The Uncle Nearest Story: A Timeless Lesson for Modern Times (Episode 779: August 4, 2019)20190804174027
The Uncle Nearest Story: A Timeless Lesson for Modern Times (Episode 779: August 4, 2019)
Mark GillespieAugust 4, 2019"The Road Home", Adam Keele, agriculture, analysts, Armagnac, auction, Australia, backstop, Baker's Bourbon, Basil Hayden's, Beam Suntory, beer, black market, Booker Noe, Booker's, brewer, Brexit, budget, bulk whiskey, Caleb Kilburn, capital, Chinkapin Oak, Cigar Blend Bourbon, Civil War, Clermont, Clonakilty Distillery, collecting, collectors, cooperage, Copper Mule Distillery, Corky Taylor, crackdown, Dallas Dhu, David McEldowney, DC, Derek Maclean, Diageo, DIGI, distillery, Don Gosen, Drinks Industry Group of Ireland, Dublin, earnings, Esquire, EU, European Union, excise taxes, Facebook, farmers, Fawn Weaver, finance, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Glasgow, Gordon & MacPhail, Gus Griffin, hard border, Hermann, history, Hobart, investors, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distilling Company, Joseph A. Magnus & Co., Kentucky Peerless Distillery, Kevin Hogan, Knob Creek, law, lawmakers, legislature, Little Book, Longmorn, Lynchburg, meetup, Melbourne, MGP Ingredients, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Missouri Craft Distillers Guild, Morehead State University, Nancy Fraley, Nathan Nearest Green, Northern Ireland, Oban, Old Teddy, online, Prime Minister, Private Collection, race, racism, Rosemary Garth, Scotch Whisky Auctions, shares, slavery, St. Magdalene, Starward, stock market, STR Casks, Sydney, Tasmanian Whisky Week, Teddy Maclean, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tennessee, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, Tennessee Whiskey, The Glenlivet, trade, Travel, Uncle Nearest, Uncle Nearest 1884, Uncle Nearest Distillery, Victoria Eady-Butler, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, whisky0 comments
If the story of Nathan “Nearest” Green and Jack Daniel was made into a movie, critics might describe it as “a feel-good story for th...
Bourbon Keeps Him Busy…Really! (Episode 721: August 26, 2018)20180826165313
Bourbon Keeps Him Busy…Really! (Episode 721: August 26, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 26, 2018@ButlerB, @KYWhisky, @PhilCatelinet, @turnipwhiskery, #HPSummerPhoto, Adam Hannett, alcohol fuel plant, Arran, arrest, author, azeotropic limit, bail, Balcones, Barley, blend, Bob Dylan, book, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Bourbon Curious, Brian Kinsman, Brimstone, Bruichladdich, Champions Park, counterfeit, court, Creative Whisky Company, Dallas Dhu, David Stirk, DSP, E85, editor, Emily Ivers, ethanol, ethyl alcohol, Euan Mitchell, Faraday Still, farmer, farms, Festival, Fistful of Bourbon, fraud, Fred Minnick, fuel, Gordon Working, Greg Butler, Heather Antoine, Heaven Hill, Heaven's Door, Historic Environment Scotland, Indy Racing Experience, IndyCar, infringement, Isabel Graham-Youll, Islay, Jaclyn Minnick, Jimmy Russell, Kelsey McKechnie, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kingsbarns, lade, lawsuit, lawyers, litigation, loch, London, Louisville, magazine, Malcolm Waring, Marc Bushala, Mario Andretti, MGP, Michter's, Ministry of Defence, museum, music, Old Fitzgerald, Old Pulteney, Penderyn, Phil Catelinet, Pocono Raceway, police, publisher, rainfall, Ryan Perry, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Shane Baker, skip, Straight Edge Bourbon, SWA, Tax & Trade Bureau, Texas, The Splinter Group, The Whisky Exchange, trademark, US Patent & Trademark Office, water, Weapon of Mass Distraction, weather, Whipsaw Rye, Whiskery Turnip, whiskey, whisky, whisky.auction, Wick, Wilderness Trail, William Grant & Sons, WMD, X4, Yellow Submarine0 comments
If Fred Minnick had any more balls in the air right now, the circus would be calling him with a job offer as a juggler. He’s launching the new B...
