Tag: Ian MacMillan

Good Friends and a Dram of Whisky (Episode 763: April 14, 2019)20190414164633

Good Friends and a Dram of Whisky (Episode 763: April 14, 2019)

Mark GillespieApril 14, 2019"Mister Sam", @enternal_expanse, @mikeyjoedrum, @sailorretro, @ScotchTestDummies, @thehonorablej, @VinP27, @wessexwhisky, A.H. Hirsch, advertising, Advertising Standards Agency, AI, American Whiskey Convention, author, Bacardi, Bar 51, Blade & Bow, Bladnoch, Bob Dalgarno, Bob Dylan, Bomberger's, book, Bourbon, Brent Elliott, Captain's Reserve, charity, Chatham Imports, Chris Morris, Chuck Cowdery, Churchill Downs, commercial, Compass Box, court, Coxs Creek, Craigellachie, Diageo, Dick Stoll, dingleberry, distillery, distilling, Douglas Laing & Co. Big Peat, Dragon's Legend, Drew Mayville, Edrington, Elizabeth McCall, Elm Street Church, Everett Beam, expansion, Feis Ile, Four Roses, gallery, Game of Thrones, Georgie Bell, Glencairn, Glengoyne, Glenturret, Hans Offringa, Hansjörg Wyss, Heaven's Door, Highland Park, history, House Greyjoy, Ian MacMillan, Islay, John Asher, journalism, Ken Grier, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Lalique, Lawrenceburg, legal, Lew Bryson, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, Louisville, machine learning, Martin Duffy, Michter's, mint julep, Montreal, Nashville, Neil Bulloch, New York, Nick Savage, Penn Museum, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, reckless behavior, Sam Bronfman, Sazerac, Schafferstown, scholarships, Seagram's, Silvio Denz, Small Batch Select, spill, spires, Stitzel-Weller, Stoll & Wolfe, Talisker, Tasting Whiskey, Tennessee, The Beatrice Inn, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Story of the Spaniard, transcripts, Twisted Tattoo, University of Pennsylvania, waiter, Western Kentucky University, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Woodford Reserve0 comments

Lew Bryson and Martin Duffy take their whisky seriously…but not much else! When they joined us at the recent American Whiskey Convention in Phil...

Living the Whiskey Life in Cascade Hollow (Episode 757: March 3, 2019)20190303210831

Living the Whiskey Life in Cascade Hollow (Episode 757: March 3, 2019)

Mark GillespieMarch 3, 2019@Food52, @mhanch, @Whisky_Consult, #Drams4Fams, Aberlour, agriculture, airport, Ajay, alcohol, American Craft Spirits Association, Aqua Collection, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Drum, Asahi Group Holdings, Autumn Nethery, Award, beer, Belgium, Bladnoch, Bloody Butcher, Bourbon, Brooklyn, Bunnahabhain, Campbeltown, Canada, Canadian, Cascade Blonde, Cascade Hollow, Char No. 4, Charleston, chemical engineering, clickbait, Clonakilty Distillery, Coffey Grain, Coffey Malt, competition, compression finishing, construction, cooperage, Cork, corn, craft distilling, Dave Worthington, Den Herberg, Derek Scott, Diageo, Distell, distillery, distilling, Drams for Fams, Edmonton Scotch Club, Edrington, Edrington Americas, Feis Ile, food, food bank, genetics, George Dickel, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, government, H. Clark Distillery, Halle, Heath Clark, High Wire Distilling, Highlands, horse, hunger, Ian MacMillan, Ireland, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Japan, Jeptha Creed Distillery, Jimmy Red, Joyce Nethery, Kings County Distillery, label approval, Liberty Pole Spirits, Lidl, Lowlands, Macallan, Mark Hancheroff, MGP, Miyagikyo, Nashville, New York, New York City, Nicole Austin, Nikka, Nikka 12, Nikka Tailored, Nikkei Asian Review, Noble Oak, peated rye, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, politics, Queen Margot, Rogue, Rolling Thunder, Scotland, shutdown, single malt, Soleo Collection, South Carolina, Speyburn, Speyside, spirits, Stefan Berggren, stout, stouted, Suntory, Tabasco, Tennessee, Tennessee Distillers Guild, Tennessee Whiskey, Tennessee Whiskey Trail, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, The Glenrothes, Toiteach a Dhà, Travis Watt, Tullahoma, Tullamore, Tullamore D.E.W., Two Brewers, Violet, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey and Barrel Nite, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Maker's Dram, whisky regions, Whitehorse, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Awards, Yoichi, Yukon, Yukon Spirits0 comments

Nicole Austin made her mark on the American craft distilling movement at Brooklyn’s Kings County Distillery, then spent some time in Ireland wor...

