A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)20190127172941
A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 27, 2019"Bourbon Pompeii", @realsuwilliams, Ajay Bhardwaj, Andres Faustinelli, Arran, attorney general, B517, backlog, bar, bard, barrels, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, BC Ministry of the Attorney General, BDT Capital Partners, Bearface, Bernard Walsh, Bornw-Forman Cooperage, Bourbon, breakup, Brian Schmitz, British Columbia, Brockrobert Tagarook, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky Awards, Carlow, casks, Chita, Col. E.H. Taylor, competition, Competition Bureau, Congress, Coopers' Craft, Cotswolds Distillery, Daniel Szor, David Eby, David Ferguson, David Wondrich, divorce, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, enforcement, England, exciseman, expansion, fermenter, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fort Nelson, Forty Creek, Founder's Choice, furlough, gauger, government, Grimsby, hearing, Hungarian Oak, Illva Saronno Holdings, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Japan, John Hall, joint venture, Just-Drinks.com, Kakubin, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, label approvals, lawsuit, liquor inspectors, Louisville, Mackmyra, Maison Ferrand, Marc Anthony Wines & Spirits, Michter's, minority stake, Moment Karibien, Old Forester, Ontario, Plantation Rum, poet, QEW, raid, Raj Bhakta, report. hospitality licenses, Richard Hobbs, Robert Burns, Robert Burns World Foundation, Rosemary Walsh, Royal Oak, run, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shareholders, Shirokaku, shortage, shutdown, Soleo Collection, Speyside, statistics, Stefano Battioni, Su Williams, Suntory, Sweden, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Barrel Mill, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Glenrothes, The Whisky Agency, The Whisky Exchange, tourism, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors, Walsh Whiskey Company, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Maker's Cut, Whistlepig, Woody Kane0 comments
Even when things appear to be going well, there are sometimes undercurrents of trouble behind the scenes. That played out in Ireland this week after W...
Catching Up with Forty Creek Whisky Founder John Hall20190126195632
Catching Up with Forty Creek Whisky Founder John Hall
Mark GillespieJanuary 26, 2019Bill Ashburn, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Davin de Kergommeaux, Forty Creek, Grimsby, John Hall, non-compete, Ontario, retirement, Speaker, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Forty Creek Whisky founder John K. Hall has kept a low profile since selling his distillery to Campari five years ago. He won dozens of awards for his...
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...
New Tricks for an Old Elk (Episode 672: December 17, 2017)20171217142214
New Tricks for an Old Elk (Episode 672: December 17, 2017)
Mark GillespieDecember 17, 2017@BDP514AM, @budducci, @chocomeditator, @realsuwilliams, 12 Minute Conversations, acquisition, Adam Minihan, Adam Schwartz-Lowe, adjudicator, airport, Alena Wren, Amazon, Angus, Angus Dundee, Artisan Restaurant, Asia, Asia-Pacific, author, Ayrshire, Ballantine's, bar, Beckmann, Becle, Blade and Bow, Blue Label Miami Edition, Bobby Parnell, book, bottling, Bulleit, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, Bushmills, Campari, Canada, Canadian, Charles Medley Distillery, Chivas Brothers, chocolate, Colorado, consulting, Curt Richardson, David Niles, Davin de Kergommeaux, Derek Mather, Diageo, Dylan Wren, Engel Jones, excuse, Finland, Fort Collins, Forty Creek, Full Volume, George Remus Bourbon, George Washington's Distillery, George Washington's Rye, Glenesk Hotel, Greg Metze, Grimsby, Guinness World Records, Heritage, holidays, Hood River Distillers, I.W. Harper, incentives, Indiana, interview, inventory, investment, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Jeff Parrott, Johnnie Walker, Jose Cuervo, Kalle Valkonen, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority, Kyrö, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, LDI, Lexington Herald-Leader, licensing fee, Matt Hofmann, medicine, membership, Mexico, MGP, Miami, Millionaire's Casino, misogyny, Mount Vernon, Nancy Richardson, New York Times, O.Z. Tyler, office, Old Elk, Ontario, Oregon, Orphan Barrel, Otterbox, Owensboro, Pappy Van Winkle, Pendleton Whisky, playlist, podcast, PR agency, production, Proximo Spirits, R.M. Peluso, Ralph Erenzo, regulations, Republic Restoratives, Robert Fleming, Samuel Allen, Saul Davies, Scotland, Seagram, Seagram's 7 Crown, sexism, Shelbyville, shipping laws, Signature Oak, single malt rye whisky, Spotify, Stephen Hawking, Steve Bashore, Stitzel-Weller, Stitzel-Weller Experience, Stranahan's, Terressentia, The Catholic Man, The Drinks Business, The Sexton, Tin Cup, Tincup, Tom Bulleit, tourism, trademark, travel retail, Virginia, visitors, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Will Drucker, Wishaw, women, world record0 comments
Greg Metze spent years making whisky near the banks of the Ohio River, but he never really got the recognition he deserved because his distillery was ...
