Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame Honors Three New Members20170913113731
Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame Honors Three New Members
Mark GillespieSeptember 13, 2017ALS, Beam Suntory, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Chris Morris, Early Times, Eric Gregory, Frazier History Museum, Hall of Fame, Harry Shapira, Heaven Hill, Jerry Summers, Jimmy Russell, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kentucky Tourism Industry Association, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, Marjorie Samuels, Old Forester, Parker Beam, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve0 comments
September 13, 2017 – The Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame has added three new members, while honoring Maker’s Mark Chairman Emeritus Bill Sam...
Celebrating Canada’s 150 Years Whisky Style (Episode 647: June 25, 2017)20170624234435
Celebrating Canada’s 150 Years Whisky Style (Episode 647: June 25, 2017)
Mark GillespieJune 24, 2017@daw816, @jesslionsmane, @lloyd927, @That_Whisky_Guy, Agriculture Department, Andy Nelson, anniversary, Arctic, Arran, Balcones, bidders, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brooks Koepka, Brown-Forman, budget, Canada, Canada Day, Canadian Whisky, Chancery Court, Charlie Nelson, Chivas Brothers, Christopher Evison, Claret Jug, cocktails, Confederation Oak, contract, craft distillers, Crown Royal, Daniel Weber, Dave Pickerell, Delaware, DISCUS< lobbying, dissertation, Distilled Spirits Council, Don Livermore, Dumbarton, Early Times, Erin Hills, European Union, exports, Federal Excise Tax, FET, Fireball, Forty Creek, Glasgow, golf, Heaven Hill, Hibernia Distillers, Hyde, industrial action, Iowa, Irish Whiskey, J.P. Wiser's, Jared Himstedt, Jess, John Hall, Kavalan, labor union, labour, lawsuit, legislation, Lloyd Fink, Madison Single Malt Society, map, Mark Gorman, Market Access Program, mediation, Michelob Ultra, move, Nashville, Nelson's First 108, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Newfoundland, One Fifty Commemorative, Paisley, Raj Bhakta, Royal Birkdale, Royal Salute, Russ Kempton, sale, sales, Scotch Whisky, Scotland Food & Drink, single malt, Smugglers Series, South Carolina, Spirits Europe, St. John's, Steve Ury, strike, Taiwan, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tennessee, Texas, The Exciseman, The Flask Edition, The Open Championship, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Squad, tour, trade, Treasury Department, Triple Barrel Rye, trophy, Trump, Trump Administration, TTB, Two Brewers, U.S. Open, Unite, Vermont, Waco, Washington, water, whiskey, whisky, Whistlepig, Whitehorse, Wilco Faessen, Wine Barrel Finished, Wisconsin, Yukon Spirits0 comments
July 1 is Canada Day, and this year it’s even more of a holiday than usual. Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary this Saturday, and Hiram Wal...
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 498: September 26, 201420140926213705
Episode 498: September 26, 2014
Mark GillespieSeptember 26, 2014Alan Winchester, Alex Salmond, anCnoc, Angel's Envy, Angry Salmond, Ardbeg, attorney, auction, auctioneer, Bonhams, Boston, Bremont, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Caramel, Cask Masters, charity, Chicago, China, Chivas Regal, Chris Morris, Christopher McNair, claims, class action, Cleveland, Compass Box, Cook County Chancery Court, data, David DeFazio, Douglas Laing & Co. McGibbon's, Early Times, Edelson, Eleuthera, experiment, export, Feis Ile, First Minister, France, fraud, Friends of Laphroaig, George T. Stagg, Gleneagles, Glenmorangie, golf, Harrod's, HM Revenue & Customs, Indiana, International Space Station, Iowa, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, job swap, Joe Hyman, John Campbell, Joseph Hyman, Keith Kerkhoff, KFC Yum! Center, Kirby, labeling, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, London, Louisville, Louisville Slugger Field, Main Street, Mike Barber, natural color, Nicola Sturgeon, Old Forester, orbit, Richard Paterson, Ryder Cup, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Bush, Scott Spolverino, Simon Brooking, Skinner, Space, Stockholm, Supernova, Sweden, Taghta, Templeton Rye, The Glenlivet, The Lost Blend, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Tom Lix, trade, TTB, Vinopolis, vintage, Whiskey Row, Winchester Collection, Woodford Reserve, Wyoming, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
With all of the issues being raised over whisky labeling in the US and a new lawsuit challenging claims on Templeton Rye’s labels, we’ll h...
