Whisky As a Political Football (Episode 786: September 29, 2019)20190929192731
Whisky As a Political Football (Episode 786: September 29, 2019)
Mark GillespieSeptember 29, 2019@minter, @pintsandpoetry, @stuloosemore, Academy Awards, Airbus, Al Pacino, Alumni Whisky Series, announcer, Ardbeg, auction, Belfour Spirits, Benromach, Bernard Walsh, Blair Castle, Boeing, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brexit, Cannes, Carolina Hurricanes, charity, Chivas Brothers, Chris Swonger, Christie's, comic book, correction, Dave Keon, David DeFazio, David Stewart, DCS Compendium, Deatsville, Diageo, Dingle Distillery, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Donna Nally, Ed Belfour, Edrington, EU, European Union, fire, France, Frank Coleman, Glen Moray, Gordon & MacPhail, Gotham Hall, Graham Coull, H. Wade Minter, Highland Park, hockey, Hollywood, induction, Ireland, J.P. Wiser's, Joe Pesci, Kathleen DiBenedetto, Katrina Egbert, Keepers of the Quaich, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Owl, lobbying, Lot #40, Mark Messier, Martin Scorsese, Michael Deresynski, movie, My Old Kentucky Home Dinner Train, Neal Pyle, Nelson County, New York City, New York Film Festival, NHL, NHL Alumni, North Carolina, Old Pulteney, Oscars, Outryder, Peggy Noe Stevens, PNC Arena, politics, public address, railroad, Raleigh, Rebecca Jago, Rittenhouse Rye, Robert DeNiro, Rosemary Walsh, Royal Salute, Sam Heughan, Scottish Ballet, Speyside, Stone of Destiny, T.W. Samuels Distillery, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tax Free World Association, television, TFWA, The Balvenie, The Irishman, The Last Drop, The Walking Dead, Tilda Swinton, trade, Traigh Bhan, travel retail, Tribeca Productions, Trump Administration, TTB, Tun 1509, Walsh Whiskey, Washington, whiskey, whisky, WLKY, World Trade Organization, WTO, Wyoming Whiskey, Yvan Cournoyer0 comments
Whisky has been a part of politics since the monks were working their stills in medieval times, helping opposing sides bridge their differences over a...
Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)20190715015549
Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 15, 2019@Andrew_leets, @Head_Stone, 1792 Aged Twelve Years, 1792 Bourbon, amaranth, Andrew Leets, bacteria, barrels, Beam Suntory, Bend, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Black Rock Bar, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brad Boswell, Buffalo Trace, Cambus, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., Colin Montgomerie, court, Delaware, Denver, Diageo, Don Julio, environment, Eric Rubin, fines, fire, fish, Gareth Moore, geographical indicators, George Remus, Ghost and Rare, Glenn's Creek, Glenury Royal, golf, governor, grain, Heaven Hill, Highland, Hotel, Independent Stave, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jane Bowie, Jim Beam, John Mura, Johnnie Walker, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Kentucky River, Lagavulin, law, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lawyers, legislation, legislature, Lexington, Loch Lomond, London, Loretto, Los Altos, Madison, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, McGinnis Wood Products, MGP, Michael Henry, Mike Parson, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Old Crow, Oregon Spirit Distillers, oxygen, Pittyvaich, private barrel, Private Select, Prohibition, Remus Volstead Reserve, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Portrush, Ryder Cup, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Rogers, Speyburn, sprinkler, sugar, SWA, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, tequila, The Open Championship, travel retail, Triple Triple, TTB, Versailles, Virginia Distillery Company, Virginia Highland, Volstead Act, WBRB, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Wisconsin0 comments
60 years ago, Bill and Marge Samuels dipped the first bottles of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in Loretto, Kentucky. They left the “e” out of...
Jim Beam Warehouse Fire Leaves Behind Environmental Impact20190708140647
Jim Beam Warehouse Fire Leaves Behind Environmental Impact
Mark GillespieJuly 8, 2019alcohol, bacteria, Beam Suntory, Bourbon, drinking water, environment, fire, fish, fish kill, Frankfort, Glenn's Creek, Jim Beam, John Mura, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Kentucky River, lightning, Ohio River, Old Crow, oxygen, regulators, rickhouse, Versailles, warehouse, whiskey, whisky, Woodford County0 comments
July 8, 2019 – Investigators are now looking through the rubble of a rickhouse at Beam Suntory’s Old Crow warehousing site near Versailles...
