The High Plains and the Highlands Come Together (Episode 723: September 9, 2018)20180909204127
The High Plains and the Highlands Come Together (Episode 723: September 9, 2018)
Mark GillespieSeptember 9, 2018@CGBSpender8874, @scotchology1, @whiskyfreedom, @whiskyranker, acquisition, age statement, album, Angel's Envy, anniversary, Arden, baby, Bacardi, band, Bardstown, Benromach, birth, Blackened Whiskey, Blended Malt, BMW, Booker Noe Distillery, Boss Hog, Boston, Bourbon, Brad Mead, Brent Elliott, Brown-Forman, Brugal Rum, Caol Ila, Carsebridge, Catoctin Creek, charity, Chris Spalding, classic malts, Compass Box, Constellation Brands, Coxs Creek, Dave Pickerell, David DeFazio, Dawn Smith, Diageo, distillery, Donald Colville, Duke of Rothesay, Edrington, Edrington Americas, England, Erik Smith, estate, fire, firefighters, Flaming Heart, Four Roses, Frazier History Museum, Fred Minnick, George Washington's Distillery, Gordon & MacPhail, Hampton Manor Inn, Heaven Hill, High West, Highland Park, historic, hog, impressions, inert gas, insurance, Jaclyn Minnick, Jeff Royalty, Jim Beam Distillery, judge, Julian Joseph Minnick, Kate Mead, Keith Cruickshank, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kirby, Kirin, Kirkwall, Lawrenceburg, Longmorn, Louisville, Magnum, Maureen Robinson, Metallica, Moet Hennessy, Mortimer, Mount Vernon, music, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, NCFO, negotiations, Oreck, Orkney, Oscar Minnick, oxidation, partnership, pattern bargaining, Pernod Ricard, picket line, pig, police, Prince Charles, Remy Cointreau, Ryan Ashley, Scotch, SEIU, Smoking Man, Smooth Ambler, Soleo Collection, Special Releases, stake, Steve Bashore, Stitzel-Weller, strike, strike vote, Talisker, Teamsters Union, The Famous Grouse, The Glenrothes, The Macallan, The Spirit of Mauve, The Story of the Spaniard, tour, Tuthilltown Spirits, UCFW, union, United Auto Workers, United Food & Commercial Workers, vacuum, Van Winkle, vintages, Virginia, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Maker's Cut, Whistlepig Rye, William Grant & Sons, Woodinville, Wyoming, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
Like most romances, Wyoming Whiskey and Edrington had plenty of potential partners trolling around. Neither one needed a partner, until they found eac...
The Archivist Preserving Irish Whiskey’s History20171230143051
The Archivist Preserving Irish Whiskey’s History
Mark GillespieDecember 30, 2017accountant, archival, archiving, bottles, Bow Street Distillery, Carol Quinn, climate control, Cork, Cork Distillers, Crested Ten, designers, distillers, distilling, doodles, Dublin, farmers, historic, history, humidity, Ireland, Irish Distillers, James Murphy, Jameson, Jameson Crested, John Jameson, John's Lane, journal, labels, laboratory, ledger, marketing, Method & Madness, Midleton, National Archives, Old Midleton Distillery, Pernod Ricard, photographs, pipe, Powers, preservation, samples, stories, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Irish Whiskey’s history has been written over centuries, but Carol Quinn has the unique task of preserving the history that was actually written...
Diageo Open to Distilling at Dallas Dhu Museum20160725151846
Diageo Open to Distilling at Dallas Dhu Museum
Mark GillespieJuly 25, 2016administration, Armstrong, Benromach, Bladnoch, Brora, covenants, Dallas Dhu, David Prior, deed restriction, Diageo, Gordon & MacPhail, historic, Historic Environment Scotland, Moray, MSP, museum, Parliament, Port Ellen, preservation, Press & Journal, Richard Lochhead, Rosebank, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scottish Malt Distillers, Speyside, tourism, Wigtown1 comment
July 25, 2016 – After a Scottish parliamentarian’s suggestion that Diageo turn over the title and rights to the long-closed Dallas Dhu dis...
Glenturret’s Newest Malt Honors 16 Men…And a Dog20160516062304
Glenturret’s Newest Malt Honors 16 Men…And a Dog
Mark GillespieMay 16, 2016collie, Fly, Fly's 16 Master's Edition, Glenturret, historic, photograph0 comments
May 16, 2016 – It’s amazing what turns up in distillery archives…let alone an old cupboard. A vintage photograph found recently in a...
