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...
Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)20190729035621
Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 29, 2019@BunkaiH, @ButlerB, @Tony_thompson_1, A Song of Fire, A Song of Ice, Agriculture Department, Airbus, alcohol, ALS, ALS Association, American Craft Spirits Association, Apollo, Ardbeg, Arvada, Baker's, bargaining, Beam Suntory, Boeing, Booker's, Bourbon, Brad Irwin, British Columbia, Cairdeas, Capitol Hill, carbon dioxide, Cardhu, Carrowdair, Cascade Hollow, charity, Chris Montana, Chris Swonger, classic malts, Col. Jim Beam, Colorado, Comic-Con, comics, Congress, contract, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, deductions, Denver, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillers, distillery, distilling, donation, Du Nord Craft Spirits, Dublin, electricity, Elizabeth McCall, EU, European Union, expansion, exports, Fawn Weaver, Federal Excise Tax, Frank Coleman, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Game of Thrones, Glen Campbell, Glen Ord, GMB, gravity, Greg Butler, Halle Berry, Heaven Hill, House, Huber's Starlight Distillery, imports, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, interest, International Space Station, investment, Ireland, Irene Lau, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Society, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distillery, James B. Beam Institute for Distilling Studies, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Josh Hafer, Kentucky, Kingsman, Knob Creek, labor, labour, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lobbying, Logan Miller, Lynchburg, Margie Lehrman, Market Acmes Program, Massachusetts, mayor, Meagan Miller, media, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mitch McConnell, moon, Mortlach, Nathan "Nearest"Green, negotiations, New Orleans, Nicole Austin, Oregon Spirit Distillers, Outlander, oxygen, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Pittyvaich, politician, politics, power outage, Promise of Hope Fund, Quora, Rand Paul, Reggie Mobley, Salida, San Diego, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Senate, Single Pot Still, Singleton of Glen Ord, Space, Special Releases, spirits, Spirits of the Apocalypse, strike, SWA, Tales of the Cocktail, Talisker, Talnua Distillery, tariffs, tax, Tax & Trade Bureau, tax reform, Ted Huber, television, Tennessee Whiskey, terpenes, The Walking Dead, thunderstorm, Time Magazine, Tony Thompson, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, Uncle Nearest, union, Unite, United States Trade Representative, University of Kentucky, upgrade, USDA, USTR, Victoria Eady-Butler, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, vote, walkout, Walsh Whiskey Company, Washington, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Wood's High Mountain Distillery, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection, World Trade Organization, Writers Tears, WTO0 comments
It takes a lot to drag distillers away from their stills, but when the stakes are as high as the current debate over extending a federal excise tax cu...
Trade War Expands with Whisky as a Weapon20180601181613
Trade War Expands with Whisky as a Weapon
Mark GillespieJune 1, 2018aluminum, Bourbon, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Commerce Department, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Donald Trump, DSC, Eric Gregory, EU, European Commission, European Union, exports, Frank Coleman, Irish Whiskey, Jean-Claude Juncker, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Louisville, Louisville Business First, Mexico, Mitch McConnell, negotiations, political, politics, President, retaliation, RTÉ News, sanctions, Scotch Whisky, Senate, steel, tariffs, trading partners, Trump Administration, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Updated June 5, 2018 – Mexico has now joined the whiskey trade war of 2018, imposing new 25 percent import tariffs on Bourbon imported from the ...
Episode 490: August 1, 201420140801225852
Episode 490: August 1, 2014
Mark GillespieAugust 1, 2014Adam Shepherd, Adelphi, Alex Bruce, Angus MacDonald, Ar4, Ardbeg, Ardnamurchan, Arran, Australia, Baiju, Balblair, Barclays, Bardstown, barrels, Beam, Bernheim, Bill Sheckles, Black Widow Bourbon, blog, Bluestill, Bourbon, Bourbon Capital, Bowmore, casks, cat, Chiapas, China, cooper, cooperage, Coppersea, craft distillers, Daniel Durham, Dave Greene, Dave Liberman, Devil's Punch Bowl, Diageo, DISCUS, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, earnings, economy, Elements of Islay, Elijah, Elijah Craig, environment, Eric Felton, European Union, feud, Fiendish Finale, finance, Financial Times, forests, Frank Coleman, Gordon MacKenzie, Graeme Bowie, Greg Fischer, Heaven Hill, Hudson River Valley, Hudson Valley, income, independence, Inver House, Ivan Menezes, John MacDonald, KDA, Ken Goldenberg, Kenneth Sundby, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kristin Meadors, local, Louisville, Mark Armin Giesler, mayor, MGP-I, Missouri, Napa Valley, New York, Norway, oak, Oslo, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pernod Ricard, referendum, sales, San Francisco, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Rogers, Scottish, small batch, sourced, stocks, summit, Suntory, SWA, taxes, tequila, The Daily Beast, tourism, trade, trademark, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Scotland’s newest distillery has opened on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula along the western coast, and the first casks of spirit were filled on Thur...
