Tag: Glenallachie

Whiskey’s High Wire Act (Episode 775: July 7, 2019)20190708030028

Whiskey’s High Wire Act (Episode 775: July 7, 2019)

Mark GillespieJuly 8, 2019@derbycityphil, @ionosaurus, @whiskyranker, 1792 Bourbon, 6'5" Rye, Airbus, Alan Winchester, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, alcohol, ambulance, American Brands, Ann Marshall, Bardstown, Basil Hayden's, Beam Suntory, Bear Republic Brewing, BevCon, Black Label Origin Series, Bodega Series, Boeing, bottle size, Bottled in Bond, building codes, Bunnahabhain, California, Canada, Caribbean Reserve Rye, Charbay, Charleston, Chivas Brothers, Colorado, David DeFazio, Deanston, Delgado Zuleta, Denver, Diageo, Distell, Distilled Spirits Council, distillery, distilling, Drew Chandler, economic incentives, educational distillery, El Paso, Elixir Distillers, environment, EU, European Union, expansion, exports, FarmStock, fire, firefighters, Firehouse Whiskey, fish, found_art_whisky, George Washington's Distillery, Glenallachie, Glenmorangie, Glenn's Creek, Glentauchers, Global Travel Retail, Grand Vintage Malt 1991, heat, High Wire Distilling, hops, imports, insurance, investment, Irish Whiskey, Jim Beam, Jimmy Red, jobs, Johnnie Walker, Karl Von Rimkus, Kentucky, Kentucky River, Koval, Laws Whiskey House, Ledaig, Lux Row Distillers, McCracken Pike, medics, Mount Vernon, No. #1 Bond House, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, O.Z. Tyler Distillery, Ohio River, Old Crow, Old Overholt, Outryder, Overholt, Owensboro, Pennsylvania, Phil Kollin, photo, Prohibition, public comment, R5, Racer 5 IPA, rickhouse, Robert Maron, safety, Sagamore Spirit, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scott Blackwell, Single Malts of Scotland, South Carolina, Spain, spirit safe, sprinkler, standards of fill, Steve Nally, subsidies, supply shortage, Sweden, Talisker, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, Texas, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet 12, The Glenlivet Enigma, Tobermory, trade, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, U.S. Trade Representative, Versailles, West Overton Village, whiskey, whisky, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, wildfire, Woodford County, Woodford County Emergency Management, World Trade Organization, WTO, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments

The husband and wife team of Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall opened High Wire Distilling six years ago in Charleston, South Carolina to make whiskey,...

Whiskey On the Water: Jefferson’s Journey (Episode 754: February 10, 2019)20190210205429

Whiskey On the Water: Jefferson’s Journey (Episode 754: February 10, 2019)

Mark GillespieFebruary 10, 2019@BunkaiH, airlines, Allta, backlog, Beam, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker, Blended Malt, Bourbon, Brent Elliott, Brexit, Buffalo Trace, Celestial, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, China, Congress, Conor O'Driscoll, Craigellachie, Darryl McNally, deadline, Double Eagle Very Rare, Douglas Fischer, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dufftown, duty free, Eagle Rare, economic impact, economy, Egan's, Elijah Craig, EU, European Union, exports, fermentation, fire, flatboat, flight crew, Flintlock, Fort Lauderdale, Fortitude, Four Roses, General Assembly, Glenallachie, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, government, Great Britain, Harvey MacNair, Heaven Hill, Indiana, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, James Campbell, Jefferson's, Jefferson's Journey, jobs, Karen Lentz, Kentucky, Kentucky Association of Beverage Retailers, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kevin Smith, Key West, label approval, lawmakers, legislature, Liberty Pole Spirits, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, Lum Reek, MacNair's, Michael Lord, microbiologist, Mike Lord, Mississippi River, Morrison & Mackay, New Orleans, New York City, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Old Particular. Elements, Pfizer, pilot, Popular Mechanics, Prime Minister, Quintessential Brands, Quora.com, river, Robin Laing, safety, Scotch Whisky, Shanghai, shutdown, Small Batch Select, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Steel Bonnets, Tampa, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tennessee Whiskey, Terre Haute, The Dubliner, The Lakes Distillery, The Macallan, The Whisky Shop Dufftown, Theresa May, Thomas Hogue, tickets, trade, travel retail, Treasury Department, Trey Zoeller, tropical storm, Trump Administration, TTB, University of Louisville, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Colours Festival, yeast0 comments

Long before highways crossed North America, flatboats with barrels of whiskey were a common sight along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers bound for New ...

