Your Tax Dollars…Not at Work! (Episode 749: January 13, 2019)20190113220906
Your Tax Dollars…Not at Work! (Episode 749: January 13, 2019)
January 13, 2019@seriousabtplay, @SML917, @thewhiskymaker, Alberta Distillers, Andy Watts, Ardmore, Ardnahoe Distillery, Argyll & Bute Council, Beam Suntory, Bobby Parnell, Brian Canning, Brown-Forman, budget, Bunnahabhain, Canada, cannabis, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, chemistry, Chita, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, COLA, Colorado, Congress, Cooley, Craigellachie, Cumria, David Monahan, David Ozgo, Dewar's, DISCUS, Distell, Distilled Spirits Council, Douglas Laing & Co., expansion, Flintlock, Germany, Glen Garioch, Glengoyne, government, Hakushu, Highland Park, Hunter Laing & Co., Ireland, Irish Whiskey Awards, Islay, Israel, Jameson, Japan, Jim Beam, Jim Hough, job opening, Johnnie Walker, label approval, labeling, Liberty Pole Spirits, Louise McGuane, Lunar New Year, marijuana, Milk & Honey, Mizunara, Moine, Old Particular, Oregon, Orkney, packaging, Pennsylvania, politics, Reverie, Ruth Kirkpatrick, Scott Laing, Scott Lowery, Seattle, shutdown, Slane Distillery, South Africa, Suntory, Suntory AO, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tel Aviv, The Lakes Distillery, The Last One, Three Chord Bourbon, travel retail, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Twelve Bar Reserve, Washington, Washington State, Westland, whiskey, Whiskey Rebellion, whisky, XOP, Xtra Old Particular, Yamazaki, Year of the Pig0 comments
The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government is now the longest on record, and it is having an impact on the whisky business. Two whisky makers...
The Speed Art Museum’s “Art of Bourbon” Auction (Episode 725: September 16, 2018)20180916182607
The Speed Art Museum’s “Art of Bourbon” Auction (Episode 725: September 16, 2018)
September 16, 2018@The_Jage, @turnipwhiskery, #fermentationfriday, A. Smith Bowman, Aberfeldy, airport, Alltech, Amrut, Angel's Share Glass, art, auction, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Beam Suntory, benefits, bicycle, Bill Lumsden, Bill Samuels Jr., Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Caol Ila, Carlow Brewing Company, Chambers Bay Distillery, charity, Chicken Cock Whiskey, China, Coastal Collection, collaborative distilling, Colorado, Conor McGregor, contract, contract distilling, Coxs Creek, Distillery Select, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., education, Emmy Cox, EU, European Union, export, exports, Festival, FEW American Whiskey, Few Spirits, Four Roses, Frazier History Museum, Fred Minnick, Freddie Johnson, Fredericksburg, Glen Garioch, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Grain & Barrel Spirits, Grain Surfboards, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, horse racing, Hunter S. Thompson, import, intellectual property, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey, Isaac Bowman, Isaac Bowman Pioneer Spirit, Jeff Royalty, Jim Beam, Jimmy Russell, Joe Dangler, Julian Van Winkle III, Justify, Karen Somerville, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kirin, Lawrenceville, Littlemill, Littlemill Celestial Edition, local, Loch Lomond, London, Louisville, Maine, Maker's Mark, Matt Shattock, Max Shapira, MGP, Michael Bendavid, mixed martial arts, MMA, music, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, negotiations, Notorious, Pappy Van Winkle, Parker Beam, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Parkinson's disease, Paul Hletko, Pearse Lyons, Pioneer Spirit, Port Cask, President, Prohibition, provenance, Puget Sound, Repeal Batch, research, Sazerac, Seamus O'Hara, Shriners Hospital for Children, Skye, Speed Art Museum, staves, Stephen Reily, Stitzel-Weller, strike, surfboard, Tacoma, Taiwan. Ian Chang, Talisker, tariffs, Town Branch Distillery, trade, trademark, travel retail, Triple Crown, Truman Cox, two-tier, UFC, UFCW, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, Virginia, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, Wild Turkey, Woody Creek, Woody Creek Distillers, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies, XOP, Xtra Old Particular0 comments
Bourbon & Beyond gets underway this Friday night in Louisville with a charity Bourbon auction to benefit the Speed Art Museum. The whiskies going ...