Talking Whiskey with the British Bourbon Society (Episode 746: December 23, 2018)20181223173405

Talking Whiskey with the British Bourbon Society (Episode 746: December 23, 2018)

Mark GillespieDecember 23, 2018@Mike_W_Simpson, 1863, Alan Winchester, Alan Wright, An Bord Pleanála, Andrew Watson, Angel's Envy, APB, Arbikie, Art & Terroir, atomic bomb, auction, Avon, barrels, Bladnoch, Blue Label, Bourbon, British Bourbon Society, budget, Carbon 14, carbon dating, Chinese New Year, Chrissy Lau, collecting, Congress, consulting, Corby, counterfeit, County Westmeath, Cream of Kentucky, Cutty Sark, David Robertson, Diageo, Donald Trump, Dublin, Ed Rosie, Edinburgh, Edrington, fake, France, Frasers, Glenturret, Gordon Cook, Gordon Dundas, Great Britain, Highland Rye, Highland Whisky Festival, Huddart, Ian Macleod Distillers, Ian MacMillan, investment, Ireland, J.W. Rutledge Distillery, Jim Rutledge, John's Lane, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky, La Martiniquaise, London, Lot #40, lunar calendar, maturation warehouse, Michael Carr, Minnesota, National College of Art & Design, Northern Border Collection, nuclear weapons, Old Pulteney, planning, Powers, President, Princes Street, professor, public comment, radiocarbon, rare whisky 101, regulations, Revival, Richard Hobbs, Rosebank, Schenley, Scotland, Scottish Canals, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, shutdown, Silvio Benz, single grain, Talisker, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Barrel Mill, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenlivet, Title 27, Tomatin, tourism, Treasury Department, TTB, Vault Whiskey Store, Washington, Westmeath County Council, whiskey, whisky, White House, Year of the Pig0 comments

One sign of the Bourbon boom worldwide can be found in Great Britain, where the British Bourbon Society was founded in 2016 by six whisky lovers. As 2...

Billy Walker’s Back in the Whisky Business with The GlenAllachie (Episode 690: April 19, 2018)20180418233735

Billy Walker’s Back in the Whisky Business with The GlenAllachie (Episode 690: April 19, 2018)

Mark GillespieApril 18, 2018@miwilliams283, @n1vux, ancestry, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Ann Miller, Atom Brands, Atom Group, auction, Barbara Bush, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Bill Ricker, Billy Walker, Bladnoch, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Box Distillery, Brandy Library, Brown-Forman, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Chivas Brothers, Clynelish, Compass Box, Connoisseurs Choice, Craft Beverage Corporation, Craigellachie, Declaration of Independence, Diageo, Discovery Range, Distiller's Cut, Distillery Labels, Dublin, Earl Hewlette, Edinburgh, English Whisky Company, First Lady, Founding Fathers, Fredericton, fundraiser, Generations, George Urquhart, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenkinchie, Gordon & MacPhail, Guinness, Haddonfield, Henry Overholt, High Coast, Holyrood Distillery, Holyrood Park Distillery, Ian MacMillan, Indian King Tavern, investment, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Jessica Kadie-Barclay, Jim Beam, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, judgingf, Lum Reek, Lunar Rogue Pub, Mark Norman, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, McNair's, Michael Williams, Miyagikyo, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York City, Nikka, O.Z. Tyler, obituary, Old Overholt, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, portfolio, Private Collection, Pure Scot, Rebel Yell, Revolution, Rob Carpenter, San Diego, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Shyamal Ramachandran, Spencer Jacobsen, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Awards, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stephen Rankin, Sweden, Terrepure, Terressentia, The Glenallachie Consortium, tourism, treason, venture capital, visitors centers, West Overton, West Overton Village & Museum, whiskey, whisky, White Heather, Yoichi, ZX Ventures0 comments

Billy Walker could have walked away from the Scotch Whisky business last year after he and his partners sold the BenRiach, GlenDronach, and Glenglassa...