British Columbia’s Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019)20190121022653

British Columbia’s Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019)

Mark GillespieJanuary 21, 2019@BrandZ77, 1948, ABV, Alasdair Stevenson, alcohol by volume, Allura Fergie, Arran, attorney general, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, Billy Walker, book, boyfriend, Brandi, British Columbia, British Proof, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canada, Canadian, cannabis, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, commissioning, Competition Bureau, Concept No. 1, David Eby, David Ferguson, David Marra, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deanston, duty free, Eric Fergie, expedition, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fire, France, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenallachie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Stevenson, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Islay Swim, Hicken Report, Hotel Grand Pacific, Ireland, Islay, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, Johnnie Mundell, labor union, labour, Lagg Distillery, Leila Wright, lifeboats, liquor inspectors, Little Jumbo, London, Louise McGuane, Mark Reynier, Marsala, Matt Hofmann, MC-01 2009, Mendy Berkowitz, Ministry of the Attorney General, Normandy Rye, Old Forester, Old Forester Rye, Ontario, Peat Week, Port Charlotte, Private Collection, proof, raid, RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Rye, Seattle, seizure, Sicilian, Single Cask Nation, Spanish Oak, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, taxes, terroir, The Macallan, tickets, tourism, travel retail, Tricia Savage, Trillium, Union Club, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors center, visitors centre, Waterford Distillery, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Yves Cosentino0 comments

In our second of two episodes from this week’s Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia, we’ll talk with Eric and Allura Fer...

Celebrating 13 Years of WhiskyCast! (Episode 739: November 11, 2018)20181112015727

Celebrating 13 Years of WhiskyCast! (Episode 739: November 11, 2018)

Mark GillespieNovember 12, 2018@crispiism, @Mark_Whiskey, 101 Whiskies, advert, Aeneas MacDonald, Aerstone, age statement, Ailsa Bay, Alfred Barnard, American Cancer Society, anniversary, archivist, auction, author, Ballyhoo, Billy Walker, blending, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Crusaders, Canadian Club, Carol Quinn, Christina Philburn, Christoph, Clonakilty, Connacht Whiskey Company, Conor McGregor, Cork, cruise ship, Crumlin, Customs, Cyril Briscoe, Dave Pickerell, Dingle, Drew Kulsveen, Dublin, Dublin 12, Dublin Airport, Dylan Whiskey Bar, Eddie Langton, Eire Born Spirits, Elliott Hughes, experimental, Food Safety Authority of Ireland, Fred Minnick, fundraiser, George Thomson, gin, Girvan, Glenallachie, Glenrothes, Gordon & MacPhail, Ha'Penny Irish Whiskey, HIAS, Ian Buxton, Inverleven, Ireland, Irish Coffee, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Collection, islands, Islay, Isle of Lewis, Jack Teeling, Jim Rafferty, John Quinn, Kevin Abrook, KFC Yum! Center, Kilkenny, Kilkenny Whiskey Guild, Kulsveen, Land Cask, Langton House Hotel, Louisville, MacNair's Lum Reek, Mark McLaughlin, Marriott, mass shooting, measurement, memorial service, Micah Pickerell, Midleton Very Rare, mixed martial arts, MMA, obituary, Orkney, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Porterhouse, postal code, Powers, PPM, Private Collection, Proper No. Twelve, regulators, RMS Mauretania, rum, Scotch Whisky, Sea Cask, single malt, Single Pot Still, sponsor, SPPM, stateroom, tax-free, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tesco, The Dead Rabbit, The Loop, The Oak, The Sunday Times, Tish Harcus, travel retail, Tree of Life Synagogue, Tullamore Dew, Walsh Whiskey, whiskey, Whiskies Galore, whisky, Wikipedia, Willett, William Grant & Sons, Writers Tears0 comments

This episode marks our 13th anniversary of the very first WhiskyCast episode on November 12, 2005, and we’re celebrating with an old friend! Ian...

