From Hockey’s Hall of Fame to a Whiskey Rookie (Episode 784: September 15, 2019)20190915232029
From Hockey’s Hall of Fame to a Whiskey Rookie (Episode 784: September 15, 2019)
Mark GillespieSeptember 15, 2019@BunkaiH, @michaeldrumm, @VinP27, #randomactofkindness, anniversary, auction, Bacardi, bar, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bardstown-Nelson County Tourism Commission, Ben Milam Distillery, Binny's, Blanco, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Brad Boswell, Buffalo Wild Wings, Cameronbridge, Caribbean Smooth, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado, Conor McGregor, contract, convection oven, Dallas Stars, Danny Wimmer Presents, David Mundell, Dayn Belfour, Dewar's, Diageo, distillery, distilling, Ed Belfour, Fife, Fine & Rare, finish, GMB, Heather Greene, hockey, Hockey Hall of Fame, Hometown Rising, Independent Stave, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jameson, Jane Bowie, Jimmy Russell, John Laun, John Rempe, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilchoman, Kirk Pearson, labor, labour, Leven, Louder than Life, Louisville, Lux Row Distillers, Maker's Mark, Mark Erwin, Mary Gratzer, memorabilia, Mike Mangeot, Milam & Greene, Moonshine University, National Hockey League, NHL, Ohio, Olympic, pecan, Private Select, Proper Twelve, Reaghan Belfour, restaurant, Robert Polson, rum, Rye, Scott Burnside, Shieldhall, Stanley Cup, Stave Profile RC6, Stephanie Macleod, Steve Nally, strike, Talnua Distillery, Texas, The Athletic, The Macallan, union, Unite, visitors, Westminster, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Willett Distillery, wood, Wood Finishing Series, yeast0 comments
Ed Belfour has every honor a hockey player could dream of, including a Stanley Cup, an Olympic gold medal, and the ultimate: being named to the Hockey...
Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)20170319145746
Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2017"Gillespie the Gauger", @6Pod4, @jotterface, @ratherbeonislay, @rmculver, #trypod, Aaron Schorsch, ABC News, Adam Spiegel, age statement, American Craft Spirits Association, Amir Peay, ancestor, ancestry, Ardbeg, artist, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Award, Beam Suntory, Benoit Bailey, best in class, bill, birth certificate, Black Truffle Rye, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Red Rye Finish, Blender's Batch Three Grain American Oak, blending, blog, Blue Spot, bond store, bonders, bonding, Brian DeFoe, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Bulleit Rye, canister, Cardhu, Carlton Welch, chewing, Chuck Cowdery, Churchill Downs, Col. E.H. Taylor, Columbus, commemorative, competition, confectioner, Cooley, Dave Pickerell, David Byrne, Diageo, distiller, distillery, Dublin, Eclipx, excise, exciseman, Facebook, FarmStock, finish, Four Grain Bourbon, France, FTI Consulting, Gavin Smith, Gold Label, governor, Grafton Street, Green Spot, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton, hanged, Harlen Wheatley, history, HoochLaw, horse racing, investors, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, James E. Pepper, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Mitchell, Jude, Kavalan, Keith Batt, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Whiskey, Kildare Street, lawmakers, lawyer, LCBO, legal, legislature, Lexington, Liberties, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, loophole, Louisville, Margaret Batt, Matt Bevin, McDonald's, Melbourne, Method And Madness, MGP, Midleton, Mitchell & Son, Mortlach, Nant, Nant Whisky Bar, Ohio, Old Mill Street, Ontario, paint, painting, Pareau des Charentes, Platinum Label, Prohibition, puppy, Quentin Olde, Quintessential, rebranding, receiver, Red Spot, Revival, Rick Culver, Robert Mitchell, Samuel Adams, ScotchWhisky.com. Malcolm Gillespie, Sheepdog, Shelbyville, Single Pot Still, Sonoma County Distilling Company, Taiwan, Tasmania, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, The Dubliner, Thomas Allen Pauly, Triple Crown, Tyrconnell, Vermont, water spirit, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Daddy, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, Woodford Reserve, workout, Yellow Spot0 comments
For years, whisky connoisseurs whispered about a mysterious Irish whiskey called Green Spot and begged friends traveling to Ireland to track down a bo...
Episode 388: September 15, 201220120915200642
Episode 388: September 15, 2012
Mark GillespieSeptember 15, 2012Alan Walker, Alltech, Amarone, An Cnoc, Arran, Bardstown, biofuel, Birthday Bourbon, Bob Lekan, Bowmore, Brian Glenn, Brown-Forman, Bw1, Carlow, craft distilling, Crown Royal, Darren Phelan, Diageo, Elements, environment, family, finish, fungus, George Garvin Brown, Greg Fischer, Heaven Hill, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Jim Rutledge, Jimmy Russell, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kevin Smith, lawsuit, Lexington, Limestone Branch, Linda Harrison, Manitoba, Marcus Wright, Mark Hoffman, Mark Metzger, Master of Malt, Matt Wooler, moonshine, Old Forester, Pappy Van Winkle, Paul Beam, Pearse Lyons, Peter Arkle, Redbreast, Silver Trail, single cask, Spencer Balentine, Steve Beam, tourism, Town Branch, visitors, Whisky Exchange, Wilson & Morgan0 comments
This weekend, I’m in Bardstown for the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival. There’s a legitimate claim that this could be the world’s l...
