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)
September 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...
Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)20170402140734
Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)
April 2, 2017@ForzaUnion, @OldBurbonGangsta, @TeresaDeck81, #trypod, 100% Islay, A.D. Laws, airport, Amarone, Amazon, ambassador, Andy Rieger, anniversary, Anthony Wills, Arran, Article 50, Artist's Blend, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Bainbridge, Balblair, Battle Point, Beam, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, BenRiach, Benromach, Bernard Walsh, bill, Bill Lark, Birmingham, Bladnoch, Bond & Lillard, Brexit, Brian, buyout, Campari America, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Club Heritage Centre, Carlow, CBC News, Celtic Whiskey Shop, chairman, Chichibu, Chris Malcolm, Colorado, Compass Box, competition, Cooley, court order, craft distillers, Craigellachie, Dail, David G, delivery, dissertation, Drew Dilkens, Dublin, Eclipx, editor, England, English Whisky Company, EU, European Union, exports, farm gate, Federal Court of Australia, Feis Ile, First Minister, Flaming Heart, Forty Creek, free movement, Fuji-Gotemba, George S. Grant, Glenfarclas, Gooderam & Worts, Grant's, Great Britain, Great King Street, Green Label, Hall of Fame, Heathrow, Hibiki, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Hopped, Hubris, ice cream, Imperial, independence, India, investigation, investors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Ironroot Republic, Islay, Isle of Arran, J. Rieger & Co., J.P. Wiser's, Jacob Rieger, James Campbell, John Distilleries, John Hall, Johnnie Walker, Jota Tanaka, JP Wiser's, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Julio's Liquors, Kansas City, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kirin, Knob Creek, La Maison du Whisky, labels, Lark Distillery, Lawrenceburg, legislation, licensing, liens, Lifetime Achievement, Lisa Ryan, Lisbon Treaty, Loch Gorm, London, Macallan, Malt 'n Rye, managing editor, Margaret Batt, Massachusetts, Master of Malt, Matsuri, Matt Jones, mayor, Missouri, Monogram, Morocco, Nant, negotiations, Nicola Sturgeon, Noel Sweeney, Ontario, Overeem, Paris, Parliament, Paul John, Percy Hatfield, Pernod Ricard, podcasting, podcasts, police, politics, Powerscourt, Prime Minister, private cask, receiver, Redbreast, Redlands, referendum, retailer, Rieger, Rivals, Rob Allanson, Rupert Wheeler, Sassicaia, Scale, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Seattle, securities, shares, Single Marrying Cask, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, stake, Steph, Stuart Wilson, Suntory, Suzanne Redmond, Suzi Redmond, SWA, Talia, tariffs, Tasmania, Teaninich, Teresa Deck, The Glenrothes, The Norfolk, theft, Theresa May, Tim Herlihy, tourism, trade, travel retail, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, UK, Urban Bourbon, Val, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, vintage, Walsh Whiskey Company, Waterford, West Midlands Police, whiskey, Whiskey Barons Collection, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Windsor, Wine 2 5, Wine Merchants Collection, Wine Two Five, World of Whiskies, World Whiskies Awards, writer1 comment
There will be music, food, and of course, plenty of whisky on hand during the Spirit of Speyside Festival coming up at the end of this month in Scotla...
Episode 587: April 30, 201620160501154043
Episode 587: April 30, 2016
May 1, 2016@Ben_Palin, acquisition, age statements, Baltimore, Barack Obama, Ben Bowers, Ben Palin, BenRiach, Billy Walker, black cherry, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Cleveland Underground, Cleveland Whiskey, Compass Box, competition, crowdfunding, Enlightenment, European Union, finishing, Flaming Heart, Four Roses, free trade, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Hood River Distillers, Indiegogo, J.W. Rutledge Distillery, Jim Rutledge, John Drew Brands, John Glaser, Jon Mowry, Jonathan Drew, Kevin Plank, Limestone Branch, Louisville, LVMH, MGP, Michter's, Monmouth Whisky Club, New Jersey, Nigel Farage, Peter Grasso, Phil Lynch, politics, President, processing, referendum, regulations, retirement, Sagamore Spirit, sale, Stephen Camisa, The Circus, The Glenrothes, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tom Lix, Trail's End, transparency, Under Armour, vote, Washington, Wemyss Malts, whiskey, whisky, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Yellowstone0 comments
The other night, one of the whiskey bars in Louisville held a “Jim Rutledge Tribute Night” to honor the retired Four Roses master distille...
