Tag: Hibiki

A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)20190330215734

A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)

Mark GillespieMarch 30, 2019@IrishLegs, accident, acidity, age statement, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, April Fool's Day, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Drum, Australia, author, Bagpiper, Balblair, Bardstown, Barley, bartender, Barton 1792 Distillery, beaver, beer well, BenRiach, biomass, blending, Bob Dalgarno, Bourbon, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, cancer, casks, castor sacs, castoreum, Celebrious, charring, Chicago, Chivas Regal, cocktail, Committee Edition, Compass Box, cooperage, de-char, Delilah's, Dewar's, Diageo, Distell, distiller, Double Double, dramming, Drum, Eau de Musc, Edition No. 4, farming, Fishky, Four Roses, Geert Bero, Geneva Conventions, Glaswegian, grasshopper, Gregg Glass, Hall of Fame, Heidi, herring, Hibiki, Ian Logan, Icons of Whisky Awards, Inver House, investigation, Islay, Jack's Lounge/Equus, Jamie Milne, Jim Swan, John Dewar & Sons, John MacDonald, John Rochfort, joke, Joy Perrine, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Peerless, King of Trees, Klaus Pinkernell, Lait de Romalea, Louisville, Mackmyra, maltings, Mark Reynier, Mclaren Vale, Michter's, New Hampshire, Nick Savage, obituary, Peerless, Perth, Peter Silver, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, planing, prank, Rachel Barrie, re-char, rejuvenated casks, renewable energy, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Shore House Croft, Smith & Wollensky, Speyside, spill, Stephanie Macleod, Stewart Buchanan, stillman, STR Cask, Strathisla, Suntory, Surstromming, Susan Riegler, Suzanna, Sweden, Tamworth Distilling, tank, Teeling Whiskey Company, tequila, The Lakes Distillery, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tommy Smith, travel retail, vintages, Weller, Weller Full Proof, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Works, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, wood, World Whiskies Awards0 comments

Blending whiskies is both an art and a science, and Dewar’s could fairly be accused of focusing more on the science side in recent years with so...

Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)20181014212011

Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)

Mark GillespieOctober 14, 2018@LorenMoulder, @realsuwilliams, @ryeskeysamples, 1926, Angel's Envy, Appalachian Gap Distillery, appeal, Ardbeg, artist, auction, Auriverdes, Bad Guy Bourbon, barrels, bidding, Bourbon, Brewers Batch, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, bung, bunghole, Canada, Christie's, clearance, collecting, Colorado, Columbia, Columbus, Compass Box, Contradiction, cooper, cooperage, Cowie, Cowie's Blue Seal, DC, DEEP, development, Diageo, distillery, Distillery 291, Dixie Highway, Dornoch Firth, Edinburgh, environment, Fay Coull, FedEx, fishing, Fredericton, George Garvin Brown, Glen Moray, Glenburgie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Coull, Great American Whisky Fair, Guinness World Records, habitat, Heriot-Watt University, Hibiki, High West, Hotel Grand Pacific, Interstate, Ireland, Irish, Kentucky, Last Call, law, legal, London, Loren Moulder, Louisville, Lovingston, Michael Dillon, Middlebury, Mortlach, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New York City, oak, Ohio, Ohio Division of Liquor Control, Old Forester, oysters, Parker's Heritage Collection, poll, poplar, Prohibition, Raymond Loewy, recycling, research, Ridgeline Vermont Whiskey, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Shelter Point, shipping, Shively, Signatory, Sir Peter Blake, Smooth Ambler, Sotheby's, South Carolina, staves, Sue Williams, Supreme Court, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Macallan, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Three Stars Brewing, Total Wine & More, tour, Twitter, UPS, Valerio Adami, Vancouver Island, Vermont, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, W.L. Weller, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Ry @dramsofwhisky, William Hogg, wood, Woodford Reserve, world record, Yippee Ki-Yay0 comments

Old Forester released its final edition in the Whiskey Row series of limited-edition Bourbons this week, and the 1910 Old Fine Whiskey honors the bran...

