Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)20190722035536
Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)
July 22, 2019@Mike_W_Simpson, @pogues1977, @TheTracerBullet, age statement, Alan Winchester, Amrut, Atlas Bar, auction, Bartender at Large, Blackadder, Bladnoch, Bonhams, breast cancer, Brian Treacy, Cairdeas, Cards Series, Chivas Brothers, Christina Philburn, Code of Federal Regulations, construction, contract, control state, Dante, David Prior, Diageo, distillery, distributor, Edinburgh, English Whisky Company, Enigma, Feis Ile, fruits, Glass Revolution Imports, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Global Travel Retail, GMB, Hammer Head, Hanyu, Holyrood Distillery, Hong Kong, Huntly, Ian Stewart, Ichiro Akuto, importer, India, instructors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Ivy Mix, J. Rieger & Co., Jameson, Japan, Jerry O'Sullivan, Julio's Liquors, Kansas City, Kavalan, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, Knockdhu, La Maison du Whisky, label approvals, labor, labour, Laphroaig, LaSanta, Lebanon, Lynette Marrero, Massachusetts, Missouri, mystery, Nectar D'Or, negotiations, New Orleans, New Riff, New York City, Nikka Whisky, Norfolk Wine & Spirits, palate, Philadelphia, Philanthropy, photo, Portomento, produce, Prohibition, Purple Valley Imports, Quinta Ruban, R&D, Raj Sabharwal, retailer, Royal Salute, Ryan Maloney, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Singapore, single malt, sommelier, Speed Rack, spices, Spirited Awards, stained glass, strike, Sullivan's Cove, Taiwan, Tales of the Cocktail, tariffs, tasting, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Glenlivet, The Lakes Distillery, The Lost Blend, The Malts Blend, The One, The Party Source, The Signature Blend, three-tier, tied house, Title 27, Triple Triple, TTB, unions, Unite, vegetables, visitors center, visitors centre, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, whisky classes, Wigtown, Woodford Reserve, workers0 comments
Raj Sabharwal doesn’t make whiskies, but his role is critical in making sure you get to drink them. He’s one of the band of independent im...
The Way of Whisky (Episode 696: May 10, 2018)20180510193948
The Way of Whisky (Episode 696: May 10, 2018)
May 10, 2018"The Amber Light", Alan Winchester, aluminum, Andrew Mansinne, archive, Ashton Cigar Bar, auction, Australia, Austria, author, Avengers, Award, Balblair, Baltimore Whiskey Company, Berlin, Bill Grant Smith, Billy Leighton, Bloomberg News, book, border, Bourbon, Brexit, Bruichladdich, Brussels, Bushmills, Cadenhead's, Camden, Captain's Reserve, Chichibu, closing, Colum Egan, Cooper River Distillers, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dave Broom, David Jacob, Deborah Stewart, Diageo, Donald Trump, Dream Cask, Ed Dodson, Eden Mill, Epoch Rye, EU, European Union, Ewan Gunn, export, fish, Fishky, Founder's Reserve, Game of Thrones, George Remus, George Ross, Germany, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Graham Coull, Great Britain, Hanyu, hard border, Heaven's Door, herring cask, Hombo Shuzo, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt & Grain, import, Indiana, Infinity Stones, Infinity War, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, James Yoakum, Japan, Japanese Whisky, John Grant, John MacDonald, Johnnie Walker, Kavalan, Kentucky Derby, King Car, Klaus Pinkernell, Lawrenceburg, Marc Bushala, Mars Komagatake, Mars Shinsu, Martin Kenney, Masataka Taketsuru, MGP Ingredients, movie, negotiations, New Jersey, Nikka, Northern Ireland, Parliament, party, Paul LaGrange, Philadelphia, Photoshop, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, politics, prank, President, quotas, Redbreast, Reserva, Rita Taketsuru, Rob Whitinger, Rossville Union, Ryan Perry, Rye, Salzburg, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Shyamal Ramachandran, Sinn Fein, social media, Spirit of Speyside Festival, spoiler, steel, Strathisla, stupidcask.de, Suntory, Taketsuru, tariffs, Tasmania, Tasmanian Whisky Week, tease, television, Thanos, The Birdhouse, The Glenlivet, The Way of Whisky, Tom Brim, trade, United Kingdom, voting, whiskey, whisky, WhiskyAuctioneer.com, White Walker, William Grant Smith, World Whisky Day, Yamazaki0 comments
Dave Broom has been one of Japanese whisky’s most passionate observers for many years, and his latest book “The Way of Whisky” delve...