Episode 577: February 20, 201620160221000544
Episode 577: February 20, 2016
February 21, 20165 hole, age statements, anCnoc, Andy Simpson, apple, auction, Balcones, Bear, Beckmann, bidding, Bill Lumsden, Billy Leighton, Blas, Bourbon, Bristow, Bruichladdich, Bushmills, Casa Cuervo, charring, Chip Tate, Ciaran Mulgrew, Colum Egan, Compass Box, Cooley, craft distilling, Dallas, dog, dogs, Drake, Ed Belfour, EU, European Union, Flaming Heart, flavoring, Frizzle, GlenDronach, Glenmorangie, goalie, gold medal, Helen Mulholland, hockey, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jared Himstedt, John Newfry, Kinahan's, Klaus Doblmann, labeling, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, legal, memorabilia, Midleton, Milsean, NBA, NHL, non-compete, Olympic, Patrick Grant, Portuguese wine, rapper, rare whisky 101, Redbreast, rubbery, Ryan Engen, Scotch Whisky Association, Scots Gaelic, settlement, Sherry Cask Reserve, SS Bushmills, Steamship Collection, Steve Jobs, stills, SWA, Tate & Company, Texas, The Laddie Classic, The Quiet Man, The Whisky Exchange, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tomatin, transparency, travel retail, Virginia Black Whiskey, Waco, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Loch0 comments
Chip Tate is about to get back into the whisky business, about 15 months after his acrimonious departure from Balcones Distilling, the Texas distiller...
Bruichladdich Stands Behind Compass Box in Scotch Whisky Transparency Campaign20160219193309
Bruichladdich Stands Behind Compass Box in Scotch Whisky Transparency Campaign
February 19, 2016age statements, Bruichladdich, Compass Box, David Frost, EU, European Union, Flaming Heart, HM Revenue & Customs, Islay, John Glaser, regulators, Remy Cointreau, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Act, Scotch Whisky Association, SWA, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tomatin, transparency, whisky1 comment
February 19, 2016 – A day after Compass Box launched its online petition drive aimed at persuading European Union and UK regulators to change ex...
Compass Box Launches Scotch Whisky Transparency Campaign20160218141141
Compass Box Launches Scotch Whisky Transparency Campaign
February 18, 2016blend, campaign, Compass Box, component, David Frost, European Union, Flaming Heart, grasroots, Greek, Hercules, John Glaser, labeling, mythology, petition, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sisyphus, SWA, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tomatin, transparency, UK, whiskey, whisky2 comments
February 18, 2016 – The Greek legend of Sisyphus tells the tale of a king condemned to roll a boulder to the top of a mountain, then watch as it...
Episode 561: November 7, 201520151108020549
Episode 561: November 7, 2015
November 8, 2015@ScotchTestDummies, @talesofthegrape, age statements, Amaretto, Andrew Nelstrop, Angel's Envy, angel's share, anniversary, appeal, apple cider, Art of Auchentoshan, artists, Auchentoshan, Ballantine's, Baltimore Whiskey Company, bartenders, Baudonia, Benromach, Benromach 100º Proof, Benromach Imperial Proof, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blue Label, Braveheart, Brooklyn, Chapter 10, Christina Philburn, Clean Air Act, clothing, Clover Club, Colin Fultz, Compass Box, court, data, David and Goliath, Diageo, dick, Dry Fly, Dublin, Edrington, emissions, English Whisky Company, exports, family, Flaming Heart, fungus, Germany, glass blowing, Glenturret, Goa, Hard Fired, heavy cream, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Ian Newton, India, Islay, Ivy Mix, James Bond, James Espey, Jeff Weber, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker Oldest, Kentucky, Kentucky Mist, Kevin Plank, KREM-TV, label approval, lawsuit, lawyers, Leyenda, litigation, Louisville, Mark@Malt-Review.com, Marks & Spencer, Masters Collection, Mel Gibson, movies, O'Danagher's Hibernian Whiskey, opinion, Paul John, Peated Cask Reserve, Portlanc Institute of Contemporary Art, Revival, Robin Nance, Ronnie Cox, Rosemary Gallagher, Russia, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Spokane, Steffen Brauner, Stitzel-Weller, Stuart Cassells, SWA, t-shirts, Taiwan, Tales of the Cocktail, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Famous Grouse, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenrothes, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tim Danagher, trade, trademark, transparency, TTB, Under Armour, United Distillers, University of Kentucky, Urban Glass, vapors, Washington, whiskey, whisky, whisky fungus, Wildcats, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection 1838 Style White Corn0 comments
Scotland’s Glenturret Distillery celebrated its 240th anniversary this week by gathering 240 people at The Famous Grouse Experience for a toast,...
