Bringing Distilling Back to Lexington’s Distillery District (Episode 714: July 15, 2018)20180715203813
Bringing Distilling Back to Lexington’s Distillery District (Episode 714: July 15, 2018)
Mark GillespieJuly 15, 2018@CodanofCanada, @Head_Stone, @livepaint, 500ml, Alan Winchester, Alissa Henley, Amir Peay, Austin, Award, Ben Milam Distillery, Bill Lumsden, Blanco, bottle size, Bourbon, Brandy Cask, Chocolate Edition, cognac, construction, Dan Cozzuol, Denmark, Diageo, Distill Ventures, Distillery District, Douglas Laing & Co., Dr. Pepper, eBay, Elijah Pepper, EU, European Union, floor maltings, France, Georgetown Trading Co., Glenmorangie, Gus Gonzales III, Hill Country, International Spirits Challenge, Interstate 24, James E. Pepper, James E. Pepper Distillery, Japanese Whisky, jeroboam, Jim Beam, John Lunn, Kavalan, Kentucky, Knoxville, Lexington, Lifetime Achievement Award, London, Mark Williams, Marlene Holmes, Marsha Milam, memorabilia, metric, Murfreesboro, Nikka, Nikka From the Barrel, Old Forester, Oscar Pepper, Popcorn Sutton Distillery, Red Blend, San Antonio, Sazerac, Scallywag, Schenley, Stalk & Barrel, Stauning, Still Waters Distillery, Taiwan, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Texas, The Glenlivet, Toronto, trade, Versailles, Vicomte, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons0 comments
The James E. Pepper Distillery dominated the western edge of downtown Lexington, Kentucky for decades until it closed in 1958, and what was at one tim...
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)20170305014032
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 5, 2017#trypod, A. Smith Bowman, Adam Harris, Alex Conyngham, Alexander Murray & Co., Allison Patel, ambassador, anniversary, archaeology, Ardbeg, Ardgowan, arrest, Atlanta, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bankruptcy, Bardstown, Barrell Bourbon, Barrell Craft Spirits, Beam Suntory, beer, Boris Johnson, bottling, Bourbon, Brenne Whisky, brewer, brewery, Brian Shemwell, Brown-Forman, Brussels, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, bus, CEO, charity, Chris Malcolm, Cincinnati, collectors, construction, cooper, coopering, counterfeit, court, D.E.W. and a Brew, Dan Rosen, David Faughn, David Frost, dendrochronology, Diageo, diplomat, Dublin Airport, Earl of Mount Charles, eBay, editor, EU, European Union, fake, fraud, fundraiser, Ger Buckley, Glenlivet, Glenturret, Golan Heights Distillery, Golani, Greenock, Hall of Fame, Highland Park, Icons of Whisky Awards, Ileach, Inverclyde Council, Inverkip, investors, Irish Whiskey, Isabel Graham-Youll, Islay, Israel, Jack Daniel's, Jamieson's Jigger, Jane Maher, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Joe Beatrice, John J. Bowman, Julian Van Winkle III, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Jura, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Killian O'Mahony, Kim Bennett, Laphroaig, lawyers, Limestone Branch, London, Louisville, Lux Row, Luxco, Lynchburg, Maker's Mark, Martin Daraz, Mauritania, Mazurt Brewing Company, Meier's Winery, MGP, Michael Jamieson, Michter's, Mickey Heads, Midleton, Mike Reppucci, Minor Case Beam, Morocco, Nant, NUPBL Foundation, Ohio, Orkney, Paul Beam, podcast, police, Port Ellen, Rare Bourbon for Rare Disease, retirement, Rhode Island, road trip, Rupert Wheeler, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Mansfield, Shelbyville, Simon Brooking, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, Sons of Liberty, St. Patrick's Day, Steve Beam, still, Stuart Thomson, SWA, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tim Herlihy, trees, Tripp Stimson, Tullamore D.E.W., Vendome, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live London, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, whisky.auction, Willie Pratt, winter, World War II, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Mickey Heads grew up about three miles from Islay’s Ardbeg Distillery, but the third-generation whisky maker never thought he’d wind up as...
