The Uncle Nearest Story: A Timeless Lesson for Modern Times (Episode 779: August 4, 2019)20190804174027
The Uncle Nearest Story: A Timeless Lesson for Modern Times (Episode 779: August 4, 2019)
Mark GillespieAugust 4, 2019"The Road Home", Adam Keele, agriculture, analysts, Armagnac, auction, Australia, backstop, Baker's Bourbon, Basil Hayden's, Beam Suntory, beer, black market, Booker Noe, Booker's, brewer, Brexit, budget, bulk whiskey, Caleb Kilburn, capital, Chinkapin Oak, Cigar Blend Bourbon, Civil War, Clermont, Clonakilty Distillery, collecting, collectors, cooperage, Copper Mule Distillery, Corky Taylor, crackdown, Dallas Dhu, David McEldowney, DC, Derek Maclean, Diageo, DIGI, distillery, Don Gosen, Drinks Industry Group of Ireland, Dublin, earnings, Esquire, EU, European Union, excise taxes, Facebook, farmers, Fawn Weaver, finance, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Glasgow, Gordon & MacPhail, Gus Griffin, hard border, Hermann, history, Hobart, investors, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distilling Company, Joseph A. Magnus & Co., Kentucky Peerless Distillery, Kevin Hogan, Knob Creek, law, lawmakers, legislature, Little Book, Longmorn, Lynchburg, meetup, Melbourne, MGP Ingredients, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Missouri Craft Distillers Guild, Morehead State University, Nancy Fraley, Nathan Nearest Green, Northern Ireland, Oban, Old Teddy, online, Prime Minister, Private Collection, race, racism, Rosemary Garth, Scotch Whisky Auctions, shares, slavery, St. Magdalene, Starward, stock market, STR Casks, Sydney, Tasmanian Whisky Week, Teddy Maclean, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tennessee, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, Tennessee Whiskey, The Glenlivet, trade, Travel, Uncle Nearest, Uncle Nearest 1884, Uncle Nearest Distillery, Victoria Eady-Butler, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, whisky0 comments
If the story of Nathan “Nearest” Green and Jack Daniel was made into a movie, critics might describe it as “a feel-good story for th...
Reviving One of Islay’s Legendary Distilleries (Episode 770: June 2, 2019)20190602203754
Reviving One of Islay’s Legendary Distilleries (Episode 770: June 2, 2019)
Mark GillespieJune 2, 2019@AllICanDo, @bozkurtkurasu, @MackmyraJon, administrator, Alberta, Alec Lee, Amrut, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, Balblair, Barley, barrels, beer, Belgium, Billy MacArthur, Brora, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, California, Callum Fraser, Canada, Chairman's Reserve, Charbay, climate, climate change, cooper, cooperage, crop, Diageo, distillery, Donald Trump, drought, Easter Elchies, Edmonton, Endless West, environment, farmers, Feis Ile, Finance Ministry, Georgie Crawford, Glenfarclas, Glyph, Greedy Angels, Iain MacArthur, immigration, India, investment, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, James Bond, Johan Van Dyck, John Manfreda, John Wendell, Jon Buscemi, Kim Jong Un, Lagavulin, LCBO, lifestyle, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Marko Karakasevic, Mexico, mezcal, migrants, Mike Simpson, mitering, molecular whisky, music, Neel Jagdale, Nick Morgan, North Korea, oak, Old Charter Oak, Ontario, planning approval, Port Ellen, President, privatization, Quebec, Quora, retaliatory tariffs, River Spey, Samilpo, sanctions, Scotch Whisky, Speyside, Spirit Drink, spirits, staves, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, tequila, Tesco, The Guardian, The Macallan, The Macallan Estate, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, water, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Wolves Whiskey0 comments
Construction could begin later this year on Diageo’s planned revival of the legendary Port Ellen Distillery on Islay, which was closed in 1983. ...