On the Road – And at the Pub in Dublin (Episode 692: April 26, 2018)20180426150644
On the Road – And at the Pub in Dublin (Episode 692: April 26, 2018)
April 26, 2018@drunkenmeeples, @travlecrazy, 1823, Adam Bradshaw, Alabama, Angel's Envy, anniversary, Ardbeg, assessor, attorney general, Baltimore Whiskey Company, Barber, Bardstown, Becle, Benromach, bill, Bill Haslam, Bill Lumsden, Billy Leighton, biological clock, book, Bourbon, Bow Street, Bowmore, Bozzy Karatsu, Brian Nation, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, Caledonian MacBrayne, Callum Fraser, CalMac, Celtic Whiskey Shop. The Sexton, Ciaran Mulgrew, construction, Cork, Dave Broom, Dave Pickerell, Derry, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Eden Mill Distillery, Elgin, Elixir Distillers, Epoch Rye, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, Excise Act, exciseman, Feis Ile, ferry, festival bottling, Fife, Forres, gauger, George Smith, Glasgow Edition, Glen Garioch, Glenfarclas, Glenturret, Gordon & MacPhail, governor, Grooves, Henry Donnelly, Hip Flask Series, history, Ian Newton, illicit distilling, IndyCar, inventory, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jameson, Jameson Distillery Bow Street, Jose Cuervo, Karen Cotter, Keith Cruickshank, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, legislaton, legislature, Littlemill, Louisville Slugger Field, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, Mark Williams, Maryland, Metallica, Method & Madness, Michter's, Midleton, Moore County, music, NASCAR, Niche Drinks, Nine Below, Old Forester, Omar Fitzell, opening, Paul Miller, planning permission, Port Ellen, Powers, property tax, Proximo Spirits, Rabbit Hole Distilling, Raj Singh, Ryan Burnett, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, ship, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, St. Andrew's, St. Brendan's, St. Louis, Sukhinder Singh, Tennessee, The Epicurean, The Quiet Man, The Way of Whisky, whiskey, Whiskey Row, Whisky Fairy, Whisky Leprechaun, Whisky Squad, winner0 comments
This time around, we’re on the road in Dublin for the launch of the first cask-strength Jameson Irish Whiskey, the new Jameson Bow Street 18. It’s als...
Master Blender Rachel Barrie to Join Brown-Forman as Scotch Whisky Maker20170220132644
Master Blender Rachel Barrie to Join Brown-Forman as Scotch Whisky Maker
February 20, 2017Alex Alvarez, Ardbeg, Ardmore, Auchentoshan, Baillie Nicol Jarvie, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Billy Walker, blender, Bowmore, Brown-Forman, Glen Garioch, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Laphroaig, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Rachel Barrie, Ron Welsh, Scotch Whisky Research Institute, Teacher's, The Glenmorangie Company, University of Edinburgh, whiskey, whisky, whisky maker0 comments
February 20, 2017 – Brown-Forman has now confirmed the hiring of veteran master blender Rachel Barrie as the new whisky maker for its Scotch Whi...
Distilling an Inner-City Revival (Episode 629: February 19, 2017)20170219142844
Distilling an Inner-City Revival (Episode 629: February 19, 2017)
February 19, 2017@AdventSpirits, @Maltbank_Herald, @MarieinDublin, Alistair Walker, American Craft Spirits Association, Angel's Envy, Anthony Wills, Arthur D. Little, ASCA, Auchentoshan, Beam Suntory, beer, BenRiach, best in class, Billy Walker, Bluegrass Distillers, Boone County, bottler, Bourbon, Bowmore, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Camden, Campari, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Club Heritage Centre, cat, CETA, competition, consultant, convention, Cooper River Bourbon, Cooper River Distillers, Cooper River Rye, Corby, Corsair Artisan Distillery, craft distilling, craft tour, Crieff Hydro Hotel, Dave Broom, Decades, distillery cat, Dr. Jim Swan, Drew Dilkens, Eddie Russell, Egg Harbor Township, EU, European Union, Evan Williams, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, Famous Grouse Experience, geographical indicator, George T. Stagg, Glen Garioch, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenturret, Heritage, Hiram Walker & Sons, Hiram Walker Distillery, Ian_Appleton, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jack Daniel's, James Yoakum, Jim Swan, Jonathan Bray, Josh Quinn, judging, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Derby Festival, Kilchoman, lexicon, Lexington, Louisville, luxury, Marie Byrne, Master's Keep, Matt Shattock, mayor, medal, memoir, Mingo Creek Craft Distillers, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Nashville, New Jersey, obituary, Ontario, Parker Beam, Penderyn, Pentlands Scotch Whisky Research, Pernod Ricard, Petty's Island, Philadelphia, Pineau des Charentes, Pittsburgh, porter, provincial, Rachel Barrie, Revival, rum, Scotch, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Research Institute, Seattle, Silvano Samaroli, single cask, Single Run Series, Sonoma County Distilling Company, spa, Stephen Davies, Still 630, Taste of Tennessee, Tatlock & Thompson, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Scotsman, The Welsh Whisky Company, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, tourism, trade, treaty, tribute, Tuckahoe Brewing Company, Turret, Virginia Distillery Company, Wemyss Malts, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Eretico, Whisky Heretic, whisky maker, Wild Turkey, Windsor, YouTube0 comments
Camden, New Jersey has a long manufacturing heritage dating back decades, but the city’s glory days ended decades ago – leaving behind emp...
