Tag: distiller

Blackened Whiskey Names Rob Dietrich Master Distiller20190604105717

Blackened Whiskey Names Rob Dietrich Master Distiller

Mark GillespieJune 4, 2019Bay Area, Blackened American Whiskey, blender, Denver, distiller, distillery, Jess Graber, John Bilello, Metallica, music, Proximo Spirits, Rob Dietrich, rock, San Francisco, sonic enhancement, Stranahan's. Dave Pickerell, whiskey, whisky, WhiskyFest0 comments

June 4, 2019 – When Dave Pickerell died suddenly last November on the eve of WhiskyFest San Francisco after a day of doing promotional appearanc...

A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)20190330215734

A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)

Mark GillespieMarch 30, 2019@IrishLegs, accident, acidity, age statement, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, April Fool's Day, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Drum, Australia, author, Bagpiper, Balblair, Bardstown, Barley, bartender, Barton 1792 Distillery, beaver, beer well, BenRiach, biomass, blending, Bob Dalgarno, Bourbon, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, cancer, casks, castor sacs, castoreum, Celebrious, charring, Chicago, Chivas Regal, cocktail, Committee Edition, Compass Box, cooperage, de-char, Delilah's, Dewar's, Diageo, Distell, distiller, Double Double, dramming, Drum, Eau de Musc, Edition No. 4, farming, Fishky, Four Roses, Geert Bero, Geneva Conventions, Glaswegian, grasshopper, Gregg Glass, Hall of Fame, Heidi, herring, Hibiki, Ian Logan, Icons of Whisky Awards, Inver House, investigation, Islay, Jack's Lounge/Equus, Jamie Milne, Jim Swan, John Dewar & Sons, John MacDonald, John Rochfort, joke, Joy Perrine, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Peerless, King of Trees, Klaus Pinkernell, Lait de Romalea, Louisville, Mackmyra, maltings, Mark Reynier, Mclaren Vale, Michter's, New Hampshire, Nick Savage, obituary, Peerless, Perth, Peter Silver, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, planing, prank, Rachel Barrie, re-char, rejuvenated casks, renewable energy, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Shore House Croft, Smith & Wollensky, Speyside, spill, Stephanie Macleod, Stewart Buchanan, stillman, STR Cask, Strathisla, Suntory, Surstromming, Susan Riegler, Suzanna, Sweden, Tamworth Distilling, tank, Teeling Whiskey Company, tequila, The Lakes Distillery, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tommy Smith, travel retail, vintages, Weller, Weller Full Proof, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Works, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, wood, World Whiskies Awards0 comments

Blending whiskies is both an art and a science, and Dewar’s could fairly be accused of focusing more on the science side in recent years with so...

About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)20181230172430

About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)

Mark GillespieDecember 30, 2018@Cori_Paige, @Mac_a2, @McGovernCF, @rossgalbraith, @TheEtherMan, @tmaher103, Aberlour, agency, Aidan McGovern, Alumni Series, Alumni Whisky Series, anniversary, assets, atomic testing, auction, Australia, backlog, bankruptcy, Basil Hayden's, Bay of Fundy, Blanton's, blood-alcohol level, Booker Noe, Booker's, Bruichladdich, budget, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Cairdeas, campaign, Carbon 14, cask strength, Caskmates, Chapter 11, Chris Tatzenko, Christy McFarlane, collecting, collector, Colorado, Congress, Cori Paige, counterfeit, court, Dancing Goat Distillery, Dave Pickerell, David Robertson, Death's Door Spirits, definitions, distiller, Douglas Taylor, drunk driving, economy, Evan Haskill, fake, Five Lions, forger, forgery, Fort Nelson, Fred Noe, Gordon Cook, government, grand opening, Guy LaFleur, hockey, housing, Ileach, infrastructure, Islay, Islay: Badge or Provenance, J.P. Wiser's, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, La Maison du Whisky, label approvals, laboratory, Lagavulin, Lanny McDonald, Laphroaig, legislation, Louisville, Madison, Main Street, marketing, Michter's, New Year, NHL Alumni, No. 27 Gold, Nuclear, P.T. Wood, Pam Heilmann, Pappy, Patrick Putt, permits, professor, public comment, radiocarbon dating, rare whisky 101, Redbreast, regulations, regulatory, retired, Ross Galbraith, Sawatch, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, secondary market, shutdown, small batch, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tim Maher, tourism, travel retail, Travis Haase, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, under the influence, Utah, visitors, Wendel Clark, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, White House, Wisconsin, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments

2018 may go down in whisky history as the “Year of the Collector” as whisky collecting became popular not only among connoisseurs, but wit...