On the Road at The Great American Whiskey Fair (Episode 733: October 18, 2018)20181018232648
On the Road at The Great American Whiskey Fair (Episode 733: October 18, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 18, 2018100% Islay, agriculture, airplane bottles, Alasdair Day, Allied Domecq, Antique Collection, Bailey's Irish Cream, bar, Barley, Beach Polo, Beam, Beam Suntory, beer, Bill Newlands, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Campbell Brown, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Catoctin Creek, CEO, Charleston, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chris Swonger, Chronicles, climate change, Columbia, Constellation Brands, construction, Crouch Distilling, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillery, distilling, Dublin, Dungourney, emissions, environment, event, executive, farmers, Festival, fossil fuels, Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, Fox & Geese, George Garvin Brown, global warming, grain, Grain of Truth, Great American Whiskey Fair, Greenville, High West, High Wire Distilling, IDV, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, investment, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jackie Zykan, James Espey, Jessica Crouch, Jimmy Red, John Walker Masters' Edition, Johnnie Walker, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Johnnie Walker Oldest, journal, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, Kilchoman, Kraig Naasz, Kristian Niemi, lobbyist, Louisville, Michter's, Midleton Distillery, miniature bottles, Nathan Mueller, Nature, obituary, Old Forester Distillery, Pam Heilmann, Pernod Ricard, Phil Crouch, Piedmont, Polo Collection, Ralph Blackman, Rob Sands, Royal Salute, Russ Fain, Rye, Sam Slaughter, science, Scotch Whisky, Seagram's, single grain, single malt, Six and Twenty Distillery, Smiths Group, South Carolina, The Last Drop Distillers, The President's Choice, The Tweedale Blend, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Jago, United Distillers, United Nations, University of California Irvine, Utah, whiskey, whisky0 comments
This time around, we’re in Columbia, South Carolina for The Great American Whiskey Fair. We’ll talk with local distillers creating unique ...
Virginia: A Place for Whiskey Lovers (Episode 722: September 2, 2018)20180902191633
Virginia: A Place for Whiskey Lovers (Episode 722: September 2, 2018)
Mark GillespieSeptember 2, 2018@odysseusunbound, @RealWhiskyDave, A. Smith Bowman, Adelaide, agriculture, Alexandre Ricard, aluminum, Anthony Bakker, Australia, backset, Bardstown, Bare Knuckle, Beam Suntory, Becky Harris, Belmont Farm Distillery, Bettina Ring, Bill Karlson, Blended Malt, Blenders' Mash, Booker Noe Distillery, bootlegger, Boston, Bourbon, Bourbon Cask, Bourbon Mash, Bourbon Wood Reserve, Brent Elliott, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Canada, Catoctin Creek, Charlottesville, China, Chris Ratcliff, Chuck Miller, Clermont, Clutha, Connoisseurs Choice, construction, cooperage, Crown Royal, Culpeper, Darwin, Dave Kearns, Diageo, Discovery Series, distiller, distillery, Douglas Laing & Co., earnings, economic development, ethanol, EU, European Union, exports, farmers, fermentation, forestry, Four Roses, fuel, Gareth Moore, George Washington's Distillery, Glasgow, Gordon & MacPhail, grain, Greaves Motorsport, Hall of Fame, Icons of Whisky, imports, incentives, IndyCar, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James May, Jameson, Jeanette Miller, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Distillery, John O'Mara, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, KO Distilling, Lawson Whiting, lawyers, Limited Edition Small Batch, Lovingston, Manassas, Mario Andretti, Mexico, Midleton, moonshine, Mount Vernon, Noble Collection, Oz Clarke, Pacific Quay, Patrick Maguire, Patrick Small, Pernod Ricard, Private Stock, profits, Prohibition, Ragged Branch, Repeal Batch, River Clyde, Roundstone Rye, sales, Sazerac, Scotch, Scott Harris, Secretary, Sour Mash, sourdough, Speyside Cooperage, Springbank, stave mill, steel, Sullivan's Cove, Sweet Mash, tariffs, Tasmania, Tawny Port, taxes, The Glenrothes, The Independent, trade, trade war, Travis Hill, TTB, Virginia, Virginia ABC, Virginia Distillers Association, Virginia Distillery Company, Virginia Highland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, whisky wingman, Wilderness Trail, Woodford Reserve, X4, yeast0 comments
Virginia’s distilling history dates back to at least 1620, and while many whiskey lovers know about George Washington’s Distillery at Moun...
The First American Single Malt Whiskey? (Episode 705: June 10, 2018)20180610213833
The First American Single Malt Whiskey? (Episode 705: June 10, 2018)
Mark GillespieJune 10, 2018@lwars85, @stonekettle, aluminum, anniversary, Anthony Bourdain, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Beam Suntory, bonding, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Cairdeas, California, Canada, Charbay, charity, chef, Chicago, Clear Creek Distillery, Commerce Secretary, Compass Box, contract, Cooley, culture, Dave Karraker, Delilah's, deliveries, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Donald Trump, Douglas Taylor, Dublin, economy, Edrington, European Union, export, farmers, Feis Ile, food, Franklin County, G7 Summit, glass, Great Northern Distillery, Grooves, Hood River Distillers, import, Ira Seligman, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Islay Swim, Jeanine Racht, Jewish Whisky Company, John Glaser, John Teeling, Jörg Rupf, judge, Karakasevic, Kim Jong Un, Lance Winters, Laphroaig, Larry Neuringer, lifeboats, Market Street Spirits, McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt, Mexico, Midleton, Mike Miller, Multnomah Whiskey Library, negotiations, North Korea, obituary, Oregon, PappyGate, picket lines, Port Charlotte, Portland, Quebec, Rare Craft, RNLI, search and rescue, shipping, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Single Cask Nation, single malt, St. George's Spirits, steel, Steve McCarthy, strike, suicide, summit, tariffs, Teamsters, Temple Bar, The Balvenie, The Macallan, The Whisky Fairy, Thomas Wingate, Tom Clancy, trade, Trump Administration, Tullamore Dew, UPS, US, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Jewbilee, Wilbur Ross, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons0 comments
Historians aren’t sure who distilled the first Scotch-style single malt whiskey in the United States, but Oregon’s Clear Creek Distillery ...
