A Cask-Strength Celestial Spectacle (Episode 656: August 27, 2017)20170827202105
A Cask-Strength Celestial Spectacle (Episode 656: August 27, 2017)
Mark GillespieAugust 27, 2017@FormerCruzGuy, @shanna_farrell, @skusrecenteats, Allness, American Craft Spirits Association, American Single Malt Whiskey Commission, An Oa, Andy Nelson, Ardbeg, Aria Gillespie, Aria Gillespie-Smith, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Bart Watson, beer, BevCon, Bothwell, Bourbon, boxing, Brewers Association, Brown-Forman, California, camping, Charleston, Christian Krogstad, Colorado, Colton Smith, Conor McGregor, Corryvreckan, craft brewing, Cromarty Firth, Diageo, Diane Farrell, director, disaster, Dixon Dedman, Donald Colville, Dublin, economic, Few Spirits, fight, film, flooding, Floyd Mayweather, fraud, Fred Minnick, GlenDronach, High Wire Distilling, Highlands, House Spirits, Hugh Munro, Hunter Smith, Hurricane, Hurricane Harvey, Inverness, investigation, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Justin Victor, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Owl, Kingsman, Lance Winters, Las Vegas, Liberties, Margaret Batt, Matthew Vaughn, MB Roland, Merry Beth Tomaszewski, MMA, Monty, movie, Mull of Oa, Nant, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Notorious, Oklahoma, Old Forester, Oregon, Paul Hletko, Paul Tomaszewski, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Pembroke, Portland, Rachel Barrie, receivership, relief, Reserve 101, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scott Blackwell, Shanna Farrell, shorts, solar eclipse, South Carolina, St. George, St. George Spirits, St. James Church, standard of identity, Statesman, Steve Ury, Stoli Group, Suzanne Redmond, Tasmania Police, Tax & Trade Bureau, Teaninich, Texas, Treasury Department, TTB, Tulsa, Uigedahl, Uigedail, weather, Westward, whiskey, whisky, Woody Creek Distillers, Woody Creek Rye, writer1 comment
Around 6,000 people combined last Monday’s total solar eclipse with whiskey – watching the celestial spectacle from the fields around MB R...
Episode 574: January 30, 201620160131001119
Episode 574: January 30, 2016
Mark GillespieJanuary 31, 20161920 Commemorative Edition, age statements, Amsterdam, Annabel Thomas, Armed Services YMCA, Arran, auction, banjo, Barrett-Jackson, Bern's Steak House, Bernheim, Black & White, bluegrass music, Booker Noe, Booker's, Bourbon, Bruadar, Bruichladdich, Buchanan's, Campbeltown, Carn Mor, Christ Church, Compass Box, contest, currency, Dalwhinnie, Dean Hurst, Denny Potter, Diageo, Distillery Series, Douglas Fitchett, Drimnin Distillery, Drimnin Estate, Elijah Craig, Evan Williams, exchange rates, expansion, finance, flooding, Florida, forecast, Frosty Four Wood, Geoff Tudor, Girvan, Glencadam, Grant, Gregg Glass, Heaven Hill, Icons of Whisky Awards, Indian, Jack Daniel's, James Espey, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, Jud Laughter, Kathryn Mikells, Keble College, Kenny Mackay, Kentucky, Larry Kass, Las Vegas, local barley, Max Shapira, military, Morrison & Mackay, motorcycle, Nikka, Octomore, Old Perth, Operation Ride Home, Oxford, Oxford Today, Perthshire, Schipohl, Scotch, Scottish Government, Scottsdale, Springbank, storms, Strathclyde, Tampa, The Last Drop, Tom Jago, University of Tennessee, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Willow Collection, Woodford Reserve, World War II2 comments
The debate over age statements on whiskies shows no sign of going away, but how does a brand decide to remove the age statement from its whiskey? Earl...
