Crown Royal’s Bourbon…Uh, Blender’s Mash20180712155444
Crown Royal’s Bourbon…Uh, Blender’s Mash
Mark GillespieJuly 12, 2018Blenders' Mash, blending, Bourbon Mash, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Crown Royal, Diageo, distillery, export, Gimli, import, Jim Boyko, label approval, Manitoba, Mark Balkenende, NAFTA, New York City, Noble Collection, regulations, Stephen Wilson, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, Thomas Hogue, trade dispute, TTBV, whiskey, whisky0 comments
With the ongoing trade dispute between the US and Canada, it’s important to keep in mind that Canadian Whisky remains extremely popular in the U...
A Big Bourbon Weekend in Mississippi (Episode 693: April 29, 2018)20180429144448
A Big Bourbon Weekend in Mississippi (Episode 693: April 29, 2018)
Mark GillespieApril 29, 2018@#I_Laddie, @bigbadchef, @iamandyhaskins, @mikeyjoedram, @willrunforwhisky, 21 Fir, airplane, airport security, Andy Haskins, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, artist, auction, Blenders' Mash, Boston, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bourbon Mash, Bruichladdich, Canada, Canadian Whisky, chef, chefs, children, collector, concert, cooking, Corby, Crown Royal, cuisine, Dad's Hat, Diageo, Dick Stoll, dill, dinners, distillery, Don Livermore, Dubai, Dubai Duty Free, Dublin, Dublin Airport, duty free, education, Edward Lee, Elixir Distillers, emotional support flask, environment, flask, Forty Creek, fossil fuels, Gimli, greenhouse gases, Grimsby, health, Herman Mihalich, High Wire Distilling, hunger, Hunter Laing & Co., Irish Whiskey Collection, Islay, Jameson, Jameson Bow Street 18, John Currence, Julian Van Winkle, Kentucky, label approval, Lalique, Lancaster County, Laphroaig, Le Clos, Le Creuset, Liberties, Lot #40, lottery, Manitoba, Marsala, Michter's, Mississippi, Move On Up Mississippi, music, Newmarket Square, obesity, Octomore, Ontario, Oxford, Oxford Bourbon Festival and Auction, Pappy Van Winkle, peat, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Turnpike, pickle juice, Pickleback, pickles, Pittsburgh, planning, Port Ellen, Raj Singh, recycled content, recycling, renewable energy, Revival, Rye, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sean Brock, service animal, Shannon, Sir Peter Blake, Skinner, Stoll & Wolfe, Sukhinder Singh, sulfur, sulphur, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Caledonian, The Irishman, The Loop, The Macallan, The Organic, The Whisky Exchange, Tom Fahey, Tony Folino, Toronto, Travel, travel retail, TSA, TTB, Unity, Valerio Adami, Walsh Whiskey, water, Waterloo, whiskey, whisky, whisky bars, Wigle, Wilderness Trail0 comments
Oxford, Mississippi is known for many things, but Bourbon isn’t usually the first thing you think of. Chef John Currence and his friends might j...
Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)20180225005718
Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)
Mark GillespieFebruary 25, 2018@garretmalt, @kingrhinola, @nevillem, @sipologyblog, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Argyll & Bute Council, Arran Whisky, Athgarret Malt, barrel sales, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Boston, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Cairdeas, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cat, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, court, Crown Royal, Dave Pickerell, dog, Drew Mayville, Earth, Entrapment, EU, European Court of Justice, European Union, expansion, FarmStock, Feis Ile, fire, Five Virtues, Gimli, glen, Glen Buchenbach, Glen's Cask, Glencairn, GlenDronach, Glenturret, groovy, Hazlet Rye, Heaven Hill, induction, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Arran, J.J. Corry, John Campbell, Jon Kriedler, Josh Wright, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, King Rhino, Lagg, Laphroaig, lawsuit, legal, Louise McGuane, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Metal, Metallica, Mickey Heads, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Montreal, mouser, music, Nik, Obey Your Master, Old Fitzgerald, Old Montreal Distillery, Old Overholt, Old Overholt Bonded, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, partnership, peanuts, pet, photo, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, planning permission, post office, Quebec, rock, Sazerac, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Ritenbaugh, song, SWA, Tal, Tattersall Distilling, Tattersall Rye, The Glenmorangie Company, Tom Dean @meerkat1984, Tomatin, Towser, Turret, Vermont, Waldhorn, water, Westborough, whiskey, Whiskey in the Jar, whisky, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, wood0 comments
Distillers like to say they’re not making whisky for themselves, but laying it down for future generations. Part of that process is identifying ...