Bladnoch’s Back in Business (Episode 636: April 9, 2017)20170409133557

Bladnoch’s Back in Business (Episode 636: April 9, 2017)

Mark GillespieApril 9, 2017@BetheneC, Adela, ADI, Alioth, American Distilling Institute, auction, Australia, Award, Belgium, Ben & Jerry's, benefit, Benromach, best of class, Bethene Campbell, bidding, Bill Ricker, Bladnoch, Bonnaroo Buzz, Boston, Bourbon, Bourye, Box Distillery, Brexit, Brora, Burn Stewart Distillers, Candela, Cedar Ridge Distillery, charity, Chris Zaborowski, competition, construction, coopers, cows, Dartmoor National Park, David Prior, Denmark, Devon, Diageo, Donald Tusk, Dr. Jim Swan, editor, Edrington, EU, European Council, European Parliament, European Union, farm, Fred Minnick, Generations, Glenn Hubbuch, Gordon & MacPhail, High West, Hong Kong, Hunmanby, Ian MacMillan, ice cream, Iowa, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, J. Henry & Sons, James Campbell, John Hansell, Kelly Hubbuch, Ken Grier, Lalique, Limeburners, Linda Ruffenach, Louisville, Lowlands, M. Shanken Communications, Malt Advocate, March for Babies, March of Dimes, MGP, Michael Moore, Michael Veach, Mortlach, Myrna Jensen, Nantucket, Northern Ireland, Patton Road Reserve, Paul Neave, Podblasts, Portland, premature birth, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Princetown Distillers, publisher, Pure Scot, Reese Hubbuch, Samsara, Scotch Whiskey, Scotland, Second Step, Seven Stars, Six Pillars, Sotheby's, Special Releases, Speyside Cooperage, Spirit of Hven, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirit of Yorkshire, Stefaan Lesage, Strait of Öresund, Sweden, Systembolaget, Talia, Templeton Rye, The Dalmore, The Macallan, The Notch, Theresa May, Tim Davis, Tom Mellor, Triple Eight Distillery, Urban Bourbon, Westport Whiskey & Wine, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Chicks, Wigtown, world record0 comments

Scotland’s Bladnoch Distillery celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, but the Lowlands distillery almost never made it to that milestone. W...

A Whisky Journey (Episode 626: January 29, 2017)20170128224227

A Whisky Journey (Episode 626: January 29, 2017)

Mark GillespieJanuary 28, 2017@ECava, @WhiskyRI, #99 Red Cask, #thankyoutrump, Adam Caparelli, Adam Hannett, Adela, All-Star Game, André Girard, architecture, Asia-Pacific, Atlantic Sea Salt, ballot, Barrell Bourbon, Barrell Craft Spirits, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, Black Art, Bladnoch, Bob Dalgarno, Bogart's, Bond & Lillard, Bourbon, Bovey Tracey, Bowmore, Brexit, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, budget, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Campari America, Canada, Canadian, Casa Cuervo, Chancellor, charity, China, Chinese, craft, Dartmoor, Dartmoor Distillery, Dave Broom, David Prior, Devon, Diageo, Distilled Spirits Council, Don Julio, Don Livermore, Double Double Oaked, economic impact, Eddie McAffer, Eddie Russell, Edition #2, El Cellar de Can Roca, Emily Cavalier, England, Eric Gregory, excise taxes, exports, Fred Minnick, free trade, hockey, Humphrey Bogart, Ian MacMillan, ice cream, Ileachs, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Heritage, Jimmy Russell, Joe Beatrice, John Campbell, John Paul DeJoria, Johnnie Walker, Joo Kim, Just-Drinks.com, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, Lisbon, Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau, Lunar New Year, Marcio Ramos, Master, Matthew Sammons, Michael Jacobsen, National Hockey League, NHL, Niagara, Nick Ligon, Old Ripy, Ontario, pagoda, Patron, Portugal, Pre-Prohibition, Prime Minister, Princetown, Princetown Distillers, Quebec, Rachel Barrie, Roca, ROK Drinks, Samsara, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish, scuba diving, single barrel, small batch, Spain, Steve Loiaconi, Talia, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Theresa May, Tim Knittel, Toronto, tourism, trade, trade agreements, trademark, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Travel, Tripp Stimson, Trump, Urban Bourbon, Urban Bourbon Trail, Vault Editions, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, Wayne Gretzky, whiskey, Whiskey Barons Series, whisky, whisky.auction, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, winery, Woodford Reserve0 comments

Marcio Ramos started his whisky journey as a bartender in his hometown of Lisbon, Portugal…but thought he’d left the whisky business behin...

