Tag: Gillian McDonald

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

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

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

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...