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...
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 607: September 17, 201620160917222620
Episode 607: September 17, 2016
Mark GillespieSeptember 17, 2016@lwars85, acquisition, Alex Nicol, Allied Domecq, Anchor Distilling, Ardbeg, Auchroisk, auction, Ballantine's, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Barry Becton, bidders, Bill Lumsden, Bill Street, Birthday, Blender's Batch, blenders, blending, Blood Oath, Brexit, Brora, Brown-Forman, Calum Fraser, Cambus, Canada, Caol Ila, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, classic malts, Clermont, Colin Scott, contract distilling, Cragganmore, currency, Danville, David Frost, Diageo, Distiller's Art, Donn Lux, Edinburgh Gin, exports, Ezra Brooks, festivals, fire, Four Roses, Fred Minnick, Glenkinchie, Glenmorangie, Heaven Hill, Henry Preiss, High West, Hiram Walker, HMRC, Hunter Laing & Co., Ian Macleod Distillers, investment bank, Ira Seligman, Islay, Jane Nicol, Jerez, Jig & Reel Pub, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Jimmy Russell, job, John Rhea, Johnnie Walker, Joy Perrine, Justin Victor, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kevin Balmforth, Kilkerran, Knoxville, Lagavulin, Leonard Russell, liability, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, Mannochmore, Mickey Heads, Miyagikyo, New Brunswick, Nick Ligon, Nicole Preiss, Nikka, Parker Beam, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pernod Ricard, Pig's Nose, Port Ellen, pound, Preiss Imports, purchase, Rebel Yell, Red Rye, Revenue & Customs, Rich & Rare, Russ Charity, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sheep Dip, Sherry Triangle, Spain, Special Releases, Spencerfield Spirit Company, Steve Nally, storage, SWA, Tennessee, UBS, Utah, whiskey, whisky, Wilderness Trace, Yoichi0 comments
This week, Ardbeg unveiled its first single malt with an age statement since the original debut of the 10-year-old edition many years ago. The Ardbeg ...
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, ...
Episode 589: May 14, 201620160514231104
Episode 589: May 14, 2016
Mark GillespieMay 14, 2016@Monty4Cruz, accident, Adam Carolla, Adrian Graham, Austin, Austin American-Statesman, Beam Suntory, Benromach, Bernheim, Booker Noe, Booker Noe Distillery, Booker's, Boston, Buffalo Trace, Castle & Key, chemical, Chita, Chivas Brothers, Clermont, Coffey Grain, Coffey Malt, Compass Box, Diageo, Enlightenment, equity, expansion, Experimental Collection, Fife, firefighters, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Game of Thrones, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, Green Label, Hibiki, InchDairnie, Independent Stave, infrared, investors, Island Green, Japan, Jerry Dalton, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Justin Victor, Kagoshima, Kentucky, Knob Creek, Legends Collection, longevity, Longmorn, Louisville, Maltage, Mars, Monty, Nikka, nitrous acid, Old Taylor, Orphan Barrel, Picts, Rebecca Creek, Rhetoric, Richard Overton, San Antonio, San Antonio Express-News, Shinshu, single grain, Speyside, Steve Ison, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory, Tarlogan, Texas, transparency, travel retail, whiskey, whisky, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies, World War II, Yamanashi0 comments
Booker Noe passed away in 2004, but some of the whiskey he laid down shortly before his death is adding a new chapter to his legacy. This past week, B...
Episode 548: August 17, 201520150818023250
Episode 548: August 17, 2015
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2015Australia, author, Bladnoch, book, Bourbon Curious, brewery, Buffalo, Burn Stewart Distillers, Cairngorms, California, Cameronbridge, Caskmates, Catoctin Creek, charity, copper, Cork, court, Dalwhinnie, Dan Murphy's, David Prior, death, Douglas Laing & Co., Dwyer's Pub Scotch Club, earthquake, family, Florida, Fred Minnick, French Oak, Girvan, Glencairn, Glenglassaugh, hearing, Hoquiam, Hunter Smith, Ian MacMillan, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jay Rogers, Justin Victor, Kansas City, Karuizawa, Lamb, London, lottery, Louisville, Manifesto, MGP, Mike Lisac, Nepal, New York, North British, North Tonawanda, Old Particular, relief, Revenoor Stills, Seattle, settlement, Shetland, Shetland Reel, Silver Trail Distillery, single grain, Speciality Drinks, Spencer Balentine, Strathclyde, Stuart Nickerson, Sullivan's Cove, Tampa Bay Whiskey Society, Tasmania, technology, Templeton Rye, Terrepure, Terry Wilhelm, The Whisky Cabinet, The Whisky Show, theft, travel retail, Unst, Virginia, Washington, Westland, whisky clubs, Winter Garden, Winter's Gold, worm tubs0 comments
The “Bourbon Boom” has led to a corresponding boom in the publishing industry, with almost as many new Bourbon books as there are Bourbons...
