Tag: Jeff Berlat

Blackened Whiskey Begins the Next Chapter (Episode 771: June 9, 2019)20190610034515

Blackened Whiskey Begins the Next Chapter (Episode 771: June 9, 2019)

Mark GillespieJune 10, 2019"Shiny Barrel Batch", @fr1day, Adroit Theory Brewing, allergic reaction, allergy, Andy Watts, Arkansas, Australia. Starward, Balcones, Barley, bartender, Basil Hayden's, Beam Suntory, birch, Blackened American Whiskey, Blood Oath, Booker Noe, Booker's, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, brewery, buyout, Cadenhead's, Canada, Canadian, Caribbean Reserve Rye, Catoctin Creek Distillery, charity, China, Chris Riesbeck, Colin Matthews, comment, Commonwealth Cooperage, Compass Box, competition, Crown Royal, cruise ship, Cunard, Dave Pickerell, David Vitale, Denver, Dia de los Muertos, Distell, Distilled Spirits Council, distilling, doctor, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Eimverk Distillery, EU, European Union, Exponent, Five Lamps, Flóki, George Dickel, Glass Revolution Imports, Glen Scotia, gluten, grain, High Plains Texas Single Malt, Hill House Capital, Honours List, Iceland, incentives, Inchmurrin, independent bottler, Independent Stave, Ireland, Irish, Jeff Berlat, Jim Beveridge, jobs, Johnnie Walker, KEDFA, Kentucky, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Lisa Hawkins, Little Rock, Loch Lomond Distillers, Loch Lomond Distillery, London, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, Mark @ WTF, Mark Watt, McLennan County, medical, Melbourne, Metallica, metric, Mexico, migration, Morehead, music, Noble Collection, O'Hara's Beer, OBE, Office of Management & Budget, Order of the British Empire, Pact No. 5, Peter Bowyer, private equity, Purcellville, Queen Elizabeth, Quintessential Brands, Raj Sabharwal, Rascals Brewing, regulatory, Reykjavik, rigger, roadie, Rob Dietrich, Robert Mark, Rock Town Distillery, Rosey Mitchell, rulemaking, rum, Russian Imperial Stout, Rye, Scotch, Scotland, Seafarer, Seattle, sheep dung, South Africa, stagehand, standards of fill, Stranahan's, Tamdhu, tariffs, tax, Tax & Trade Bureau, Templeton Rye, Tennessee, Texas, The Benevolent Society, The Circle, The Dubliner, The Scarf Community, Thomas Hogue, Three Sheets, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, unified agenda, Vermont, Virginia, Waco, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, whisky.auction, WhistlePig Farm0 comments

Rock bands often sound differently after they replace a member, and the members of Metallica considered Master Distiller Dave Pickerell to be part of ...

Episode 506: November 15, 201420141116003452

Episode 506: November 15, 2014

Mark GillespieNovember 16, 20141870 Original Batch, 1984, 354, airport, Amsterdam, anCnoc, Angus MacWhisky, anniversary, apology, arrests, author, Balblair, Balcones, Balmenach, Barack Obama, Black Bottle, blender, blending, bonded warehouse, Bourbon Summit, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, burglary, Burn Stewart, bylaws, Catto's, Chip Tate, Christopher Winters, Corryvreckan, court, Dave Greene, directors, Distiller's Art, Dornoch, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Douglas Laing & Co., Early Times, Early Times Kentucky Whiskey, East Kilbride, election, Eric Blair, Evgeny Vershinin, expansion, Exquisite, Facebook, George Orwell, Glasgow, Glasgow's Whisky Festival, Glenmorangie, Graham Brown, Greg Allen, Hankey Bannister, Inside Job, interview, Inver House, investors, Jeff Berlat, judge, Jura, Justin Victor, Knockdhu, Laphroaig, lawsuit, literary, Marine Conservation Society, Matt Wooler, Mitch McConnell, mystery, Nordicbarrel, novel, offend, Oklahoma City, Old Forester, Old Malt Cask, Old Pulteney, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pat Melton, Phil Thompson, poem, poet, police, President, Republican, restraining order, River Spey, Robert Burns, ruling, Schiphol, Scottish Leader, Senate, senator, Sheriff, Simon Thompson, Spey Foundation, Speyburn, Stuart Harvey, suspects, theft, Thompson Brothers, Timorous Beastie, travel retail, warehouse, whirlpool. tuberculosis, Whiskey Row, Whisky Sponge, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies0 comments

Stuart Harvey has been the master blender for Inver House for nearly 11 years, and he’s living proof that you don’t have to be born into t...

