No Port Ellen, Brora In Diageo’s 2018 Special Releases20180413103618
No Port Ellen, Brora In Diageo’s 2018 Special Releases
Mark GillespieApril 13, 2018Brora, Caol Ila, Carsebridge, classic malts, DCL, Diageo, Donald Colville, Glen Ord, Inchgower, Lagavulin, Oban, Pittyvaich, Port Ellen, Singleton, Special Releases, Talisker, whiskey, whisky0 comments
April 13, 2018 – Diageo has unveiled nine of the ten whiskies that will be released later this year in its annual Special Releases series of lim...
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...
Everything’s Coming Up Roses…Rosebank Whisky, That Is…20171012071211
Everything’s Coming Up Roses…Rosebank Whisky, That Is…
Mark GillespieOctober 12, 2017Abercrombie & Co., construction, DCL, Diageo, Distillers Company, Forth & Clyde Canal, Gordon Doctor, Ian Macleod Distillers, Leonard Russell, Lowland, Port Ellen, Revival, Rosebank, Scottish Canals, trademark0 comments
October 12, 2017 – For whisky lovers longing to see some of Scotland’s silent stills brought back to life, this week has become a lifetime...
Diageo Plans to Reopen Port Ellen and Brora Distilleries20171009142423
Diageo Plans to Reopen Port Ellen and Brora Distilleries
Mark GillespieOctober 9, 2017Brora, Clynelish, David Cutter, DCL, Diageo, Distillers Company, Economy Minister, Grand Metropolitan, Guinness, Highlands, IDV, Islay, Keith Brown, Lagavulin, Port Ellen, Port Ellen Maltings, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scottish Government, UDV, United Distillers, whiskey, whisky0 comments
October 9, 2017 – When Scotch Whisky history buffs gather over a few drams, the discussion usually turns to a question along the lines of “...
Episode 614: November 6, 201620161106161234
Episode 614: November 6, 2016
Mark GillespieNovember 6, 2016Adam Hannett, airport, anCnoc, anniversary, artwork, asset, auction, Bacardi, Bardstown, baseball, BC Liquor Stores, Beam Suntory, Bernheim, Billy Leighton, Black Art, Black Bowmore, blending, Blue Label, Boris Johnson, bottling, Bourbon, Bowmore, Bowmore Trilogy, Brian Nation, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Celtic Whiskey Shop, charity, Chicago Cubs, Chivas Brothers, Christie's, commentary, Corby, David Frost, David Stewart, DCL, Delaware Valley Fields Foundation, Dexter Fowler, Diageo, Distillers Company, Don Livermore, Dublin, Dumbarton, Edinburgh, Edwin Landseer, engraved, farm, fire, Fire Giants, Fly the W, football, Frankfort, gift, Glansa, Gleneagles, Gold Bowmore, Gordon Motion, Grand Metropolitan, Guinness, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Highland Park Fire, Highland Park Ice, Iain McArthur, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Collection, Islay, J.P. Wiser's, Jim McEwan, Jimmy Russell, John Dewar & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Julian Van Winkle, Kentucky, Kilmalid, Lagavulin, Laura Fields, Louisville, Max Shapira, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Monarch of the Glen, mythology, National Museum of Scotland, National War Museum, O.F.C., Octomore, OFC, Old Rip Van Winkle, Orkney, painting, Paisley, Pappy Van Winkle, Parker Beam, Peaty Collection, Pennsylvania, Pernod Ricard, Pierre Weydert, Port Charlotte, Robert Gibbs, Rùdhan, Scapa, Scotch Whisky Association, soccer, sports, Switzerland, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Balvenie, The Balvenie DCS Compendium, The DCS Compendium, The Laddie Ten, The Thin Red Line, The Times, Tommy Dewar, trash, travel retail, Union 52, Viking, Walkerville, warehouse, whiskey, whisky, White Bowmore, Windsor, World Series0 comments
This Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the fire that destroyed Heaven Hill’s distillery and 90,000 barrels of whiskey in Bardstown, Kentucky....
Interview: “A Glass Apart” Author Fionnán O’Connor20160313070030
Interview: “A Glass Apart” Author Fionnán O’Connor
Mark GillespieMarch 13, 2016A Glass Apart, Aeneas Coffey, Alfred Barnard, author, book, Bushmills, Cork, DCL, Dublin, Fionnán O'Connor, history, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Society, Jameson, Midleton, Powers, Redbreast, single malt, Single Pot Still, Tullamore, William Ross0 comments
March 13, 2016 – While today’s Irish Whiskies are known largely as smooth, mellow, triple-distilled drams, the sub-category known as ̶...
Brora 40 Becomes Most Expensive Diageo Single Malt20140226171839
Brora 40 Becomes Most Expensive Diageo Single Malt
Mark GillespieFebruary 26, 2014Amber Rock, Brora, Cardhu, Clynelish, DCL, Diageo, Distillers Company Limited, Johnnie Walker, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies0 comments
February 26, 2014 – At a recommended price of £6,995 ($11,660 USD), the Brora 40-Year-Old tops the price list for all of Diageo’s single m...
Episode 412: February 16, 201320130216164358
Episode 412: February 16, 2013
Mark GillespieFebruary 16, 20131983, A. Smith Bowman, ABV, airport, Ambassadors, Balvenie, Barry Crockett, Beam, Benjamin Herrera, Benromach, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Bob Howell, Bourbon, Brora, Buffalo Trace, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Charlotte Observer, Clermont, Cooley, Cutty Sark, Dave Pickerell, DCL, death, Distillers Company Limited, Don McGrew, Dublin, economy, Fred Noe, glasses, Glenlivet, innovation, Ireland, Irisch Lifestyle, Jack Teeling, James Fox, Jameson, Jeff Berlat, Jim Beam, Kentucky, Knockdhu, La Maison du Whisky, Loretto, Louis Reps, Magnus Hillman, Maker's Mark, Mary Kay Bolles, Midleton, Pernod Ricard, Port Ellen, Prohibition Edition, Rob Samuels, sales, Sazerac, Scott Hartig, Scott Rogers, Signature Craft, single cask, smartphone, St. Magdalene, The Whisky Exchange, Truman Cox, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Virginia2 comments
You have an iconic brand, but not enough supply to meet growing global demand…so you make one change in the product to increase supply, and all ...
Top 10 Whisky Predictions for 2018