Episode 613: October 29, 201620161029231732
Episode 613: October 29, 2016
Mark GillespieOctober 29, 2016"The Beast", @ceppwepp, @crewcutter, @FL_ScotchLover, @tastydram, @winegalunboxed, A'Bunadh, A'Bunadh Orchard, Aberlour, acquisition, Alberta, American Whiskey, anniversary, Apothic, Apothic Inferno, Ashton Advertising, auction, banks, barrels, beards, Belgium, Blended Malt, bog, Boris Johnson, Bourbon Banter, Brent Hocking, Brexit, Brussels, Bulleit Rye, campaign, Canada, Caol Ila, charity, cocktail, Colorado, commute, Compass Box, construction, contempt, currency, David Frost, default, Denmark, Diageo, Domaine des, Dominic Villegas, Donald Trump, Drake, eBay, economic development, election, Elijah Craig, EU, European Union, Evan Williams, exchange rates, exile, Fiona Crosswell, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Foreign Secretary, Fort McMurray, Friends of Fort McMurray Firefighters, Gert, ghost, Glen Garioch, Halloween, haunted, Heaven Hill, Hill Harcourt, Hillary Clinton, hipster, Iain McArthur, Ileach, incentives, India, Indiana, interim, Iowa, Islay, Jimmy Russell, judge, Julie Hesketh-Laird, justices, Keith Kerkhoff, Lagavulin, lawsuits, lawyers, LCBO, Louisville, Make America Thirsty Again, Matt Evans, Max Shapira, MGP Ingredients, negotiations, Ontario, order, Parker Beam, peat, Port Ellen, Presidential, Remy Cointreau, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, severance, Spike Baker, stories, Supreme Court, SWA, talks, tax credit, taxes, Templeton Rye, Three Year Old Deluxe, trade, train, United Spirits, Val, veterans, Vijay Mallya, Virginia Black, whiskey, whisky, wildfire, wine, Wood Buffalo Brewing Company, write-in, yard sign0 comments
Distillery managers come and go at Lagavulin, but Iain McArthur is a fixture at the legendary Islay distillery. McArthur’s something of a legend...
Canada’s Fort McMurray Fire Leads to “Beast” of a Whisky20161027202552
Canada’s Fort McMurray Fire Leads to “Beast” of a Whisky
Mark GillespieOctober 27, 2016"The Beast", Alberta, auction, beer, bidding, brewpub, Canada, Canada Malting, charity, eBay, Fort McMurray, Friends of Fort McMurray Firefighters, prairie, recovery, Saskatchewan, Spike Baker, wildfire, Wood Buffalo Brewing Company0 comments
October 27, 2016 – Months after one of Canada’s worst wildfires scorched nearly 1.5 million acres of the Alberta prairie, forcing thousand...
Episode 556: October 4, 201520151004221453
Episode 556: October 4, 2015
Mark GillespieOctober 4, 20151792 Bardstown, 1792 Small Batch, Alan Winchester, Alps, American Frozen Foods Institute, author, Becky Paskin, Beltway, Bernheim, book, boots, Bourbon Barrel Reserve, Bourbon Empire, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bryan Crosson, bug, Canadian Mist, Carlow, Chambord, Charles Maclean, Chivas Regal, cold, confession, construction, Conyngham, Dalwhinnie, Dave Broom, David Rule, DISCUS, Domaine des Hautes Glaces, eBay, Finland, flavored whiskey, flippers, Forsyths, France, Germany, germs, gin, GlenDronach, Glenfiddich, Heaven Hill, incubator, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Japan, Japanese, John E. Fitzgerald, justin morland, Kraig Naasz, Laphroaig, Les Moissons, Liqueur, lobbying, Ludwigshafen, Miyagikyo, Nadurra, Nikka, Oliver Chilton, organic, Peter Cressy, Phil Lynch, politics, Port Askaig, portal, Reid Mitenbuler, reports, Reuters, Richard Woodard, sale, Sam Mead, Sazerac, ScotchWhisky.com, sick, Simon Brooking, Simon Marshall, Slane Castle, Slane Whiskey, Southern Comfort, Speciality Drinks, Spirit of Place, Stitzel-Weller, stolen, Tadashi Sakuma, Teerenpeli, The Glenlivet, The Whisky Show London, theft, UDV, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Washington, welly boots, wheated Bourbon, WhiskyFest, Winter's Gold, Wyoming Whiskey, Wyoming Whiskey Barrel Strength, Yoichi0 comments
Earlier this year, Japan’s Nikka Whisky announced plans to replace many of its age-statement single malts with new no-age-statement versions. Th...
Episode 391: September 29, 201220120929002159
Episode 391: September 29, 2012
Mark GillespieSeptember 29, 2012Ardbeg, Arran, Bill Welter, biofuel, Burns, charity, Colorado, Compass Box, Corby, craft distilling, Cutty Sark, Czech, Daniel Khader, Deerhammer, Diageo, Disneyland, eBay, economic, environment, fire, Flaming Heart, Gable Erenzo, Glenfiddich, Greg Ramsay, hospice, jewelry, Journeyman, Ken Goldenberg, Kirsteen Campbell, Lenny Eckstein, Maeve Gillies, Martin Tangney, Napier, New Zealand, Old Pulteney, Pernod Ricard, silver, St. Columba's, storm, tasting, Tullamore Dew, Tullibardine, Tuthilltown, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Wiser's0 comments
This week’s episode looks at a controversial whisky tasting/competition recently held in Michigan. The “Midwest Whisky Olympics” at ...