Jim Beam Bourbon Warehouse Still Burning in Kentucky20190705170826
Jim Beam Bourbon Warehouse Still Burning in Kentucky
Mark GillespieJuly 5, 2019ambulance, Beam Suntory, Bourbon, Castle & Key, Drew Chandler, drinking water, environment, fire, firefighters, Frankfort, Glenn's Creek, Glenns Creek Distilling, heat exhaustion, Jim Beam, Kentucky, Kentucky River, McCracken Pike, medics, Old Crow, Old Taylor Distillery, rickhouse, tour bus, warehouse, whiskey, whisky, Will Arvin, Woodford County, Woodford County Emergency Management0 comments
July 5, 2019 – The fire that destroyed a Jim Beam Bourbon maturation warehouse is still burning, nearly three days after it started late Tuesday...
Fire Strikes Jim Beam Bourbon Warehouses in Kentucky20190703111735
Fire Strikes Jim Beam Bourbon Warehouses in Kentucky
Mark GillespieJuly 3, 2019American Brands, Bardstown, Barton 1792 Distillery, Beam Suntory, Bourbon, Castle & Key Distillery, collapse, Dr. James Crow, fire, firefighters, Glenn's Creek, Glenns Creek Distilling, Jim Beam, lightning, McCracken Pike, National Distillers, O.Z. Tyler Distillery, Old Crow, Oscar Pepper, Owensboro, Sazerac, Terressentia, whiskey, whisky, WKYT, Woodford County0 comments
July 3, 2019 – First responders are on the scene of a massive fire involving two Bourbon maturation warehouses at a Jim Beam facility in Woodfor...
New Distillery, Familiar Faces (Episode 733: June 23, 2019)20190623235959
New Distillery, Familiar Faces (Episode 733: June 23, 2019)
Mark GillespieJune 23, 2019@79bigpapi, @Andrew_leets, @smoke.before.fire, #FreeOurWhisky, adjudicator, Allura Fergie, Andrew Leets, appeal, Ardgowan, Ardgowan Estate, Ardnamurchan, Balcones, Bardstown, Barrel & Bottle, Barton 1792 Distillery, BC Liquor & Cannabis Regulation Branch, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, British Columbia, building codes, Bulleit Distilling Company, Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Canada, Caol Ila, Cardhu, CaskCartel.com, Cedar Ridge Distillery, cleanup, Clydebuilt, Clynelish, collapse, crane, Dave Mason, Dave Sweet, Day of Dark Barley, Diageo, Easter Elchies, Eden Mill, Edinburgh, Edrington, Elements of Islay, Elixir Distillers, Eric Fergie, expansion, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fife, Fife Council, fire, Forager's Keep, Geordie Moski, Glen Scotia, Glenfiddich, Glenkinchie, Heaven Hill Distillery, heavy metal, Highland Council, Highland Park, inspection, insurance, Inverkip. Martin McAdam, investigation, Iowa, Islay, Johnnie Walker Experience, Josh Quinn, Kelly Carpenter, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kingsbarns, liquor inspectors, Macallan, Max McFarlane, Morag Ralph, Moray Council, music, Nanaimo, Nerys Poole, No. 9 Iowa Whiskey, O.Z. Tyler Distillery, Orphan Barrel, Owensboro, Paul Miller, Pittyvaich, raid, retail, rickhouse, River Clyde, Rob Carpenter, ruling, Ryan A., Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Sean Fousheé, Shelbyville, Single Malts of Scotland, Slipknot, spending, Speyside, startup, structural engineers, Sweet Toast of American Oak, Terressentia, Texas, The Balvenie, The Macallan Estate, The Week of Peat, thunderstorm, tourism, Travel, Vancouver, Victoria, visitors centers, warehouse, weather, whiskey, Whiskey and Barrel Nite, whisky, William Grant & Sons, Willie Phillips0 comments
If you’re starting a new distillery from scratch, it helps to find some veteran whisky makers to join you on the journey. That’s just what...
Whiskey On the Water: Jefferson’s Journey (Episode 754: February 10, 2019)20190210205429
Whiskey On the Water: Jefferson’s Journey (Episode 754: February 10, 2019)
Mark GillespieFebruary 10, 2019@BunkaiH, airlines, Allta, backlog, Beam, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker, Blended Malt, Bourbon, Brent Elliott, Brexit, Buffalo Trace, Celestial, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, China, Congress, Conor O'Driscoll, Craigellachie, Darryl McNally, deadline, Double Eagle Very Rare, Douglas Fischer, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dufftown, duty free, Eagle Rare, economic impact, economy, Egan's, Elijah Craig, EU, European Union, exports, fermentation, fire, flatboat, flight crew, Flintlock, Fort Lauderdale, Fortitude, Four Roses, General Assembly, Glenallachie, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, government, Great Britain, Harvey MacNair, Heaven Hill, Indiana, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, James Campbell, Jefferson's, Jefferson's Journey, jobs, Karen Lentz, Kentucky, Kentucky Association of Beverage Retailers, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kevin Smith, Key West, label approval, lawmakers, legislature, Liberty Pole Spirits, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, Lum Reek, MacNair's, Michael Lord, microbiologist, Mike Lord, Mississippi River, Morrison & Mackay, New Orleans, New York City, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Old Particular. Elements, Pfizer, pilot, Popular Mechanics, Prime Minister, Quintessential Brands, Quora.com, river, Robin Laing, safety, Scotch Whisky, Shanghai, shutdown, Small Batch Select, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Steel Bonnets, Tampa, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tennessee Whiskey, Terre Haute, The Dubliner, The Lakes Distillery, The Macallan, The Whisky Shop Dufftown, Theresa May, Thomas Hogue, tickets, trade, travel retail, Treasury Department, Trey Zoeller, tropical storm, Trump Administration, TTB, University of Louisville, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Colours Festival, yeast0 comments
Long before highways crossed North America, flatboats with barrels of whiskey were a common sight along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers bound for New ...