Snowflakes in the Forecast … and Whiskey Lovers in Line (Episode 670: December 3, 2017)20171204191254
Snowflakes in the Forecast … and Whiskey Lovers in Line (Episode 670: December 3, 2017)
Mark GillespieDecember 4, 2017@jgromer, @MeasureofWhisky, @tcotie, @WhiskyWhistle, audit, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Barrel Proof, Barrell, Barrell Rye, Ben Wives, BenRiach, Blue Label, Bourbon, Bowmore, Brora, Cambus, camper, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Cash Moore, Caskmates, Colorado, Comcast, Congress, content providers, crowdfunding, Crown Royal, Dave Broom, Dave Smith, Deloitte, Denver, Derek Haydn, Dingwall, Duncan Tait, Eddie McAffer, election, Elijah Craig, English Whisky Company, Entrapment, Ewan Morgan, excise taxes, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Florida, Fort Walton Beach, Ghost and Rare, Gimli, Glen Wyvis, Glenglassaugh, Glenskiach, Halifax, Heaven Hill, House, Indiana, insolvent, Internet, investigation, investment, investors, IPA, Irish Pale Ale, Irish Whiskey, Isetan, Jameson, Janesville, Japan, Jenna Rhodes, Jess Graber, Jim Beam Signature, Joe Beatrice, John Gromer, John McKenzie, Johnnie Walker, Kalamath Street, Keith Batt, legislation, line, liquidation, Liquor Mountain, liquor store, Liquors Hasegawa, Lynn Kirchhoff, Malcolm Waring, Manitoba, Margaret Batt, Mark's Whisky Whistle, mayor, MGP, Mike Kirchhoff, Mortlach, Nant, Net Neutrality, Nova Scotia, Old Pulteney, opossum, Orphan Barrel, P.T. Wood, Pittyvaich, Poland, police, Proximo Spirits, Quandary Peak, Quandary Point, Quora, receivership, Richard Hughes, Rob Dietrich, Russell Condin, RV, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Senate, Shinanoya, single malt whiskey, Snowflake, Stranahan's, Tasmania, tax, taxes, Tennessee, The Mercury, Tokyo, transactions, travel retail, Tullahoma, Tyrone Cotie, Vault Editions, Verizon, whiskey, whisky, whisky shops, wildlife refuge, Wisconsin, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Colorado’s ski resorts wish they had lift lines as long as the one that stretched down Kalamath Street in Denver Saturday morning, when hundreds...
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)20170723021823
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)
Mark GillespieJuly 23, 2017.36 Small Caliber Bourbon, .36 Texas Straight Bourbon, ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Angus Dundee, artisan, Balcones, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bernheim Distillery, Bill Samuels Jr., board, Bourbon, Bourbon Women, brewery, Brown Hotel, bucket list, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Whisky, CEO, charity, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, cocktail, Colorado, Communist, Credit Suisse, Crown Royal, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Dallas Dhu, Deatsville, debate, Dennis Oetinger, Denny Potter, Denver, Derek Mather, Diageo, director, distiller, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dublin Liberties Whiskey, Evan Chapman, expansion, Firestone & Robertson, Gimli, Glen Alba, Glencadam, governor, Hammer Head, Heaven Hill, Historic Environment Scotland, Houston, Hunter Stacks, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jim Boyko, John Hickenlooper, John Mack, Kentucky, Lidl, London, Louisville, Manitoba, Marge Samuels, mayor, Michael McKenna, Moray, Morgan Stanley, museum, Not a Pink Drink, Ontario, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Parliament, politics, Pradlo Distillery, Quintessential Brands, Quora, Ranger Creek, Reserve 101, retired, Rhône, Richard Lochhead, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, Sean Murray, Sip-osium, Sir Douglas Murray, Speyside, Stock Spirits, Susan Riegler, tasting, Texas, The Dubliner, The Murray, The Reawakening, The Scotsman, Tomatin, Tullibardine, Warehouse 6, Waterloo, Westword, whiskey, whisky, Wishaw, women, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Jim Boyko’s career took him from the old Seagram’s distillery in Waterloo, Ontario to the Canadian prairie in Gimli, Manitoba, and eventua...
Episode 588: May 7, 201620160508001914
Episode 588: May 7, 2016
Mark GillespieMay 8, 2016@Justin83793724, @WhiskyLadyIN, 1792 Barton, Alberta, Amir Peay, arbitration, awards, Beam Suntory, British Columbia, Brixton Mash Destroyer, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Camden, Canada, Canadian Club, capital, Carissa Hickling, cask, Chairman's Select, Chris Kelly, cigar, Cologne, contract, Cooper River Distillers, Cork Distilleries Company, Cragganmore, crowdfunding, Crown Royal, Dave Scheurich, Diageo, Distillery District, Drew Estate, financing, Georgetown Trading Co., Germany, Gimli, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenfiddich, Greg Davis, hemlock, Hillrock Estate, Hochstadter's, India, Indiegogo, inventory, investment, investors, Irish Distillers, J.W. Rutledge Distillery, James E. Pepper, James Marinus, Jameson, Jim Beam, Jim Marinus, Jim Rutledge, John Drew Brands, Jonathan Drew, judging, Julian Van Winkle, Justin, Ken Pearce, labor, Las Vegas, Lexington, Lock Stock & Barrel, Manitoba, Mark Brown, MGP, Michael Collins, Midleton, milestone, million, Mumbai, Murphy, negotiations, New Jersey, Nicaragua, Paddy, Pappy & Co., Pappy Van Winkle, Patrick Evans, Pedro Ximenez, Pernod Ricard, Philadelphia, Powers, restoration, retirement, Rob Cooper, Saint-Germain, Sazerac, Scotia Spirit, Shelter Point, Socrates, Spirit of Speyside Festival, strike, UFCW, United Food & Commercial Workers, Vancouver Island, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America0 comments
Jonathan Drew wants to take his success in the cigar business and expand into the spirits industry, and he plans to do it with the same unique style a...
