The Macallan’s Whisky Cathedral Opens in Scotland (Episode 700: May 24, 2018)20180524164749
The Macallan’s Whisky Cathedral Opens in Scotland (Episode 700: May 24, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 24, 2018@bigbadchef, @CentralKYTours, @jimcronin, #Drams4Fams, Age International, aging, architect, auction, auto racing, Big Red Liquors, Blanton's, Bonhams, Bourbon, Brexit, Brora, Central Kentucky Tours, charity, Clynelish, Colin Gordon, Colorado State University, deficit, Diageo, Discovery Series, donations, Dublin, Edmonton Scotch Club, Edrington, Egypt, Emperador, European Union, exports, food bank, fundraiser, geographic indicators, Georgie Crawford, Giza, Gordon & MacPhail, Great Britain, Great Pyramid, Halewood Wines & Spirits, history, Hong Kong, Hungarian Oak, Indianapolis 500, Indy 500, IndyCar, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Japan, Jay Howard, Jim Cronin, John Crabbie & Co., John Currence, Ken Grier, Kentucky, label, Lagavulin, laser, lions, Maker's Mark, Mark Brown, Matt Colglazier, Method And Madness, Mississippi, Move On Up Mississippi, negotiations, Notre Dame, One Cure, Oxford Bourbon Festival and Auction, Paris, Port Ellen, Port Ellen Maltings, Private Select, Richard Paterson, River Spey, Rosebank, rumor, Sazerac, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, shortage, Sotheby's, Special Releases, Speyside, Springbank, Stephen Rankin, Stewart Duncan, SWA, tariff war, The Drinks Business, The Guardian, The Macallan, trade, trade barriers, trade deficit, U.S. Trade Representative, UFO, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, YouTube0 comments
Edrington first announced plans for The Macallan’s new distillery in 2012, but the planning process on what may be one of the longest distillery...
Episode 504: November 1, 201420141102005934
Episode 504: November 1, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 2, 2014additive, age matters, age statement, anCnoc, antifreeze, author, Award, Balblair, Beam Suntory, biomass, boiler, book, bootleg, Bruichladdich, bullshit, Bushmills, Casa Cuervo, cask filling, Chivas Brothers, Compass Box, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, Diageo, Dingle, DiSaranno, Don Julio, Douglas Laing & Co., Emperador, environment, ethylene glycol, Evgeny Vershinin, exciseman, Extra Old Particular, film, film festival, Finland, Fireball, fish, Fishky, flavoring, Food & Drug Administration, Fortuna Merita, Founder's Reserve, gauger, greasy, green, Haig Club, herring, history, illegal, interview, Inver House, Inverness, Ireland, Jim Murray, John Glaser, John MacDonald, John Moriarty, joke, Jose Cuervo, Kentucky Dram, Kerry, Knockdhu, Liqueur, Malcolm Waring, Michael Deresynski, Mike Dziennik, moonshine, movie, nasty, negotiations, Norway, oil, Old Pulteney, Oliver Hughes, Peat Reak, Petr Hosek, printer ink, propylene glycol, recall, regulators, Reserve Bank of India, Sazerac, Sazerac Rye 18, single grain, smart ass, swap, Sweden, The Balvenie, The Dalmore, The Glenlivet, toxic, trade, travel retail, trees, Tun 1401, Tun 1509, Twitter, Twitter tasting, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Wall Street Journal, Whiskey Live Dublin, Whisky Bible, Whyte & Mackay, Wick, William Larue Weller, worst, XOP, Yamazaki, Zsoka McDonald0 comments
The battle between Scotland’s illicit distillers and the excisemen known as “gaugers” is the stuff of which legends, books, and now,...
Episode 482: June 6, 201420140606203741
Episode 482: June 6, 2014
Mark GillespieJune 6, 2014acquisition, Adam Rogers, Alliance Global, analysts, antitrust, Art Antiques London, Atlanta, auction, Australia, author, biology, book, Bourbon Hunter, Box Distillery, brain, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Cambridge, Campari, Canada, Canadian, cat, charity, chemistry, Children In Crisis, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, coolbottlecaps, crane, Diageo, distillation, Duke of York, earnings, education, Elijah, Emperador, Experimental Collection, fermentation, flavored whiskey, flavored whisky, Forty Creek, Glasgow, Glenmorangie, Grimsby, hangover, Hovenia, Ivo Fanotti, Jack Daniel's, John Hall, lab, Lauren Walles, Lion's Clyde Pub, markets, Markham, medicine, Office of Fair Trading, Ontario, Pasteur, Patrick Maguire, Paul Varga, Pioneer, Prince Andrew, proof, regulators, Richard Awbrey, River Clyde, science, scientists, Sullivan's Cove, Sweden, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, Tennessee Honey, tourism, Whiskey Apostles, Whyte & Mackay, Wired, Woodford Reserve, World Whiskies Awards, yeast0 comments
Humans have been drinking alcohol for centuries, but there are still many things we don’t understand about it…basic things like the chemis...
UK Regulators To Review Whyte & Mackay Sale20140603100041
UK Regulators To Review Whyte & Mackay Sale
Mark GillespieJune 3, 2014Alliance Global, Andrew Tan, antitrust, Competition & Markets Authority, Dalmore, Diageo, Emperador, Office of Fair Trading, regulators, Tamnavulin, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
June 3, 2014 – UK competition regulators will open a public comment period on Diageo’s plans to sell Whyte & Mackay to Filipino billio...
Episode 478: May 10, 201420140511001945
Episode 478: May 10, 2014
Mark GillespieMay 11, 2014100% Islay, Alliance Global, Ancient Ancient Age, Andrew Tan, Ardbeg, Auriverdes, Balvenie, barrels, Barterhouse, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Benrinnes, Bill Ricker, Boston, Buffalo Trace, Cardhu, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Changi, Charter, cooperage, Dalmore, Darkness, Diageo, Dublin, Dublin Airport, Elmer T. Lee, Emperador, forest, Four Roses, Glen Moray, Glenlivet, golf, Gordon & MacPhail, Hibiki, Ichiro Akuto, India, Jack Teeling, Japan, Japanese, Jim Beveridge, Jim Rutledge, John Ellwood, John Malatino, John Walker & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Julio's, Kilchoman, Macallan, Mark Brown, Massachusetts, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Michael Urquhart, Mizunara, Moray, Nadurra, Nate Berman, Neyah White, OESF, Orphan Barrel, Private Collection, regulators, Richard Paterson, Ronnie Eddins, sale, Sazerac, Seiichi Koshimizu, shortage, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Solomon, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Suntory, Tamdhu, Tamnavulin, Tampa, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Loop, The Nose, Triple A, Twitter, United Spirits, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW, Weller, Westborough, Whyte & Mackay2 comments
Mark Brown heads up Buffalo Trace and its parent company, Sazerac, and he’s known for speaking his mind even when it goes against the rest of th...
Whyte & Mackay Sells For $724.5 Million20140509120615
Whyte & Mackay Sells For $724.5 Million
Mark GillespieMay 9, 2014Alliance Global, Andrew Tan, competition, Dalmore, Diageo, Emperador, Gruppo Campari, Jill Inglis, KKR, Lion Capital, Office of Fair Trading, Phillippines, Reserve Bank of India, Robert Tchenguiz, sale, Supreme Court of India, Tamnavulin, United Spirits, Vasari, Vijay Mallya, Vivian Imerman, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
May 9, 2014 – A dark horse emerged from the bidding as the winner in Diageo’s sale of Whyte & Mackay, the Scotland-based unit of India...
UK Regulators Prepared To Approve Whyte & Mackay Sale