Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)20190729035621
Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 29, 2019@BunkaiH, @ButlerB, @Tony_thompson_1, A Song of Fire, A Song of Ice, Agriculture Department, Airbus, alcohol, ALS, ALS Association, American Craft Spirits Association, Apollo, Ardbeg, Arvada, Baker's, bargaining, Beam Suntory, Boeing, Booker's, Bourbon, Brad Irwin, British Columbia, Cairdeas, Capitol Hill, carbon dioxide, Cardhu, Carrowdair, Cascade Hollow, charity, Chris Montana, Chris Swonger, classic malts, Col. Jim Beam, Colorado, Comic-Con, comics, Congress, contract, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, deductions, Denver, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillers, distillery, distilling, donation, Du Nord Craft Spirits, Dublin, electricity, Elizabeth McCall, EU, European Union, expansion, exports, Fawn Weaver, Federal Excise Tax, Frank Coleman, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Game of Thrones, Glen Campbell, Glen Ord, GMB, gravity, Greg Butler, Halle Berry, Heaven Hill, House, Huber's Starlight Distillery, imports, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, interest, International Space Station, investment, Ireland, Irene Lau, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Society, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distillery, James B. Beam Institute for Distilling Studies, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Josh Hafer, Kentucky, Kingsman, Knob Creek, labor, labour, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lobbying, Logan Miller, Lynchburg, Margie Lehrman, Market Acmes Program, Massachusetts, mayor, Meagan Miller, media, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mitch McConnell, moon, Mortlach, Nathan "Nearest"Green, negotiations, New Orleans, Nicole Austin, Oregon Spirit Distillers, Outlander, oxygen, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Pittyvaich, politician, politics, power outage, Promise of Hope Fund, Quora, Rand Paul, Reggie Mobley, Salida, San Diego, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Senate, Single Pot Still, Singleton of Glen Ord, Space, Special Releases, spirits, Spirits of the Apocalypse, strike, SWA, Tales of the Cocktail, Talisker, Talnua Distillery, tariffs, tax, Tax & Trade Bureau, tax reform, Ted Huber, television, Tennessee Whiskey, terpenes, The Walking Dead, thunderstorm, Time Magazine, Tony Thompson, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, Uncle Nearest, union, Unite, United States Trade Representative, University of Kentucky, upgrade, USDA, USTR, Victoria Eady-Butler, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, vote, walkout, Walsh Whiskey Company, Washington, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Wood's High Mountain Distillery, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection, World Trade Organization, Writers Tears, WTO0 comments
It takes a lot to drag distillers away from their stills, but when the stakes are as high as the current debate over extending a federal excise tax cu...
Challenging Whisky’s Norms at Eden Mill (Episode 694: May 3, 2018)20180503011500
Challenging Whisky’s Norms at Eden Mill (Episode 694: May 3, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 3, 2018@luvthemstillers, #winwinsituation, American Whiskey, Angel's Envy, auctions, Balblair, bar, Big Peat, Black Barrel, boat tour, Bob Dylan, Bodega Series, Boulevardier, Bourbon, Bowmore, Brandy Library, brewery, Buffalo Trace, Canoe Kentucky, Char No. 4, Chattanooga Whiskey Company, chocolate malt, Churchill Downs, cocktail, crystal malt, Curtis Grant, Dalbeallie, Deborah Stewart, Diageo, Distilled Spirits Council, Douglas Laing & Co., Dufftown, Eden Mill, Feis Ile, Fife, Glen Ord, Glendullan, Glenfarclas, golf, Gordon Dundas, H. Hemphill, Haig, Heaven Hill, Heaven's Door, HMS Pappyfore, horse racing, Hot Toddy, Ian Macleod Distillers, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jameson, Jason Horn, John Grant, Just Whisky, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky River, Kingsbarns, Kraig Naasz, Lynn House, Marc Bushala, minimum unit pricing, mint julep, music, Nashville, New York City, Nobel, Old Course, Old Pulteney, Paul Miller, Pete Coors, Peter Cressey, recipe, Rhonda Moore, River Eden, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Ferguson, Scott Ritenbaugh, Scottish Government, Seggie, small batch, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirits Investment Partnership, St. Andrew's, SWA, Talisker, Tamdhu, Tennessee, The Dandy, The Flatiron Room, The Singleton of Dufftown, The Whisky Exchange, Thoroughbred, University of St. Andrews, Vintner's Series, Ward III, whiskey, Whiskey McWhiskeyFace, whisky, Zac DeLong0 comments
The area around St. Andrews was home to Scotch Whisky’s Haig family and their Seggie Distillery, but after it closed in 1850, the whisky industr...