Episode 570: January 9, 201620160110012932
Episode 570: January 9, 2016
Mark GillespieJanuary 10, 2016advice, Allied Lomar. trademark, argument, arrest, assassination, author, Barton, book, Brechin, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, California, Canada, candidate, chairman, Chivas Brothers, Chris Morris, Ciaran Mulgrew, Cooper Spirits, Cordelia Toy, Craigslist, crime, Dan Greenwood, David Stewart, Derry, Diageo, Distiller's Select, Donald Trump, Douglas Fitchett, Drinking in America, Dungourney, evidence, festivals, flooding, Four Roses, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glencadam, Graeme Macaloney, guilty, High West, history, Honours List, indictment, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Israel, JFK, John Rhea, judge, KDA, Kennedy, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, law, Law360.com, lawsuit, license, Lock Stock & Barrel, Longmorn, Luxco, Maker's Mark, Manitoba, MBE, MGP, Michael Bendavid, Midleton, Niche Drinks, officer, Old Forester, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pat Melton, Pennsylvania, President, Queen Elizabeth, Richard Nixon, Rob Samuels, ruling, Scotland, Secret Service, Sheriff, Signature, St. Brendan's, state, Stitzel, Stitzel-Weller, Susan Cheever, Tel Aviv, The Balvenie, The Quiet Man, theft, Thomas Wingate, Toby Curtsinger, trial, Ulysses S. Grant, Utah, Victoria, Victoria Caledonian Distillery, Warren Commission, Warren G. Harding, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Yippie-Ki-Yay0 comments
America has a love-hate relationship with alcohol, and it’s fair to say that drinking has changed the course of American history – for bet...
Flooding Closes Scotland’s Glencadam Distillery20160107115635
Flooding Closes Scotland’s Glencadam Distillery
Mark GillespieJanuary 7, 2016Angus Dundee, damage, Douglas Fitchett, flood, flooding, Glencadam, repairs, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, whisky1 comment
January 7, 2016 – While most Scotch Whisky distillers have been lucky to avoid major problems from flooding caused by more than two weeks of hea...
Distillers Largely Free of Holiday Flood Damage So Far20160103114742
Distillers Largely Free of Holiday Flood Damage So Far
Mark GillespieJanuary 3, 2016Aberdeenshire, Alistair Longwell, Angus, Angus Dundee, Ardmore, Ballater, Brechin, Brendan Buckley, Chivas Brothers, Diageo, Douglas Fitchett, Dungourney, flood, flooding, Glencadam, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Jameson Experience, Midleton, Midleton Distillery, Mississippi River, Nick Morgan, Old Midleton Distillery, river, River Dee, Royal Lochnagar, Scotland, Speyside, Storm Frank, whiskey, whisky0 comments
January 3, 2016 – With heavy rain still slamming parts of Scotland and flood advisories in place, distillers returning from holiday shutdowns ar...
Episode 569: January 2, 201620160102222611
Episode 569: January 2, 2016
Mark GillespieJanuary 2, 2016@GypsySilo, @IrishLegs, @itsrdorothy, @JaneRadioDivaVO, @MeatballJ, @whiskeyfellow, Aaron Johnston, Adwords, age statement, Ardbeg, Australia, Barbara Windsor, Black Art, Bob's Burgers, Bourbon, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buckingham Palace, Chris Froome, Contradiction, Darth Vader, David Stewart, Denis Law, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Diageo, Doublewood, Edition No. 1, Fireball, flooding, Four Roses, Freya, George T. Stagg, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Google, Grant's, Hemanth Rao, Highland Park, Honours List, Idris Elba, India, infringement, Ireland, Jack Daniel's, Jeff Schwartz, Jessica Andrews, John Surtees, Kevin Kline, KSTU, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, LCBO, Manchester United, markup, master blender, Matt Wooler, MBE, metadata, Midleton, NAS, Natalie St. Pierre, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New Jersey, Octomore, Oh Bourbon, Order of the British Empire, oversight, Pappy Van Winkle, Port Ellen, press office, Queen Elizabeth, retail, Royal, Salt Lake City, Sam Speers, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scottish Government, settlement, Smooth Ambler, song, Special Releases, Star Wars, Storas, Storm Frank, Tennessee Fire, The Balvenie, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Toronto, Tour de France, trademark, trending, Twitter, Uigeadail, Utah, video, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons, YouTube, Zombie0 comments
David Stewart will need new business cards soon, though the longtime master blender at William Grant & Sons is far too modest to ask for them. Tha...
