's, Ben Nevis, Burn Stewart, Chivas Brothers, Cragganmore, Dailuane, Deanston, Diageo, environment, farms, Fochabers, Glencadam, Glengoyne, golf courses, Ian MacLeod, Ian MacMillan, Jura, Keith Miller, Kirin, leaks, Longmorn, Miltonduff, Port Ellen Maltings, river, Rob Edwards, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, SEPA, Speyside, Teaninich, water, water permits, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
January 20, 2015 – Scottish environmental regulators ranked eight whisky plants as “poor” for exceeding their allowed water usage du...
Moray Golf Club Tees Up With Gordon & MacPhail20140505144109
Moray Golf Club Tees Up With Gordon & MacPhail
Mark GillespieMay 5, 2014Benrinnes, Cardhu, Dailuane, Elgin, Glen Craig, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenlossie, golf, Gordon & MacPhail, Henry Cotton, John Ellwood, John Fleetwood Cumming, John Harr, Linkwood, Lossiemouth, Macallan, Moray, Moray Golf Club, Morayshire, Old Tom Morris, R.I. Cameron, Stephen Rankin, Tamdhu, Teaninich0 comments
May 5, 2014 – Scotland, Golf, and Whisky: three words that just go together naturally. The Moray Golf Club in Lossiemouth has a history that dat...
Episode 453: November 23, 201320131123170539
Episode 453: November 23, 2013
Mark GillespieNovember 23, 2013@DrinkBC, @IgnoreMePleaz, @SweMaltMafia, 3D, 7 Crown, A. Smith Bowman, A9, Abraham Bowman, age statement, ALS, bartenders, BBC, Beam, Blade & Bow, Booker Noe Distillery, Brandy Library, Brian Prewitt, Brooks Brothers, Brora, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Buster Keaton, CaskStrength, charity, Charles McEwan, clingfilm, Compass Box, construction, Crown Royal, Cutty Sark, Dailuane, Dalwhinnie, David Frost, Dewar's, Diageo, Doctor Who, donation, Dufftown, English Whisky Company, experimental, exports, Facebook, Ferintiosh, Four Roses, Gavin Hewitt, George Dickel, Glen Breton, Glenmorangie, Glenora, Glenrothes, hashtag, Highland Council, Highlander Honey, Ivan Menezes, Jason Craig, Jimmy Russell, Joel Harrison, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, Karuizawa, Kennetpans, Lavinia Turnbull, light, Lindores, Malt Mill, Manse Reserve, Matthew Crow, Michael Deresynski, Michter's, Neil Ridley, Old Pulteney, Orphan Barrel, Pam Heilemann, Parker Beam, planning, Prohibition Edition, Promise of Hope, regulators, Repeal, road, Rye, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Rogers, Shively, St. Magdalene, Stitzel-Weller, survey, SWA, Swedish Malt Mafia, Tain, Tardis, The General, Transport Scotland, Truman Cox, Virginia, Warehouse X, Wild Turkey, Willie Pratt0 comments
Gavin Hewitt is stepping down next month after ten years as the chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, balancing the needs of member whisky...
Episode 518: January 24, 2015