Brown-Forman Moving Ahead With Old Forester Project20150720173916
Brown-Forman Moving Ahead With Old Forester Project
Mark GillespieJuly 20, 2015Angel's Envy, Brown-Forman, construction, distillery, Dixie Highway, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, fire, historic, Louisville, Louisville Distilling Co., Main Street, Michter's, Old Forester, Peerless, Whiskey Row0 comments
July 20, 2015 – Two weeks after a four-alarm fire ripped through the historic whiskey warehouses on Louisville’s Main Street, Brown-Forman...
Episode 530: April 18, 201520150418233329
Episode 530: April 18, 2015
Mark GillespieApril 18, 2015A. Smith Bowman, Adrian Graham, Ambassador Cask, analysts, Anthony Russo, Aultmore, Australia, bail, Ballindalloch, basketball, Beam, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Thomason, blog, Breeder's Cup, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, cave, Chapter 13, charity, China, Churchill Downs, court, Craig Beam, crime, critters, Crown Royal, Dewar's, Diageo, Duchess or Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, earnings, English Whisky Company, estate, Fairfax, Frankfort, Franklin County, Fredericksburg, Gilbert Curtsinger, Gimli, Glengoyne, Glenmorangie, Grantown-on-Spey, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, historic, horse racing, Ian MacLeod, Ian Macleod Distillers, indictment, Jack Daniel's, Josh Hafer, Keeneland, Kentucky Derby, Last Great Malts of Scotland, lawschooldrunk, Lem Tolley, Lexington, Loretto, Louisville, LVMH, Lynchburg, Maker's 46, Maker's Mark, Manitoba, Marianne Barnes, Martin, Master Distillers Series, mint julep, New South Wales, Northern Harvest, Odin, Old Taylor, Pam Wiznitzer, Pamela Wiznitzer, Pappy & Co., Pappy Van Winkle, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pat Melton, Peristyle, photography, Prince Charles, Remy Cointreau, renovations, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Brackla, running, sales, Sheriff, Speyside, St. George's Day, still, suspect, Sydney, Tamdhu, The Glenrothes, theft, Thoroughbred, Time For Whisky, tour, United Kingdom, University of Kentucky, Valhalla Collection, Van Winkle, Versailles, Vintage Reserve, Virginia, warehouse, wax dip, WhiskyFest, Wild Turkey, WLEX, Woodford Reserve, Wounded Warrior Equestrian Project1 comment
If distilleries have ghosts, the ones haunting the former Old Taylor Distillery in Kentucky finally have some people to scare. After nearly 43 years, ...
Episode 524: March 7, 201520150308083429
Episode 524: March 7, 2015
Mark GillespieMarch 8, 2015Abbas Kazerouni, age statement, Alberta, Arran, attorney, babermac, Beam Suntory, Bob Lekan, Bomberger, Bomberger's, bottling line, Bourbon, Breckenridge Distillery, Brown-Forman, budget, cease and desist, Chicago, Chris Bauder, class action, Cleveland, Clipper, Colorado, competition, construction, consumer, containment, Cook County Chancery Court, craft, damages, defendant, Diageo, Dick Stoll, DISCUS, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, earnings, Edwin Vargas, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, entry form, environment, Evan Williams Single Barrel, Federal, Fireball, flavored, Fort Nelson, Founder's Reserve, Four Roses Limited Edition Single Barrel, fraud, Fred Minnick, Gentleman Jack, George Dickel, Green Label, hand-made, historic, Huber, Indiana, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James Allan, Jim Beam, Joe Magliocco, John Lunn, Johnnie Walker, Kazerouni Law Group, labeling, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, lawyer, liability, litigation, Louisville, Maker's Mark, MGP-I, Michter's, misrepresentation, misspoke, mystery, ocean, Old Pulteney, Orphan Barrel, pallets, Paul Varga, Pennsylvania, Peter Cressy, Pierre Weydert, plaintiff, premium, professor, Rebecca Sterritt, resignation, response, restoration, retraction, Ryan Engen, Ryan Irvine, safe harbor, sailing, sales, Sazerac, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotland, search, Shively, small batch, Society Insurance, spill, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Starlight, Stitzel-Weller, Switzerland, Templeton Rye, Tennessee Fire, The Glenlivet, Tito's, Tomatin, trademark, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, vodka, warehouse, Whiskey Row, whiskey seeker, whiskeyryan, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky club, Whisky Magazine, Woodford Reserve, World Whiskies Awards, Wyoming Whiskey, yacht, Yamazaki1 comment
Lawyers are circling around the whisky industry, much like sharks around a shipwreck. At least five different US distillers and bottlers have been hit...