Episode 613: October 29, 201620161029231732
Episode 613: October 29, 2016
October 29, 2016"The Beast", @ceppwepp, @crewcutter, @FL_ScotchLover, @tastydram, @winegalunboxed, A'Bunadh, A'Bunadh Orchard, Aberlour, acquisition, Alberta, American Whiskey, anniversary, Apothic, Apothic Inferno, Ashton Advertising, auction, banks, barrels, beards, Belgium, Blended Malt, bog, Boris Johnson, Bourbon Banter, Brent Hocking, Brexit, Brussels, Bulleit Rye, campaign, Canada, Caol Ila, charity, cocktail, Colorado, commute, Compass Box, construction, contempt, currency, David Frost, default, Denmark, Diageo, Domaine des, Dominic Villegas, Donald Trump, Drake, eBay, economic development, election, Elijah Craig, EU, European Union, Evan Williams, exchange rates, exile, Fiona Crosswell, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Foreign Secretary, Fort McMurray, Friends of Fort McMurray Firefighters, Gert, ghost, Glen Garioch, Halloween, haunted, Heaven Hill, Hill Harcourt, Hillary Clinton, hipster, Iain McArthur, Ileach, incentives, India, Indiana, interim, Iowa, Islay, Jimmy Russell, judge, Julie Hesketh-Laird, justices, Keith Kerkhoff, Lagavulin, lawsuits, lawyers, LCBO, Louisville, Make America Thirsty Again, Matt Evans, Max Shapira, MGP Ingredients, negotiations, Ontario, order, Parker Beam, peat, Port Ellen, Presidential, Remy Cointreau, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, severance, Spike Baker, stories, Supreme Court, SWA, talks, tax credit, taxes, Templeton Rye, Three Year Old Deluxe, trade, train, United Spirits, Val, veterans, Vijay Mallya, Virginia Black, whiskey, whisky, wildfire, wine, Wood Buffalo Brewing Company, write-in, yard sign0 comments
Distillery managers come and go at Lagavulin, but Iain McArthur is a fixture at the legendary Islay distillery. McArthur’s something of a legend...
Episode 608: September 25, 201620160925114827
Episode 608: September 25, 2016
September 25, 2016@JohnnieStumbler, @MaltReview, @smokshootr2, @whiskyexperts, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Spa, Aberfeldy, Acts of Union, age statement, age statements, airport, American Whiskey, Anki Ulvmane, Ardbeg, Ardbeg 21, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, auction, Australia, auto racing, Baccarat, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Beam, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Black Bull, BMW, Bourbon Bill, British GT Championship, Buffalo Trace, burglary, Calum Fraser, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chuck Cowdery, Col. E.H. Taylor, Colin Scott, construction, crystal, Custodian Master Blender, Custodian's Club, Denmark, Diageo, Duncan Taylor, duty free, Ecurie Ecosse, Euan Shand, fakes, Frank McHardy, Fred Noe, Gavin Birnie, General Assembly, George Dickel, Glansa, Glen Garioch, GlenDronach, Gretzky Estates Winery & Distillery, Heaven Hill, hockey, Hunter Laing & Co., Islay, Jaguar, Justine Hazelhurst, Kevin Balmforth, Kilchoman, Kilkerran, King James VI, King of Scots, Knob Creek, lawmakers, LCBO, legislature, Mark@Malt-Review.com, McLaren, Meldrum House, Moji Shand, motorsports, mystery, New Brunswick, Niagara-by-the-Lake, Number 99 Red Cask, O.F.C., O.F.C. Distillery, Oldmeldrum, Ontario, Orkney, Orphan Barrel, Perth, photo, planning, Police Scotland, Port Askaig, raithrover, Redaktion, regulations, retired, retirement, Richard Paterson, Royal Salute, Rune Lauridsen, Russ Charity, Sandy Hyslop, Scapa, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, shit, Springbank, stolen, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Dalmore, theft, travel retail, Tullibardine, Union of the Crowns, vintage, Wayne Gretzky, West Cork Distillers, Whippersnapper, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Rover, Whoop & Holler, Whyte & Mackay, Willett, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies0 comments
We’re at a unique point in whisky history when it’s not unusual to see people celebrating 40, 45, or even 50 years of working in whisky an...