The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)20170820174609
The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)
August 20, 2017An Cladach, Angarna, Astar, auction, baby, Baring, Ben Dean, Birthday Bourbon, Black Bowmore, Bonhams, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bunnahabhain, Camus, Canton, Caol Ila, Carl Reavey, Chivas Brothers, cognac, collecting, Collectivum, contract, Cyril Camus, Dalmore, Diageo, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Dumbarton, Dunedin, duty free, Edinburgh, Europe, European Union, Evelyn Drumm, exports, Federation of Food & Drink, Food & Drink Federation, football, Glasgow, Glen Moray, Glen Scotia, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, goalkeeper, Gordon Casey, Hanyu, Heaven Hill, Hong Kong, Ian Chang, Irish Whiskey, IVF, Jackie Zykan, James Eadie, Jim Swan, Julio's Liquors, Karuizawa, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kilmalid, King Car, labor, labour, Lalique, Lambay, Lambay Island, Laurent Lacassagne, Lindores Abbey Distillery, Macallan, Manzanilla, Massachusetts, McTears, Megan Drumm, Michael Williams, Mike Drumm, Missouri, negotiations, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Octomore, Ohio, Old Forester, Old Rip Van Winkle, Oldham, Otago, Ozark, Paisley, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, pound, Revelstoke Trust, Robin Laing, Roseisle, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, second-fill virgin cask, soccer, Solist, Special Releases, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sweden, T.T. Lee, Taipei, Taiwan, Talisker, Tomatin, trade, travel retail, union, Unite, Victoriana, Virgin Oak, Walsall FC, Westborough, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fringe, Y.T. Lee0 comments
Since our first visit to Taiwan’s King Car Distillery in 2011, its Kavalan single malts have arguably become some of the most-acclaimed whiskies...
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 ...
Ichiro Akuto: Japanese Whisky’s Rock Star20151010161301
Ichiro Akuto: Japanese Whisky’s Rock Star
October 10, 2015"On the Way", Cards Series, Chichibu, cooperage, coopers, distilling, drinks, Hanyu, Hong Kong, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malts, Japan, liquor, Mt. Kobu, playing cards, rock star, sake, shochu, Tokyo, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live Paris, Yumi Yoshikawa1 comment
October 10, 2015 – As a rule, Japanese whisky makers tend to blend into the crowd at whisky festivals. For instance, Nikka chief blender Tadashi...