Silent Scotch Whisky Stills Coming Back to Life (Episode 663: October 15, 2017)20171016214743
Silent Scotch Whisky Stills Coming Back to Life (Episode 663: October 15, 2017)
Mark GillespieOctober 16, 2017@AmateurDrammer, @bigjoebob, @canlgetaP, @RamboDoc, Adam Spiegel, Alastair Higgins, archives, author, Baltimore, Bernheim, book, Booker's Rye, Bourbon, Brora, budget, Buffalo Trace, California, Calistoga, Campbeltown, Canada, Cardinal, cellar, Chancellor, Chateau Montelena, Clynelish, Col. E.H. Taylor, Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye, Dallas Dhu, damage, Dave Broom, DCL, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, Distillers Company Limited, distillery, Don Livermore, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, duties, expansion, Falkirk, fermenters, Forth & Clyde Canal, Gatlinburg, Gauldrons, Glen Grant, Glenfyne, Glenlochy, Gordon Doctor, Great Britain, Green Spot, Heaven Hill, Highland, Hiram Walker Distillery, historian, history, Honours, Ian Macleod Distillers, Inverness, Irish Distillers, Islay, Ivan Stoler, J.P. Wiser's, Japan, Japanese, Jim Murray, Joe Galbraith, John Ross, John's Lane, Kentucky, Kevin O'Gorman, Kobus Van Zyk, Lagavulin, Leonard Russell, Limestone Branch, Lossit, lost distilleries, Lost Distillery Company, Louisville, Lowland, Luke Gough, Marc Zeiler, Michael Moss, Michter's, Milburn, Napa, Nick Morgan, OBE, Octomore, Ontario, Pam Heilmann, Philip Hammond, Port Charlotte, Port Ellen, Powers, Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth, Remarkable Regional Malts, research, Revival, Roaming Man, Rome, Rosebank, Sagamore Spirit, Santa Rosa, Scotch, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Watson, Scottish Canals, Scottish Malt Distillers, Son of a Witch, Sonoma, Sonoma County Distilling Company, still, Stitzel-Weller, Sugarlands, SWA, tariffs, taxes, Tennessee, The Way of Whisky, Towiemore, UK, University of Glasgow, Vatican, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, wildfire, Windsor, Wiser's, Yellowstone0 comments
Christmas came a couple of months early for some Scotch Whisky lovers with word that the iconic Port Ellen, Brora, and Rosebank distilleries will be r...
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)20170723021823
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)
Mark GillespieJuly 23, 2017.36 Small Caliber Bourbon, .36 Texas Straight Bourbon, ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Angus Dundee, artisan, Balcones, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bernheim Distillery, Bill Samuels Jr., board, Bourbon, Bourbon Women, brewery, Brown Hotel, bucket list, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Whisky, CEO, charity, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, cocktail, Colorado, Communist, Credit Suisse, Crown Royal, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Dallas Dhu, Deatsville, debate, Dennis Oetinger, Denny Potter, Denver, Derek Mather, Diageo, director, distiller, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dublin Liberties Whiskey, Evan Chapman, expansion, Firestone & Robertson, Gimli, Glen Alba, Glencadam, governor, Hammer Head, Heaven Hill, Historic Environment Scotland, Houston, Hunter Stacks, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jim Boyko, John Hickenlooper, John Mack, Kentucky, Lidl, London, Louisville, Manitoba, Marge Samuels, mayor, Michael McKenna, Moray, Morgan Stanley, museum, Not a Pink Drink, Ontario, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Parliament, politics, Pradlo Distillery, Quintessential Brands, Quora, Ranger Creek, Reserve 101, retired, Rhône, Richard Lochhead, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, Sean Murray, Sip-osium, Sir Douglas Murray, Speyside, Stock Spirits, Susan Riegler, tasting, Texas, The Dubliner, The Murray, The Reawakening, The Scotsman, Tomatin, Tullibardine, Warehouse 6, Waterloo, Westword, whiskey, whisky, Wishaw, women, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Jim Boyko’s career took him from the old Seagram’s distillery in Waterloo, Ontario to the Canadian prairie in Gimli, Manitoba, and eventua...
Episode 600: July 31, 201620160730220424
Episode 600: July 31, 2016
Mark GillespieJuly 30, 2016"Feel the Bern", "First Dude", "Madam President", Adrian Callus, Amanda Swift, Andrew Auwerda, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, Bill Clinton, Bluecoat Gin, Boston Legal, Brexit, Cairdeas, CNBC, craft distilling, Cutty Sark, Dallas Dhu, Dave Schmier, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Denny Crane, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, DNC, Dripping Spring, earnings, Edrington, European Union, exports, Family Collector, Far North Spirits, Fireball, Fishtown, Forsyths, Glenfarclas, Great Britain, Hall-Wolford, hashtag, High West, Highland Park, Hillary Clinton, Historic Environment Scotland, Ivan Menezes, Jack Daniel's, Jacob Kinsey, James Spader, Japan, John Campbell, Kinsey, Kraig Naasz, Laphroaig, Linfield, Madeira, media kit, Michael Swanson, milestone, Minnesota, Mormon, museum, negotiations, New Liberty Distilling, Nick Swift, Nikka, Northern Liberties, Park City, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Distillers Guild, Phil Catelinet, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Distilling, politics, port, preservation, Presidential, Richard Lochhead, Robert Cassell, Røknar, sales, Speyside, Suntory, Swift, Sydney, Texas, The Famous Grouse, The Macallan, Tim Meushaw, time machine, time travel, Toki, Tokyo, trade, TV, Twitter, Utah, Valley Tan, Wanship, whiskey, whisky, William Shatner0 comments
Philadelphia has a long history of whisky distilling dating back to Colonial days, and craft distillers are reviving some of that history that died ou...