Diageo Planning £150 Million Investment in Scotch Whisky Tourism20180416140849
Diageo Planning £150 Million Investment in Scotch Whisky Tourism
Mark GillespieApril 16, 2018Blair Athol, Brora, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Clynelish, Cragganmore, Cristina Diezhandino, Dalwhinnie, Diageo, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glen Ord, Glenkinchie, Guinness Storehouse, hospitality, Ireland, job training, jobs, Johnnie Walker, Kilmarnock, Lagavulin, Learning for Life, Oban, Port Ellen, Royal Lochnagar, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Talisker, whiskey, whisky0 comments
April 16, 2018 – With Scotch Whisky-related tourism at record highs, Diageo has announced plans to invest £150 million pounds ($214.9 million US...
No Port Ellen, Brora In Diageo’s 2018 Special Releases20180413103618
No Port Ellen, Brora In Diageo’s 2018 Special Releases
Mark GillespieApril 13, 2018Brora, Caol Ila, Carsebridge, classic malts, DCL, Diageo, Donald Colville, Glen Ord, Inchgower, Lagavulin, Oban, Pittyvaich, Port Ellen, Singleton, Special Releases, Talisker, whiskey, whisky0 comments
April 13, 2018 – Diageo has unveiled nine of the ten whiskies that will be released later this year in its annual Special Releases series of lim...
Compass Box Faces Criticism Over Too Much Transparency20151030135343
Compass Box Faces Criticism Over Too Much Transparency
Mark GillespieOctober 30, 2015bullshit, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Compass Box, Dailuane, EU, European Union, Flaming Heart, Girvan, Glen Ord, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Magnus Cormack, Richard Woodard, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Act, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Law, ScotchWhisky.com, Spice Tree, Strathclyde, Teaninich, The Last Vatted Malt, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, transparency, whisky2 comments
October 30, 2015 – In its 15 years of producing Scotch Whiskies, Compass Box has had its issues with the larger Scotch Whisky industry. In 2006...
Episode 461: January 17, 201420140118030256
Episode 461: January 17, 2014
Mark GillespieJanuary 18, 2014Adam Edwards, Alberta Distillers, Alex Luxenberg, Allied Domecq, Ardbeg, Beam, Bill Ackman, Bill Lark, Bill Newlands, Bill Ricker, Bowmore, British Columbia, Buffalo Trace, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Casey Overeem, Clynelish, cognac, Corby, Crown Royal, Dave Weaver, Devil's cask, Diageo, Diamonds, download, Evan Williams, Fortune Brands, Forty Creek, Four Roses, Glen Ord, golden ticket, Heart of Gold, Heaven Hill, hedge fund, Hiram Walker, Hobart, Jane Overeem, Japanese, Japanese flag, Jeff Weber, Jim Beam, Jim Rutledge, Jimmy Russell, John Hall, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kirin, Knob Creek, konichiwa, Laphroaig, Lark, Lark Distillery, lawsuit, Limousin, Lot No. 40, Louisville, Lyn Lark, Maker's Mark, Masterson's, Matthew T, merger, Morrison Bowmore, Old Hobart, Overeem, Pernod Ricard, private equity, Rachel Barrie, Richard Zeller, Rising Sun, Sazerac, Scott Hartig, shareholder, Suntory, Tasmania, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Wild Turkey, William Ackman, xenophobia, XO0 comments
This is the first of two episodes from this weekend’s Victoria Whisky Festival in British Columbia, where Canadian whisky was featured on openin...
