Reviving One of Islay’s Legendary Distilleries (Episode 770: June 2, 2019)20190602203754
Reviving One of Islay’s Legendary Distilleries (Episode 770: June 2, 2019)
Mark GillespieJune 2, 2019@AllICanDo, @bozkurtkurasu, @MackmyraJon, administrator, Alberta, Alec Lee, Amrut, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, Balblair, Barley, barrels, beer, Belgium, Billy MacArthur, Brora, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, California, Callum Fraser, Canada, Chairman's Reserve, Charbay, climate, climate change, cooper, cooperage, crop, Diageo, distillery, Donald Trump, drought, Easter Elchies, Edmonton, Endless West, environment, farmers, Feis Ile, Finance Ministry, Georgie Crawford, Glenfarclas, Glyph, Greedy Angels, Iain MacArthur, immigration, India, investment, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, James Bond, Johan Van Dyck, John Manfreda, John Wendell, Jon Buscemi, Kim Jong Un, Lagavulin, LCBO, lifestyle, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Marko Karakasevic, Mexico, mezcal, migrants, Mike Simpson, mitering, molecular whisky, music, Neel Jagdale, Nick Morgan, North Korea, oak, Old Charter Oak, Ontario, planning approval, Port Ellen, President, privatization, Quebec, Quora, retaliatory tariffs, River Spey, Samilpo, sanctions, Scotch Whisky, Speyside, Spirit Drink, spirits, staves, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, tequila, Tesco, The Guardian, The Macallan, The Macallan Estate, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, water, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Wolves Whiskey0 comments
Construction could begin later this year on Diageo’s planned revival of the legendary Port Ellen Distillery on Islay, which was closed in 1983. ...
Inside the Port Ellen Maltings20161228145901
Inside the Port Ellen Maltings
Mark GillespieDecember 28, 2016Barley, Colin Gordon, Diageo, Iain MacArthur, Islay, malting, peat, Port Ellen Maltings, single malt, whiskey, whisky0 comments
The days when each Scotch Whisky distillery malted its own barley are long gone, and only a few distilleries still have malting floors. Now, most dist...
200 Years of Whisky History at Islay’s Lagavulin Distillery20161126182814
200 Years of Whisky History at Islay’s Lagavulin Distillery
Mark GillespieNovember 26, 2016anniversary, Diageo, Dunyvaig Castle, Georgie Crawford, Iain MacArthur, Islay, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Lords of the Isles, Nick Morgan, Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation, peat bog, peat cutting, Ron Swanson, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, TV, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Lagavulin Distillery on Scotland’s Isle of Islay is celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2016. It’s not Islay’s largest distillery, ...
Episode 559: October 24, 201520151025021719
Episode 559: October 24, 2015
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2015@ScotchBlog, Amber Rock, Andrew Buchanan, Andrew Smith, Andy Cant, Baccarat, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Bourbon, Bourbon County, Bowmore, Brian Kinsman, Brora, Brown-Forman, Bruce Jardine, Caledonian, Cannes, Caol Ila, Cardhu, CBC, cease and desist, chemistry, Chris Morris, clothing, Colin Fultz, conflict of interest, crystal, Dailuane, Dalwhinnie, Deconstructed Series, Devil's Casks, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Double the Devil, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Elementary, Elements, expansion, First Chapter, France, Fred Minnick, Gentleman Jack, George Washington's Distillery, gift, Girvan, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenora, Golden Age of Travel, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant's, Greg Metze, groin punch, Gus Griffin, Hartfield & Company, Hartfield and Company, Heaven Hill, House of Hazelwood, Iain MacArthur, Indiana, infringment, IPO, Islay, Israel, Jameson, Janet Sheed Roberts, Jardine Reserve, John Campbell, John E. Fitzgerald Very Special Reserve, John MacDougall, Kentucky Gentleman, Kentucky Mist, Kininvie, Kirsty Clarke, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Lauchie MacLean, law, Lawrenceburg, lawyers, legend, Lifehacker, Louis Royer, Lucy Doland, Masters Collection, media kit, Metze's Select, MGP, Mortlach, Mount Vernon, myth, Nordic, Norse, Nova Scotia, Old Fitzgerald, periodic table, Pittyvaich, Port Ellen, Rare Cask Black, samples, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, seal, shares, shirts, Solera, Special Releases, Speyside, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory Holdings, swag, Sweet Corn, Takeshi Niinami, The Cally, The Gentleman Distillery, The Macallan, Torii, trademark, travel retail, Tsingtao, University of Kentucky, Virginia, Virginia Gentleman, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, William Grant & Sons, WKYT, Woodford Reserve, Yoav Gelbfish, Yula1 comment
Andy Cant has been a Scotch Whisky nomad for nearly four decades, working at distilleries and maltings all over Scotland. He’s done everything f...
Episode 536: May 23, 201520150524000406
Episode 536: May 23, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 24, 2015anniversary, Anthony Bourdain, Ardbeg Perpetuum, Arran, arrest, artisan, barbecue sauce, Barrelhead, Barry Crockett, Benromach, Bill Lumsden, Brian Williams, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Caol Ila, Chivas Brothers, David Wood, Derek Mather, Douglas MacArthur, Eddie Russell, Ernest Hemingway, Errol Flynn, Experimental Collection, explosion, Facebook, fantasy, Feis Ile, fire, fire marshal, Forres, Frank Sinatra, French Oak, Gilbert Curtsinger, Gordon & MacPhail, grand jury, Hearach, Humphrey Bogart, Iain MacArthur, Ian Chang, indictment, investigation, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Harris, Jay Rogers, Jeffrey Lohr, Jimmy Russell, Julie Curtsinger, Justin Victor, Kavalan, Keith Cruickshank, Kilchoman, Kyle Rogers, Lagavulin, lawsuit, lawyer, Leslie Wright, Lucille Ball, Master's Keep, Michael Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Mike Farley, Mike Ross, Octomore, PappyGate, Revenoor Stills, Rodolfo Alvarado, Ron Burgundy, Rowan Atkinson, Sammy Hagar, Silver Trail Distillery, Spencer Balentine, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, steroids, Steve Gormley, tasting panel, Terry Wilhelm, theft, Urquhart, White Stags, Wild Turkey0 comments
Gordon & MacPhail reopened Benromach Distillery in Speyside in 1998 after 15 years of inactivity, and Keith Cruickshank has been there since the s...
