Episode 474: April 11, 201420140412232943
Episode 474: April 11, 2014
Mark GillespieApril 12, 2014A. Smith Bowman, Aberfeldy, Abraham Bowman, Alan Shayne, Alasdair Day, Andy Watts, Bain's, Balcones, Barry Crockett, basketball, Bernheim, Bernie Lubbers, Boston, bottle, Bourbon Affair, Bowmore, Brooklyn, Cameronbridge, Cape Mountain, Chip Tate, Connecticut, craft distiller, craft distilling, Cù Bòcan, Daily Show, Dannel Malloy, Daric Schlesselman, Darren McInnis, data, David Beckham, David Frost, Dennis Malcolm, Dewar's, Diageo, diplomat, Double Barrel, economy, editor, Edwin Foote, Edwin Vargas, Elizabeth Cross, embassies, environment, Eric Gregory, export, extravaganza, farm, Frank McHardy, Fred Minnick, Haig Club, Hall of Fame, Heaven Hill, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, independence, inductee, Jack Daniel's, James Sedgwick Distillery, Jim McEwan, Jon Stewart, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilchoman, label, Loch Gorm, Lord Elcho, Louisville, Mike Reppucci, NCAA, Nick Morgan, North Shore Whisky Club, packaging, Parker Beam, pecan, Polo, Pumpkin Spice, Raj Bhakta, Red Hook, referendum, Rested Rye, Rhode Island, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Seagram, Simon Fuller, single grain, SMWS, Sons of Liberty, South Africa, Stephen Marshall, Steve Beshear, Stitzel-Weller, television, Texas, Tomatin, trade, travel retail, Tweedale, Twitter, UK, Van Brunt Stillhouse, Vermont, Virginia, Waco, wager, Wemyss Malts, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, Whistlepig, William Wolf, World of Whisky, World Whiskies Awards, World Whiskies Conference1 comment
Craft distillers took center stage during Whisky Live New York on Wednesday evening, and we’ll hear from several of them on this week’s ep...
Episode 456: December 14, 201320131214001721
Episode 456: December 14, 2013
Mark GillespieDecember 14, 20131963, ad, advertising, agency, American Forests, Ardbeg, Arkansas, Arran, astronauts, auction, Bacardi, Baron, Barrel Drop, barrels, Brad Boswell, Braeval, Bulleit, Business Insider, Canada, charity, Charitybuzz, Chattanooga, Chattanooga Whiskey Company, chopper, Classic Malt, CMT, code, collecting, cooperage, Danville, Dewar's, Diageo, DISCUS, Double Barrel, Douglas Laing, Drink BC, Exotic, export, Facebook, Ferm Solutions, Four Roses, Frank Coleman, Fred Douglas Laing, Fred Laing, gender, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Gregor Mina, Guardians, Independent Stave Company, International Space Station, Ireland, Irish, Ivan Menezes, James MacTaggart, Jim Murray, Jim Rutledge, Johanne McInnis, KDA, Keith Wood, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Malt Maniacs, Marks & Spencer, Masters Collection, McTears, Meet the Baron, Michter's, Missouri, New Year's Eve, Oliver Klimek, Opperman Weiss, Orange County Choppers, Peat Hopper, Powers, Powers Gold Label, PR, RAF, rain, reality, Rocket, Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, Scott Hartig, sexist, social media, Space, Spitfire, Stewart Laing, Straight Malt, sulfur, sulphur, Telegraph, The Whisky Exchange, Tullamore Dew, Twitter, video, weather, Whisky Bible, Wild Turkey, Wilderness Trace, women, Woodford Reserve, World War II, YouTube0 comments
Dewar’s was forced to remove an online video promotion from the Internet this week after a social media-fueled protest campaign over the portray...
Islay Malts Dominate Final McTear’s Auction of 201320131213174849
Islay Malts Dominate Final McTear’s Auction of 2013
Mark GillespieDecember 13, 20131964, Ardbeg, auction, Australia, bid, Bowmore, Clockhouse, collecting, Double Barrel, Glenlivet, Gordon & MacPhail, Guinness, Hamilton & Inches, Islay, Laphroaig, Macallan, McTears, Purdey and Sons, record, Royal Marriage, The Whisky Castle, Tomintoul0 comments
December 13, 2013 – Single malts from Islay led the bidding at the final McTear’s whisky auction of the year on December 11 in Glasgow, wi...