Episode 519: January 31, 201520150201004952
Episode 519: January 31, 2015
Mark GillespieFebruary 1, 2015.36, 4-Consulting, Ace Hotel, Allardice, anatomical, anCnoc, anniversary, Atlantic City, Barbara Townsend, Bob Lekan, Bob Townsend, body shot, British Columbia, Bruce Russell, budget, Cavaliers, Chancellor, Christophe Dupic, Claudio Arato, Cleveland, consolidation, Crystal Gardens, Daniel Adams, David Williamson, Diageo, Distell, drugs, Dundee, duties, duty, earnings, economic, economy, Eddie Russell, Exchequer, family, fermentation, flask, Forgiven, Four Roses, France, Fumé, G. Rozelieures, George Osborne, Glencairn, GlenDronach, Graeme Macaloney, Heritage BC, historic, honeymoon, Hotel Grand Pacific, Ian Chang, Icons of Whisky Awards, infographic, Ivan Menezes, Jenn Adams, Jim Swan, Jimmy Russell, Johnnie Walker, Jon Birkbeck, Kavalan, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, King Car, Knockdhu, Lilly, Lorraine, Maker's Mark, Mike Nicolson, Miner's Delight Inn, NBA, pengdio, Pfizer, pharmaceutical, poll, Pope, Pope Francis, pricing, Ranger Creek, research, Rome, Russell's Reserve, sales, San Antonio, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Sean Connery, slump, South Africa, South Wales Whisky Interest Group, Spirit of Speyside Festival, sporran, survey, SWA, Taiwan, Texas, The Green Welly Stop, tourism, Tyndrum, Vatican, Victoria, Victoria Caledonian Distillery, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors, wax, Whisky Magazine, Wild Turkey, Winston Churchill, World War II, Wyoming0 comments
Graeme Macaloney gave up a secure career in the pharmaceutical industry to pursue his dream of making whisky, and the Scottish expat is getting closer...
Brown-Forman To Build $30 Million Old Forester Distillery On Louisville’s Whiskey Row20140925165447
Brown-Forman To Build $30 Million Old Forester Distillery On Louisville’s Whiskey Row
Mark GillespieSeptember 25, 2014ad valorem tax, Brown-Forman, Chris Morris, construction, cooperage, Dixie Highway, Early Times, historic, incentives, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville Slugger Field, Main Street, Old Forester, Prohibition, tax, Whiskey Row, Woodford Reserve0 comments
September 25, 2014 – Brown-Forman will expand its distilling capacity by returning to the company’s roots, with plans to turn two Whiskey ...
Episode 486: July 4, 201420140704203330
Episode 486: July 4, 2014
Mark GillespieJuly 4, 2014aircraft carrier, Allan Anderson, American Prairie Reserve, American Revolution, Andrew Morrison, Antonio Flores, Atlantic City, Barley, Barrell Bourbon, bars, Beam, Bill Ricker, Boston, Bourbon, Bowmore, British Open, buckwheat, Canterbury, Cardrona, Chris Uhde, contest, Cooley, corn, Dark Origins, Dave Pickerell, Desiree Reid, distilling, Eric Ludwig, excisemen, farmers, Fellowship of the Still, George Washington's Distillery, Glasgow, Glen Moore, Glengoyne, Glenmorangie, golf, Gonzalez Byass, grain, High West, Highland Park, historic, Hydro Arena, Impex, Independence Day, Jewish, Jim Beam, Joe Beatrice, Justin Victor, King George, Kininvie, Kirkwall, Kosher, Lord Henry Mount Charles, Magnus Eunson, Maker's Mark, milestone, Miner's Delight Inn, Morrison Bowmore, Mount Vernon, New Zealand, Nomad, oats, Orkney, Patricia Retson, perfume, Philadelphia, Pump House, Quarter Cask, Queen Elizabeth, Richard Paterson, River Clyde, Riverside Museum, rose, Rosyth, Royal Navy, Rye, Second Saturday, shipyard, Signature Craft, Slane Castle, Spain, Stanley Morrison, Taiwan, Taylor Made, Tennessee, The Open, Tim Morrison, travel retail, Tulsa, Utah, wheat, whisky club, William Grant & Sons, Worshipful Company of Distillers, Wyoming, Yorkshire, Zescent Group0 comments
Corn farmers have a saying “knee high by the Fourth of July” to gauge whether their crop will be a good one, and we’ll look at the g...