Diageo Juggles Distillery Managers Ahead of Port Ellen & Brora Revivals20180524111007
Diageo Juggles Distillery Managers Ahead of Port Ellen & Brora Revivals
Mark GillespieMay 24, 2018Brora, Clynelish, Colin Gordon, Diageo, Feis Ile, Georgie Crawford, Ileach, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Keith Miller, Lagavulin, Port Ellen, Port Ellen Maltings, project manager, Revival, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, single malt, Stewart Bowman, whiskey, whisky0 comments
May 24, 2018 – As thousands of whisky lovers descend on Islay for the annual Feis Ile, the Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Diageo’s La...
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...
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)20170305014032
Ardbeg’s Native Ileach Mickey Heads (Episode 631: March 5, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 5, 2017#trypod, A. Smith Bowman, Adam Harris, Alex Conyngham, Alexander Murray & Co., Allison Patel, ambassador, anniversary, archaeology, Ardbeg, Ardgowan, arrest, Atlanta, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bankruptcy, Bardstown, Barrell Bourbon, Barrell Craft Spirits, Beam Suntory, beer, Boris Johnson, bottling, Bourbon, Brenne Whisky, brewer, brewery, Brian Shemwell, Brown-Forman, Brussels, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, bus, CEO, charity, Chris Malcolm, Cincinnati, collectors, construction, cooper, coopering, counterfeit, court, D.E.W. and a Brew, Dan Rosen, David Faughn, David Frost, dendrochronology, Diageo, diplomat, Dublin Airport, Earl of Mount Charles, eBay, editor, EU, European Union, fake, fraud, fundraiser, Ger Buckley, Glenlivet, Glenturret, Golan Heights Distillery, Golani, Greenock, Hall of Fame, Highland Park, Icons of Whisky Awards, Ileach, Inverclyde Council, Inverkip, investors, Irish Whiskey, Isabel Graham-Youll, Islay, Israel, Jack Daniel's, Jamieson's Jigger, Jane Maher, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Joe Beatrice, John J. Bowman, Julian Van Winkle III, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Jura, Karen Betts, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Killian O'Mahony, Kim Bennett, Laphroaig, lawyers, Limestone Branch, London, Louisville, Lux Row, Luxco, Lynchburg, Maker's Mark, Martin Daraz, Mauritania, Mazurt Brewing Company, Meier's Winery, MGP, Michael Jamieson, Michter's, Mickey Heads, Midleton, Mike Reppucci, Minor Case Beam, Morocco, Nant, NUPBL Foundation, Ohio, Orkney, Paul Beam, podcast, police, Port Ellen, Rare Bourbon for Rare Disease, retirement, Rhode Island, road trip, Rupert Wheeler, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Mansfield, Shelbyville, Simon Brooking, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, Sons of Liberty, St. Patrick's Day, Steve Beam, still, Stuart Thomson, SWA, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tim Herlihy, trees, Tripp Stimson, Tullamore D.E.W., Vendome, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live London, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, whisky.auction, Willie Pratt, winter, World War II, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Mickey Heads grew up about three miles from Islay’s Ardbeg Distillery, but the third-generation whisky maker never thought he’d wind up as...
Scotch Whisky’s Tiger Gets Back to Work (Episode 627: February 5, 2017)20170204233418
Scotch Whisky’s Tiger Gets Back to Work (Episode 627: February 5, 2017)
Mark GillespieFebruary 4, 2017@hieronymous10, @IMSeth79, @PL_Scotch_Canada, 1815 Legacy Edition, A Glass Apart, Alan Wright, Alberta Premium, Alberta Rye Dark Batch, Alfred Barnard, Andrew Laing, Angelo Veneziano, Ardnahoe, Arthur Guinness, Bacalta, Barbara McEwan, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Barton, batch number, Bill Lumsden, Bird Dog, Bourye, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Calumet Farms, Cask & Crew, Central City Brewing, Ciaran Mulgrew, Constellation Brands, cookies, Dark Horse, Derry, Devil's cask, Diageo, Distell, Double Cask, Dublin, Elijah Craig, expansion, FedEx, Feis Ile, Fine & Rare, Fionnán O'Connor, Four Oak, Four Roses, Gary Lohin, George Roe, Girl Scouts, Glenmorangie, Guinness, Heaven Hill, High West, Hunter Laing & Co., Ileach, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Magazine, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jim McEwan, Kirin, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Ledaig, Lemonades, Lexington Bourbon, Liberties, LiDestri Spirits, Lohin McKinnon, Madeira, Malmsey, malt tax, MGP, Mull, Nancy Fraley, Niche Drinks, Pedro Ximenez, Port Askaig, Prohibition, PX, Roe & Co., Roe & Company, rumor, Sam Mead, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scott Laing, Smores, St. Brendan's, St. James's Gate, Stewart Laing, Stuart McKinnon, suitcase, The Macallan, The Quiet Man, Thin Mints, Tobermory, travel retail, Victoria Whisky Festival, Western Spirits, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
It’s hard for some people to retire. Jim McEwan says he was pacing around his home on Islay “like a tiger” after retiring from Bruic...
