Celebrating 13 Years of WhiskyCast! (Episode 739: November 11, 2018)20181112015727
Celebrating 13 Years of WhiskyCast! (Episode 739: November 11, 2018)
Mark GillespieNovember 12, 2018@crispiism, @Mark_Whiskey, 101 Whiskies, advert, Aeneas MacDonald, Aerstone, age statement, Ailsa Bay, Alfred Barnard, American Cancer Society, anniversary, archivist, auction, author, Ballyhoo, Billy Walker, blending, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Crusaders, Canadian Club, Carol Quinn, Christina Philburn, Christoph, Clonakilty, Connacht Whiskey Company, Conor McGregor, Cork, cruise ship, Crumlin, Customs, Cyril Briscoe, Dave Pickerell, Dingle, Drew Kulsveen, Dublin, Dublin 12, Dublin Airport, Dylan Whiskey Bar, Eddie Langton, Eire Born Spirits, Elliott Hughes, experimental, Food Safety Authority of Ireland, Fred Minnick, fundraiser, George Thomson, gin, Girvan, Glenallachie, Glenrothes, Gordon & MacPhail, Ha'Penny Irish Whiskey, HIAS, Ian Buxton, Inverleven, Ireland, Irish Coffee, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Collection, islands, Islay, Isle of Lewis, Jack Teeling, Jim Rafferty, John Quinn, Kevin Abrook, KFC Yum! Center, Kilkenny, Kilkenny Whiskey Guild, Kulsveen, Land Cask, Langton House Hotel, Louisville, MacNair's Lum Reek, Mark McLaughlin, Marriott, mass shooting, measurement, memorial service, Micah Pickerell, Midleton Very Rare, mixed martial arts, MMA, obituary, Orkney, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Porterhouse, postal code, Powers, PPM, Private Collection, Proper No. Twelve, regulators, RMS Mauretania, rum, Scotch Whisky, Sea Cask, single malt, Single Pot Still, sponsor, SPPM, stateroom, tax-free, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tesco, The Dead Rabbit, The Loop, The Oak, The Sunday Times, Tish Harcus, travel retail, Tree of Life Synagogue, Tullamore Dew, Walsh Whiskey, whiskey, Whiskies Galore, whisky, Wikipedia, Willett, William Grant & Sons, Writers Tears0 comments
This episode marks our 13th anniversary of the very first WhiskyCast episode on November 12, 2005, and we’re celebrating with an old friend! Ian...
Farewell To a Whisky Maker (Episode 738: November 4, 2018)20181104195702
Farewell To a Whisky Maker (Episode 738: November 4, 2018)
Mark GillespieNovember 4, 2018@rcampbell919, Amanda Schuster, Army, bar, Bay Area, benefit, Bill Samuels Jr., Blackened American Whiskey, Blackened Whiskey, Bourbon, Bourbon Plus, Canadian Club, consulting, Danielle Eddy, Dave Pickerell, David Wondrich, distiller, Eddie Langton, Egan's, Fred Minnick, fundraiser, HIAS. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Hillrock Estate, Hotel Monteleone, Ireland, Irish American, Irish Whiskey, J. Reiger & Sons, Jeff Kozak, Jim Raffety, John Bilello, John Timmons, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kilkenny, Kilkenny Whiskey Guild, Langton House Hotel, Lars Ulrich, Maker's Mark, Metallica, Monmouth Whisky Club, New Orleans, Oak View Spirits, obituary, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, pool. belly flop, Powers, pub, Rob Samuels, Ryan Campbell, San Francisco, Scotch Whisky, Smooth Amber Spirits, Susannah Skiver Barton, Tales of the Cocktail, The Dylan Whiskey Bar, The Irishman, Tish Harcus, Tree of Life Synagogue, U.S. Military Academy, Walsh Whiskey Company, West Cork Distillers, West Point, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, WhiskyFest, Whistlepig Rye0 comments
This time around, we’re on the road in Kilkenny, Ireland, but with heavy hearts. The whisky world lost one of its leaders Thursday night with th...