The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)20180701201402

The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)

Mark GillespieJuly 1, 2018"Explorer's Cask", @Mr_McW, #freethewhisky, affinity group, aluminum, ambassador, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Armorik, attorney general, Barton, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, Billy Walker, Birdhouse, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Bobby Parnell, Bonticou Crag, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bourbon Burnt Sugar, Bowmore, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Buzick Construction, Canada, Caol Ila, Catoctin Creek, Chad Anderson, China, collapse, cooking, Coppersea Distiling, corrosion, court, David Eby, David McDonald, Distillerie Warenghem, Diurachs, Donald Blincoe, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., Eddie Russell, Empire Rye, engineers, Eric Fergie, European Union, evidence, export, fan club, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fire, France, Franklin County, Georgia, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, Glasgow, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Islay Swim, grill, Hickory, High Road, Highland Park, hospitality license, ice cream, import, Inner Circle, Islay, Isle of Arran, Jason Johnstone-Yellin, Jeni's, Johnnie Mundell, judge, Jura, Justin Fornal, Justin Trudeau, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, LCLB, LDB, liquor agents, Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, Liquor Distribution Branch, Little Jumbo, Maker's Mark, McW, Mexico, Middle West Whiskey, ministry, Nanaimo, New York, New York City, One For All, One For the Road, One For You, open water swimming, Orlando, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pardon My Pappy, Port Dundas, Prime Minister, prosecutor, provincial, pub, raid, recipe, Redbreast, repairs, report, retailers, Reuters, ricks, Roundstone Rye, Russell's Reserve, rust, salmon, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, seizure, sentence, shock probation, Simon Brooking, Single Cask Nation, single grain, single malt, smoke, SMWS, sorghum, Speyside, Springbank, Springbank Society, steel, structural integrity, swimming, tariffs, tenderoin, The Dead Rabbit, theft, Thomas Wingate, trade, trade war, Triagoz, turkey, Union Club, Urban Bourbon, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, warehouse, water damage, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Xtra Old Particular, Zachary Becker0 comments

The rough, cold waters off Scotland’s Isle of Islay are a challenge for even the best sailors, and one might think it madness to try and swim ar...

Billy Walker’s Back in the Whisky Business with The GlenAllachie (Episode 690: April 19, 2018)20180418233735

Billy Walker’s Back in the Whisky Business with The GlenAllachie (Episode 690: April 19, 2018)

Mark GillespieApril 18, 2018@miwilliams283, @n1vux, ancestry, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Ann Miller, Atom Brands, Atom Group, auction, Barbara Bush, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Bill Ricker, Billy Walker, Bladnoch, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Box Distillery, Brandy Library, Brown-Forman, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Chivas Brothers, Clynelish, Compass Box, Connoisseurs Choice, Craft Beverage Corporation, Craigellachie, Declaration of Independence, Diageo, Discovery Range, Distiller's Cut, Distillery Labels, Dublin, Earl Hewlette, Edinburgh, English Whisky Company, First Lady, Founding Fathers, Fredericton, fundraiser, Generations, George Urquhart, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenkinchie, Gordon & MacPhail, Guinness, Haddonfield, Henry Overholt, High Coast, Holyrood Distillery, Holyrood Park Distillery, Ian MacMillan, Indian King Tavern, investment, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Jessica Kadie-Barclay, Jim Beam, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, judgingf, Lum Reek, Lunar Rogue Pub, Mark Norman, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, McNair's, Michael Williams, Miyagikyo, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York City, Nikka, O.Z. Tyler, obituary, Old Overholt, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, portfolio, Private Collection, Pure Scot, Rebel Yell, Revolution, Rob Carpenter, San Diego, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Shyamal Ramachandran, Spencer Jacobsen, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Awards, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stephen Rankin, Sweden, Terrepure, Terressentia, The Glenallachie Consortium, tourism, treason, venture capital, visitors centers, West Overton, West Overton Village & Museum, whiskey, whisky, White Heather, Yoichi, ZX Ventures0 comments

Billy Walker could have walked away from the Scotch Whisky business last year after he and his partners sold the BenRiach, GlenDronach, and Glenglassa...

Whisky is Too Important to be Taken Seriously (Episode 687: April 1, 2018)20180331230237