Brown-Forman To Build $30 Million Old Forester Distillery On Louisville’s Whiskey Row20140925165447
Brown-Forman To Build $30 Million Old Forester Distillery On Louisville’s Whiskey Row
Mark GillespieSeptember 25, 2014ad valorem tax, Brown-Forman, Chris Morris, construction, cooperage, Dixie Highway, Early Times, historic, incentives, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville Slugger Field, Main Street, Old Forester, Prohibition, tax, Whiskey Row, Woodford Reserve0 comments
September 25, 2014 – Brown-Forman will expand its distilling capacity by returning to the company’s roots, with plans to turn two Whiskey ...
Brown-Forman: Diageo’s Attack Makes Our Case For Tennessee Whiskey Law20140319163720
Brown-Forman: Diageo’s Attack Makes Our Case For Tennessee Whiskey Law
Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2014Brown-Forman, Diageo, Early Times, General Assembly, George Dickel, Jack Daniel's, legislator, legislature, Lincoln County Process, NAFTA, Nashville, North American Free Trade Act, Phil Lynch, snarky, standards of identity, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tennessee, Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Tennessee Whiskey, TTB0 comments
March 19, 2014 – With debate in the Tennessee General Assembly stalled until next Tuesday on proposed changes to the state’s law setting s...
Battle Over “Tennessee Whiskey” Turning Ugly20140317205606
Battle Over “Tennessee Whiskey” Turning Ugly
Mark GillespieMarch 17, 2014Brown-Forman, Diageo, Early Times, Early Times 354, George Dickel, Jack Daniel's, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky Whisky, legislature, Louisville, Mark Green, Mike DaRe, Nashville, news release, Old Forester, Phil Lynch, PR, press release, rejuvenated casks, Shively, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Woodford Reserve1 comment
March 17, 2014 – In a public relations war, the news release is often the simplest, yet one of the deadliest ways to strike back at an opponent....
Brown-Forman Rides Whiskey Wave To Gains20140306135835
Brown-Forman Rides Whiskey Wave To Gains
Mark GillespieMarch 6, 2014Brown-Forman, Early Times, exports, Jack Daniel's, Kentucky, Louisville, Paul Varga, Versailles, whiskey, Woodford Reserve0 comments
March 6, 2014 – Louisville-based Brown-Forman reported a 12% increase in net income for the third quarter (ending January 31) on strong global s...
Episode 442: September 15, 201320130916002111
Episode 442: September 15, 2013
Mark GillespieSeptember 16, 2013Angel's Envy, anniversary, Bowmore, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, camouflage, casks, Colton Smith, cooper, cooperage, Cork, coronation, Decatur, Devil's Casks, Eagle Rare, Early Times, Eddie Russell, Elmer T. Lee, Forgiven, Freddy May, Gartbreck, George T. Stagg, Georgia, Ger Buckley, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Harlen Wheatley, hunters, hunting, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James Andrews, Justin Victor, Kilchoman, Killian O'Mahony, Kyle Henderson, Lincoln Henderson, Mac McGee's Irish Pub, Marines, Mickey Hammond, Midleton, Monkey Shoulder, Phoenix, Preston Van Winkle, Queen Elizabeth, Sazerac Rye, Simon Coughlin, St. Mary's, The Irishman, The Whisky Exchange, Thomas H. Handy, Tullamore Dew, Wes Henderson, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, William Larue Weller, Woodford Reserve, Writers Tears0 comments
Ger Buckley is the fifth-generation cooper at Ireland’s Midleton Distillery, but had no one to pass the torch to. In fact, there hadn’t be...
Early Times Releases Camouflage Edition for Hunters20130910123441
Early Times Releases Camouflage Edition for Hunters
Mark GillespieSeptember 10, 2013Brown-Forman, camouflage, Early Times, Hunter, Hunter's Edition, hunting, Therese McGuire0 comments
September 10, 2013 – With hunting season coming soon, sportsmen (and women) are getting a different choice of camouflage gear for their drams. E...