Farewell To a Whisky Maker (Episode 738: November 4, 2018)20181104195702

Farewell To a Whisky Maker (Episode 738: November 4, 2018)

Mark GillespieNovember 4, 2018@rcampbell919, Amanda Schuster, Army, bar, Bay Area, benefit, Bill Samuels Jr., Blackened American Whiskey, Blackened Whiskey, Bourbon, Bourbon Plus, Canadian Club, consulting, Danielle Eddy, Dave Pickerell, David Wondrich, distiller, Eddie Langton, Egan's, Fred Minnick, fundraiser, HIAS. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Hillrock Estate, Hotel Monteleone, Ireland, Irish American, Irish Whiskey, J. Reiger & Sons, Jeff Kozak, Jim Raffety, John Bilello, John Timmons, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kilkenny, Kilkenny Whiskey Guild, Langton House Hotel, Lars Ulrich, Maker's Mark, Metallica, Monmouth Whisky Club, New Orleans, Oak View Spirits, obituary, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, pool. belly flop, Powers, pub, Rob Samuels, Ryan Campbell, San Francisco, Scotch Whisky, Smooth Amber Spirits, Susannah Skiver Barton, Tales of the Cocktail, The Dylan Whiskey Bar, The Irishman, Tish Harcus, Tree of Life Synagogue, U.S. Military Academy, Walsh Whiskey Company, West Cork Distillers, West Point, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, WhiskyFest, Whistlepig Rye0 comments

This time around, we’re on the road in Kilkenny, Ireland, but with heavy hearts. The whisky world lost one of its leaders Thursday night with th...

Major Changes At Maker’s Mark, Jim Beam, and Heaven Hill20180918193416

Major Changes At Maker’s Mark, Jim Beam, and Heaven Hill

September 18, 2018 – Just days after the end of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, an earthquake of sorts has hit Bourbon Country with major changes...

Virginia: A Place for Whiskey Lovers (Episode 722: September 2, 2018)20180902191633

Virginia: A Place for Whiskey Lovers (Episode 722: September 2, 2018)

Mark GillespieSeptember 2, 2018@odysseusunbound, @RealWhiskyDave, A. Smith Bowman, Adelaide, agriculture, Alexandre Ricard, aluminum, Anthony Bakker, Australia, backset, Bardstown, Bare Knuckle, Beam Suntory, Becky Harris, Belmont Farm Distillery, Bettina Ring, Bill Karlson, Blended Malt, Blenders' Mash, Booker Noe Distillery, bootlegger, Boston, Bourbon, Bourbon Cask, Bourbon Mash, Bourbon Wood Reserve, Brent Elliott, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Canada, Catoctin Creek, Charlottesville, China, Chris Ratcliff, Chuck Miller, Clermont, Clutha, Connoisseurs Choice, construction, cooperage, Crown Royal, Culpeper, Darwin, Dave Kearns, Diageo, Discovery Series, distiller, distillery, Douglas Laing & Co., earnings, economic development, ethanol, EU, European Union, exports, farmers, fermentation, forestry, Four Roses, fuel, Gareth Moore, George Washington's Distillery, Glasgow, Gordon & MacPhail, grain, Greaves Motorsport, Hall of Fame, Icons of Whisky, imports, incentives, IndyCar, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James May, Jameson, Jeanette Miller, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Distillery, John O'Mara, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, KO Distilling, Lawson Whiting, lawyers, Limited Edition Small Batch, Lovingston, Manassas, Mario Andretti, Mexico, Midleton, moonshine, Mount Vernon, Noble Collection, Oz Clarke, Pacific Quay, Patrick Maguire, Patrick Small, Pernod Ricard, Private Stock, profits, Prohibition, Ragged Branch, Repeal Batch, River Clyde, Roundstone Rye, sales, Sazerac, Scotch, Scott Harris, Secretary, Sour Mash, sourdough, Speyside Cooperage, Springbank, stave mill, steel, Sullivan's Cove, Sweet Mash, tariffs, Tasmania, Tawny Port, taxes, The Glenrothes, The Independent, trade, trade war, Travis Hill, TTB, Virginia, Virginia ABC, Virginia Distillers Association, Virginia Distillery Company, Virginia Highland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, whisky wingman, Wilderness Trail, Woodford Reserve, X4, yeast0 comments

Virginia’s distilling history dates back to at least 1620, and while many whiskey lovers know about George Washington’s Distillery at Moun...