Wandering The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 686: March 25, 2018)20180325175011
Wandering The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 686: March 25, 2018)
Mark GillespieMarch 25, 2018@corymcrae, @jotterface, @saratogamatt, @TheLadyBlender, #patriot, 1792 Full Proof, 1956, agriculture, airport, Alberta, aluminum, Amrut, Andrea Wilson, Andrew Ferguson, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Australia, Barry Bernstein, Barry Stein, bartender, bartending, Batch Proof, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, biodynamics, border, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, bullshit, butterfly knife, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Chris Morris, code, Committee Edition, Cornwall, Cory McRae, Dan Tullio, Diageo, diplomat, Donald Trump, Edmonton, Elgin, Elvis Presley, England, EU, European Union, exports, farmers, FedEx, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Gold Label Reserve, Gordon & MacPhail, Great Britain, Grooves, Hakushu, Hall of Fame, hard border, Heartbreak Hotel, Heathrow, history, Ian Bentley, Icons of Whisky Awards, imports, Inchmurrin, India, inductee, Ireland, Irish, James Otter, Jim Swan, Johnnie Walker, Karen Betts, Kavalan, Kensington Wine Market, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kilchoman, King Car Distillery, King of Kentucky, legislature, Leo Varadkar, Linkwood, Loch Lomond Distillers, London, Louisville, Manuel Salazar, manure, Mark Reynier, Master of Malt, Masters Collection, Matt Jones, Matthew Ingram, Memphis, Michter's, Mitch McConnell, mixology, Morrison Bowmore, Mounties, NAV Centre, Nectar Grove, negotiations, Nick Morgan, Northern Ireland, Ontario, Pam Heilmann, politics, Premium Bottlers, President, Prime Minister, Private Collection, Rachel Barrie, RCMP, retaliation, Richard Paterson, Rye, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Research Institute, Scotland, security, Senate, senator, shipping, single cask, single malt, Speyside, Staffordshire, Stalk & Barrel, steel, Stephen Rankin, Still Waters Distillery, story, Sullivan's Cove, Sun Records, SWA, T.T. Lee, Taiwan, Taoiseach, target, tariffs, Terminal 5, The Dalmore, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tish Harcus, tools, Toronto, tourism, trade, trade war, Travel, travel retail, Trump Administration, visitors center, Waterford, weapon, Wemyss Malts, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whyte & Mackay, Wonderful World of Whisky Show, Woodford Reserve, World of Whiskies, World Whiskies Awards, Y.T. Lee0 comments
Rachel Barrie is known on Twitter as @TheLadyBlender, and she’s just winding up her first year as the master blender for Brown-Forman’s Be...