Episode 538: June 6, 201520150607023547
Episode 538: June 6, 2015
Mark GillespieJune 7, 2015Angel's Envy, anniversary, Ardmore, Arkansas, Bacardi, Barry Stewart, Beam Suntory, Bernard Walsh, Bernheim, Blended Malt, Bordeaux, Bottled in Bond, Brendan Buckley, Brewdog, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, California, Cecelia Henderson, charges, Château Léoville Barton, Chris Ratcliff, Chuck Cowdery, class action, construction, consumer, Conyngham, Cooley, court, Creative Whisky Company, crowdfunding, David Stirk, defendant, Diageo, dispute, Douglas Laing & Co., Equity for Punks, estate, executor, experiment, family, Flora & Fauna, Forty Creek, Gilbert Curtsinger, Green Spot, Grimsby, guilty, Harlen Wheatley, hug, indictment, Invergordon, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey Association, Jim Beam, Joe Hyman, John Hall, Justin Victor, Kazerouni Law Group, Klaus Doblmann, labeling, Lane Castle, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lee Tatum, Leslie Wright, Lincoln Henderson, Linkwood, litigation, Little Rock, Maker's Mark, Mark Brown, Midleton, Mount Charles, Ontario, organized crime, pallet, Pappy Van Winkle, Phil Brandon, plea, racketeering, ringleader, Rock Town Distillery, Ronnie Eddins, Scallywag, Shelby County, Single Oak Project, Single Pot Still, Spirited Brands, Teun Van Wel, theft, Three Grain Harmony, Triple Wood, W.L. Weller, Wes Henderson, will, Zsoka McDonald0 comments
This week, we’re looking at the end of an experiment nearly 14 years in the making…Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project. The attempt t...
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...
Episode 526: March 21, 201520150321223424
Episode 526: March 21, 2015
Mark GillespieMarch 21, 2015@Matthewthet, Abbas Kazerounian, accomplice, age statements, Akron, Anthony Bourdain, attorney, Award, Barack Obama, barrels, Beam Suntory, bedtime story, BenRiach, Bill Lark, bootlegger, Bourbon Summit, break-in, budget, Buffalo Trace, California, Camp Nelson, Campari America, CEO, Chancellor, charged, Chivas Regal, Chivas Regal Extra, City Club of Cleveland, class action, Cleveland, Cleveland State University, coalition, Col. E.H. Taylor, competition, cured oak, daughter, Diageo, dismiss, Drew Kulsveen, drop the duty, duty, Edwin Vargas, election, Franklin County, George Dickel, George Osborne, Germany, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glentauchers, Goldilocks, Grand Central Station, Green Label, Hakushu, handcrafted, handmade, I.W. Harper, Ian Chang, Ian MacLeod, Icons of Whisky, incubator, intern, Irish Car Bomb, Jim Beam, Jim Beveridge, Jim Murray, John Lunn, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Goldstein, Justin Victor, Kavalan, Kazerouni Law Group, label, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, lobbying, London, MAGNET, Maker's Mark, Manhattan, manufacturing, Matt Wooler, Matthew T, MGP-I, Mitch McConnell, moonshine, motion, mystery, New Orleans, Nikka, Ohio, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Park Avenue Liquor Shop, Parliament, Pat Melton, Popcorn Sutton, President, Presidential, process, puked, Pure Malt, Ray Surinick, Rosemary Gallagher, Schwetzingen, Scotch Whisky Association, Secret Service, Seiichi Koshimizu, Sheriff, Shinji Fukyuo, Simon Marshall, Solist, St. George's, Stitzel-Weller, stolen property, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Suntory Holdings, suspect, SWA, Taiwan, Takeshi Niinami, Taketsuru, Tamdhu, taxes, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, theft, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Lix, Vinho, warehouse, Wemyss Malts, Whisky Bible, Whisky Live, Whisky Magazine, White House, Wild Turkey, Willett, World Whiskies Awards, Yamazaki0 comments
US President Barack Obama visited a whisky maker for the first time this week during his trip to Cleveland for a speech to the City Club of Cleveland....
Episode 517: January 18, 201520150119014546
Episode 517: January 18, 2015
Mark GillespieJanuary 19, 2015@DrinkBC, @whiskeywhynot, acquisition, Alliance Global, Alness, American, Andrew Tan, Beth Havers, blend, British Columbia, Campbeltown, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Whisky Awards, Collingwood, competition, construction, Corby, Craigdarroch, Dalmore, Dave Alcock, Davin de Kergommeaux, Diageo, domestic, Don Kerr, Don Livermore, Dramalista, environment, farewell tour, Fettercairn, flavored, flavored whiskey, Forty Creek, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Hazelburn, Highland Queen, Hotel Grand Pacific, Inver House, investigation, investment, James Robertson, John Spencer, judging, Jura, Justin Victor, LCBO, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Longrow, Maker's Mark, Michael Urquhart, Michel Picard, misconceptions, Montreal, myths, Oklahoma City, Ontario, organic, Pernod Ricard, Peter Hunt, PMA, Port Ellen Maltings, press tour, Quebec, Ranald Watson, regulators, report, results, retirement, Richard Paterson, robbery, Rolling Stones, SAQ, scores, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, SEPA, sick, Speyside, Springbank, stability, stolen, Sunday Herald, Tamnavulin, Teaninich, The Balvenie, theft, Toronto, Tullibardine, United Spirits, Victoria, Victoria Spirits, Victoria Whisky Festival, water, Whyte & Mackay, Windsor, Wiser's0 comments
In the second of our two episodes from this weekend’s Victoria Whisky Festival, we’ll catch up on more of the week’s news – in...