There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)20170924192730
There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)
Mark GillespieSeptember 24, 2017@SpeakingEasyPod, @squirrel8870, Alex Grelli, Amie Boswell, Antique Collection, Ashley Penny, attorney, Australia, Barbara Helt, Bardstown, barrels, Benromach, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, Brad Boswell, Brian Kinsman, Brianna Gillespie, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cancer, Château Cissac, Christopher Winters, climate change, Commonwealth, cooperage, coopers, Corby, crime, Daniel Alan Durham, Dave Schmier, David Fenkell, doctor, Domino's, Don Livermore, Dublin, Eagle Rare, Fat Tire, forestry, France, Frankfort, Franklin County, George T. Stagg, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenora Distillers, Gooderham & Worts, Harry Shapira, Haut-Médoc, Heaven Hill, heist, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Ice Wine, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, investigation, Ireland, Israel, J.P. Wiser's, Jane Overeem, Jewish, Joe Boswell, Johannesburg, John Burlowski, judge, Julie Curtsinger, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Barrels, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, lawyer, Lebanon, Lexington Herald-Leader, Little Trinity, loggers, logging, Lot #40, Macallan, Marc Pendlebury, Mark Sean Searcy, Max Shapira, Meredith Grelli, Milk & Honey, Missouri, Mistress Miasma, Monongahela, New Jersey, Northern Border Collection, Nova Scotia, oak, Old Billingsgate, Old Rip Van Winkle, oncologist, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Peat Week, Phenostrus, Pike Creek, Pinch, pizza, police, prosecutors, River Edge, Rosh Hashanah, Rye, Sazerac 18 Rye, Seattle, Sheriff, South Africa, Speaking Easy, Sphincter, Spinther, stave mill, stolen, T.W. Boswell, Tel Aviv, The Whisky Show, theft, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Held, Total Wine & More, Tullibardine, Twitter, US Forest Service, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Brother, Whitney Lawson, Wigle, Wild Turkey, William Larue Weller, Winter Storm, wood, Zach Becker, Zionsville0 comments
It’s often said that wood is responsible for most of a whisky’s flavor, and if that’s the case, then the people who make the barrels...
Ringleader Pleads Guilty in “Pappygate” Bourbon Thefts20170921161329
Ringleader Pleads Guilty in “Pappygate” Bourbon Thefts
Mark GillespieSeptember 21, 2017Alford plea, attorney, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, charges, crime, criminal, deputies, Eagle Rare, Franklin Circuit Court, Franklin County, Georgetown, Gilbert Curtsinger, Greg Reeves, guilty, investigators, judge, Julie Curtsinger, lawyer, Leslie Wright, Lexington Herald-Leader, Mark Sean Searcy, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, plea, plea agreement, police, prosecutor, Robert McKinney, Sean Searcy, Sheriff, softball, steroids, Thomas Wingate, Toby Curtsinger, Van Winkle, whiskey, whisky, Whitney Lawson, Wild Turkey, Zach Becker0 comments
September 21, 2017 – And then there was one…one remaining defendant left in Kentucky’s “Pappygate” scandal involving the...
Episode 536: May 23, 201520150524000406
Episode 536: May 23, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 24, 2015anniversary, Anthony Bourdain, Ardbeg Perpetuum, Arran, arrest, artisan, barbecue sauce, Barrelhead, Barry Crockett, Benromach, Bill Lumsden, Brian Williams, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Caol Ila, Chivas Brothers, David Wood, Derek Mather, Douglas MacArthur, Eddie Russell, Ernest Hemingway, Errol Flynn, Experimental Collection, explosion, Facebook, fantasy, Feis Ile, fire, fire marshal, Forres, Frank Sinatra, French Oak, Gilbert Curtsinger, Gordon & MacPhail, grand jury, Hearach, Humphrey Bogart, Iain MacArthur, Ian Chang, indictment, investigation, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Harris, Jay Rogers, Jeffrey Lohr, Jimmy Russell, Julie Curtsinger, Justin Victor, Kavalan, Keith Cruickshank, Kilchoman, Kyle Rogers, Lagavulin, lawsuit, lawyer, Leslie Wright, Lucille Ball, Master's Keep, Michael Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Mike Farley, Mike Ross, Octomore, PappyGate, Revenoor Stills, Rodolfo Alvarado, Ron Burgundy, Rowan Atkinson, Sammy Hagar, Silver Trail Distillery, Spencer Balentine, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, steroids, Steve Gormley, tasting panel, Terry Wilhelm, theft, Urquhart, White Stags, Wild Turkey0 comments
Gordon & MacPhail reopened Benromach Distillery in Speyside in 1998 after 15 years of inactivity, and Keith Cruickshank has been there since the s...
Not Guilty Pleas In Kentucky Bourbon Thefts20150522161157
Not Guilty Pleas In Kentucky Bourbon Thefts
Mark GillespieMay 22, 2015arraignment, Buffalo Trace, Christopher Preston, complicity, conspiracy, court, Franklin County, Gilbert Curtsinger, grand jury, indictment, investigators, Joshua Preston, judge, Julie Curtsinger, Leslie Wright, PappyGate, prosecutor, Robert McKinney, Ronnie Lee Hubbard, Shaun Ballard, steroids, theft, Wild Turkey0 comments
May 22, 2015 – The alleged ringleader of a group charged with stealing Bourbon from Kentucky’s Buffalo Trace and Wild Turkey distilleries ...
9 Indicted in Pappy Van Winkle & Wild Turkey Thefts20150421134259
9 Indicted in Pappy Van Winkle & Wild Turkey Thefts
Mark GillespieApril 21, 2015accomplice, Buffalo Trace, Campari, charges, court, deputies, Franklin County, Gilbert Curtsinger, grand jury, indictment, investigators, Julie Curtsinger, Kentucky, Mark S. Searcy, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pat Melton, prosecutor, Sheriff, softball, steroids, stolen, theft, warehouse, Wild Turkey0 comments
April 21, 2015 – From the beginning, Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton considered the 2013 theft of 65 cases of Pappy Van Winkle’s Family...