30 Years of the Scotch Whisky Experience (Episode 698: May 17, 2018)20180517153600

30 Years of the Scotch Whisky Experience (Episode 698: May 17, 2018)

Mark GillespieMay 17, 2018Andy Treinen, anniversary, Ardbeg, aroma, auto racing, awards, Balcones, Barb Helt, Beam Suntory, Big Level, Big Red Liquors, Blade & Bow, Blenders' Mash, Bourbon, Buddy Thompson, Bulleit, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, cancer, charity, Chita, Christopher Winters, Colorado State University, conductor, contest, Contradiction, Corryvreckan, Courtney Howard, Croftengea, Crown Royal, Cutty Sark Prohibition, Denis Lynch, Dewar's, Diageo, dogs, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Elijah Craig, English Whisky Company, exhibit, Final Reserve, Frazier History Museum, Glencadam, Grand Macnish, Hakushu, Heaven Hill, Henry McKenna, Hibiki, Highland Park, hospice, I.W. Harper, ice, Indiana, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy 500, Irish Whiskey, James Thompson & Brother, Jan Westcott, Japan, Jay Howard, Jeff Timi, Jim Beam, John Foster, Johnnie Walker, Jon Miller, Julie Trevisan Hunter, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Knob Creek, Laphroaig, Lauder's, LCBO, Loch Lomond Distillers, logo, Louisville, Macduff International, Mark McAlister, Matt Colglazier, motorsports, Nikka, oncology, One Cure, Ontario, Orphan Barrel, pizza, Powers John's Lane, research, Richard Paterson, Royal Mile, Royal Salute, Royal Wedding, Rye Whiskey, sales, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, senses, Shelbyville, shortages, Six Cask Edition, Smokey, Smooth Ambler, Spirits Canada, sponsorship, Stitzel-Weller Experience, Suntory, supply, Talisker, taste, Texas, The Dark, The Whisky Exchange, Tom Helt, tourism, Travel, Tyrconnell, visitors, visitors center, W. Brendan Waller, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Yamazaki0 comments

In May of 1988, the Scotch Whisky Experience opened its doors on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, next to Edinburgh Castle. Over the last 30 years, milli...

Sip, Sip, Sippin’ On Heaven’s Door… (Episode 695: May 6, 2018)20180505233924

Sip, Sip, Sippin’ On Heaven’s Door… (Episode 695: May 6, 2018)

Mark GillespieMay 5, 2018@Mike_W_Williams, age, Alan Winchester, alcohol abuse, Angel's Envy, author, Barry Crockett, Bob Dylan, book, Bottled in Bond, Brexit, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, Captain's Reserve, Charles Maclean, cigar barrels, Clan Fraser, Cork, Dave Broom, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deborah Stewart, Diageo, distillery, duty free, English Whisky Company, EU, European Union, exports, Glenfarclas, Graeme Littlejohn, Great Britain, Haneda Airport, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, Howick, Immature Spirits Act of 1915, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Lower East Side, Maclean's Miscellany of Whisky, Marc Bushala, Meghan Markle, Mike Williams, minimum unit pricing, music, Nashville, Nikkei, Nobel, Old Fitzgerald, Omar Fitzell, Orphan Barrel, Peat Week, Prime Minister, Prince Harry, Rhetoric, Royal, Ryan Perry, Scotch Whisky Association, ScotchWhisky.com, Scotland, Scottish Borders, singer, songwriter, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirits Investment Partnership, Strath, Stuart Nickerson, Suntory, SWA, tariffs, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Borders Distillery, The Glenlivet, The Way of Whisky, Theresa May, Tim Carton, trade, travel retail, Two Brewers, Victoria, wedding, whiskey, whisky, Yamazaki, Yukon Spirits0 comments

Bob Dylan is known for many things, but slapping his name onto a product to make a quick buck is definitely not one of them. In fact, the new Heaven&#...