Episode 537: May 30, 201520150531030701
Episode 537: May 30, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 31, 2015@whiskysec, actress, adult film, Alasdair Day, alleged, anCnoc, Ardbeg, arraignment, artisan, Atlantic City, Barbara Townsend, barbecue sauce, Bernard Walsh, Bill Dobbie, Billy Walker, Blade & Bow, blast, Bob Townsend, body blended, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bullitt County, Burns, Carlow, chocolate, cooper, Cork, court, Coxs Creek, death, Derek Mather, development, Dover, drought, Dublin, Dustin Adkins, economic impact, environment, expansion, explosion, export, Feis Ile, fire, fire marshal, flooding, Four Roses, Frankfort, Gilbert Curtsinger, GlenDronach, Hardin, Hielan, Highland Council, Ian Chang, infrastructure, investigation, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Irish Water, Irish Whiskey Association, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Jura, Isle of Raasay, Jameson, Jay Rogers, Jim Rutledge, jobs, Jura, Katy Willis, Kavalan, Kent, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, King Car, Kirin, Kyle Rogers, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Lawrenceburg, lorries, Mark S. Searcy, Master Distiller's Reserve, Matt Wooler, Midleton, Miner's Delight Inn, Nashville, not guilty, organized crime, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, planning, plea, porn star, prosecutors, pub crawl, R&B Distillers, Raasay, Rabbit Hole Distilling, Rachel McCormack, racketeering, Rebel Yell. Luxco. porn, recipe, review, ringleader, Salt Lake City, Second Saturday Single Malt Tasting, Silver Trail Distillery, Skye, solar, Spencer Balentine, Spey, Speyside, still, Stitzel-Weller, Sydney, Taiwan, Talisker, Tastival, Terry Wilhelm, Texas, The Glenlivet, The Hague, The Irishman, theft, trade, travel retail, trucks, Tweedale Blend, Utah, Vanderbilt, Whisky By X, Whisky Live Holland, Wild Turkey, Wishaw, Writers Tears, Wyoming0 comments
Irish Whiskey once dominated the world, but several factors combined to nearly wipe the country’s distillers out over time. While it’s now...
Episode 462: January 19, 201420140120013851
Episode 462: January 19, 2014
Mark GillespieJanuary 20, 2014Alberta, anniversary, auction, Barry Wilde, Beam, Black Bull, blender, Bowmore, British Columbia, Business Standard, Calgary, Campbeltown, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky Awards, casks, charity, Charity: Water, collector, Colorado, coronation, Cù Bòcan, Dalmore, Dave Mason, David Cox, Dennie Hammer, Denver, Diageo, disaster, Douglas Campbell, Duncan Taylor, Fabien Baron, flooding, Frank McHardy, frustration, Gavin MacLachan, George Grant, Glenfarclas, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Eunson, Guinness, Harbour Inn, High River, Highwood, Highwood Distillers, Hong Kong, Hotel, Huntly, India, Islay, Jess Graber, Jim Beam, John Lark, Karnataka, Knob Creek, Kyloe, Lalique, Longrow, merger, Michael Urquhart, Morrison Bowmore, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Mortlach, Office of Fair Trading, Peter Currie, Proximo, record, recovery, regulators, Richard Paterson, Sotheby's, Speciality Drinks, Springbank, Stranahan's, Suntory, Tamnavulin, The Macallan, The Macallan M, Tincup, Tish Harcus, Tomatin, United Spirits, Valerie Bradshaw, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Vijay Mallya, Whyte & Mackay, wood management0 comments
More coverage of the Victoria Whisky Festival in this bonus edition of WhiskyCast, with details on new and upcoming releases from Springbank, Duncan T...
WhiskyCast Episode 432: July 7, 201320130706212939
WhiskyCast Episode 432: July 7, 2013
Mark GillespieJuly 6, 2013Aberdeenshire, Alberta, Angels & Devils, Arran, Bobby Gleason, BoldSky.com, Brugal, California, Cameronbridge, Canada, cocktail, cocktails, Devil's Punch Bowl, Diageo, Director's Cut, Douglas Laing, Douglas of Drumlanrig, Duncan Taylor, duty free, Edrington, Edward Snowden, Euan Shand, flooding, Forty Creek, Glen Garioch, GlenDronach, grain whisky, Highland Park, Highwood Distillers, Huntly, Imperial, India, Invergordon, Isle of Arran, John Hall, Larry Rice, Levi Beckley, Maxim, Moscow, North British, NSA, Pasadena, regulators, Samaroli, Scott Rogers, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
Duncan Taylor’s Euan Shand is in the middle of what he calls the company’s busiest year in its 75-year history. He’s just started wo...
Episode 431: June 29, 201320130629120436
Episode 431: June 29, 2013
Mark GillespieJune 29, 2013Alberta, Allison Patel, Bernhard Schafer, Black & White, Booker Noe, Bourbon, Brenne, Brown-Forman, Buchanan's, Canada, Carin Luna-Ostaseski, Cask of Dreams, craft whiskey, Dark Storm, disaster, expansion, Fabien Baron, flavorings, flooding, Fred Minnick, Fred Noe, Glenfiddich, High River, Highwood Distillers, history, Jarrod Grant, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Honey, Kentucky, Knob Creek, Lalique, Macallan, Nordic Oak, Red Seal, SIA, Slate, Smoked Maple, standard, Talisker, TTB, Versailles, Viking Line, Whisky Magazine, whisky specialty, Wild Turkey, women, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Women are changing whisky history every day as distillery managers, master blenders, and some entrepreneurs are even creating their own brands. Earlie...