Episode 483: June 13, 201420140613222449

Episode 483: June 13, 2014

Mark GillespieJune 13, 201424 Hours of Whisky, Aberdeenshire, Alix Dunn, ambassador, Anchorman, Andy Flatt, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Day, auto racing, Balblair, bar, BBC News, beer keg, Bunnahabhain, Burns, Caol Ila, Cardiff, China, cigar, co-driver, Crown Royal, Dallas, Dalwhinnie, David Blackmore, Diageo, Dickel, Downing Street Pub, Elements of Islay, explosion, films, fire, forklift, Fred Minnick, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Grandeur, Great Odin's Raven, Hollywood, hospital, Houston, Ian Macleod Distillers, J.R. Ewing, Japan, Jeff Berlat, Jeff Thurmon, Jon Birkbeck, Keith Bell, Kilchoman, Laphroaig, lawsuit, Le Mans, Louisville, Maker's Mark, makeshift, Moore, movies, New Jersey, Norway, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, pallet, Passion Vines, photo, police, regulators, Ron Burgundy, Shelby County, Somers Point, Southfork, Speciality Drinks, stills, Stitzel-Weller, Strong Spirits, Sukhinder Singh, Taipei, Taiwan, Tennessee, Tennessee Alcohol Beverage Commission, The Fat Trout, The Whisky Exchange, theft, tornado, Travel, Twister, visitors center, vodka, Wales, Whisky Advocate0 comments

David Blackmore spends most of his year on the road as the brand ambassador for Glenmorangie and Ardbeg, and was in Taipei for Ardbeg Day 2014 in what...

Episode 452: November 16, 201320131117174539

Episode 452: November 16, 2013

Mark GillespieNovember 17, 2013anniversary, Antarctica, author, Balblair, Bardstown, blending, book, Bourbon Heritage Center, Bourbon Row, Buffalo Trace, Chase, Commonwealth, Compass Box, Dark Storm, Diageo, Diamond Jubilee, Double Black, Drummuir Castle, editor, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, expedition, GlenDronach, Glenfiddich, Glengoyne, Heaven Hill, Ingvar Ronde, Jeff Berlat, Jim Beveridge, Jim Ely, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Louisville, Malt Whisky Yearbook, Matthew Crow, military, Mission Main Street, Peat Monster, PhilCon, Port Ruighe, Queen Elizabeth, Rob Wallace, science fiction, Shapira, Single Oak Project, soldiers, South Pole, Spirit of a Nation, Talisker, Talisker Storm, tourism, Virgin Oak, visitors, Walking With The Wounded, Whiskey Row0 comments

Dr. Matthew Crow of Diageo is one of Scotch Whisky’s up-and-coming blenders. Working under Dr. Jim Beveridge, he helped create Johnnie Walker Do...

Episode 412: February 16, 201320130216164358

Episode 412: February 16, 2013

Mark GillespieFebruary 16, 20131983, A. Smith Bowman, ABV, airport, Ambassadors, Balvenie, Barry Crockett, Beam, Benjamin Herrera, Benromach, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Bob Howell, Bourbon, Brora, Buffalo Trace, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Charlotte Observer, Clermont, Cooley, Cutty Sark, Dave Pickerell, DCL, death, Distillers Company Limited, Don McGrew, Dublin, economy, Fred Noe, glasses, Glenlivet, innovation, Ireland, Irisch Lifestyle, Jack Teeling, James Fox, Jameson, Jeff Berlat, Jim Beam, Kentucky, Knockdhu, La Maison du Whisky, Loretto, Louis Reps, Magnus Hillman, Maker's Mark, Mary Kay Bolles, Midleton, Pernod Ricard, Port Ellen, Prohibition Edition, Rob Samuels, sales, Sazerac, Scott Hartig, Scott Rogers, Signature Craft, single cask, smartphone, St. Magdalene, The Whisky Exchange, Truman Cox, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Virginia2 comments

You have an iconic brand, but not enough supply to meet growing global demand…so you make one change in the product to increase supply, and all ...

Episode 273: August 8, 201020100808021500

Episode 273: August 8, 2010

“Hammer Head” sounds like the name for a Caribbean rum, not a whisky. In this case, it’s not a shark reference, but the name of a lo...

Episode 243: March 14, 201020100313220900

Episode 243: March 14, 2010

Mark GillespieMarch 13, 2010author, Bob Wenting, book, Bourbon, Dominic, editor, Four Roses, Gavin Smith, Glenfarclas, Gordon & MacPhail, Ireland, Irish, Jameson, Jeff Berlat, Kentucky, Macallan, Maltstock, Mark Dermul, Michael Jackson, Michael Urquhart, Milwaukee, Mortlach 70, Ryan Marshman, Rye, St. Patrick's Day, The Whisky Exchange, Wild Geese, William Meyers, Wisconsin0 comments

Michael Jackson passed away in 2007, leaving behind a legacy of excellence in whisky writing that includes his classic “Michael Jackson’s ...

Episode 189: February 28, 200920090227231000

Episode 189: February 28, 2009

Mark GillespieFebruary 27, 2009auction, awards, Balvenie, Bourbon, collecting, Compass Box, competition, Heidi Donelon, Icons, Ireland, Ireland Whiskey Trail, Jameson, Jeff Berlat, John Glaser, Kentucky, Laphroaig, McTears, regulations, Rob Allanson, Scotland, Spice Tree, taxes, tourism, Travel, Whisky Magazine0 comments

This is Whisky Live London weekend, and one of the highlights is the annual Icons of Whisky Awards. Whisky Magazine editor Rob Allanson gives us the o...