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...
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)20190106165051
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 6, 2019Aberfeldy, Abhainn Dearg, acquisition, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Andy Watts, application, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Argyll & Bute Council, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, Bain's, Beam Suntory, Bicentenary, Big Five Duty Free, Black Prince, Booker Noe Distillery, Bourbon, Brent Stewart, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Calgary, Cambus, Canada, Canadian Club, Chicago, Christopher Winters, competition, construction, Daniel Marlowe, Dave Pickerell, DC, Diageo, District of Columbia, Donegal, Douglas Laing & Co., East Lothian Council, Edinburgh, Elixir Distillers, Feis Ile, first dram, Freddie Johnson, Freddie Noe, Fritz Farm, Gaja Capital, Georgie Crawford, Glen Elgin, Glen Grant, Glenkinchie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, hockey, Imperial. @lawschooldrunk, India, Indiana, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Lewis, James Sedgewick Distillery, Jim Beam Distillery, Johannesburg, John Distilleries, John Newfry, Johnnie Walker, Kent Crittenden, Kentucky, Kentucky for Kentucky, Kilchoman, Laddie Classic, Lagavulin, Last Dram, Lexington, liquor agency, Little Book, lottery, Macduff, Madeira, Maker's Mark, Maryland, moonshine, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New Year's, NHL, nosing, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Ohio, palate, Palmetto Distillery, Pappy Van Winkle, Paul John, planning approval, planning permission, Port Ellen, R.J. Hodges, Raj Singh, Ryan Campbell, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky. expansion, Scotland, shares, single grain, South Africa, South Carolina, Special Releases, Speciality Drinks, stake, Stanley Cup, Star Industries, Sukhinder Singh, tasting, The Balvenie, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Deveron, The Whisky Exchange, Three Chord Bourbon, Tim Knittel, Timorous Beastie, Tish Harcus, travel retail, Virginia, visitors centers, Washington, Washington Capitals, whiskey, Whiskey Bear, whisky, world champions, Zionsville0 comments
There are plenty of competitions to find the best whiskies, but what about competitions to find the best whisky tasters? Those are few and far between...
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)20181014212011
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 14, 2018@LorenMoulder, @realsuwilliams, @ryeskeysamples, 1926, Angel's Envy, Appalachian Gap Distillery, appeal, Ardbeg, artist, auction, Auriverdes, Bad Guy Bourbon, barrels, bidding, Bourbon, Brewers Batch, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, bung, bunghole, Canada, Christie's, clearance, collecting, Colorado, Columbia, Columbus, Compass Box, Contradiction, cooper, cooperage, Cowie, Cowie's Blue Seal, DC, DEEP, development, Diageo, distillery, Distillery 291, Dixie Highway, Dornoch Firth, Edinburgh, environment, Fay Coull, FedEx, fishing, Fredericton, George Garvin Brown, Glen Moray, Glenburgie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Coull, Great American Whisky Fair, Guinness World Records, habitat, Heriot-Watt University, Hibiki, High West, Hotel Grand Pacific, Interstate, Ireland, Irish, Kentucky, Last Call, law, legal, London, Loren Moulder, Louisville, Lovingston, Michael Dillon, Middlebury, Mortlach, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New York City, oak, Ohio, Ohio Division of Liquor Control, Old Forester, oysters, Parker's Heritage Collection, poll, poplar, Prohibition, Raymond Loewy, recycling, research, Ridgeline Vermont Whiskey, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Shelter Point, shipping, Shively, Signatory, Sir Peter Blake, Smooth Ambler, Sotheby's, South Carolina, staves, Sue Williams, Supreme Court, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Macallan, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Three Stars Brewing, Total Wine & More, tour, Twitter, UPS, Valerio Adami, Vancouver Island, Vermont, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, W.L. Weller, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Ry @dramsofwhisky, William Hogg, wood, Woodford Reserve, world record, Yippee Ki-Yay0 comments
Old Forester released its final edition in the Whiskey Row series of limited-edition Bourbons this week, and the 1910 Old Fine Whiskey honors the bran...