There’s Whisky History Behind That Wall! (Episode 676: January 14, 2018)20180114175122

There’s Whisky History Behind That Wall! (Episode 676: January 14, 2018)

Mark GillespieJanuary 14, 2018@ninja_padrino, @yerssot, A Chorus Line, additive, Alistair Reavey, anCnoc, arrest, aserone, Astil Dotonbori Hotel, auto racing, Ballantine's, Barbados, Bardstown, Ben-Burk, biobutanol, biofuel, Blair Athol, Blender's Batch, Blood Oath, Blue Label, bootleggers, bottle dipping, bottling workshop, Bourbon, Bourbon Country, Brent Hocking, Bruichladdich, building, calamus oil, calamus root, carcinogen, Cardhu, Carl Reavey, Catoctin Creek, Celtic Renewables, China, Chinese New Year, Claive Vidiz, cocaine, Cork, Dan Castellano, David Nicholson, Deanston, Diageo, diesel, distillery waste, Double Cask, draft, Drake, drugs, Dublin, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, elastic, extradition, Ezra Brooks, F1, farmland, flavorings, Fodors, Force India, Foreign Office, Formula One, Four In One, fraud, gasoline, Glencairn, Glentauchers, Grangemouth, Greg Trainor, H.C. Berkowitz, Hakushu, Heathrow, Hibiki, Highland Park, Honours List, Ileach, India, initial public offering, inmates, IPO, Ireland, Irwin Benjamin, Islay, Jameson, Jan Reavey, Japan, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, job training, Johnnie Walker, Joseph Magliocco, Justin Victor, Kelly Magyarics, Kentucky, Kingfisher Airlines, lanyard, London, Louisville, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, magistrate, Maine, Maker's Mark, marijuana, Mark Dzindsio II, Martin Tangney, medicinal whiskey, MGP Ingredients, Michter's, money laundering, motorsport, Mount Gay, Mr. Boston, music, newspaper, OBE, obituary, Old Overholt, Old Pulteney, opium, Order of the British Empire, Osaka, Peatheart, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Community Corps, Philly Reclaim, Port Charlotte Hotel, pot ale, prescription, prison, Prohibition, Queen Elizabeth II, Quora, Rebel Yell, Royal Mile, Rye, salvage, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, sedative, severance, Springfield, stock market, Strathmill, Suntory, Sweden, The Dark, The Drinks Business, The Ileach, The Macallan, Tim Matthews, tourism, toxic, tranquilizer, Travel, travel retail, United Spirits, Urban Bourbon Trail, vending machine, Vijay Mallya, Virginia, Virginia Black, warrant, weed, whiskey, whisky, whisky club, Whyte & Mackay, Wiggly Bridge Distillery, Yamazaki, Year of the Dog0 comments

You never know what might be found behind the walls or under the floors of old houses and other buildings, especially those built during the Prohibiti...

Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)20170402140734

Celebrating the Spirit of Speyside (Episode 635: April 2, 2017)