Diageo Open to Distilling at Dallas Dhu Museum20160725151846
Diageo Open to Distilling at Dallas Dhu Museum
Mark GillespieJuly 25, 2016administration, Armstrong, Benromach, Bladnoch, Brora, covenants, Dallas Dhu, David Prior, deed restriction, Diageo, Gordon & MacPhail, historic, Historic Environment Scotland, Moray, MSP, museum, Parliament, Port Ellen, preservation, Press & Journal, Richard Lochhead, Rosebank, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scottish Malt Distillers, Speyside, tourism, Wigtown1 comment
July 25, 2016 – After a Scottish parliamentarian’s suggestion that Diageo turn over the title and rights to the long-closed Dallas Dhu dis...
Episode 599: July 24, 201620160723223751
Episode 599: July 24, 2016
Mark GillespieJuly 23, 2016@CangletaP, A.D. Laws, Allentown, Allisa Henley, Andy Watts, Belgium, Benelux, Black Bottle, Blood Oath, Boat of Garten, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, County Seat Spirits, Dallas Dhu, Deanston, Denison, Denver, Diageo, Distell, Distillery Reserve, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Fife, franchise, Friar John Cor, Gabby Shayne, Gabrielle Shayne, Geoff Crolley, George Dickel, Germany, Glenmorangie, Hidden Copper Bourbon, Historic Environment Scotland, Hubris, Ironroot Republic, Jake Norris, James Sedgwick Distillery, John Lunn, Kai Ivalo, Kikori, King James IV, Ledaig, Likarish, Lindores Abby, Luxco, Luxembourg, MSP, museum, National Whisky Day, Newport, Pact #2, Paul Grant, Paul Skipworth, Pennsylvania, Pery Zakeri, Popcorn Sutton, Richard Lochhead, Robert Burns, Rod Benkovich, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scottish Leader, Scottish Malt Distillers, Scottish Parliament, South Africa, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside, Stranahan's, surreal, Tennessee, Texas, The Netherlands, Three Ships, Tobermory, Tullahoma, Westword.com, whisky0 comments
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is not only an independent bottler of Scotch whiskies, but also the world’s largest whisky club – and it...
Episode 563: November 21, 201520151121222923
Episode 563: November 21, 2015
Mark GillespieNovember 21, 2015@whiskytony, Aldo Giovannoni, Ale Cask, ANBL, author, Award, Barry Stein, Beth Havers, book, Booker Noe, Booker's, Brian Harriman, British Columbia, Bruce Langerais, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Chairman's Dram, Changhi, Crown Royal, Dallas Dhu, dance, Davin de Kergommeaux, Delta Fredericton, Dewar's, Diageo, food, Forty Creek, France, Frank Scott, Fred Noe, Fredericton, garlic, Glenfiddich, Glenfiddich 50, Glenfiddich Original, Graham Brown, Grant's, guide, Hachette, Harmony, Hunter Laing, Islay, J.P. Wiser's, Jackie Scott, Jim Murray, Krista Galbraith, Longrow, Lunar Rogue, Mark Smith, Martine Nouet, Michter's, Ne Plus Ultra, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, Northern Harvest Rye, pairings, Paris, paxarette, PMA, Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Ross Galbraith, Roundtable, rumor, Scotch, Scott Laing, Shetland Reel, Singapore, Stalk & Barrel, Stewart Laing, Still Waters, Stuart Brown, Stuart Nickerson, terrorism, terrorist, Tony Mackintosh, Toronto, travel retail, Vancouver, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible0 comments
This week, we’re at Canada’s oldest whisky festival…the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The festival i...
Episode 416: March 16, 201320130316193529
Episode 416: March 16, 2013
Mark GillespieMarch 16, 2013Arran, auction, Australia, Barley, Bere, Brisbane, Bruichladdich, Bryan Davis, Buffalo Trace, California, Cleveland, collectors, Dallas Dhu, Dalmore, Dewar's, Douglas Laing, education, flavored, George T. Stagg, George Washington's Distillery, Gerry Tosh, Gordon Mitchell, Highland Park, historic, Historic Scotland, honey, Interior Department, Islay, landmark, Leviathan, Loki, Lost Spirits, maturation, McTears, Michael Chang, Monterey, Mount Vernon, museum, obituary, Paradiso, peated, Port Dundas, Qatar, Richard Paterson, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Mansfield, Seascape, shipwreck, single grain, Speyside, SWA, Thor, tourism, Valhalla, Valour, Virginia, Wallachia0 comments
This week’s episode comes from Frankfurt, Germany…during a layover on my trip to visit the Amrut Distillery in Bangalore, India. However, ...
Historic Scotland Considers Restarting Dallas Dhu20130314224138
Historic Scotland Considers Restarting Dallas Dhu
Mark GillespieMarch 14, 2013Dallas Dhu, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Fiona Hyslop, George Washington's Distillery, Historic Scotland, Mount Vernon, Richard Lochhead, Speyside, The Scotsman0 comments
March 14, 2013 – Historic Scotland, the Scottish Government agency responsible for preserving historic sites, has commissioned a feasibility stu...