Episode 555: September 28, 201520150928165533
Episode 555: September 28, 2015
September 28, 2015@bethpaw, Ann Miller, anniversary, Anthony Wills, Arran, Bart Simpson, beer, Beth Flint, Big Peat, Bourbon, Bretagne, Breton, brewer, brewery, Brittany, Buffalo Trace, Cambus, Campbeltown, Caskmates, Chivas Brothers, Chris Maybin, Compass Box, Cork, Cotswolds, Creative Whisky Company, Daniel Szor, Dave Quinn, David Roussier, David Stirk, dispute, Distillerie Warenghem, Douglas Laing & Co., Duff Beer, Euan Mitchell, European Union, expansion. Dr. Jim Swan, Experimental Collection, Flaming Heart, Flotilla, France, Franciscan Well, Frank Sinatra, Fred Laing, geographical indicator, Girvan, Glann ar Mor, Glasgow Distillery Company, Glen Scotia, Glengarry, Hanyu, Homer Simpson, Ian Chang, Ichiro Akuto, Inchmurrin, Irish, Jack Daniel's, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, James Wills, Jameson, Jan Beckers, Jean Donnay, John Glaser, Kavalan, Kilchoman, King Car, Kyrö, La Maision du Whisky, law, Law360.com, legal, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, Machrie Moor, Magritte, maturation, Miltonduff, Old Pulteney, Paris, Peter Wills, Petr Hosek, Pierre Weydert, Scotch, Scott Dickson, Shane Long, Sinatra Century, single grain, Smugglers Series, Sour Mash, Space, Springbank, T.T. Lee, Taiwan, The Shed Distillery, The Simpsons, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tormore, trademark, Twentieth-Century Fox, vending machine, Vienna, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live, Whisky Live Paris, Wolfburn, works in progress, Y.T. Lee0 comments
In this special bonus episode from Whisky Live Paris, we’ll have more highlights from one of Europe’s top whisky festivals. We’ll lo...
Japanese Whiskies Dominate Bonhams Hong Kong Auction20150207161511
Japanese Whiskies Dominate Bonhams Hong Kong Auction
February 7, 2015Aces, auction, Bonhams, Brora, cards, collecting, collectors, Glenfiddich, Hanyu, Hong Kong, Ichiro Akuto, Japan, Joker, Karuizawa, Kings, Lalique, Macallan, Noh, Number One Drinks Company, Pappy Van Winkle, Port Ellen, Rosebank, St. Magdalene, Tokyo, Whisky Live, Yamazaki0 comments
February 7, 2015 – While two rare Macallan single malts led the overall bidding, Japanese whiskies dominated the action at Bonhams’ latest...
Episode 502: October 18, 201420141019023114
Episode 502: October 18, 2014
October 19, 2014advertising, anniversary, appeal, approval, auction, Balcones, Bill Clinton, Birthday Bourbon, blending lab, bloggers, censor, charity, Chip Tate, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chivas Regal Extra, COLA, Columbus Barrel Company, Compass Box, contempt, court, crowdfunding, custom, Cutty Sark, Dalmunach, Daniel Weber, defense fund, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, donations, Dublin, English Whisky Company, European Court of Justice, fashion, Festival, Finland, Finnish, Generic Surplus, George Washington's Rye, Glasgow Blend, Glen Grant, Go Fund Me, Great King Street, Gregg Glass, Haig Club, Hanyu, Hedonism, Helsinki, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malts, interview, investors, Ireland, Japan, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim Meyer, John Glaser, Joker, Jubilee, judge, Knob Creek, Kyrö, labeling, Lahti, lawsuit, legal, London, Louisville, Luke Winter, Mikko Koskinen, minimum pricing, Mount Vernon, Ohio, Old Forester, Party Mart, Poppy Appeal, President, Queen Elizabeth, recycling, regulators, regulatory, restraining order, River Spey, Robert Mondavi, Royal British Legion, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Seattle, shoes, Single Cask Nation, sneakers, Speyside Way, sunglasses, SWA, Teeling, Teeling Whiskey Company, Teerenpeli, Texas, The Balvenie, The Glenlivet, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, throne, Timo Kuorahjarvi, TTB, Tun 1509, Waco, Washington, waste, Westland, Whiskey Live, Woodzee, World War I, Wounded Warriors Family Support0 comments
Finland has a love-hate relationship with whisky. Finns love it, and the Finnish government hates it. Distilled spirits advertising is banned, and reg...
Japan’s Chichibu Distillery Adds Cooperage20130819174540
Japan’s Chichibu Distillery Adds Cooperage
August 19, 2013Chichibu, cooperage, Hanyu, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt, Japan, Number One Drinks Company0 comments
August 19, 2013 – Maverick Japanese distiller Ichiro Akuto has added a new cooperage to his Chichibu Distillery in Saitama Prefecture north of T...