Parker’s Heritage Collection Takes a Twist (Episode 713: July 12, 2018)20180713003805
Parker’s Heritage Collection Takes a Twist (Episode 713: July 12, 2018)
Mark GillespieJuly 13, 2018@whisky_pete, #freethewhisky, Aberfeldy, airport, Alain Royer, ALS, ALS Association, Amir Peay, Angel's Envy, attorney general, Baltimore, Bardstown, Bare Knuckle, Blenders' Mash, Boot Hill Distillery, Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, Bourbon, Bourbon Mash, Brian Treacy, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buchanan's, Business in Vancouver, Canada, cannabis, Catoctin Creek, Changhi, charity, Columbus, Connecticut, Crown Royal, David Eby, Deatsville, Denny Potter, DFS, Diageo, doctorate, Dodge City, duty free, Ellicott City, Europe, expansion, exports, fermenters, flood, forgery, fundraiser, Heaven Hill, Hickman, honorary, imports, Italy, James E. Pepper, James E. Pepper Distillery, Kansas, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, KO Distilling, Kyle Henderson, label approval, Lexington, Liqueur, Liquor Distribution Branch, Louisville, Mad River Distillers, Manassas, Mark Williams, Marsala, Maryland, New Haven, New Riff Distillery, Newfoundland, Noble Collection, Ohio, Orange Curaçao, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Promise of Hope, province, Puni, R H Resolute, Rachel Barrie, Red Eye Whiskey, regulations, robocall, Rod Zdebiak, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scott Harris, Singapore, SMWS, spelt, St. John's, tariffs, tax strips, Thomas Mackenzie, trade war, travel retail, TTB, University of Edinburgh, Vendome, Vermont, Virginia, Watershed, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky0 comments
Heaven Hill has unveiled the 2018 edition of Parker’s Heritage Collection whiskey. It’s a Bourbon finished in Orange Curaçao liqueur barre...
The Macallan’s Whisky Cathedral Opens in Scotland (Episode 700: May 24, 2018)20180524164749
The Macallan’s Whisky Cathedral Opens in Scotland (Episode 700: May 24, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 24, 2018@bigbadchef, @CentralKYTours, @jimcronin, #Drams4Fams, Age International, aging, architect, auction, auto racing, Big Red Liquors, Blanton's, Bonhams, Bourbon, Brexit, Brora, Central Kentucky Tours, charity, Clynelish, Colin Gordon, Colorado State University, deficit, Diageo, Discovery Series, donations, Dublin, Edmonton Scotch Club, Edrington, Egypt, Emperador, European Union, exports, food bank, fundraiser, geographic indicators, Georgie Crawford, Giza, Gordon & MacPhail, Great Britain, Great Pyramid, Halewood Wines & Spirits, history, Hong Kong, Hungarian Oak, Indianapolis 500, Indy 500, IndyCar, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Japan, Jay Howard, Jim Cronin, John Crabbie & Co., John Currence, Ken Grier, Kentucky, label, Lagavulin, laser, lions, Maker's Mark, Mark Brown, Matt Colglazier, Method And Madness, Mississippi, Move On Up Mississippi, negotiations, Notre Dame, One Cure, Oxford Bourbon Festival and Auction, Paris, Port Ellen, Port Ellen Maltings, Private Select, Richard Paterson, River Spey, Rosebank, rumor, Sazerac, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, shortage, Sotheby's, Special Releases, Speyside, Springbank, Stephen Rankin, Stewart Duncan, SWA, tariff war, The Drinks Business, The Guardian, The Macallan, trade, trade barriers, trade deficit, U.S. Trade Representative, UFO, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, YouTube0 comments
Edrington first announced plans for The Macallan’s new distillery in 2012, but the planning process on what may be one of the longest distillery...
