Go West, Whisky Investor…Westward, That Is (Episode 724: September 13, 2018)20180913170410
Go West, Whisky Investor…Westward, That Is (Episode 724: September 13, 2018)
Mark GillespieSeptember 13, 2018@livepaint, @turnipwhiskery, A9, Alltech, American Single Malt, apprentice, auction, Australia, Bardstown, Beam Suntory, Blended Malt, Booker's, Bowmore, Brent Elliott, Brexit, Bruce Russell, Bruichladdich, budget, Buffalo Trace, Campbeltown, Caol Ila, Chancellor, chief, Christie's, Cladach, classic malts, Clynelish, coastal, contract, Coxs Creek, David Stewart, DCS Compendium, Denmark, Diageo, Distill Ventures, duties, Eddie Russell, emerging brand, EU, European Council, European Union, Fistful of Bourbon, Four Roses, Frazier History Museum, Freddie Johnson, government, Hall of Fame, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Highland Park 18, Highlands, House Spirits, Hurricane Florence, Inchgower, Inverness, investor, Islay, Jeff Royalty, Jill Hawkins, Jimmy Russell, Joe Seelye, Joretta Russell, KDA, Kelsey McKechnie, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Chew, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kirin, labor, Lagavulin, Lawrenceburg, Limestone Branch, Local 10D, Local 23D, Local 320, Louisville, Lowlands, Mark Williams, Maryland, Matt Shattuck, Maureen Robinson, Max Shapira, Michael Berris, minority stake, Morgan, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, negotiations, Oban, online, Oregon, Parliament, Pearse Lyons, Philip Hammond, picket, picket line, police, Portland, protest, Redwood Brands, regions, Remy Cointreau, sales tax, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, single malt, Special Releases, Speyside, Starward, Stauning, strike, Supreme Court, survey, SWA, Talisker, taxes, The Balvenie, Tom Mooney, Town Branch Distillery, Travel Edition, travel retail, UFCW, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, VAT, venture capital, Viking Pride, Vintner's Trilogy, Westward, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay, Yellow Submarine, Yellowstone Bourbon0 comments
Portland’s Westward American Single Malt from House Spirits is the latest prize in the spree of acquisitions and investments by major spirits br...
Silent Scotch Whisky Stills Coming Back to Life (Episode 663: October 15, 2017)20171016214743
Silent Scotch Whisky Stills Coming Back to Life (Episode 663: October 15, 2017)
Mark GillespieOctober 16, 2017@AmateurDrammer, @bigjoebob, @canlgetaP, @RamboDoc, Adam Spiegel, Alastair Higgins, archives, author, Baltimore, Bernheim, book, Booker's Rye, Bourbon, Brora, budget, Buffalo Trace, California, Calistoga, Campbeltown, Canada, Cardinal, cellar, Chancellor, Chateau Montelena, Clynelish, Col. E.H. Taylor, Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye, Dallas Dhu, damage, Dave Broom, DCL, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, Distillers Company Limited, distillery, Don Livermore, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, duties, expansion, Falkirk, fermenters, Forth & Clyde Canal, Gatlinburg, Gauldrons, Glen Grant, Glenfyne, Glenlochy, Gordon Doctor, Great Britain, Green Spot, Heaven Hill, Highland, Hiram Walker Distillery, historian, history, Honours, Ian Macleod Distillers, Inverness, Irish Distillers, Islay, Ivan Stoler, J.P. Wiser's, Japan, Japanese, Jim Murray, Joe Galbraith, John Ross, John's Lane, Kentucky, Kevin O'Gorman, Kobus Van Zyk, Lagavulin, Leonard Russell, Limestone Branch, Lossit, lost distilleries, Lost Distillery Company, Louisville, Lowland, Luke Gough, Marc Zeiler, Michael Moss, Michter's, Milburn, Napa, Nick Morgan, OBE, Octomore, Ontario, Pam Heilmann, Philip Hammond, Port Charlotte, Port Ellen, Powers, Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth, Remarkable Regional Malts, research, Revival, Roaming Man, Rome, Rosebank, Sagamore Spirit, Santa Rosa, Scotch, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Watson, Scottish Canals, Scottish Malt Distillers, Son of a Witch, Sonoma, Sonoma County Distilling Company, still, Stitzel-Weller, Sugarlands, SWA, tariffs, taxes, Tennessee, The Way of Whisky, Towiemore, UK, University of Glasgow, Vatican, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, wildfire, Windsor, Wiser's, Yellowstone0 comments
Christmas came a couple of months early for some Scotch Whisky lovers with word that the iconic Port Ellen, Brora, and Rosebank distilleries will be r...