Mark GillespieApril 2, 2017@ForzaUnion, @OldBurbonGangsta, @TeresaDeck81, #trypod, 100% Islay, A.D. Laws, airport, Amarone, Amazon, ambassador, Andy Rieger, anniversary, Anthony Wills, Arran, Article 50, Artist's Blend, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Bainbridge, Balblair, Battle Point, Beam, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, BenRiach, Benromach, Bernard Walsh, bill, Bill Lark, Birmingham, Bladnoch, Bond & Lillard, Brexit, Brian, buyout, Campari America, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Club Heritage Centre, Carlow, CBC News, Celtic Whiskey Shop, chairman, Chichibu, Chris Malcolm, Colorado, Compass Box, competition, Cooley, court order, craft distillers, Craigellachie, Dail, David G, delivery, dissertation, Drew Dilkens, Dublin, Eclipx, editor, England, English Whisky Company, EU, European Union, exports, farm gate, Federal Court of Australia, Feis Ile, First Minister, Flaming Heart, Forty Creek, free movement, Fuji-Gotemba, George S. Grant, Glenfarclas, Gooderam & Worts, Grant's, Great Britain, Great King Street, Green Label, Hall of Fame, Heathrow, Hibiki, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Hopped, Hubris, ice cream, Imperial, independence, India, investigation, investors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Ironroot Republic, Islay, Isle of Arran, J. Rieger & Co., J.P. Wiser's, Jacob Rieger, James Campbell, John Distilleries, John Hall, Johnnie Walker, Jota Tanaka, JP Wiser's, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Julio's Liquors, Kansas City, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kirin, Knob Creek, La Maison du Whisky, labels, Lark Distillery, Lawrenceburg, legislation, licensing, liens, Lifetime Achievement, Lisa Ryan, Lisbon Treaty, Loch Gorm, London, Macallan, Malt 'n Rye, managing editor, Margaret Batt, Massachusetts, Master of Malt, Matsuri, Matt Jones, mayor, Missouri, Monogram, Morocco, Nant, negotiations, Nicola Sturgeon, Noel Sweeney, Ontario, Overeem, Paris, Parliament, Paul John, Percy Hatfield, Pernod Ricard, podcasting, podcasts, police, politics, Powerscourt, Prime Minister, private cask, receiver, Redbreast, Redlands, referendum, retailer, Rieger, Rivals, Rob Allanson, Rupert Wheeler, Sassicaia, Scale, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Seattle, securities, shares, Single Marrying Cask, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, stake, Steph, Stuart Wilson, Suntory, Suzanne Redmond, Suzi Redmond, SWA, Talia, tariffs, Tasmania, Teaninich, Teresa Deck, The Glenrothes, The Norfolk, theft, Theresa May, Tim Herlihy, tourism, trade, travel retail, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, UK, Urban Bourbon, Val, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, vintage, Walsh Whiskey Company, Waterford, West Midlands Police, whiskey, Whiskey Barons Collection, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Windsor, Wine 2 5, Wine Merchants Collection, Wine Two Five, World of Whiskies, World Whiskies Awards, writer1 comment

There will be music, food, and of course, plenty of whisky on hand during the Spirit of Speyside Festival coming up at the end of this month in Scotla...

Episode 593: June 12, 201620160612173612

Episode 593: June 12, 2016

Mark GillespieJune 12, 2016@clanwoodcock, @mcdblake, @Misterpie, @VancouverGuero, Aberlour, Allisa Henley, Arkansas, BenRiach, Billy Leighton, book, bookfinder.com, Bourbon, Box Distillery, Brian Nation, British Columbia, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Chita, Chris Morris, Dan Lundberg, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deconstructed Series, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, Distillery Reserve, Dominium, Early Days, Eddie Russell, endowment, engineering, Five Malt, Fortuna Meritas, Four Roses, Geoff Regan, George Dickel, Ger Buckley, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenglassaugh, Graham Coull, Hakushu, Heather Bradley, Hibiki, HMRC, Honours List, House of Commons, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Jan Westcott, John Shea, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Little Rock, Luceo, Master's Keep, Master's Keep Decades, Misako Udo, Morgan Blake, Nova Scotia, OBE, Order of the British Empire, Parliament, Phil Brandon, Queen Elizabeth, Regalis, retirement, Robert Burns, Rock Town Distillery, Rothes, scholarship, Scotch Whisky, Shelter Point Distillery, Speaker, Speaker's Selection, Speyside, Spirits Canada, Suntory, Sweden, Tennessee Whiskey, The Blender's Dog, The Cooper's Croze, The Dalmore, The Distiller's Safe, The Scottish Whisky Distilleries, Toki, travel retail, Two Brewers, University of Kentucky, Valour, Vancouver Island, Whiskey Makers Series, whisky, Whitehorse, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve, Yamazaki, Yukon, Yukon Spirits0 comments

Many factors go into the decision to give a whisky brand a shakeup, and we’ll look at the factors behind two major facelifts announced in the la...