Episode 613: October 29, 201620161029231732
Episode 613: October 29, 2016
Mark GillespieOctober 29, 2016"The Beast", @ceppwepp, @crewcutter, @FL_ScotchLover, @tastydram, @winegalunboxed, A'Bunadh, A'Bunadh Orchard, Aberlour, acquisition, Alberta, American Whiskey, anniversary, Apothic, Apothic Inferno, Ashton Advertising, auction, banks, barrels, beards, Belgium, Blended Malt, bog, Boris Johnson, Bourbon Banter, Brent Hocking, Brexit, Brussels, Bulleit Rye, campaign, Canada, Caol Ila, charity, cocktail, Colorado, commute, Compass Box, construction, contempt, currency, David Frost, default, Denmark, Diageo, Domaine des, Dominic Villegas, Donald Trump, Drake, eBay, economic development, election, Elijah Craig, EU, European Union, Evan Williams, exchange rates, exile, Fiona Crosswell, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Foreign Secretary, Fort McMurray, Friends of Fort McMurray Firefighters, Gert, ghost, Glen Garioch, Halloween, haunted, Heaven Hill, Hill Harcourt, Hillary Clinton, hipster, Iain McArthur, Ileach, incentives, India, Indiana, interim, Iowa, Islay, Jimmy Russell, judge, Julie Hesketh-Laird, justices, Keith Kerkhoff, Lagavulin, lawsuits, lawyers, LCBO, Louisville, Make America Thirsty Again, Matt Evans, Max Shapira, MGP Ingredients, negotiations, Ontario, order, Parker Beam, peat, Port Ellen, Presidential, Remy Cointreau, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, severance, Spike Baker, stories, Supreme Court, SWA, talks, tax credit, taxes, Templeton Rye, Three Year Old Deluxe, trade, train, United Spirits, Val, veterans, Vijay Mallya, Virginia Black, whiskey, whisky, wildfire, wine, Wood Buffalo Brewing Company, write-in, yard sign0 comments
Distillery managers come and go at Lagavulin, but Iain McArthur is a fixture at the legendary Islay distillery. McArthur’s something of a legend...
Episode 612: October 23, 201620161023212057
Episode 612: October 23, 2016
Mark GillespieOctober 23, 2016@chicagobars, airport, Alan Winchester, Alberta, Alfred Barnard, An Ard Ri, appeal, Ardbeg, Arran, auction, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Beam Suntory, Benrinnes, Bill Newlands, Black Velvet, Booker Noe, Booker Noe Distillery, Booker's Rye, Boston, Brian Neely, British Columbia, Bunnahabhain, Canada, Celtic Whiskey, charity, Chris Ratliff, Christie's, classic malts, Clermont, Clootie Dumpling, Constellation Brands, contest, contract, Court of Session, Crown Royal, David Frost, Denmark, dessert, Dick Mack's Pub, Dingle, Distiller's Edition, Dublin, Dugas, Dunville's, European Court of Justice, Feis Ile, Fred Noe, Georgie Crawford, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Harrod's, High West, Hotel Grand Pacific, Hugh Jones, Hunter Laing & Co., Iain McArthur, Ileach, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Collection, Irish Whiskey Society, Islay, James Shanks, Japan, Japan/America Society, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Distillery, Jim Murray, Kentucky, Knappogue Castle, labor, Lagavulin, Ledaig, Lethbridge, Lexington, Local 111-D, Loch Lomond, Malt Mill, Master of Malt, Midleton Very Rare, minimum pricing, Nate Darling, negotiations, New York City, Nick Morgan, Northern Harvest Rye, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, overtime, Paris, Patrick's Bar, Peat Chimney, Peter Mackie, Port Charlotte Hotel, Port Ellen, prize, Redbreast, Rune Lauridsen, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Government, Simon Jones, Single Cask Nation, Smugglers Series, Special Releases, Speciality Drinks, Speyburn, Spice King, Stewart Laing, Sticky Toffee Pudding, strike, Suntory Holdings, Supreme Court, SWA, Takeshi Niinami, Teeling, The Crafts Council, The Glenlivet, The High Seas, The Hive, The Irishman, The Strath, The Whisky Exchange, Time Series, Tullamore, UFCW, Usquaebach, Victoria Whisky Festival, walkout, Walsh Whiskey Company, Wemyss Malts, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, William Larue Weller, Winchester Collection, wine0 comments
Lagavulin Distillery is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, and the Islay distillery hasn’t changed all that much over the years –...