Glencairn’s Whisky Glasses Shatter Expectations (Episode 648: July 2, 2017)20170702153018
Glencairn’s Whisky Glasses Shatter Expectations (Episode 648: July 2, 2017)
Mark GillespieJuly 2, 2017@anagram2112, @AxisofWhisky, @fields00, @scotchology1, Amontillado, Andy Davidson, Annabel Thomas, author, Bacardi, Baltimore, Beam Suntory, Black Bowmore, Black Label, Blood Oath, book, bottle, Bourbon, Box Distillery, brand ambassador, brand partner, Buffalo Trace, Canada 150, Canada Day, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, Casey County, Catherine Carpenter, Charles Brown, Charleston, Chris Middleton, Col. EH Taylor Jr., commemorative, Confederation, conference center, contest, Cooley, copita, Crown Royal, crystal, David Stewart, Davin de Kergommeaux, decanter, distribution, Dr. James Crow, Dr. Jim Swan, Drimnin, Drimnin Estate, Dublin, Dunedin, Elijah Pepper, expansion, Filson Historical Society, Forsyths, Forty Creek, Frankfort, glass, Glencairn, Glenn's Creek Distillery, Gordon Dundas, Grimsby, Heritage, historical, importer, Infinium Spirits, investment, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Teeling, John Teeling, John Wendell, Johnnie Walker, journalism, Journeyman Distillery, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kingsbarns, London, Lot #40, Luxco, Manitoba, manufacturing, master blender, Michigan, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Ncn'ean, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Oban, OFC Distillery, Ontario, Oscar Pepper, Pact No. 3, patent, Paul Davidson, peaty cask, Rachel Barrie, Raymond Davidson, Redbreast, relocation, research, Reserve 101, retweet, Richard Paterson, Ron Welsh, rum, Scotch Whisky, ScotchWhisky.com, Scots Gaelic, Scott Davidson, Sherri Wong, single cask, Sour Mash, Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, Spirit Drink, sponsor, St. Andrew's, Stephen Teeling, stills, Sweden, Taiwan, Teeling Whiskey, The Baltimore Whiskey Company, The Balvenie, The Whisky Exchange, Thomas Larsson, Tun 1509, Twitter, Union Collective, Versailles, visitor center, West Indies, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Weekend, Willowbank, WindyBore, wine glass, Woodford Reserve2 comments
When Raymond Davidson and his sons started marketing the Glencairn Whisky Glass in 2001, they thought the target audience was whisky blenders and indu...
Forty Creek Opens Reservations For Annual Signature Edition Release Monday20150607181039
Forty Creek Opens Reservations For Annual Signature Edition Release Monday
Mark GillespieJune 7, 2015Campari, Canada, Canadian, Forty Creek, Grimsby, John Hall, Ontario, Signature Edition, Three Grain Harmony0 comments
June 7, 2015 – If you’re trying to visit the Forty Creek Whisky web site Monday, don’t be surprised if your web browser hangs a few ...
Episode 538: June 6, 201520150607023547
Episode 538: June 6, 2015
Mark GillespieJune 7, 2015Angel's Envy, anniversary, Ardmore, Arkansas, Bacardi, Barry Stewart, Beam Suntory, Bernard Walsh, Bernheim, Blended Malt, Bordeaux, Bottled in Bond, Brendan Buckley, Brewdog, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, California, Cecelia Henderson, charges, Château Léoville Barton, Chris Ratcliff, Chuck Cowdery, class action, construction, consumer, Conyngham, Cooley, court, Creative Whisky Company, crowdfunding, David Stirk, defendant, Diageo, dispute, Douglas Laing & Co., Equity for Punks, estate, executor, experiment, family, Flora & Fauna, Forty Creek, Gilbert Curtsinger, Green Spot, Grimsby, guilty, Harlen Wheatley, hug, indictment, Invergordon, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey Association, Jim Beam, Joe Hyman, John Hall, Justin Victor, Kazerouni Law Group, Klaus Doblmann, labeling, Lane Castle, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lee Tatum, Leslie Wright, Lincoln Henderson, Linkwood, litigation, Little Rock, Maker's Mark, Mark Brown, Midleton, Mount Charles, Ontario, organized crime, pallet, Pappy Van Winkle, Phil Brandon, plea, racketeering, ringleader, Rock Town Distillery, Ronnie Eddins, Scallywag, Shelby County, Single Oak Project, Single Pot Still, Spirited Brands, Teun Van Wel, theft, Three Grain Harmony, Triple Wood, W.L. Weller, Wes Henderson, will, Zsoka McDonald0 comments
This week, we’re looking at the end of an experiment nearly 14 years in the making…Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project. The attempt t...
Episode 482: June 6, 201420140606203741
Episode 482: June 6, 2014
Mark GillespieJune 6, 2014acquisition, Adam Rogers, Alliance Global, analysts, antitrust, Art Antiques London, Atlanta, auction, Australia, author, biology, book, Bourbon Hunter, Box Distillery, brain, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Cambridge, Campari, Canada, Canadian, cat, charity, chemistry, Children In Crisis, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, coolbottlecaps, crane, Diageo, distillation, Duke of York, earnings, education, Elijah, Emperador, Experimental Collection, fermentation, flavored whiskey, flavored whisky, Forty Creek, Glasgow, Glenmorangie, Grimsby, hangover, Hovenia, Ivo Fanotti, Jack Daniel's, John Hall, lab, Lauren Walles, Lion's Clyde Pub, markets, Markham, medicine, Office of Fair Trading, Ontario, Pasteur, Patrick Maguire, Paul Varga, Pioneer, Prince Andrew, proof, regulators, Richard Awbrey, River Clyde, science, scientists, Sullivan's Cove, Sweden, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, Tennessee Honey, tourism, Whiskey Apostles, Whyte & Mackay, Wired, Woodford Reserve, World Whiskies Awards, yeast0 comments
Humans have been drinking alcohol for centuries, but there are still many things we don’t understand about it…basic things like the chemis...
Campari Completes Forty Creek Acquisition20140603142605
Campari Completes Forty Creek Acquisition
Mark GillespieJune 3, 2014acquisition, Averna, Beam Suntory, Campari, deal, Evolution, Forty Creek, Grimsby, John Hall, merger, Morrison Bowmore, Ontario, Suntory0 comments
June 3, 2014 – As expected, Gruppo Campari has completed its acquisition of John Hall’s Forty Creek Distillery in Grimsby, Ontario…a...
Irish Whiskey’s Ups and Downs in 2018 (Episode 744: December 9, 2018)