DISCUS Code Review Board Rules Against Dewar’s Online Ad20131217191554
DISCUS Code Review Board Rules Against Dewar’s Online Ad
Mark GillespieDecember 17, 2013Bacardi, Baron, Code of Responsible Practices, Dewar's, DISCUS, Frank Coleman, Johanne McInnis, Lynne Omlie, Meet the Baron, news, sexism, sexist, Sid Lee, social media, Swedish Bikini Models, weight, Whisky Lassie, women, YouTube0 comments
December 17, 2013 – Just a week after the Dewar’s “Meet The Baron” online video captured the attention of social media users a...
DISCUS To Review Complaint Over Controversial Dewar’s Video20131215141646
DISCUS To Review Complaint Over Controversial Dewar’s Video
Mark GillespieDecember 15, 2013ad agency, Business Insider, Claire Forlani, Code of Responsible Practices, Code Review Board, complaint, Dewar's, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, explosive, Frank Coleman, grenade, hand grenade, Johanne McInnis, Meet the Baron, models, Montreal, Opperman Weiss, plus size, Richard Feloni, sexism, sexist, Sid Lee, social media, statement, Swedish Bikini Team, Tullamore Dew, Urban Dictionary, weight, Whisky Lassie, women1 comment
December 15, 2013 – The U.S. spirits industry’s trade organization will review a complaint filed by Canadian whisky blogger Johanne McInni...
Episode 456: December 14, 201320131214001721
Episode 456: December 14, 2013
Mark GillespieDecember 14, 20131963, ad, advertising, agency, American Forests, Ardbeg, Arkansas, Arran, astronauts, auction, Bacardi, Baron, Barrel Drop, barrels, Brad Boswell, Braeval, Bulleit, Business Insider, Canada, charity, Charitybuzz, Chattanooga, Chattanooga Whiskey Company, chopper, Classic Malt, CMT, code, collecting, cooperage, Danville, Dewar's, Diageo, DISCUS, Double Barrel, Douglas Laing, Drink BC, Exotic, export, Facebook, Ferm Solutions, Four Roses, Frank Coleman, Fred Douglas Laing, Fred Laing, gender, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Gregor Mina, Guardians, Independent Stave Company, International Space Station, Ireland, Irish, Ivan Menezes, James MacTaggart, Jim Murray, Jim Rutledge, Johanne McInnis, KDA, Keith Wood, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Malt Maniacs, Marks & Spencer, Masters Collection, McTears, Meet the Baron, Michter's, Missouri, New Year's Eve, Oliver Klimek, Opperman Weiss, Orange County Choppers, Peat Hopper, Powers, Powers Gold Label, PR, RAF, rain, reality, Rocket, Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, Scott Hartig, sexist, social media, Space, Spitfire, Stewart Laing, Straight Malt, sulfur, sulphur, Telegraph, The Whisky Exchange, Tullamore Dew, Twitter, video, weather, Whisky Bible, Wild Turkey, Wilderness Trace, women, Woodford Reserve, World War II, YouTube0 comments
Dewar’s was forced to remove an online video promotion from the Internet this week after a social media-fueled protest campaign over the portray...
Dewar’s Pulls Online Video After Complaints of Sexism20131211144849
Dewar’s Pulls Online Video After Complaints of Sexism
Mark GillespieDecember 11, 2013advertising, Bacardi, Baron, Claire Forlani, code, Dewar's, DISCUS, enforcement, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Frank Coleman, Fred Minnick, Johanne McInnis, overweight, Responsible Practices, Swedish Bikini Team, Tax & Trade Bureau, TTB, Twitter, video, women, YouTube0 comments
December 11, 2013 – A Canadian whisky blogger has filed a complaint with DISCUS, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, over an onl...
Episode 69: December 3, 200620061202224800
Episode 69: December 3, 2006
Mark GillespieDecember 2, 2006Alan Shayne, Anthony Barne, auction, awards, Bonhams, Bulgaria, code, collecting, DISCUS, editor, European Union, extravaganza, Frank Coleman, George Washington's Distillery, Glenavon, Glenmorangie, Icons, London, Mount Vernon, restoration, Rob Allanson, Romania, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SWMS, The Whisky Portal, Virginia, Whisky Magazine0 comments
The green and white labels may be plain, but the whisky inside the bottles is usually something special. We’ll go inside the Scotch Malt Whisky ...