Episode 584: April 10, 201620160410013645

Episode 584: April 10, 2016

Mark GillespieApril 10, 2016@AxisofWhisky, @Sister_Ratched, American Distilling Institute. ADI, Angus MacRaild, Angus MacWhisky, Anthony Wills, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Australia, Bardstown, Beatson Cancer Charity, binding arbitration, Bladnoch, blog, blogger, Blood Oath, Bob Bobert, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, cancer, cat, Chivas Regal, competition, construction, Crown Royal, Dark Cove, David Prior, Diageo, distillery, donations, Ezra Brooks, family, Four Roses, Gimli, Highland Park, House Spirits, Ian MacMillan, ice, Islay, John MacLellan, John Rempe, Joseph Magnus, Jude, judging, Kentucky, Kilchoman, labor, labour, Laphroaig, Local 832, Lore, Lux, Luxco, Manitoba, Manitoba Labour Board, mayor, mediator, memorial, Millstone, Mimi, Mimi Petro, Oban, Oregon, People's Republic of Portland, Pernod Ricard USA, pet, Peter Mendel, planning, Portland, Pure Scot, Rebel Yell, Redbreast, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Scotch Whisky, St. Louis, strike, Tom Mooney, UFCW, union, Vancouver, Washington, whisky, Whisky Sponge, Wigtown, Woodinville, Zuidam0 comments

The Whisky Sponge has been puncturing egos and tweaking the Scotch Whisky industry with impunity – and relative anonymity – for nearly thr...

Episode 552: September 12, 201520150912224908

Episode 552: September 12, 2015

Mark GillespieSeptember 12, 2015Abbey Whisky, aging, Alba Reserve, anniversary, Anon, Ardbeg, Arran, Ballantine's, BenRiach, Bladnoch, Bourbon Cask Reserve, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, Ceòbanach, Chivas Brothers, Circular Blending, Cooley, corrections, Deanston, Diageo, Douglas Laing, Eagle Rare, errado, experiment, extraction, Extraordinary Cask, Fred Laing, George T. Stagg, Gordon Motion, Hibernia Distillers, Hyde, Ian MacMillan, Illicit Stills, International Space Station, Ireland, Irish, Islay, John Campbell, Kiln Embers, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Latada, Ledaig, Luke Tegner, M.B. Roland, Madeira, maturation, maturity, MB Roland, Michter's, micro-gravity, NanoRacks, NASA, Norman Lao, Northern Ireland, nosing, Open Space Agency, Paul Tomaszewski, Port Dundas, Portugal, Portugese, primer, Rademon Estate Distillery, Reserve Collection, retirement, Richard Betts, Robur Reserve, Ronnie Cox, Royal Salute, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac Rye, science, Scott Rosenbaum, scratch and sniff, Seattle, Select Reserve, senses, Sherry Cask Reserve, Shortcross Gin, single grain, Smugglers Series, Space, space glass, Spain, Suntory, terpenes, The Antiquary, The Dalmore, The Eternal Reserve, The Glenrothes, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tomatin, US1, Vintage Reserve, webcast, Wemyss Malts, West Cork, Westland, William Larue Weller, zero gravity1 comment

The Glenrothes was one of the first Scotch Whisky distilleries to label its single malts with wine-style vintages instead of age statements. While the...

Whisky News Briefs20150908141738

Whisky News Briefs

September 8, 2015 – It’s shaping up to be a big week for the whisky industry. In addition to the previously reported releases of the Buffa...

Episode 548: August 17, 201520150818023250

Episode 548: August 17, 2015

Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2015Australia, author, Bladnoch, book, Bourbon Curious, brewery, Buffalo, Burn Stewart Distillers, Cairngorms, California, Cameronbridge, Caskmates, Catoctin Creek, charity, copper, Cork, court, Dalwhinnie, Dan Murphy's, David Prior, death, Douglas Laing & Co., Dwyer's Pub Scotch Club, earthquake, family, Florida, Fred Minnick, French Oak, Girvan, Glencairn, Glenglassaugh, hearing, Hoquiam, Hunter Smith, Ian MacMillan, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jay Rogers, Justin Victor, Kansas City, Karuizawa, Lamb, London, lottery, Louisville, Manifesto, MGP, Mike Lisac, Nepal, New York, North British, North Tonawanda, Old Particular, relief, Revenoor Stills, Seattle, settlement, Shetland, Shetland Reel, Silver Trail Distillery, single grain, Speciality Drinks, Spencer Balentine, Strathclyde, Stuart Nickerson, Sullivan's Cove, Tampa Bay Whiskey Society, Tasmania, technology, Templeton Rye, Terrepure, Terry Wilhelm, The Whisky Cabinet, The Whisky Show, theft, travel retail, Unst, Virginia, Washington, Westland, whisky clubs, Winter Garden, Winter's Gold, worm tubs0 comments

The “Bourbon Boom” has led to a corresponding boom in the publishing industry, with almost as many new Bourbon books as there are Bourbons...