Women in Whiskey, Sisters in Suds (Episode 671: December 10, 2017)20171210180404
Women in Whiskey, Sisters in Suds (Episode 671: December 10, 2017)
Mark GillespieDecember 10, 2017@177MilkStreet, @aantommaria, @PhilCatelinet, A Midwinter Night's Dram, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Anchor Distilling, Armand Antommaria, Basil Hayden's, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blenders Pride, border, brewing, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Buena Vista, Calgary, Campbeltown, Canada, Cash Moore, Colorado, Cotswolds Distillery, Crown Royal, crystals, Customs, Dark Rye, DC, Deerhammer, Denizens Brewing, Denver, dessert, Diageo, discussion, distilling, earnings, England, Entrapment, EU, European Union, Ewan Morgan, exports, Florida, Fort Walton Beach, Garrett Peck, Great Britain, Haig, High West, Imperial Blue, India, investment, Ireland, Ivy City, Jack Daniel's, Jennifer Steinhauer, Jim Beam, Julie Verratti, Kensington Wine Market, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Las Vegas, Len Eckstein, local barley, Lot #40, Manitoba, Master of Malt, Nevada, New York Times, Northern Border Collection, Northern Ireland, Old Forester, opossum, organized crime, Orphan Barrel, Pernod Ricard, port, Prohibition, Rachel Gardner, Redbreast, Republic Restoratives, Royal Stag, Rye, San Francisco, Sapporo, shares, Shayne Holden, Snowflake, solution, speakeasy, Springbank, Sticky Toffee Pudding, stock, Stranahan's, The Mob Museum, trade, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Wiser's, women, Woodford Reserve0 comments
This week, the New York Times marked the anniversary of the end of Prohibition with a special event at one of America’s few women-owned distille...
Celebrating the World’s Whiskies in Dublin (Episode 653: August 6, 2017)20170806120633
Celebrating the World’s Whiskies in Dublin (Episode 653: August 6, 2017)
Mark GillespieAugust 6, 2017"Bourbon Pompeii", Anchor Brewing & Distilling, Anchor Distilling, Anchor Steam, archaeology, beer, Bib & Tucker, Bourbon, Brexit, Brian Lopina, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Canadian Whisky Awards, Cher, Christina Philburn, Col. E.H. Taylor, construction, contract, Cooper's Choice, Dave Broom, David Mundell, DC, Dennis Carr, Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, Diageo, discrimination, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Dublin Whiskey Festival, equality, exports, Facebook, family, Frankfort, gay, Glencadam, Glencairn, historical, Hollis Bulleit, Hunter Smith, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, John Burke, Kavalan, Keith Greggor, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, lesbian, LGBT, Littlemill, Loch Lomond, Lochside, magazine, Masterson's Rye, medicine, Meredith Moody, National Register of Historic Places, negotiations, New Zealand Whisky Company, Nikka, nominations, O.F.C., Old Potrero, Pittyvaich, Podcast Awards, Potrero Hill, ratings, Re-Awakening, Rock Oyster, San Francisco, Sapporo, scoring, Scotch Whisky, Scott Rogers, Scottish Secretary, Seagram, Sebastiani, tariffs, Tasmanian Whisky Week, tasting notes, The Cask, Three Badge Beverage, Tom Bulleit, Tony Foglio, tour, tourism, trade, Travel, Virginia, visitors, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Wisconsin0 comments
Whiskies are celebrated at festivals all over the world these days, but there’s no place quite like Ireland when it comes to whisk(e)y. The inau...
Episode 429: June 16, 201320130615235928
Episode 429: June 16, 2013
Mark GillespieJune 15, 2013Angel's Envy, author, Award, Balvenie, Beam, Benromach, Blake Johnson, Blavod, book, Bruichladdich, Campbeltown, Chivas Brothers, Clan MacGregor, Cooley, crash, David Stewart, DC, Dublin, Edison, Edrington, expansion, F. Paul Pacult, Fairfax, fire, Frank McHardy, Glen Keith, Glenfarclas, Glenrothes, Gordon & MacPhail, Highland Park, Iain Banks, Iain M. Banks, Ireland, Jack Teeling, Jason Johnstone-Yellin, Jewish Whisky Company, Joshua Hatton, Keith, Lindsay McHardy, Michael Deresynski, Michael Urquhart, mothball, New Jersey, Paul LaGrange, Raw Spirit, Remy Cointreau, Single Cask Nation, Spirit Journal, Springbank, Stephen Teeling, Strathisla, tanker, Teeling, truck, Tun 1401, Virginia, William Grant & Sons, Woodbridge0 comments
When Beam acquired Ireland’s Cooley Whiskey at the end of 2011, Cooley Managing Director Jack Teeling had the chance to stay on at the company h...