Compass Box’s Glaser: Transparency in Scotch Whisky “Sadly” Illegal20151103114127
Compass Box’s Glaser: Transparency in Scotch Whisky “Sadly” Illegal
November 3, 2015age statement, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Compass Box, David Stewart, enforcement, European Union, Flaming Heart, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, John Glaser, law, legal, Magnus Cormack, Ronnie Cox, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Act, Scotch Whisky Association, single malt, SWA, The Balvenie, The Glenrothes, The Last Vatted Malt, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, transparency, Tun 1509, vintage, Vintage Reserve, whisky2 comments
November 3, 2015 – “I’m not clear on who in the world in our industry would be pushing for less transparency and why they might want...
Why Can’t Scotch Whisky Makers Be More Transparent?20151101150558
Why Can’t Scotch Whisky Makers Be More Transparent?
November 1, 2015age statement, Brexit, Chivas Brothers, Compass Box, Concorde, David Cameron, European Union, Flaming Heart, geographical indicator, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, James Espey, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Johnnie Walker Oldest, Law of Unintended Consequences, Magnus Cormack, McKinsey, Robert Merton, Royal Salute, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Taiwan, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, transparency, United Distillers, whiskey, whisky2 comments
November 1, 2015 – In the wake of the latest controversy involving Compass Box’s disclosure of the exact recipes for its two most recent r...
Episode 560: October 31, 201520151101013837
Episode 560: October 31, 2015
November 1, 2015Act 250, Adelphi, age statement, agriculture, Andy Cant, Andy Watts, ashes, Aston Martin, Australia, Ballantine's, Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, Beam Suntory, biosorption, Brian Walsh, Brora Rover, Canada, Cardhu, Chivas Brothers, Compass Box, compliance, costume, court, cremated, Crown Royal, CTV News, Dave Pickerell, development, Diageo, Double Oaked, Doublewood, Douglas Laing & Co., Dounreay, enforcement, environment, European Union, F1, Flaming Heart, flavorings, Force India, Formula One, Friar John Cor, generic, Germany, Glenfiddich, gluten, gluten-free, Halloween, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Ian Norval, infringement, James Espey, Jim Beam, Jim Sias, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker Oldest, Johnnie Walker. sponsor, Kevin Plank, Kininvie, law, lawsuit, litigation, Ludwigshafen, Magnus Cormack, Marianne Barnes, McKinsey, motorsports, narrator, New York City, New Zealand Whisky Company, North Highland College, Norval's Sensible, Nuclear, nuclear waste, Old Taylor Distillery, Peristyle, police, Port Covington, Quora, radioactive, Raj Bhakta, research, Reuters, Rye, Sagamore Spirit, Sasanokawa Shuzo, Sazerac, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Act, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Mansfield, Simcoe, Simon Marshall, South Africa, Special Releases, Strontium-90, The Glover, theft, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Thomas Blake Glover, Three Ships, Tom Jago, trademark, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Under Armour, United Distillers, United Spirits, University of the Highlands & Islands, Vermont, Vijay Mallya, whiskey, whisky, Whistlepig, William Grant & Sons, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Double Oaked, XOP0 comments
Popular, yet controversial in many ways, WhistlePig Farm’s distillery has finally opened after a series of lengthy delays and disputes. Founder ...