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. ...
Dingle Whiskey: Oliver’s Dream Realized (Episode 768: May 19, 2019)20190520001839
Dingle Whiskey: Oliver’s Dream Realized (Episode 768: May 19, 2019)
Mark GillespieMay 20, 2019"Shiny Barrel Batch", @Drew7182, @friedcell, @mhanch, @thecocktailmaven, @TheTracerBullet, Aberdeen, aluminum, Andalucia, anniversary, bar, Bardstown, Bear Republic Brewing, beer, Billy Leighton, Booker Noe, Booker's, Bourbon & Beyond, British Airways, Cairdeas, Canada, Captain's Reserve, CASC, Cascade Hollow, Castle & Key, Centennial, Charbay, charity, China, Chris Morris, consulting, cooperage, Copper Alley, Cormac O'Connor, David McCabe, Diageo, Dingle, Dingle Distillery, Dingle Whiskey, distillery, distilling, Dream Cask, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, El Puerto de Santa Maria, Elliott Hughes, EU, European Union, exports, Feis Ile, Fernand Schaack, Founding Fathers, Game of Thrones, geographical indicator, George Dickel, Great American Craft Spirits, Hotaling & Co., House Baratheon, Ian Logan, imports, InchDairnie, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Isaac Páez Gutiérrez, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack Daniel's, Jerez de la Frontera, Jill Hawkins, Karakasevic, Ken Goldenberg, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Laphroaig, Legacy Edition, Liam LaHart, Lisanna Byrd, Louisville, Marianne Barnes, Marianne Eaves, Marko Mrdjenovic, Mexico, Michael Mangeot, Nicole Austin, Noah Rothbaum, Northern California, Old Taylor Distillery, Oliver Hughes, Orange County, Peter Mosley, Porterhouse Brewery, Porterhouse Group, Racer 5 IPA, Rancho Santa Margarita, Redbreast, Redbreast Dream Cask, resignation, Royal Lochnagar, Sanlucar de Barrameda, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, sherry, Sherry Triangle, Spain, Stand for Kindness, steel, tariffs, Tennessee, The Birdhouse, The Camp Fire, The Daily Beast, The Glenlivet, toneleria, Toneleria Antonio Paez, trade, Triple Cask, Trump Administration, turkey, Ukiah, WDRB, Wes Murry, Westland Distillery, whiskey, Whiskey Live Dublin, whisky, Whisky Club Luxembourg, wildfire, Will Arvin, wine, Woodford Reserve Batch Proof, World Whisky Day0 comments
Oliver Hughes and his partners in Ireland’s Porterhouse Group opened Dingle Distillery in late 2012, just as the Irish craft distilling boom was...
Writing a New Chapter in Whisky History (Episode 762: April 7, 2019)20190407193059
Writing a New Chapter in Whisky History (Episode 762: April 7, 2019)
Mark GillespieApril 7, 2019Adam Hannett. world record, affinity, Albert Baladi, American Whiskey Convention, April Fool's, aqua vitae, Ardnahoe, Balcones, Barley, Barrel 21, Beam Suntory, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blood Oath, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Calvados, Canada, chairman, charity, collaboration, Compass Box, Cornwall, Cragganmore, Dad's Hat, Dan Jago, Dave Pickerell, Diageo, Domaine Christian Drouin, Douglas Taylor, Dr. Jim Swan, Drew McKenzie-Smith, English Whisky Company, environment, Exchequer Roll, executive, expansion, Feis Ile, Friar John Cor, Game of Thrones, Gary Haggart, gas, George Washington's Distillery, George Washington's Rye, Gothenburg, Heidi Grau, Herman Mihalich, House Greyjoy, Hunter Laing & Co., Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Japan, Jeffrey Lichtman, John Glaser, John Rempe, Kat Aagesen, Knappogue Castle, Komagatake, Le Papillon, Liberty Pole Spirits, Lindores Abbey, Lindores Abbey Distillery, Lisa Roper Wicker, Lizzie Rudd, London, Luxco, maltings, mansplaining, Marco de Bartoli, Mars Shinsu, Marsala, Marsmalt, Matt Shattock, Michael Moore, Mike Smith, Mount Vernon, oil, Old Fitzgerald, Ontario, Pact No. 5, Penn Museum, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Piggyback, renewable energy, Rob Schwartz, Rob Wiacek, Rye, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scott Laing, sexism, State College, Steve Bashore, Sweden, Talisker, The Whisky Show, tidal energy, University of Pennsylvania, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey Rebellion Festival, whisky, Whistlepig, Wonderful World of Whisky Show, Woodcock, Yakushima0 comments
Lindores Abbey has a unique place in whisky history, thanks to Friar John Cor and the aqua vitae he distilled for the King in 1494. Gary Haggart has a...