Episode 168: October 12, 200820081012110300
Episode 168: October 12, 2008
Mark GillespieOctober 12, 2008Alan Shayne, Ardbeg, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bill Lumsden, Blasda, Blended Scotch, Blue Hanger, Canada, Canadian, Claive Vidiz, collection, Crown Royal, display, distillery, Doug McIvor, extravaganza, finish, Glenmorangie, Ingvar Ronde, Mackmyra, Malt Whisky Yearbook, Mikael Mossvall, Renaissance, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky Experience, Sweden, SWMS, wood0 comments
Glenmorangie’s Dr. Bill Lumsden is regarded as one of the leading innovators in the whisky business. He’s credited with creating an indust...
Episode 149: June 16, 200820080615233700
Episode 149: June 16, 2008
Mark GillespieJune 15, 2008Australia, Bruichladdich, distillery, economy, Feis Ile, finish, Glenfiddich, Glengoyne, Glenguin, history, Ileach, Irish, Islay, Jim McEwan, Octomore, Scotland, Shiraz, storytelling, tourism, Travel, Tullamore Dew, Vintage Reserve, visitors, whisky school, winery, X40 comments
What distillery produces so many different expressions of whisky that one could probably drink a different one each day for a month with no repeats? T...
Episode 102: July 29, 200720070728165900
Episode 102: July 29, 2007
Mark GillespieJuly 28, 2007Australia, awards, Baron of Glenguin, Beam, Bourbon, Brandy Library, Diageo, distillery, family, Family Casks, finish, George S. Grant, Glenfarclas, Glengoyne, Glenguin, Grant, Heaven Hill, Heritage, history, Japan, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Loretto, LVMH, Maker's Mark, Malt Maniacs, New York City, Parker Beam, Parker's, Pernod Ricard, profits, Robin Tedder, Shiraz, Speyside, storytelling, Suntory, tour, tourism, Travel, visitors, Whyte & Mackay, wine, Yamazaki0 comments
The Grant family bought Speyside’s Glenfarclas distillery in 1865, and six generations of Grants have worked at the distillery since then. Georg...
Episode 101: July 22, 200720070722105900
Episode 101: July 22, 2007
Mark GillespieJuly 22, 2007Benromach, Bladnoch, Buffalo Trace, Chardonnay, Diageo, Edradour, Edrington, England, English Whisky Company, expansion, experiment, finish, Gordon & MacPhail, Harlen Wheatley, Iain Henderson, Laphroaig, Macallan, Michael Urquhart, Nelstrop, organic, Roseisle, warehouses, Wired Magazine, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Iain Henderson’s CV includes everything from sailing the seas as an engineer on oil tankers to managing the stills at Laphroaig, Bladnoch, and E...
Episode 100: July 15, 200720070715092400
Episode 100: July 15, 2007
Mark GillespieJuly 15, 2007Aria, auction, Bible, Blended Scotch, Bourbon, Brianna Gillespie, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, charity, Christina, Classic Malts Cruise, Dalmore, dispute, distillery, Elmer T. Lee, family, fiasco, final dram, finish, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Grand Central Station, Groningen, India, Islay, James Andrew, Jim Cryle, Jim McEwan, Jim Murray, John McDougall, Jura, lesson, Netherlands, New York, Nick Morgan, PC5, photos, Port Charlotte, pronunciation, retrospective, sailing, tariff, Tessa, Tom Bulleit, trade, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
It’s a milestone episode for WhiskyCast, and to mark the occasion, I’ve selected a few of my favorite moments from the first 99 episodes. ...
Episode 99: July 8, 200720070707230100
Episode 99: July 8, 2007
Mark GillespieJuly 7, 2007Ardbeg, Bob Brannan, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, casks, Chardonnay, Chris Morris, classic malts, Classic Malts Cruise, David Williamson, Diageo, dispute, Double Barrel, finish, India, Kentucky, Lagavulin, Masters Collection, Nick Morgan, Oban, sailing, Scotch Whisky Association, shotgun, silver, Sonoma-Cutrer, SWA, Talisker, tariff, trade, Vijay Mallya, vineyard, Whyte & Mackay, wine, Woodford Reserve, yacht0 comments
There’s no shortage of Scotch whiskies with wine finishes, but until now, finished Bourbons have been just an academic idea. Chris Morris of Woo...
Episode 95: June 10, 200720070609230100
Episode 95: June 10, 2007
Mark GillespieJune 9, 2007Abhainn Dearg, Authenticus, BenRiach, Billy Walker, Brandy Library, Caramel, chill filtering, Curiositas, distillery, finish, Isle of Lewis, Jonathan Goldstein, Lalique, Macallan, Mark Tayburn, New York City, Park Avenue Liquor Shop, Preiss Imports, Steve Fox0 comments
It’s a rare road trip for WhiskyCast, with a special episode taped on location at the Brandy Library in New York City. We’ll get an update...