Episode 591: May 28, 201620160528221657
Episode 591: May 28, 2016
Mark GillespieMay 28, 2016@Scalias_boner, Academy of Podcasters, accident, Andrew McGinnis, Ardbeg, Award, Beach Whiskey, Bill Lumsden, Billy Bush, Bon Appetit's Foodcast, Booker Noe, Booker's Rye, Bozzy Karasu, Brendan McCarron, Brent Elliott, Bulleit Bourbon, Campari, Caribbean, chemical, Chivas Brothers, Christopher Evison, Club Car, Colombia, country music, court, Dark Cove, Dave Pickerell, David Porter, Delaware, Dinner Party Download, directors, Elliott's Select, flavored whiskey, Flavorman, food, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Gastropod, George T. Stagg, Glen Grant, Glenfiddich, Goa, Gran Reserva, Gregor Heine, heir apparent, Ian Palmer, InchDairnie, India, investor, Ireland, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Italy, Jake Owen, Jeffrey David, Jura, Kentucky, Kevin Reilly, Kevin Turner, label approval, Las Vegas, lawsuit, Longmorn, Lucas Hepburn, music, NBC, Nitric acid, nitrous acid, Paul John, podcast, Pullman, Pullman Train Collection, Pullman Water Level Route, Radico Khaitan, Raj Peter Bhakta, Rampur, Rob Dyrdek, Rome, rum, Sangeev Banga, Santo Domingo, Scotland, Smoke Wallin, spill, Tastival, Tax & Trade Bureau, television, The Glenlivet, The Press & Journal, The Splendid Table, Today Show, tours, Travel, TTB, Twentieth Century Limited, Vermont, Whistlepig, Wilco Faessen, Willie Cochrane, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America0 comments
This weekend usually marks the beginning of summer, and many people will be heading for the beach – either for real or in their dreams. The entr...
Brendan McCarron: The Heir Apparent20160526133305
Brendan McCarron: The Heir Apparent
Mark GillespieMay 26, 2016Ardbeg, Ardbeg Night, Astor Center, Bill Lumsden, Brendan McCarron, Brent Elliott, Brian Kinsman, Burghead, Caol Ila, Dark Cove, David Stewart, Diageo, Feis Ile, Four Roses, Glasgow, Glenmorangie, Highlands, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jim Rutledge, Lagavulin, Mickey Heads, New York City, Oban, Port Ellen Maltings, Private Edition, retirement, Roseisle, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Speyside, succession, University of Strathclyde, William Grant & Sons0 comments
May 25, 2016 – Most businesses have succession plans in place, and the whisky business is no exception. At Kentucky’s Four Roses Distiller...
Episode 584: April 10, 201620160410013645
Episode 584: April 10, 2016
Mark GillespieApril 10, 2016@AxisofWhisky, @Sister_Ratched, American Distilling Institute. ADI, Angus MacRaild, Angus MacWhisky, Anthony Wills, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Australia, Bardstown, Beatson Cancer Charity, binding arbitration, Bladnoch, blog, blogger, Blood Oath, Bob Bobert, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, cancer, cat, Chivas Regal, competition, construction, Crown Royal, Dark Cove, David Prior, Diageo, distillery, donations, Ezra Brooks, family, Four Roses, Gimli, Highland Park, House Spirits, Ian MacMillan, ice, Islay, John MacLellan, John Rempe, Joseph Magnus, Jude, judging, Kentucky, Kilchoman, labor, labour, Laphroaig, Local 832, Lore, Lux, Luxco, Manitoba, Manitoba Labour Board, mayor, mediator, memorial, Millstone, Mimi, Mimi Petro, Oban, Oregon, People's Republic of Portland, Pernod Ricard USA, pet, Peter Mendel, planning, Portland, Pure Scot, Rebel Yell, Redbreast, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Scotch Whisky, St. Louis, strike, Tom Mooney, UFCW, union, Vancouver, Washington, whisky, Whisky Sponge, Wigtown, Woodinville, Zuidam0 comments
The Whisky Sponge has been puncturing egos and tweaking the Scotch Whisky industry with impunity – and relative anonymity – for nearly thr...
Episode 582: March 26, 201620160327164027
Episode 582: March 26, 2016
Mark GillespieMarch 27, 2016#3Whiskies, A Dram a Day, American Distilling Institute, American Whiskey Convention, Ardbeg, Beanie Espey, beer, Ben Bowers, Big Peat, Bill Rowland, Bluebird Distilling, Bombarder's, Bourbon, Bow Street Distillery, brewing, Brooklyn, Buffalo Trace, Camden, Cara Laing, Caskmates, Children's Heart Surgery Fund, Citizens Bank Park, Cooper River Distillers, craft distilling, Crested Ten, Dad's Hat, Dark Cove, Dave Pickerell, Deer Creek Malthouse, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Feis Ile, Four Roses, Fred Laing, Fred Minnick, Herman Mihalich, Independent Stave, India Pale Ale, IPA, Islay, Islay Ales, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, J.P. hall, James Espey, Jameson, Jameson Crested, Jared Adkins, Jay Rogers, John Cooper, JustGiving.com, Kelso Beer, Kyle Rogers, Laura Fields, LBL Moonshine, Leeds General Infirmary, Lock Stock & Barrel, malted wheat, maltings, Manatawny Still Works, Mark Brault, Max Pfeffer, MB Roland, McTears, Merry Beth Tomaszewski, Michter's, Missouri, Neil Klingman, New Jersey, Paul Tomaszewski, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Pottstown, Rebecca Jago, Redbreast, Rye, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Schafferstown, Scotch Whiskey, Silver Trail Distillery, Spencer Balentine, Spey, Speyside Distillery, The Last Drop, Tom Jago, Vermont, Vermont Oak, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whistlepig, Wigle, YouTube0 comments
You’ll see a lot of businesses with the “& Son” as part of the name, but rarely do we see businesses with “& Daughter&...
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...
Episode 580: March 12, 201620160313034544
Episode 580: March 12, 2016
Mark GillespieMarch 13, 2016@FLXDistilling, A Glass Apart, Aaron Barker, aboriginals, absconder, accent, ad, Ad Standards Board, Aldi, Alfred Barnard, Ally Alpine, anniversary, Ardbeg, Arran, Aston Martin, Australia, author, auto racing, banks, beer, Blue Patrol, book, Brian Kinsman, Bushmills, Carmel, Celtic Cask, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Commercial Court, craft, Crossfit, Dark Cove, Deanston, Diageo, discrimination, Dublin, Feis Ile, Finger Lakes Distilling, Fionnán O'Connor, Fire Edition, Force India F1, Formula One, Fuller's, geographical indicator, George Grant, Glenfarclas, Green Label, Heathrow, Highland Earl, Highland Park, historian, Ice Edition, India, Indiana, injunction, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Experience, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, John Campbell, John Grant, John Lunn, John Quinn, Johnnie Walker, Killarney, Kingfisher, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Larder, Lew Bryson, litigation, loans, Lore, Malbros, marathon, McLaren, medieval, moonshine, motorsports, organic, passport, Paul Grant, Pennsylvania, Popcorn Sutton, radio, Redbreast, Royal Arms, Scotch Whisky Association, settlement, Single Pot Still, sponsorship, Steamship Collection, Texas, The Whisky Exchange, Tom Normanly, Trinity College, Tullamore, Tullamore D.E.W., United Spirits, Valhalla Collection, vegan, verification, Vijay Mallya, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons1 comment
There was once a time when Ireland’s single pot still whiskies were among the world’s most popular drams, but a combination of changing ta...