Episode 485: June 27, 201420140627210730
Episode 485: June 27, 2014
Mark GillespieJune 27, 2014album, Anchor Distilling, anniversary, Auchentoshan, Auchroisk, author, Banff, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon, Beam Suntory, Beer Barrel Bourbon, Ben Hogan, Black Barrel, Blaum Brothers, book, Bordeaux, Bourbon Capital of the World, Bourbon Hall of Fame, Bowmore, Brianna Bailey, Bruichladdich, Byron Nelson, Campari, City Council, classic malts, Clermont, Dallas, David Urquhart, Deanston, Dewar's, Distilling Rob, Donna Nally, Dorus Mor, Duncan McGillivray, Elgin, Emerson Lamb, Excellence, explosion, family, family-owned, fire, Firestone & Robertson, Fort Worth, Galena, Glen Deveron, Glen Garden, Glen Garioch, Glenfiddich, golf course, Gordon & MacPhail, Harvest Bourbon Collection, Ian Urquhart, Ileach, Islay, Jameson, Jim Beam, Jim McEwen, Justin Victor, Kentucky Whisky Chicks, Laura Urquhart, M.W. Blaum, Matt Hofmann, Michael Urquhart, Moore, Morrison Bowmore, music, neighbors, Nelson County, New Holland, Oklahoma, Old Pulteney, petition, Prince, protest, Purple Rain, Quarter Cask, Redemption Rye, retirement, River Deveron, Rob Gard, Rosemary Urquhart, Seattle, Signature Craft, Speyside, Spirited Debate, sprinklers, Steve Nally, Suntory, Tempest, Texas, Tulsa, Twister Distillery, Virgin Oak, Washington, Westland, WFAA, Wick, zoning0 comments
Michael Urquhart is retiring from Gordon & MacPhail in September, but the leader of the family-owned business calls it a natural “changing o...
Episode 479: May 17, 201420140517163117
Episode 479: May 17, 2014
Mark GillespieMay 17, 20141948, Alex Salmond, Austin, Austria, Balcones, Barterhouse, Beam Suntory, Belgium, Bernheim, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Campari, Campari America, Chip Tate, collectors, Customs, Dan Garrison, David Frost, Diageo, Diamond Anniversary, Diamonds, Dràm an Stiùreadair, economic development, Eddie Russell, Elgin, European Commission, European Union, Evolution, exports, Feis Ile, Forty Creek, France, Gaelic, Garrison Brothers, Glen Grant, golf, Gordon & MacPhail, Grimsby, Hibiki, Hidetsugu Ueno, Hill Country, Hye, ice, ice carving, Ileach, independence, India, Indian Whisky, investing, Islay, Jimmy Russell, Joe The Bluesman, John Ellwood, John Hall, Jose Manuel Barroso, Klaus Doblmann, Las Vegas, Mark Brown, Michael Urquhart, Moray Golf Club, Morrison Bowmore, Old Blowhard, Old Taylor, Ontario, Orphan Barrel, Peristyle, Poland, Ranger Creek, Rebecca Creek, referendum, Reid Mitenbuler, Rhetoric, San Antonio, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Single Oak Project, Spain, Steve Beshear, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory, SWA, tax incentives, Texas, The Netherlands, trade, Twitter, Washington, Wealth Solutions, Westering Home, Wild Turkey, Yellow Rose0 comments
The old saying goes “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Dan Garrison’s life was full of lemons back in 2003, and he decided...
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...
About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)