Episode 589: May 14, 201620160514231104

Episode 589: May 14, 2016

Mark GillespieMay 14, 2016@Monty4Cruz, accident, Adam Carolla, Adrian Graham, Austin, Austin American-Statesman, Beam Suntory, Benromach, Bernheim, Booker Noe, Booker Noe Distillery, Booker's, Boston, Buffalo Trace, Castle & Key, chemical, Chita, Chivas Brothers, Clermont, Coffey Grain, Coffey Malt, Compass Box, Diageo, Enlightenment, equity, expansion, Experimental Collection, Fife, firefighters, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Game of Thrones, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, Green Label, Hibiki, InchDairnie, Independent Stave, infrared, investors, Island Green, Japan, Jerry Dalton, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Justin Victor, Kagoshima, Kentucky, Knob Creek, Legends Collection, longevity, Longmorn, Louisville, Maltage, Mars, Monty, Nikka, nitrous acid, Old Taylor, Orphan Barrel, Picts, Rebecca Creek, Rhetoric, Richard Overton, San Antonio, San Antonio Express-News, Shinshu, single grain, Speyside, Steve Ison, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory, Tarlogan, Texas, transparency, travel retail, whiskey, whisky, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies, World War II, Yamanashi0 comments

Booker Noe passed away in 2004, but some of the whiskey he laid down shortly before his death is adding a new chapter to his legacy. This past week, B...

Episode 581: March 19, 201620160319235701

Episode 581: March 19, 2016

Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2016A Glass Apart, Abraham Bowman, Alex Chasko, ambassador, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Arran, Ashok Chokalingam, Australia, author, Balcones, BenRiach, Bernheim Original, Bernie Lubbers, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker. Utah, Bourbon, Brenne, Brian Kinsman, budget, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Changi, Château Léoville Barton, cognac, Colorado, Cooley, corn Bourbon, Corn Whiskey, Craig Beam, Dark Cove, Denny Potter, Denver, DFS Group, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, duties, Exile Casks, Feis Ile, Fergal Murray, Fionnán O'Connor, France, Fuji-Gotemba, George Osborne, Gifted Horse, Glen Alba, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gooderham & Worts, Great Northern Distillery, Green Spot, Guinness, Hall of Fame, Harold Currie, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, High West, historian, Hudson Baby Bourbon, Icons of Whisky Awards, independent bottling, Inver House, Ireland, Irish, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Joel Harrison-Grier, John Quinn, John Teeling, Josh Hafer, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Knob Creek, Koichi Inatomi, Koichi Nishikawa, La Maison du Whisky, Lagg, Laphroaig, Legion D'Honneur, Lidl, light whiskey, Margaret Mary Clarke, Master of Malt, MGP, Neil Ridley, Nikka, Old Pulteney, Old Scout, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, Paul Currie, Pennsylvania, Pierre Weydert, Pikesville Rye, Pioneer Spirit, Sainsbury's, Sarah Mytych, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Smoked Maple, Smooth Ambler, Solist, sourced, Steve Ryan, Stuart Cassells, Suntory, SWA, Switzerland, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Lakes Distillery, Tom Diana, Tomatin, True Blue, Tullamore D.E.W., Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wick, William Grant & Sons, World War I, World Whiskies Awards0 comments

After two years of victories for Pacific Rim whiskies, a single malt Scotch is back on top of the World Whiskies Awards. Old Pulteney’s 1989 Vin...

Old Pulteney Takes Top Honors at World Whiskies Awards20160318094614

Old Pulteney Takes Top Honors at World Whiskies Awards

March 18, 2016 – Inver House’s Pulteney Distillery never uses peated malt to make its single malt whiskies, but the distillery at the nort...