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...
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)20190106165051
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 6, 2019Aberfeldy, Abhainn Dearg, acquisition, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Andy Watts, application, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Argyll & Bute Council, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, Bain's, Beam Suntory, Bicentenary, Big Five Duty Free, Black Prince, Booker Noe Distillery, Bourbon, Brent Stewart, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Calgary, Cambus, Canada, Canadian Club, Chicago, Christopher Winters, competition, construction, Daniel Marlowe, Dave Pickerell, DC, Diageo, District of Columbia, Donegal, Douglas Laing & Co., East Lothian Council, Edinburgh, Elixir Distillers, Feis Ile, first dram, Freddie Johnson, Freddie Noe, Fritz Farm, Gaja Capital, Georgie Crawford, Glen Elgin, Glen Grant, Glenkinchie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, hockey, Imperial. @lawschooldrunk, India, Indiana, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Lewis, James Sedgewick Distillery, Jim Beam Distillery, Johannesburg, John Distilleries, John Newfry, Johnnie Walker, Kent Crittenden, Kentucky, Kentucky for Kentucky, Kilchoman, Laddie Classic, Lagavulin, Last Dram, Lexington, liquor agency, Little Book, lottery, Macduff, Madeira, Maker's Mark, Maryland, moonshine, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New Year's, NHL, nosing, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Ohio, palate, Palmetto Distillery, Pappy Van Winkle, Paul John, planning approval, planning permission, Port Ellen, R.J. Hodges, Raj Singh, Ryan Campbell, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky. expansion, Scotland, shares, single grain, South Africa, South Carolina, Special Releases, Speciality Drinks, stake, Stanley Cup, Star Industries, Sukhinder Singh, tasting, The Balvenie, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Deveron, The Whisky Exchange, Three Chord Bourbon, Tim Knittel, Timorous Beastie, Tish Harcus, travel retail, Virginia, visitors centers, Washington, Washington Capitals, whiskey, Whiskey Bear, whisky, world champions, Zionsville0 comments
There are plenty of competitions to find the best whiskies, but what about competitions to find the best whisky tasters? Those are few and far between...
The First American Single Malt Whiskey? (Episode 705: June 10, 2018)20180610213833
The First American Single Malt Whiskey? (Episode 705: June 10, 2018)
Mark GillespieJune 10, 2018@lwars85, @stonekettle, aluminum, anniversary, Anthony Bourdain, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Beam Suntory, bonding, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Cairdeas, California, Canada, Charbay, charity, chef, Chicago, Clear Creek Distillery, Commerce Secretary, Compass Box, contract, Cooley, culture, Dave Karraker, Delilah's, deliveries, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Donald Trump, Douglas Taylor, Dublin, economy, Edrington, European Union, export, farmers, Feis Ile, food, Franklin County, G7 Summit, glass, Great Northern Distillery, Grooves, Hood River Distillers, import, Ira Seligman, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Islay Swim, Jeanine Racht, Jewish Whisky Company, John Glaser, John Teeling, Jörg Rupf, judge, Karakasevic, Kim Jong Un, Lance Winters, Laphroaig, Larry Neuringer, lifeboats, Market Street Spirits, McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt, Mexico, Midleton, Mike Miller, Multnomah Whiskey Library, negotiations, North Korea, obituary, Oregon, PappyGate, picket lines, Port Charlotte, Portland, Quebec, Rare Craft, RNLI, search and rescue, shipping, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Single Cask Nation, single malt, St. George's Spirits, steel, Steve McCarthy, strike, suicide, summit, tariffs, Teamsters, Temple Bar, The Balvenie, The Macallan, The Whisky Fairy, Thomas Wingate, Tom Clancy, trade, Trump Administration, Tullamore Dew, UPS, US, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Jewbilee, Wilbur Ross, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons0 comments
Historians aren’t sure who distilled the first Scotch-style single malt whiskey in the United States, but Oregon’s Clear Creek Distillery ...