British Columbia’s Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019)20190121022653
British Columbia’s Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 21, 2019@BrandZ77, 1948, ABV, Alasdair Stevenson, alcohol by volume, Allura Fergie, Arran, attorney general, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, Billy Walker, book, boyfriend, Brandi, British Columbia, British Proof, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canada, Canadian, cannabis, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, commissioning, Competition Bureau, Concept No. 1, David Eby, David Ferguson, David Marra, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deanston, duty free, Eric Fergie, expedition, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fire, France, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenallachie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Stevenson, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Islay Swim, Hicken Report, Hotel Grand Pacific, Ireland, Islay, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, Johnnie Mundell, labor union, labour, Lagg Distillery, Leila Wright, lifeboats, liquor inspectors, Little Jumbo, London, Louise McGuane, Mark Reynier, Marsala, Matt Hofmann, MC-01 2009, Mendy Berkowitz, Ministry of the Attorney General, Normandy Rye, Old Forester, Old Forester Rye, Ontario, Peat Week, Port Charlotte, Private Collection, proof, raid, RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Rye, Seattle, seizure, Sicilian, Single Cask Nation, Spanish Oak, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, taxes, terroir, The Macallan, tickets, tourism, travel retail, Tricia Savage, Trillium, Union Club, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors center, visitors centre, Waterford Distillery, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Yves Cosentino0 comments
In our second of two episodes from this week’s Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia, we’ll talk with Eric and Allura Fer...
The High Plains and the Highlands Come Together (Episode 723: September 9, 2018)20180909204127
The High Plains and the Highlands Come Together (Episode 723: September 9, 2018)
Mark GillespieSeptember 9, 2018@CGBSpender8874, @scotchology1, @whiskyfreedom, @whiskyranker, acquisition, age statement, album, Angel's Envy, anniversary, Arden, baby, Bacardi, band, Bardstown, Benromach, birth, Blackened Whiskey, Blended Malt, BMW, Booker Noe Distillery, Boss Hog, Boston, Bourbon, Brad Mead, Brent Elliott, Brown-Forman, Brugal Rum, Caol Ila, Carsebridge, Catoctin Creek, charity, Chris Spalding, classic malts, Compass Box, Constellation Brands, Coxs Creek, Dave Pickerell, David DeFazio, Dawn Smith, Diageo, distillery, Donald Colville, Duke of Rothesay, Edrington, Edrington Americas, England, Erik Smith, estate, fire, firefighters, Flaming Heart, Four Roses, Frazier History Museum, Fred Minnick, George Washington's Distillery, Gordon & MacPhail, Hampton Manor Inn, Heaven Hill, High West, Highland Park, historic, hog, impressions, inert gas, insurance, Jaclyn Minnick, Jeff Royalty, Jim Beam Distillery, judge, Julian Joseph Minnick, Kate Mead, Keith Cruickshank, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kirby, Kirin, Kirkwall, Lawrenceburg, Longmorn, Louisville, Magnum, Maureen Robinson, Metallica, Moet Hennessy, Mortimer, Mount Vernon, music, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, NCFO, negotiations, Oreck, Orkney, Oscar Minnick, oxidation, partnership, pattern bargaining, Pernod Ricard, picket line, pig, police, Prince Charles, Remy Cointreau, Ryan Ashley, Scotch, SEIU, Smoking Man, Smooth Ambler, Soleo Collection, Special Releases, stake, Steve Bashore, Stitzel-Weller, strike, strike vote, Talisker, Teamsters Union, The Famous Grouse, The Glenrothes, The Macallan, The Spirit of Mauve, The Story of the Spaniard, tour, Tuthilltown Spirits, UCFW, union, United Auto Workers, United Food & Commercial Workers, vacuum, Van Winkle, vintages, Virginia, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Maker's Cut, Whistlepig Rye, William Grant & Sons, Woodinville, Wyoming, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
Like most romances, Wyoming Whiskey and Edrington had plenty of potential partners trolling around. Neither one needed a partner, until they found eac...
Whiskey’s High Wire Act (Episode 775: July 7, 2019)