Episode 398: November 17, 201220121117002753
Episode 398: November 17, 2012
Mark GillespieNovember 17, 2012Alaska Outlaw, Alex Espinosa, Alltech, anniversary, author, awards, Balblair, Bardstown, book, Campari, Canadian Rockies, Charles Maclean, Cindi McIntosh, competition, Cutty Sark, decanter, Diageo, Dominic Roskrow, Edwin Foote, Glen Ord, Glenfiddich, Glenglassaugh, Glenlivet 70, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Mencie, Hall of Fame, Highwood, history, Homestead, India, International Wine & Spirits Competition, Jimmy Russell, King Car, Lexington, Mackmyra, Miner's Delight Inn, Nomura, Obama, Old Fitzgerald, Oscar Getz Museum, Pearse Lyons, Singleton, Stitzel-Weller, storytelling, Taiwan, Thanksgiving, Town Branch, turkey, Uisge Source, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, water, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Wyoming0 comments
Edwin Foote started his distilling career in the old Henry McKenna Distillery, and wound up as the Master Distiller at the legendary Stitzel-Weller an...
Episode 395: October 27, 201220121027223010
Episode 395: October 27, 2012
Mark GillespieOctober 27, 2012A. Smith Bowman, Albany, Antarctic Heritage Trust, Antarctica, Australia, BenRiach, Canadian, classic malts, Corby, Corsair, DeFazio, Diageo, Don Livermore, Emiko Kaji, expedition, Explorer's Club, Glen Ord, Glenglassaugh, Jack Daniel's, Jacob Beam, Jacob's Ghost, Jeffrey Steubben, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Joshua Hatton, Lester Katz, MacKinlay, Masters Collection, moonshine, Nick Morgan, Nikka, Old Pulteney, Pumpkin, Revival, Richard Paterson, Shackleton, Sinatra, Single Cask Nation, Speyside, Sullivan's Cove, Tim Jarvis, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Virginia, Walter O'Hara, Whyte & Mackay, Wiser's, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Lots to talk about this week, with new whiskies and a new version of a very old whisky. Whyte & Mackay is producing a new release of MacKinlayR...
Episode 394: October 20, 201220121020004901
Episode 394: October 20, 2012
Mark GillespieOctober 20, 2012Alyssa Henley, Arran, Auchentoshan, Blended Malt, Bowmore, Buffalo Trace, Chivas Brothers, Col. E.H. Taylor, David Stewart, Diageo, distillery, Douglas Laing, fire, Firestone & Robertson, Freddy May, Gable Erenzo, George Dickel, Glen Garioch, Glen Ord, Glenfiddich, Glengoyne, Iain McCallum, Imperial, Indiana, James Mac, Janet Sheed Roberts, Marty Kari, McGibbon's, Michael Deresynski, Monkey Shoulder, Morrison Bowmore, Port Ellen, provenance, Rye, Speyside, Steve Nally, Tennessee, Texas, The Balvenie, Toronto, Tun 1401, Tuthilltown, Wyoming0 comments
The pre-holiday rush of new whiskies is in full swing, and we’ll sit down with Iain McCallum of Morrison Bowmore to taste and talk about new sin...
Episode 169: October 18, 200820081018132600
Episode 169: October 18, 2008
Mark GillespieOctober 18, 2008Arran, author, belated, Bible, Birthday Bourbon, Bologna, book, Brianna Gillespie, Bruichladdich, Burns, charity, Claive Vidiz, collecting, collection, dry, Dufftown, economy, George Garvin Brown, Giuseppe Begnoni, glass, Glen Ord, Glendullan, Goodness Nose, Guinness, Haddonfield, history, Italy, Jim Murray, Jonathan Goldstein, memoir, Old Forester, Park Avenue Liquor Shop, recession, record, Repeal, retailers, Richard Paterson, Singleton, storytelling, The Gathering, Whisky Paradise, WhiskyFest0 comments
Many of us think of ourselves as whisky collectors, but Giuseppe Begnoni is in a league of his own. Begnoni is regarded as one of the world’s le...