Waiting for Waterford’s Whiskey (Episode 685: March 18, 2018)20180318132954
Waiting for Waterford’s Whiskey (Episode 685: March 18, 2018)
Mark GillespieMarch 18, 2018@WhiskyNeighbour, @WWWTwinCities, accident, agriculture, Alberta, Alltech, aluminum, An Gardaí Síochána, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Austin, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, ballot, Bardstown, Baring, Barley, barrels, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, biodynamics, Blood Oath, Bluebell Forest, bonding, Booker Noe, Booker Noe Distillery, Booker's Bourbon, Boston, botas, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, buyout, Camus, Canada, Capitol Hill, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, chill filtering, CIL, Clermont, cognac, crashed, Dair Ghaelach, death, Deirdre Lyons, dispute, Dominic Hughes, Donal O'Gallachoir, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Dungourney, e-commerce, Edmonton, Elijah Craig, EU, European Union, exports, farmers, farming, fatality, fertilizers, forestry, forklift, Fred Noe, Glasgow, Glendalough, Glenmorangie, grand opening, Grenada, Grinnell's Wood, Grooves, Health & Safety Authority, Heaven Hill, imports, investigation, investors, Ireland, Ireland's Ancient East, Irish Distillers, Irish Oak, Irish Whiskey, Islay, J. Rieger & Co., J.J. Corry, Jameson, Jean-Christophe Coutures, Jim Beam, John Moriarty, John Rempe, Kansas City, Kathleen DiBenedetto, Kentucky, Lambay Island, Lambay Whiskey, Lark Distillery, Leo Varadkar, Lexington, Louise McGuane, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, Mark Reynier, Midleton, milestone, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota Spirits Fest, Monogram, nature sanctuary, organic, Pact No. 4, Pearse Lyons, Pearse Lyons Distillery, pesticides, Philadelphia, police, Prime Minister, provenance, Remy Cointreau, Renegade Rum, Renegade Spirits, Revelstoke Trust, Sabine Sheehan, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, servers, shareholders, shares, Single Pot Still, South by Southwest Festival, Spain, Spotify, steel, stock, Super Bowl, sustainable, Taoiseach, tariffs, Texas, The Coastal Collection, The Gael, The Glasgow Distillery Company, Town Branch Distillery, trade, Trinity Well, Washington, Waterford, Waterford Distillery, whiskey, whisky, White House, Wild Atlantic Way, Williams & Humbert, Women Who Whiskey0 comments
It’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend, and while we cover Irish Whiskey all year-round, it’s worth paying special attention to the fastest-...
The Archivist Preserving Irish Whiskey’s History20171230143051
The Archivist Preserving Irish Whiskey’s History
Mark GillespieDecember 30, 2017accountant, archival, archiving, bottles, Bow Street Distillery, Carol Quinn, climate control, Cork, Cork Distillers, Crested Ten, designers, distillers, distilling, doodles, Dublin, farmers, historic, history, humidity, Ireland, Irish Distillers, James Murphy, Jameson, Jameson Crested, John Jameson, John's Lane, journal, labels, laboratory, ledger, marketing, Method & Madness, Midleton, National Archives, Old Midleton Distillery, Pernod Ricard, photographs, pipe, Powers, preservation, samples, stories, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Irish Whiskey’s history has been written over centuries, but Carol Quinn has the unique task of preserving the history that was actually written...
Whisky Starts With the Grain … and “The Gatekeeper”20171220193526
Whisky Starts With the Grain … and “The Gatekeeper”
Mark GillespieDecember 20, 2017agriculture, Barley, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, cattle, commodities, Corby Spirit & Wine, corn, cows, distiller's grains, distillery, distilling, Don Livermore, farmers, Gatekeeper, Gooderham & Worts, grain, Hiram Walker & Sons, Kristy Fregonese, Lot #40, Ontario, pigs, Pike Creek, process engineer, Rye, spent grains, trucks, wheat, whiskey, whisky, Windsor, Wiser's0 comments
If you’re watching this while sipping a dram, raise a glass to the world’s farmers – because without the grain they grow, there woul...
Does The Nose Know For Sure? (Episode 643: May 28, 2017)20170527225059
Does The Nose Know For Sure? (Episode 643: May 28, 2017)
Mark GillespieMay 27, 2017@lwars85, A. Smith Bowman, Abraham Bowman, acquisition, advice, Andretti, Ardbeg, Ardnahoe, aroma, auto racing, Barley, Barrel Proof, Boston, Bourbon, Bowmore, Bridgend, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Cairdeas, Campbeltown, Canada, Canada Day, Caol Ila, CNBC, Confederation, Constellation Brands, Distillery Series, Drexel University, drought, Elijah Craig, family, farmers, Feis Ile, Fernando Alonso, Festival, food science, George Garvin Brown IV, Glen Scotia, Honda, Hunter Laing & Co., Indianapolis 500, Indy 500, Ira Seligman, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Israel, It's the Liquor Talking, J.P. Wiser's, Jacob Lahne, Jay Howard, Jim Beam, Jim McEwan, Johnnie Walker, Julio's Liquors, Kaveh Zamarian, Kilchoman, Kinship, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Mark Williams, mash bill, mashbill, McLaren, Milk & Honey Distillery, motorsports, nose, nosing, Orphan Barrel, Paul Varga, phenols, Philadelphia, podcast, Port Askaig, Port Charlotte, Rabbit Hole Distilling, radio, rain, Randall Bird, research, Rhetoric, Ryan Maloney, Rye, Sazerac, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scott Laing, sensory, Sequential Series, shares, smell, sponsor, stocks, study, Tel Aviv, The 150, The Courier, transparency, trust, Virginia, Virginia Tech, weather, whiskey, whisky, whisky club, Woodford Reserve2 comments
You may be able to tell different styles of whiskies apart by nosing them – when you know what you’re nosing to begin with. When it comes ...