Billy Walker’s Back in the Whisky Business with The GlenAllachie (Episode 690: April 19, 2018)20180418233735
Billy Walker’s Back in the Whisky Business with The GlenAllachie (Episode 690: April 19, 2018)
Mark GillespieApril 18, 2018@miwilliams283, @n1vux, ancestry, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Ann Miller, Atom Brands, Atom Group, auction, Barbara Bush, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Bill Ricker, Billy Walker, Bladnoch, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Box Distillery, Brandy Library, Brown-Forman, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Chivas Brothers, Clynelish, Compass Box, Connoisseurs Choice, Craft Beverage Corporation, Craigellachie, Declaration of Independence, Diageo, Discovery Range, Distiller's Cut, Distillery Labels, Dublin, Earl Hewlette, Edinburgh, English Whisky Company, First Lady, Founding Fathers, Fredericton, fundraiser, Generations, George Urquhart, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenkinchie, Gordon & MacPhail, Guinness, Haddonfield, Henry Overholt, High Coast, Holyrood Distillery, Holyrood Park Distillery, Ian MacMillan, Indian King Tavern, investment, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Jessica Kadie-Barclay, Jim Beam, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, judgingf, Lum Reek, Lunar Rogue Pub, Mark Norman, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, McNair's, Michael Williams, Miyagikyo, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York City, Nikka, O.Z. Tyler, obituary, Old Overholt, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, portfolio, Private Collection, Pure Scot, Rebel Yell, Revolution, Rob Carpenter, San Diego, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Shyamal Ramachandran, Spencer Jacobsen, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Awards, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stephen Rankin, Sweden, Terrepure, Terressentia, The Glenallachie Consortium, tourism, treason, venture capital, visitors centers, West Overton, West Overton Village & Museum, whiskey, whisky, White Heather, Yoichi, ZX Ventures0 comments
Billy Walker could have walked away from the Scotch Whisky business last year after he and his partners sold the BenRiach, GlenDronach, and Glenglassa...
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)20170305014032
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 5, 2017#trypod, A. Smith Bowman, Adam Harris, Alex Conyngham, Alexander Murray & Co., Allison Patel, ambassador, anniversary, archaeology, Ardbeg, Ardgowan, arrest, Atlanta, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bankruptcy, Bardstown, Barrell Bourbon, Barrell Craft Spirits, Beam Suntory, beer, Boris Johnson, bottling, Bourbon, Brenne Whisky, brewer, brewery, Brian Shemwell, Brown-Forman, Brussels, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, bus, CEO, charity, Chris Malcolm, Cincinnati, collectors, construction, cooper, coopering, counterfeit, court, D.E.W. and a Brew, Dan Rosen, David Faughn, David Frost, dendrochronology, Diageo, diplomat, Dublin Airport, Earl of Mount Charles, eBay, editor, EU, European Union, fake, fraud, fundraiser, Ger Buckley, Glenlivet, Glenturret, Golan Heights Distillery, Golani, Greenock, Hall of Fame, Highland Park, Icons of Whisky Awards, Ileach, Inverclyde Council, Inverkip, investors, Irish Whiskey, Isabel Graham-Youll, Islay, Israel, Jack Daniel's, Jamieson's Jigger, Jane Maher, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Joe Beatrice, John J. Bowman, Julian Van Winkle III, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Jura, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Killian O'Mahony, Kim Bennett, Laphroaig, lawyers, Limestone Branch, London, Louisville, Lux Row, Luxco, Lynchburg, Maker's Mark, Martin Daraz, Mauritania, Mazurt Brewing Company, Meier's Winery, MGP, Michael Jamieson, Michter's, Mickey Heads, Midleton, Mike Reppucci, Minor Case Beam, Morocco, Nant, NUPBL Foundation, Ohio, Orkney, Paul Beam, podcast, police, Port Ellen, Rare Bourbon for Rare Disease, retirement, Rhode Island, road trip, Rupert Wheeler, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Mansfield, Shelbyville, Simon Brooking, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, Sons of Liberty, St. Patrick's Day, Steve Beam, still, Stuart Thomson, SWA, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tim Herlihy, trees, Tripp Stimson, Tullamore D.E.W., Vendome, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live London, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, whisky.auction, Willie Pratt, winter, World War II, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Mickey Heads grew up about three miles from Islay’s Ardbeg Distillery, but the third-generation whisky maker never thought he’d wind up as...