A Whisky Trade War on the Horizon? (Episode 703: June 3, 2018)20180603182226
A Whisky Trade War on the Horizon? (Episode 703: June 3, 2018)
Mark GillespieJune 3, 2018airport, Alberta, aluminum, Andrew Ferguson, Anthony J. Bakker, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Arran, Australia, Ben Nevis, Bobby Parnell, border, Bourbon, Brexit, Brussels, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Cask 88, Chris Morris, Commonwealth, court, Craftwork Spirits, crime, Cumbria, Customs, decanter, Distilled Spirits Council, Donald Trump, Drykkrsvell, economist, economy, EU, European Union, excise tax, export, Faith, Feis Ile, Franklin County, Genesis, Geordie Moski, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, gleaming sword of drink, Golden Eagle, grand jury, Greg Butler, Grooves, hammer, Hope, import, importer, indictment, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, judge, Justin Trudeau, KDA, Kensington Wine Market, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Love, luck, Mark Sean Searcy, Marvel, Melbourne, Mexico, Midleton, Millstone, Mjolnir, Mjølner, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Ontario, PappyGate, Paul Hansen, Prime Minister, proof gallons, prosecutor, public health, Quatrefoil Collection, Scotch, Scottish Folklore Series, sentencing, Sinn Fein, steel, Straight Malt, sword, tariff, tax, The Lakes Distillery, theft, Thor, Tim Matthews, trade, Trump Administration, valinch, Van Winkle, whiskey, whiskey thief, whisky, Wild Turkey, William Lavelle, Woodford Reserve, Zach Becker, Zuidam0 comments
Canada and the European Union are planning retaliatory tariffs on imports of Bourbon and other American whiskies after this week’s move by the T...
Port Charlotte and Islay’s “Middle Child Syndrome” (Episode 701: May 27, 2018)20180526213217
Port Charlotte and Islay’s “Middle Child Syndrome” (Episode 701: May 27, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 26, 2018@mikeyjoedrum, @R_Moore, @whiskygirl6, air pressure, airlines, airport, aluminum, April Fool's, attorney general, Austria, baggage, Bill Haslam, Billy Leighton, bottle, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Cascade Blonde, Cascade Hollow, Cecelia Malmstrom, chili pepper sauce, construction, Crown Royal, Diageo, Douglas Taylor, European Union, Ewan Gunn, exports, Feis Ile, George Dickel, Georgie Crawford, Glen Scotia, Glenegedale Airport, governor, Ilay Barley, imports, Inferno, Interstate 24, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Ken Grier, Klaus Doblmann, Lagavulin, legislation, legislature, LiDestri, Loch Indaal, maltings, Matt Hofmann, McIlhenny, mesquite, Method And Madness, Midleton, Moore County, Murfreesboro, Octomore, Ontario, Ottawa, packing, planes, Port Charlotte, Port Ellen, property tax, quota, Remy Cointreau, Rhonda Moore, road, Sazerac, Scotland, Seattle, security, Simon Coughlin, steel, suitcase, Tabasco, Tennessee, Texas, The Macallan, trade, Travel, trip, Trump Administration, Westland, whiskey, whisky, zoning0 comments
Bruichladdich’s Port Charlotte single malt lies in between the distillery’s namesake unpeated whiskies and its Octomore heavily peated mal...
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...
Challenging Whisky’s Norms at Eden Mill (Episode 694: May 3, 2018)20180503011500
Challenging Whisky’s Norms at Eden Mill (Episode 694: May 3, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 3, 2018@luvthemstillers, #winwinsituation, American Whiskey, Angel's Envy, auctions, Balblair, bar, Big Peat, Black Barrel, boat tour, Bob Dylan, Bodega Series, Boulevardier, Bourbon, Bowmore, Brandy Library, brewery, Buffalo Trace, Canoe Kentucky, Char No. 4, Chattanooga Whiskey Company, chocolate malt, Churchill Downs, cocktail, crystal malt, Curtis Grant, Dalbeallie, Deborah Stewart, Diageo, Distilled Spirits Council, Douglas Laing & Co., Dufftown, Eden Mill, Feis Ile, Fife, Glen Ord, Glendullan, Glenfarclas, golf, Gordon Dundas, H. Hemphill, Haig, Heaven Hill, Heaven's Door, HMS Pappyfore, horse racing, Hot Toddy, Ian Macleod Distillers, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jameson, Jason Horn, John Grant, Just Whisky, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky River, Kingsbarns, Kraig Naasz, Lynn House, Marc Bushala, minimum unit pricing, mint julep, music, Nashville, New York City, Nobel, Old Course, Old Pulteney, Paul Miller, Pete Coors, Peter Cressey, recipe, Rhonda Moore, River Eden, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Ferguson, Scott Ritenbaugh, Scottish Government, Seggie, small batch, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirits Investment Partnership, St. Andrew's, SWA, Talisker, Tamdhu, Tennessee, The Dandy, The Flatiron Room, The Singleton of Dufftown, The Whisky Exchange, Thoroughbred, University of St. Andrews, Vintner's Series, Ward III, whiskey, Whiskey McWhiskeyFace, whisky, Zac DeLong0 comments
The area around St. Andrews was home to Scotch Whisky’s Haig family and their Seggie Distillery, but after it closed in 1850, the whisky industr...