A Cask-Strength Celestial Spectacle (Episode 656: August 27, 2017)20170827202105
A Cask-Strength Celestial Spectacle (Episode 656: August 27, 2017)
Mark GillespieAugust 27, 2017@FormerCruzGuy, @shanna_farrell, @skusrecenteats, Allness, American Craft Spirits Association, American Single Malt Whiskey Commission, An Oa, Andy Nelson, Ardbeg, Aria Gillespie, Aria Gillespie-Smith, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Bart Watson, beer, BevCon, Bothwell, Bourbon, boxing, Brewers Association, Brown-Forman, California, camping, Charleston, Christian Krogstad, Colorado, Colton Smith, Conor McGregor, Corryvreckan, craft brewing, Cromarty Firth, Diageo, Diane Farrell, director, disaster, Dixon Dedman, Donald Colville, Dublin, economic, Few Spirits, fight, film, flooding, Floyd Mayweather, fraud, Fred Minnick, GlenDronach, High Wire Distilling, Highlands, House Spirits, Hugh Munro, Hunter Smith, Hurricane, Hurricane Harvey, Inverness, investigation, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Justin Victor, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Owl, Kingsman, Lance Winters, Las Vegas, Liberties, Margaret Batt, Matthew Vaughn, MB Roland, Merry Beth Tomaszewski, MMA, Monty, movie, Mull of Oa, Nant, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Notorious, Oklahoma, Old Forester, Oregon, Paul Hletko, Paul Tomaszewski, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Pembroke, Portland, Rachel Barrie, receivership, relief, Reserve 101, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scott Blackwell, Shanna Farrell, shorts, solar eclipse, South Carolina, St. George, St. George Spirits, St. James Church, standard of identity, Statesman, Steve Ury, Stoli Group, Suzanne Redmond, Tasmania Police, Tax & Trade Bureau, Teaninich, Texas, Treasury Department, TTB, Tulsa, Uigedahl, Uigedail, weather, Westward, whiskey, whisky, Woody Creek Distillers, Woody Creek Rye, writer1 comment
Around 6,000 people combined last Monday’s total solar eclipse with whiskey – watching the celestial spectacle from the fields around MB R...
Episode 606: September 11, 201620160911121834
Episode 606: September 11, 2016
Mark GillespieSeptember 11, 2016@Justin83793724, actor, anCnoc, Angel's Envy, Angel's Share Glass, anniversary, auction, Aurora, Bardstown, Beanie Espey, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Big Peat, Birthday Bourbon, Bob Kunce-Concewitz, Brexit, Bruce Russell, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Campbeltown, Cannes, Chapel Gate, Christmas Edition, collection, Craoi na Móna, Cù Bòcan, currency, David Perkins, Donald Pennington, Doug Haslam, Douglas Laing & Co., dunnage, Eagle Rare 17, Eddie Russell, European Union, exchange rates, Forty Creek, George T. Stagg, Glen Scotia, Grand Marnier, Gruppo Campari, Health Services Executive, High West, Ikea, Inverness, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, James Espey, Jewish Whisky Company, Jill Hawkins, Jimmy Russell, Joseph A. Magnus & Co., Joseph Magnus, Joshua Hatton, Justin Victor, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Laphroaig, Last Drop Distillers, Lincoln Henderson, Loch Lomond, Louise McGuane, Louisville, Luxco, Martyn Simpson, Massachusetts, Master's Keep, Master's Keep Decades, Matthew McConaughey, MGP, Milroy's of Soho, movies, Newton, Old Forester, Paddy, Park City, Peaty Collection, Pernod Ricard, Peter Wendel, podcast, Rebecca Jago, Rebel Yell, Red Tape Follies, regulators, Richard Paterson, Rob Beaton, rock star, Russell's Reserve, sale, Sazerac, Sazerac 18, server, Single Cask Nation, Southern Comfort, speculation, Spencer Jacobsen, Stack, statistics, Stitcher, television, TFWA, The Nose, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Jago, Tomatin, traditional, travel retail, Tuaca, UBS, Utah, Wanship, Wes Henderson, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Jewbilee, Whisky Live Paris, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, William Larue Weller, Wolfburn0 comments
Eddie Russell has been working in the shadow of his father, Wild Turkey’s legendary master distiller Jimmy Russell, for the last 35 years. Now, ...