This Week’s New Whiskies20150522153341
This Week’s New Whiskies
Mark GillespieMay 22, 2015anniversary, Arran, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, CalMac, Caol Ila, classic malts, David Wood, Diageo, Distiller's Edition, Eddie Russell, Experimental Collection, Feis Ile, ferry, French Oak, Glasgow, Glenegedale Airport, Iain MacArthur, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Arran, Jimmy Russell, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Master's Keep, Oran Mor, security, White Stags, Wild Turkey0 comments
May 22, 2015 – Here’s a roundup of new whiskies announced this week… On this week’s episode of WhiskyCast, we had hints of the...
Episode 447: October 12, 201320131012210323
Episode 447: October 12, 2013
Mark GillespieOctober 12, 2013Adam Mimran, Allison Patel, ALS, American Prairie Reserve, Arran, Billy Stitchell, Bon Accord, Bonhams, Boss Hog, Brandy Library, Brenne, Business Standard, Caol Ila, Carin Luna-, classic malts, Convalmore, Dave Pickerell, David Perkins, Diageo, Far North Distillery, Fife, Girvan, Glasgow, Glenrothes, High West, Hillrock Estate Distillery, Iain MacArthur, India, Islay, John Fergus, Just-Drinks.com, Kelly Levison, Kilchoman, Kyndal, Lagavulin, Louisa Young, Master Distillers' Unity, Maureen Robinson, Mendy Berkowitz, Millennium Casks, Neil Firetog, Nick Morgan, Office of Fair Trading, Parker Beam, Paul McDonagh, Port Ellen, Promise of Hope, SIA, Siddharth Banerji, Single Cask Nation, single grain, Skye, storm, Talisker, Turner Moore, United Spirits, Whisky Jewbilee, Whistlepig, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons1 comment
With 28 malt whisky distilleries and two grain whisky distilleries in Scotland, Diageo almost always has something going on. Dr. Nick Morgan is head o...
Episode 426: May 25, 201320130525223410
Episode 426: May 25, 2013
Mark GillespieMay 25, 20131824 Series, Amber, An Cnoc, anCnoc, Andrew Nelstrop, Andrew Walker, Andy Watts, attorney general, auction, author, Barbara Townsend, Bill Ricker, Billy Stitchell, Bob Townsend, book, Bowmore, British, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Caol Ila, collecting, cooper, coronation, counterfeit, Creative Whisky Company, Devin Cross, English Whisky Company, Erik Burgess, Exclusive Malts, fake, Feis Ile, Fred Minnick, Gavin Smith, Glenrothes, gold, Great Britian, Harold Wilson, Highland Park, Iain MacArthur, Ileach, illustrator, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Ivo Fanotti, Jim Martin, Jim McEwan, John Major, Julia Nourney, Knockdhu, Kris Comstock, Lagavulin, Macallan, Malted Muse, Manse Brae, Margaret Thatcher, Master of Malt, McTears, Miner's Delight Inn, Murray McDavid, New Jersey, Nick Morgan, North British, Octomore, Peter Arkle, Port Charlotte, Prime Minister, Queen Elizabeth, Remy Cointreau, retirement, Rothes, Rothes House, Ruby, shortage, Sienna, Spirit of Toronto, weather, Wyoming1 comment
The annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music gets underway this weekend, and they’ll be celebrating more than just whisky on Islay this week. B...
Episode 317: May 22, 201120110522001431
Episode 317: May 22, 2011
Mark GillespieMay 22, 2011Auchentoshan, Billy Stitchell, Bruichladdich, Caol Ila, casks, cooperage, coopering, Cutty Sark, distillery, Duncan Taylor, Edrington, English Whisky Company, Euan Shand, events, F. Paul Pacult, Feis Ile, Festival, Ger Buckley, Huntly, Iain MacArthur, Ileachs, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Lagavulin, Lem Motlow, Mark Reynier, Midleton, music, Old Pulteney, Remy Cointreau, Robin Laing, The Spirit Journal, video0 comments
This is a big weekend on Islay, and not only because it’s the first weekend of the Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Bruichladdich is celebrat...
Episode 274: August 15, 201020100815004300
Episode 274: August 15, 2010
Mark GillespieAugust 15, 2010Alexander Trochut, Alltech, Amrut, Antarctic Heritage Trust, Antarctica, auction, Balblair, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Berry's Own Selection, Charity: Water, Chivas Regal, Chloe Kelbie, Compass Box, Cooper's Choice, Czech, Douglas Laing, Douglas XO, expedition, Family Casks, Glenfarclas, Glengoyne, Hakushu, Hammer Head, Iain MacArthur, Imperial, Ireland, Japan, Japanese, Lady Luck, Lagavulin, Lexington, Loch Dhu, Mortlach, Nigel Watson, Pearse Lyons, Petr Hosek, ringtone, Scott Harrison, Shackleton, Suntory, Tom Ollieuz, Water of Life, Whyte & Mackay, Yamazaki0 comments
There’s no doubting that Kentucky makes great bourbons, but a single malt? That hasn’t happened since 1919…until now. Dr. Pearse Lyo...