Crown Royal Strike Ends, Contract Dispute Continues20160505134508
Crown Royal Strike Ends, Contract Dispute Continues
Mark GillespieMay 5, 2016arbitration, Canada, Canadian Whisky, contract, Crown Royal, Diageo, Gimli, labor, Local 832, Manitoba Labour Board, mediation, strike, union, United Food & Commercial Workers0 comments
May 5, 2016 – Workers at Diageo’s Crown Royal distillery in Gimli, Manitoba have returned to work after a strike that began March 5 when c...
Episode 585: April 17, 201620160417192240
Episode 585: April 17, 2016
Mark GillespieApril 17, 2016age statements, Annabel Meikle, bill, Brett Hocking, Brett Ratner, Brown-Forman, Brown-Forman Cooperage, Bulleit Bourbon, Cameronbridge, Canada, cocktails, Compass Box, Coopers' Craft, Cornerstone Blend, Crown Royal, David Beckham, Diageo, Drake, dry, earthquake, Eric Gregory, Eric Swanson, Frank Scott, Fredericton, Gimli, Globe & Mail, governor, Greg Roshkowski, Haig Club, Hombo Shizu, Ichiro Akuto, Impex, Islay, Jackie Scott, Japan, John MacLellan, Just-Drinks.com, Kagoshima, KDA, Keepers of the Quaich, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kiichiro Iwai, Kilchoman, Kumamoto, law, LCBO, legislation, Loch Gorm, Louisville, Manitoba, Mars Maltage, Mars Whisky, Masataka Taketsuru, Master of Malt, Matt Bevin, Maverick Drinks, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, Noble Collection, Peter Mielszynski, PMA Canada, precinct, Saki Umemura, Sam Filmus, Sanaig, Shinshu, Simon Fuller, strike, Summerhill, surprise, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, The Hilhaven Lodge, Tokiwa Imports, Toronto, transparency, Virginia Black, visitors centers, wet-dry election, Yamanashi, yellow card, Yuno Hayashi0 comments
Japan’s Hombo Shuzo has been making whiskies off and on since 1949, and the company’s whisky heritage claims a critical link to Masataka T...
Episode 584: April 10, 201620160410013645
Episode 584: April 10, 2016
Mark GillespieApril 10, 2016@AxisofWhisky, @Sister_Ratched, American Distilling Institute. ADI, Angus MacRaild, Angus MacWhisky, Anthony Wills, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Australia, Bardstown, Beatson Cancer Charity, binding arbitration, Bladnoch, blog, blogger, Blood Oath, Bob Bobert, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, cancer, cat, Chivas Regal, competition, construction, Crown Royal, Dark Cove, David Prior, Diageo, distillery, donations, Ezra Brooks, family, Four Roses, Gimli, Highland Park, House Spirits, Ian MacMillan, ice, Islay, John MacLellan, John Rempe, Joseph Magnus, Jude, judging, Kentucky, Kilchoman, labor, labour, Laphroaig, Local 832, Lore, Lux, Luxco, Manitoba, Manitoba Labour Board, mayor, mediator, memorial, Millstone, Mimi, Mimi Petro, Oban, Oregon, People's Republic of Portland, Pernod Ricard USA, pet, Peter Mendel, planning, Portland, Pure Scot, Rebel Yell, Redbreast, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Scotch Whisky, St. Louis, strike, Tom Mooney, UFCW, union, Vancouver, Washington, whisky, Whisky Sponge, Wigtown, Woodinville, Zuidam0 comments
The Whisky Sponge has been puncturing egos and tweaking the Scotch Whisky industry with impunity – and relative anonymity – for nearly thr...
Crown Royal Distillery Strike Could Last Into Summer20160405130009
Crown Royal Distillery Strike Could Last Into Summer
Mark GillespieApril 5, 2016Amherstburg, arbitrator, benefits, Canadian Whisky, contract, Crown Royal, Diageo, dispute, Gimli, Jeff Traeger, labor, labour, Local 832, Manitoba, Manitoba Labour Board, Ontario, strike, UFCW, union, wages0 comments
April 5, 2016 – The month-long strike by workers at Diageo’s Crown Royal distillery in Gimli, Manitoba is likely to last well into the sum...