Episode 564: November 29, 201520151130000339
Episode 564: November 29, 2015
Mark GillespieNovember 30, 20151969, Aberfeldy, academics, Advent, Adwords, alert, Andrew Madderson, anniversary, Ansgar Speller, Apollo 11, app, Belgium, brewing, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, calendar, career, certificate, Chicago, Christmas, collectors, college, College of Agriculture, Corsair Artisan Distillery, crowdfunding, Dave Sweet, degree, Depaul, Diageo, distillation, distillery, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Dornoch Distillery Company, Drinks by the Dram, Emerson Lamb, engineering, Eric Gregory, Extraordinary Cask, Festival, finance, Fireball, Gartbreck, Geert Biro, Glenfarclas, Glenturret, Google, Hachette, Heriot-Watt, holiday, India, Indiegogo, Islay, Italy, Jack Daniel's, James Fairlie, Jean Donnay, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Distillers Association, lawsuit, Lindores Whisky Fest, Lindores Whisky Society, litigation, London School of Economics, Louisville, Martine Donnay, Martine Nouet, Master of Malt, Matt Hofmann, Michael Tortorich, moon, Mull, Nashville, Netherlands, Oostende, Ostend, Phil Thompson, Puni, Raimund Leussink, Sazerac, science, Seattle, Seth DeBolt, shareholders, Simon Thompson, Springbank, Stuart Cassells, students, Tennessee, Tennessee Fire, terrorism, The Glenrothes, Tobermory, tourism, trademark, UK, United Spirits, University, University of Kentucky, Vijay Mallya, Wedgwood-Houston, Westland, Whisky Live, wine0 comments
This week, we’ll be talking about whisky and education. Not teaching people how to drink whisky, but how to make it! There aren’t many uni...
Distillery Plans on Track for Islay & Dornoch20151126152747
Distillery Plans on Track for Islay & Dornoch
Mark GillespieNovember 26, 2015Dornoch, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Dornoch Distillery Company, Gartbreck, Glann ar Mor, Islay, Jean Donnay, Martine Donnay, Phil Thompson, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Simon Thompson, whisky0 comments
November 26, 2015 – After a series of delays, plans are finally on track for construction of Islay’s newest distillery. Jean and Martine D...
Episode 506: November 15, 201420141116003452
Episode 506: November 15, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 16, 20141870 Original Batch, 1984, 354, airport, Amsterdam, anCnoc, Angus MacWhisky, anniversary, apology, arrests, author, Balblair, Balcones, Balmenach, Barack Obama, Black Bottle, blender, blending, bonded warehouse, Bourbon Summit, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, burglary, Burn Stewart, bylaws, Catto's, Chip Tate, Christopher Winters, Corryvreckan, court, Dave Greene, directors, Distiller's Art, Dornoch, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Douglas Laing & Co., Early Times, Early Times Kentucky Whiskey, East Kilbride, election, Eric Blair, Evgeny Vershinin, expansion, Exquisite, Facebook, George Orwell, Glasgow, Glasgow's Whisky Festival, Glenmorangie, Graham Brown, Greg Allen, Hankey Bannister, Inside Job, interview, Inver House, investors, Jeff Berlat, judge, Jura, Justin Victor, Knockdhu, Laphroaig, lawsuit, literary, Marine Conservation Society, Matt Wooler, Mitch McConnell, mystery, Nordicbarrel, novel, offend, Oklahoma City, Old Forester, Old Malt Cask, Old Pulteney, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pat Melton, Phil Thompson, poem, poet, police, President, Republican, restraining order, River Spey, Robert Burns, ruling, Schiphol, Scottish Leader, Senate, senator, Sheriff, Simon Thompson, Spey Foundation, Speyburn, Stuart Harvey, suspects, theft, Thompson Brothers, Timorous Beastie, travel retail, warehouse, whirlpool. tuberculosis, Whiskey Row, Whisky Sponge, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies0 comments
Stuart Harvey has been the master blender for Inver House for nearly 11 years, and he’s living proof that you don’t have to be born into t...
Episode 505: November 8, 201420141109013129
Episode 505: November 8, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 9, 2014air freshener, Alexander Grant Gordon, Andy Nash, Angus MacRaild, Ardmore, Ardmore Traditional, Ardshiel Hotel, Award, bar, Barack Obama, Bere, Boss Hog, Bourbon Summit, Box, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Bushmills, cabinets, camp out, Campbeltown, Canada, Casa Cuervo, Ceòbanach, charity, Charles Brown, Charles Gordon, Cincinnati, Coffey, collapse, Colum Egan, critic, Dave Pickerell, Diageo, disclosure, Don Julio, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Drumnadrochit, election, environment, Fiddlers Inn, fish, Fishky, flavorings, fundraiser, Glenfiddich, habitat, Herno, Ian MacMillan, Inver House, Isle of Arran, Jello, Jim McEwan, Jon Beach, Justin Victor, Keith Kerkhoff, label, Legacy, lines, Loch Ness, loss, Louisville, Macallan, Mackmyra, Mario Testino, Masters of Photography, Meta, Mitch McConnell, Mortimer, Newport, Nikka, opinion, Orkney, Pappy Fever, Pappy Van Winkle, Party Source, Peter Grant Gordon, Phil Thompson, photo, politics, Polly Burns, print, provincial, Republican, River Spey, Scott Bush, Scott Rogers, Scottish Field, Scottish Licensed Trade News, Senate, shelving, Simon Thompson, Spey Foundation, Speyburn, Stockholm, Sweden, Templeton Rye, The Ardmore, Tullamore Dew, Velvet Fig, visit, Wemyss Malts, Whisky Sponge, Whistlepig, Whitehorse, wildlife, William Grant & Sons, WindyBore, Yukon0 comments
This episode marks the end of our 9th year, and we’ll hear from two of the more outspoken voices in the whisky world on this week’s Whisky...
Interview: The Dornoch Castle Hotel’s Thompson Brothers20141107201236
Interview: The Dornoch Castle Hotel’s Thompson Brothers
Mark GillespieNovember 7, 2014bar, bloggers, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, critics, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Drumnadrochit, ethics, Fiddlers Inn, Jon Beach, Phil Thompson, pub, Scotland, Scottish Licensed Trade News, Simon Thompson, Speyburn, Springbank, whisky bar, Whisky Sponge0 comments
November 7, 2014 – Phil and Simon Thompson have been managing their family’s Dornoch Castle Hotel since they were practically teenagers, a...