Episode 604: August 28, 201620160828095506
Episode 604: August 28, 2016
August 28, 2016A.D. Rattray, Adalen, Adam Moore, Adelphi, Akkurat, Alex Bruce, Australia, Balblair, barrel, blending, Bonneville Salt Flats, Booker Noe. Bluegill Creek, Booker's, Box Distillery, Brown-Forman, bureaucracy, coopering, Coopers' Craft, Cross, customer casks, Dalvve, Douglas Laing & Co., Edinburgh, England, export, fishing, Flavour Behaviour, Ger Buckley, Glasgow. Clydeside, Glen Garioch, Glenglassaugh, Hanyu, High Coast, Holyrood Park Distillery, Inver House Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Kentucky, land speed record, laws, Longmorn, Matt Kleinman, Mizunara Oak, Mongolian Oak, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Morrison Glasgow Distillers, motorcycle, motorsports, Old Pulteney, Patrick Maguire, personality, Project 63, psychologist, pushrod, racing, Ralfy Mitchell, Red Head, Red Tape Follies, regulatons, research, retail, River Clyde, Roger Melander, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shipping, SMWS, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Sweden, Swedish, Systembolaget, Tasmania Distillery, test, The Cooper's Croze, The Glover, Thomas Larsson, Tim Morrison, Timorous Beastie, Tomatin, University of Edinburgh, Utah, Walsh Whiskey Company, Whiskey Makers Series, Whisky Fringe, Woodford Reserve, Writers Tears0 comments
This week, we’re in Sweden visiting Box Distillery for a follow-up to our 2014 visit, and Box is making some big changes six years after it open...
Episode 603: August 21, 201620160821000822
Episode 603: August 21, 2016
August 21, 20161920 Prohibition Edition, 291 Colorado Whiskey, 9/11, Adelphi, Alasdair Day, Aspen, BenRiach, Birthday, Booker's, Bordeaux, Brown-Forman, camera, Canada, Colin Taylor, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Copperworks Distilling, darkroom, David Robertson, Diageo, Distillery 291, Edinburgh, Engine Shed, Family Collector, Fireball, George S. Grant, George T. Stagg, Glen Garioch, Glen Grant, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Hanyu, Highland Park, Hobbister, Holyrood Park Distillery, Inner Circle, Instagram, Japan, Jason Craig, Kelly Carpenter, Kentucky, Longmorn, Masters of Whisky, medicinal, Michael Myers, New York City, Old Forester, online, Orkney, Paul Hambrick, photographer, photography, Prohibition, R&B Distillers, Richard Paterson, Rob Carpenter, Rob Dietrich, Rosebank, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Seattle, September 11, sfmarv, Steve Beal, Stranahan's, TBG & Co., The Dalmore, The Glover, The Tweedale Blend, Triple Bourbon Finish, Tweedale, whiskey, Whiskey Row Series, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whyte & Mackay, World Trade Center, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
After years of working with supermodels and high-strung art directors in New York City, Michael Myers lives a much simpler – and more rewarding ...
New Whiskies From Ballantine’s, Teeling, Angel’s Envy & More20151105120258
New Whiskies From Ballantine’s, Teeling, Angel’s Envy & More
November 5, 2015Andrew Nelstrop, Angel's Envy, Ballantine's, Bold, Bourbon, Chapter 10, Chivas Brothers, distribution, Dublin, English Whisky Company, Glen Garioch, Glen Scotia, Goa, Gordon & MacPhail, Hard Fired, Himalayas, Inchmurrin, India, Irish Whiskey, Islay, James Espey, label approval, Loch Lomond Group, Louisville, Norfolk, Paul John, Paul John Bold, Revival, Sandy Hyslop, Scotch Whisky, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Last Drop, Tom Jago, TTB, UK, US, Victoriana, whiskey, whisky0 comments
November 5, 2015 – With the holidays approaching, whisky makers are stepping up their releases to take advantage of the busiest period of the ye...