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: Forty Creek Special20131008172929
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: Forty Creek Special
Mark GillespieOctober 8, 2013Barrel Select, Canadian, Confederation Oak, Copper Pot, Davin de Kergommeaux, Double Barrel, Forty Creek, Heart of Gold, Johanne McInnis, John Hall, Ontario0 comments
This special episode of WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings was recorded on location at Canada’s Forty Creek Distillery during its annual “Whisky ...
Laing Brothers Go Their Separate Ways20130501121702
Laing Brothers Go Their Separate Ways
Mark GillespieMay 1, 2013Andrew Laing, Big Peat, Cara Laing, Clan Denny, Director's Cut, Double Barrel, Douglas Laing, Douglas of Drumlanrig, Fred Laing, Hunter Laing, Old & Rare, Old Malt Cask, Premier Barrell, provenance, Scott Laing, Stewart Laing0 comments
May 1, 2013 – The second-generation brothers of Douglas Laing & Co. have split the company in what Fred and Stewart Laing are both calling a...
Episode 291: November 27, 201020101127010547
Episode 291: November 27, 2010
Mark GillespieNovember 27, 2010accident, Amrut, Ardbeg, Armorik, auction, Australia, barrels, boiler, Bonhams, Brazil, Bruichladdich, Chieftain's, collecting, Compass Box, Distillerie Warenghem, distillery, Double Barrel, English Whisky Company, Flaming Heart, furniture, gift guide, GlenDronach, Gustaf Anders Rooth, Ian MacLeod, Iowa, Islay, Jim McEwan, Lark, McTears, Natu Nobilis, oak, Purple Valley Imports, regulation, Rye, single malt, Springbank, Templeton, TTB, Ugly Betty0 comments
The last time we heard from Jim McEwan, he was leading a toast at the end of his master class at Bruichladdich during Feis Ile in May. Jim’s bee...
Episode 230: December 12, 200920091212231900
Episode 230: December 12, 2009
Mark GillespieDecember 12, 2009Aberfeldy, auction, bartender, Billy Cypress, casino, Chris Anderson, cocktail, cocktails, Dale DeGroff, Diageo, DISCUS, dispute, Double Barrel, Douglas Laing, Dundas, Ed Kohl, entertaining, exports, glasses, GlenDronach, Glenfiddich, Glengoyne, guest, John Richardson, Kilmarnock, Knockdhu, labor, Lisa Hawkins, Lorne MacKillop, Matt Bechtel, Miccosukee Resort, Milroy's, Mind of Men, nosing kit, podcast, Port Ellen, recipe, responsible, retailers, Signatory, single cask, SWA, Tales of the Cocktail, The Balvenie, The Glenrothes, Tomintoul0 comments
Having a holiday party this season? Master mixologist Dale DeGroff gives us some tips on cocktails and entertaining in this episode. In the news, Diag...
Episode 225: November 8, 200920091108002600
Episode 225: November 8, 2009
Mark GillespieNovember 8, 2009American Distilling Institute, Amrut, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Berry's Own Selection, Bill Owens, Blended Grain, Blended Malt, Blended Scotch, Campbeltown, Canada, CBC, craft distilling, Diageo, Double Barrel, Douglas Laing, Elements of Islay, Glen Grant, Glenlivet, Highlands, impersonator, Islay, law, Lowlands, Master of Malt, Movember, mustaches, New Brunswick, Philadelphia, politics, Port Ellen, regulations, Richard Paterson, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Law, Scotland, single grain, single malt, Speyside, SWA, The Whisky Exchange, Tracy Seng, Twitter, WhiskyFest0 comments
America is in the forefront of a global micro-distilling boom, with more than 200 licensed artisanal distilleries. 42 of them are producing whisky, an...
Episode 222: October 17, 200920091017200800
Episode 222: October 17, 2009
Mark GillespieOctober 17, 2009answers, B. Daly, Big Peat, Bill Lumsden, Binny's, Blended Malt, blending, Bourbon, cask sales, casks, Castle Brands, Chicago, Chris Morris, Chris Ratliff, classic malts, collecting, Dan Cigno, distillery, Double Barrel, Douglas Laing, Ed Mantilla, family, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, hangover, Hiram Walker, history, holiday, Iowa, Ireland, Irish, Jimmy Russell, Johnnie Walker, Keith Law, Kevin Stanton, Kilchoman, Knappogue Castle, luxury, Maker's Mark, Mark Andrews, Mendy Berkowitz, Merle Giles, Neiman-Marcus, Netherlands, questions, sales, Sam's, scoring, Scott Bush, Simon Seaton, Springbank, storytelling, sulfates, theft, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Time for the annual question and answer episode, as experts answer your questions about whisky. This year’s panel includes Dr. Bill Lumsden of G...
Episode 522: February 21, 2015