Jeff Arnett: 10 Years as Master Distiller at Jack Daniel’s (Episode 718: August 5, 2018)20180805102501

Jeff Arnett: 10 Years as Master Distiller at Jack Daniel’s (Episode 718: August 5, 2018)

Mark GillespieAugust 5, 2018acacia, activists, American Craft Spirits Association, Angel's Envy, Antrim, Australia, Bardstown, bass, Belle Meade, Blended Malt, Boot Hill, Bottled in Bond, Brian Lee, Brian Treacy, Buchanan's Select, Bushmills, Carlow Brewing Company, Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, Collinstown, Cork, demand, Diageo, distiller, Douglas Laing & Co., Dubai, Dublin, Dublin Airport, duty free, Eddie Russell, environment, EU, European Union, expansion, Fraunces Tavern, Heaven Hill, Ireland, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, Jeff Arnett, Jimmy Bedford, Jimmy Russell, Kansas, Lincoln Henderson, Longbranch, Louise McGuane, Lynchburg, Mark Shilling, Mark Vierthaler, master distiller, Matthew McConaughey, mesquite, music, Nearest Green, Neil Giraldo, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, New York City, Northern Ireland, Old Fitzgerald, Parker Beam, Pearse Lyons, Pearse Lyons Distillery, planning, Ralph Erenzo, Rock Oyster, Sagamore Spirit, Save Our Causeway Coast, Single Barrel Select, sound, St. James's Church, Supervalu, tariffs, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Three Chord Bourbon, tone, trade, travel retail, Tuthilltown Spirits, Wes Henderson, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey0 comments

Jeff Arnett became the Master Distiller for Jack Daniel’s in 2008, joining a small club of distillers that began with Jack Daniel and Nathan ...

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...

Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)20170319145746

Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)

Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2017"Gillespie the Gauger", @6Pod4, @jotterface, @ratherbeonislay, @rmculver, #trypod, Aaron Schorsch, ABC News, Adam Spiegel, age statement, American Craft Spirits Association, Amir Peay, ancestor, ancestry, Ardbeg, artist, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Award, Beam Suntory, Benoit Bailey, best in class, bill, birth certificate, Black Truffle Rye, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Red Rye Finish, Blender's Batch Three Grain American Oak, blending, blog, Blue Spot, bond store, bonders, bonding, Brian DeFoe, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Bulleit Rye, canister, Cardhu, Carlton Welch, chewing, Chuck Cowdery, Churchill Downs, Col. E.H. Taylor, Columbus, commemorative, competition, confectioner, Cooley, Dave Pickerell, David Byrne, Diageo, distiller, distillery, Dublin, Eclipx, excise, exciseman, Facebook, FarmStock, finish, Four Grain Bourbon, France, FTI Consulting, Gavin Smith, Gold Label, governor, Grafton Street, Green Spot, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton, hanged, Harlen Wheatley, history, HoochLaw, horse racing, investors, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, James E. Pepper, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Mitchell, Jude, Kavalan, Keith Batt, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Whiskey, Kildare Street, lawmakers, lawyer, LCBO, legal, legislature, Lexington, Liberties, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, loophole, Louisville, Margaret Batt, Matt Bevin, McDonald's, Melbourne, Method And Madness, MGP, Midleton, Mitchell & Son, Mortlach, Nant, Nant Whisky Bar, Ohio, Old Mill Street, Ontario, paint, painting, Pareau des Charentes, Platinum Label, Prohibition, puppy, Quentin Olde, Quintessential, rebranding, receiver, Red Spot, Revival, Rick Culver, Robert Mitchell, Samuel Adams, ScotchWhisky.com. Malcolm Gillespie, Sheepdog, Shelbyville, Single Pot Still, Sonoma County Distilling Company, Taiwan, Tasmania, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, The Dubliner, Thomas Allen Pauly, Triple Crown, Tyrconnell, Vermont, water spirit, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Daddy, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, Woodford Reserve, workout, Yellow Spot0 comments

For years, whisky connoisseurs whispered about a mysterious Irish whiskey called Green Spot and begged friends traveling to Ireland to track down a bo...

Heaven Hill Tops US Icons of Whisky Awards20150926175111

Heaven Hill Tops US Icons of Whisky Awards

Mark GillespieSeptember 26, 2015Allison Patel, ambassador, Astor Wines & Spirits, Bernie Lubbers, Binny's, Bourbon, Brenne, Buffalo Trace, Chris Riesbeck, Classic Imports, David Perkins, Dee Ford, DFS Group, Diageo, distiller, distillery, duty free, Duty Free Americas, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, Ewan Morgan, ForWhiskeyLovers.com, Greg Davis, Gregor Cattanach, Harlen Wheatley, Heaven Hill, High West, Icons of Whisky Awards, John Cashman, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Laphroaig, Liquor Barn, Maker's Mark, Matt Higgins, Park Avenue Liquor Shop, Scotch, Seattle, Simin Brooking, spirits, Tim Herlihy, Todd Roe, tourism, Travel, travel retail, Tullamore Dew, Tuthilltown Spirits, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, visitors, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve0 comments

September 24, 2015 – Heaven Hill Brands led the list of winners in Whisky Magazine’s 2016 Icons of Whisky Awards US round, winning Distill...