Episode 539: June 13, 201520150614001706
Episode 539: June 13, 2015
Mark GillespieJune 14, 2015£501, 1792, acquisition, anniversary, Ardmore, author, Bardstown Barrel Selections, Barton, Bernie Lubbers, blues, book, book signing, Bottled in Bond, Brown-Forman, Burns, Cabernet Sauvignon, cask supplies, charity, Chris Morris, Compass Box, Creative Whisky Company, Dave Schmier, David Stirk, death, Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, Downsized, explosion, festival bottling, Fred Minnick, fundraiser, George Grant, Glenfarclas, Grant, Groth, Hardin, independent bottler, Invergordon, Islay, Jan Mohr, Jay Rogers, Jefferson's, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim Beam, John Grant, Joy Perrine, Kentucky Dram, Kyle Rogers, Laphroaig, Lew Bryson, Louisville, Matt Hofmann, MGP-I, Michael Kandar, MP3, music, Napa Valley, Old Forester, Oregon Oak, Original Moonshine, Peat Monster, Redemption Rye, Reid Mitenbuler, Roger Wade, Sally Van Winkle Campbell, Sazerac, Seattle, Silver Trail Distillery, song, Strathclyde, Sweet Wheat, Tom Steffanci, travel retail, Vanderbilt, Westland Whiskey, Westport Whiskey & Wine, Whiskey Row, Whisky Drinking Woman, Whisky Jewbilee0 comments
Dave Schmier and Michael Kandar started Bardstown Barrel Selections five years ago to bottle some casks of good whiskey they’d come across from ...
Episode 535: May 16, 201520150517002023
Episode 535: May 16, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 17, 2015age statement, Alan Winchester, Albert Einstein, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Day, art, Atlantic City, Austin Powers, author, bacon roll, Balmenach, Ben Nevis, Bernard Walsh, Bill Lumsden, Bill Ricker, book, Burn Stewart, Burns, Carlow, charity, comic, Compass Box, con, council, crash, Creative Whisky Company, Deanston, death, demand, design, dispute, Dornoch, Duthac, Eddie Russell, Eric Gregory, Ernest Hemingway, explosion, export, fantasy, fire, fundraiser, future, Gandalf, Gillian McDonald, Glenmorangie, goal, Hamish Torrie, Hardin, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, Hedonism, Hedonism Quindecimus, history, Hunter S. Thompson, infection, interview, Invergordon, Ireland, Irish Water, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Jackson Pollack, Jay Rogers, Jeffrey Lohr, Jimmy Russell, Kevin Smith, Kyle Rogers, La Santa, labels, Laphroaig, Ledaig, Master's Keep, Merlin, Mike Lord, Mini-Me, Nashville, Noah Rothbaum, overload, pairing, Peat Chimney, permit, Perpetuum, Philip Eagleton, Prohibition, projection, Quinta Ruban, science fiction, server, sewer, Signet, Silver Trail Distillery, Spice King, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stephen Hawking, support fund, The Glenlivet, The Hive, The Whisky Shop Dufftown, The White Knight, travel retail, Ulysses S. Grant, Vanderbilt, Verne Troyer, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, wastewater, water, web site, Wemyss Malts, Wild Turkey, William Shatner0 comments
The labels on whisky bottles often give us more than just the legal description of what’s inside the bottle. Good ones convey the character and ...
