Episode 592: June 4, 201620160605000837
Episode 592: June 4, 2016
Mark GillespieJune 5, 2016@AlpacaJo, @Joshua_Spahr, @madmen76, @markofrespect, @Sister_Ratched, @slagell, @WhiskyRep, Adam Slagell, Alan Winchester, Altia, Arran, Auchentoshan, Award, barbecue sauce, Battle of Jutland, Beach Whiskey, BenRiach, Bernard Walsh, Billy Leighton, Billy Walker, Black Barrel, Brian Nation, Brown-Forman, Bruce Springsteen, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Carlow, Caskmates, Chivas Brothers, Christina Philburn, copper works, Copperworks Distillery, Crested Ten, Croke Park, Cù Bòcan, Diageo, Dublin, Edradour, English Whisky Company, entrepreneur, Finland, Ger Buckley, Gillian Howell, Gillian McDonald, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Gordon & MacPhail, Hafod Morfa Copperworks, Herald Scotland, Heritage Lottery Fund, Industrial Revolution, Iowa, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Jameson, Jameson Crested, Jeff Kanov, Jim Beam, Jo Lawson, Joshua Spahr, Jude, Klaus Doblmann, Laphroaig, Latitude, Laura Davies, makeover, MaltKlaus, Marcus Houlihan, Mark Jennings, MGP, music, mystery, Old Pulteney, Orkney, packaging, Penderyn, Pernod Ricard, pulled pork, Rare Vintage, recipe, Redbreast, River Tawe, RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sazerac, Scapa, Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Awards, Seattle, Speyside Cooperage, Springbank, Stephen Davies, Strathisla, Swansea, Teeling, Templeton Rye, The Blender's Dog, The Boss, The Cooper's Croze, The Distiller's Safe, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet Alpha, The Glenlivet Cipher, The Irishman, The Long Hall, The Welsh Whisky Company, Tomatin, Tormore, Wales, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Welsh, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Rep Mike, World War I, Writers Tears2 comments
Penderyn is the only whisky distillery in Wales, but may soon spin off a second distillery under its name in nearby Swansea. Local leaders want a seco...
Ardbeg Space Experiment Shows Gravity Makes a Difference in Whisky20150911132726
Ardbeg Space Experiment Shows Gravity Makes a Difference in Whisky
Mark GillespieSeptember 11, 2015analysis, Ardbeg, Bill Lumsden, Brendan McCarron, capillary action, experiment, gas chromatography, Gillian McDonald, high performance liquid chromatography, International Space Station, Islay, Karen Fullerton, laboratory, NanoRacks, NASA, orbit, research, science, Suntory, syringal, terpenes, The Glenmorangie Company0 comments
September 11, 2015 – Only four people know what “whisky” matured in space actually tastes like, and the rest of us can only look at ...
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 337: October 2, 201120111002001412
Episode 337: October 2, 2011
Mark GillespieOctober 2, 2011A. Smith Bowman, Alan McConachie, Balblair, Balvenie, Beam, Berry, Blended Scotch, Bowmore, Brown-Forman, charity, David Stewart, Double Black, Doug McIvor, Emiko Kaji, Fabio Rossi, Festival, Gerry Tosh, Gillian McDonald, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Highland Park, Howell, Ian Torrance, Japan, Japanese, Joe Dangler, Johnnie Walker, Julie Torrance, Laphroaig, London, MacKinlay, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Owsley Brown, Paris, Penderyn, Red Stag, Richard Paterson, Russell Anderson, Scotch, Scotland, Shackleton, single malt, Teacher's, Tempest, The Dalmore, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tim Forbes, tourism, Travel, Truman Cox, Tun 1401, Vijay Mallya, Virginia, Wales, Whisky Live, Whisky Show, Whyte & Mackay, Wilson & Morgan, Yoichi0 comments
Back at home, but with Paris still on my mind, and plenty of news to catch up on! We’ll catch up with more news on new releases from Whisky Live...
Episode 300: January 23, 201120110123210510
Episode 300: January 23, 2011
Mark GillespieJanuary 23, 2011Andrew Hogan, Angelo Veneziano, Arran, Australia, blending, Bowmore, British Columbia, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Canadian, Compass Box, Costco, events, exports, Festival, Forty Creek, George S. Grant, Gillian Howell, Gillian McDonald, Glenfarclas, Guy Thornhill, Harlen Wheatley, Highwood, Hotel Grand Pacific, James Robertson, Jamie MacKenzie, Jimmy Johnson, John Glaser, John Hall, Kittling Ridge, Lawrence Graham, Macallan, Noel Buckley, Orangerie, Patrick Maguire, Penderyn, Ricard Soderberg, single cask, Sullivan's Cove, SWA, Tasmania, Tullibardine, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Welsh, White Owl0 comments
Plenty of highlights at this year’s Victoria Whisky Festival, and we’ll have all of the details in this episode recorded on location in Vi...
Episode 237: January 30, 201020100130221300
Episode 237: January 30, 2010
Mark GillespieJanuary 30, 2010A'Bunadh, Aberlour, auctions, Bill Samuels Jr., Black Bottle, Blended Scotch, Bourbon, British Columbia, Canada, charity, Charles Maclean, Chivas Brothers, Club, contest, Doug Stone, earthquake, English Whisky Company, Feis Ile, Food Network, For Scotch Lovers, Gillian Howell, Gillian McDonald, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenrothes, Haddonfield, Haiti, Ian Chang, Islay, James Robertson, Japan, Japanese, Johan Rosengren, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kevin Smith, law, Maker's Mark, Master of Malt, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Penderyn, Press & Journal, regulations, repairs, Ronnie Cox, single malt, snow, Sweden, Taiwan, Taketsuru, The Strath, Times of London, Tullibardine, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, warehouses, weather, Whyte & Mackay, William Delaney0 comments
As I reported in the last episode, Maker’s Mark is working on a new bourbon. This time around, Master Distiller Kevin Smith sits down with me to...
Episode 173: November 16, 200820081116074600
Episode 173: November 16, 2008
Mark GillespieNovember 16, 2008Ancient Ancient Age, Antiquary, Ardmore, awards, Bayway, Ben Nevis, Blended Scotch, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, cancer, charity, distillery, events, Festival, Four Roses, George Grindlay, Gillian Howell, Gillian McDonald, Harlen Wheatley, Jack Daniel's, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam, Jim Rutledge, John Hansell, Jura, Kenny Gray, Kentucky, Lynchburg, Macallan, Malt Advocate, Milroy's of Soho, Movember, Oban, Peter Currie, photography, Rankin, Ronnie Eddins, Royal Lochnagar, Springbank, Tennessee, Tomatin, Whisky Peddler, WhiskyFest, Willie Tait0 comments
Malt Advocate Magazine handed out its annual awards at this week’s WhiskyFest New York, and you’ll hear from some of this year’s win...
Episode 73: December 31, 200620061230232600
Episode 73: December 31, 2006
Mark GillespieDecember 30, 2006Diageo, distillery, European Union, Gillian Howell, Gillian McDonald, India, Jim Swan, joint venture, Penderyn, Radico Khaitan, Scotch Whisky Review, tariff, trade, Vijay Mallya, Wales, Whyte & Mackay, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments
It’s the final episode of 2006, and we’ll end the year with a profile of one of the newest distillers in the business, and one who’s...