No Holiday At Tomatin As New Cù Bòcan Malt is Released20160530145842
No Holiday At Tomatin As New Cù Bòcan Malt is Released
Mark GillespieMay 30, 20161988, Cù Bòcan, Graham Eunson, Inverness, Islay, myth, peated, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Takara Shuzo, Tomatin, vintage0 comments
May 30, 2016 – It may be a bank holiday in the UK, but Tomatin is giving fans of its Cù Bòcan peated single malt an extra reason to celebrate to...
Tomatin Introduces New 36-Year-Old Single Malt20150629125057
Tomatin Introduces New 36-Year-Old Single Malt
June 29, 2015 – Tomatin is releasing a new 36-year-old single malt from the distillery near Inverness, with just 800 bottles in the initial batc...
Episode 504: November 1, 201420141102005934
Episode 504: November 1, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 2, 2014additive, age matters, age statement, anCnoc, antifreeze, author, Award, Balblair, Beam Suntory, biomass, boiler, book, bootleg, Bruichladdich, bullshit, Bushmills, Casa Cuervo, cask filling, Chivas Brothers, Compass Box, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, Diageo, Dingle, DiSaranno, Don Julio, Douglas Laing & Co., Emperador, environment, ethylene glycol, Evgeny Vershinin, exciseman, Extra Old Particular, film, film festival, Finland, Fireball, fish, Fishky, flavoring, Food & Drug Administration, Fortuna Merita, Founder's Reserve, gauger, greasy, green, Haig Club, herring, history, illegal, interview, Inver House, Inverness, Ireland, Jim Murray, John Glaser, John MacDonald, John Moriarty, joke, Jose Cuervo, Kentucky Dram, Kerry, Knockdhu, Liqueur, Malcolm Waring, Michael Deresynski, Mike Dziennik, moonshine, movie, nasty, negotiations, Norway, oil, Old Pulteney, Oliver Hughes, Peat Reak, Petr Hosek, printer ink, propylene glycol, recall, regulators, Reserve Bank of India, Sazerac, Sazerac Rye 18, single grain, smart ass, swap, Sweden, The Balvenie, The Dalmore, The Glenlivet, toxic, trade, travel retail, trees, Tun 1401, Tun 1509, Twitter, Twitter tasting, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Wall Street Journal, Whiskey Live Dublin, Whisky Bible, Whyte & Mackay, Wick, William Larue Weller, worst, XOP, Yamazaki, Zsoka McDonald0 comments
The battle between Scotland’s illicit distillers and the excisemen known as “gaugers” is the stuff of which legends, books, and now,...
Episode 129: January 27, 200820080127002900
Episode 129: January 27, 2008
Mark GillespieJanuary 27, 2008700ml, 750ml, An Cnoc, auction, awards, BBC, book, Bowmore, Castle Tavern, collecting, crime, Dave Broom, David Williamson, DISCUS, exports, Glen Moore, headless, history, Icons, India, Inverness, Japanese, Kevin Erskine, Knockando, Knockdhu, labeling, Malt Maniacs, mannequin, Martin Green, McTears, Morrison Bowmore, Mutter, Nelson Pidgeon, podcast, regulation, Russia, Scotch Blog, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotchcast, Scotland, SMWS, Striding Man, SWA, theft, trade, Ulf Buxrud, Vijay Mallya, Whisky Magazine, William Meyers0 comments
There are always at least two sides to a story, and in the case of the “Mutter Bowmore” controversy, there are many more. This time around...