Episode 505: November 8, 201420141109013129
Episode 505: November 8, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 9, 2014air freshener, Alexander Grant Gordon, Andy Nash, Angus MacRaild, Ardmore, Ardmore Traditional, Ardshiel Hotel, Award, bar, Barack Obama, Bere, Boss Hog, Bourbon Summit, Box, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Bushmills, cabinets, camp out, Campbeltown, Canada, Casa Cuervo, Ceòbanach, charity, Charles Brown, Charles Gordon, Cincinnati, Coffey, collapse, Colum Egan, critic, Dave Pickerell, Diageo, disclosure, Don Julio, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Drumnadrochit, election, environment, Fiddlers Inn, fish, Fishky, flavorings, fundraiser, Glenfiddich, habitat, Herno, Ian MacMillan, Inver House, Isle of Arran, Jello, Jim McEwan, Jon Beach, Justin Victor, Keith Kerkhoff, label, Legacy, lines, Loch Ness, loss, Louisville, Macallan, Mackmyra, Mario Testino, Masters of Photography, Meta, Mitch McConnell, Mortimer, Newport, Nikka, opinion, Orkney, Pappy Fever, Pappy Van Winkle, Party Source, Peter Grant Gordon, Phil Thompson, photo, politics, Polly Burns, print, provincial, Republican, River Spey, Scott Bush, Scott Rogers, Scottish Field, Scottish Licensed Trade News, Senate, shelving, Simon Thompson, Spey Foundation, Speyburn, Stockholm, Sweden, Templeton Rye, The Ardmore, Tullamore Dew, Velvet Fig, visit, Wemyss Malts, Whisky Sponge, Whistlepig, Whitehorse, wildlife, William Grant & Sons, WindyBore, Yukon0 comments
This episode marks the end of our 9th year, and we’ll hear from two of the more outspoken voices in the whisky world on this week’s Whisky...
Episode 496: September 12, 201420140913004056
Episode 496: September 12, 2014
Mark GillespieSeptember 13, 2014Al Capone, Alex Salmond, Allt-a-Bhainne, ALS, Andrew Nelstrop, Ascendant Spirits, Bardstown, Bernheim, Big Peat, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Britain, British, Caol Ila, Cara Laing, ceremony, charity, Chuck Cowdery, Clynelish, Compass Box, critics, currency, Dan Todd, death, Dennis Acevedo, distillery cat, Dixie Hicks, donation, Douglas Laing & Co., dry, DSP, Eleuthera, English Whisky Company, European Union, exports, farm, finance, First Fill Selection, First Minister, flavoring, Four Roses, Fred Minnick, Freedom of Information Act, fundraiser, Glenturret, Haddonfield, Hall of Fame, Heaven Hill, hypothetical, Ian Macleod Distillers, independence, Indiana, induction, Iowa, James Nelstrop, Jersey Java, KDA, Keith Kerkhoff, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Distillers Association, kitten, labeling, Larry Kass, Lawrenceburg, LDI, Limited Edition Small Batch, liquor laws, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, Margie Samuels, Marjorie Mattingly Samuels, Marjorie Samuels, Mary Jane Dickinson, memorial, MGP, MGP-I, Mike Younger, Nadurra, Neil Cameron, obituary, Oloroso Cask Strength, Original Batch, Pamela Wood Gover, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, peat, Pioneer, Promise of Hope, Promise of Hope Fund, referendum, regulation, Rita Lee Greenwell, Robert Burns, Scallywag, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Bush, Steve Gertman, Tax & Trade Bureau, Templeton Rye, The Balvenie, The Glenlivet, The Lost Blend, Timorous Beastie, To a Mouse, Towser, Treasury Department, TTB, UK, veterinarian, vote, winery, women0 comments
Templeton Rye has been in the spotlight in recent weeks as critics go after so-called “sourced whisky” producers for what they claim are v...