Whiskey & Music with Three Chord Bourbon’s Neil Giraldo (Episode 742: December 2, 2018)20181202200139
Whiskey & Music with Three Chord Bourbon’s Neil Giraldo (Episode 742: December 2, 2018)
Mark GillespieDecember 2, 2018@jotterface, 1926, Alaska, Allied Domecq, Anchorage, Anchorage Daily News, aqua vitae, Ari Sussman, auction, avian influenza, Beam, benefit, Bernheim, bidding, Blackened American Whiskey, Bladnoch, Bob Dylan, Bonhams, botanicals, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brian Canning, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Cask 88, CEO, Charles Whitfield, Charlie Whitfield, Chris Hennessy, Chris Swonger, Christie's, Cleveland, Clonakilty Distillery, Clynelish, collecting, collectors, Cork, Cutty Sark, Danny Winbourne, Dave Pickerell, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Distillery Series, Dry Fly Distilling, Dylan Whiskey Bar, earthquake, Edrington, eggs, Elixir Distillers, FAAR, Fionnán O'Connor, Fired Oak, Fortnum & Mason, Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, Game of Thrones, genever, gin, Glen Flagler, Glen Moray, Glenturret, Graham Coull, grappa, Heaven's Door, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, HIAS, Highland Park, Impex, Iowa, Ireland, Islay, John Waite, Johnnie Walker, Karuizawa, Keith Sanders, Kenny Loggins, Kentucky, Kilkenny, KTUU, La Martiniquaise, Level 5, London, Los Angeles, Mackmyra, Metallica, Michael Dillon, monks, music, musician, Neil Giraldo, New York City, Old Rip Van Winkle, Orphan Barrel, Pacific Rim, Pat Benatar, performer, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Plastic Oceans International, Port Askaig, producer, Prohibition, Quarter Cask, raffle, recipe, Red Book of Ossory, reporter, Rhetoric, Rick Springfield, rock, screenplay, Seven Seas Export, shooting, Smiths Group, South Korea, Speyside, Spokane, Stitzel-Weller, Sweden, television, Templeton Rye, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Macallan, The Macallan Genesis, The Scorpions, Three Chord Bourbon, Tim Matthews, Tree of Life Synagogue, United Distillers, Usquaebach, Valerio Adami, vibration, victims, Washington, whiskey, whisky, whisky.auction, White Walker, Winter is Coming, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Neil Giraldo is one of music’s “hit makers.” As a musician and producer, he’s worked with some of rock music’s legendary...
Doubling Distilleries on the Isle of Arran (Episode 720: August 19, 2018)20180818215314
Doubling Distilleries on the Isle of Arran (Episode 720: August 19, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2018@stlrrw, 1943, Aberfeldy, Andy Simpson, anniversary, Arkansas, Arran, auction, barking, Barton 1792, Bear, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bonhams, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon & Beyond, Bowmore, Brazil, Breeder's Cup, Brexit, Brodick Bay, Bryan Donaghey, Castle & Key, Castle Brands, cats, Champions for Charity, Chivas Brothers, Churchill Downs, cleanup, collapse, collecting, Colorado, construction, Craigellachie, critters, cutbacks, D. Wayne Lukas, Daftmill, David Robertson, debut, development, Dewar's, Diageo, dogs, Douglas Laing & Co., Draken, Dumbarton, Edinburgh, English, Euan Mitchell, exports, Fine & Rare, flip, Fred Laing, Garryana, Garryana Oak, geese, Genesis, Glasgow, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, GMB Union Highlands, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Omand, guard, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Hong Kong, horse racing, Howell Wright, Huddart, imports, Indiana, Invergordon, Iowa, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, jobs, justice, Karuizawa, Keith Kerkhoff, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Derby Museum, Lagg, Little Rock, Liz Gordon, Lochranza, Louisville, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Mark Shilling, master distiller, McTears, MGP, mice, Missoula, Missouri, Mizunara Oak, Montana, Montgomery, Montgomery Distillery, Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center, Old Pulteney, Old Taylor, Orange Curaçao, Pacific Quay, Parker's Heritage Collection, peat, pests, Phil Brandon, planning, police, politics, pornography, Port Ellen, Portland, Potter Stewart, Press & Journal, Private Collection, Rafael Franz, rare whisky 101, restoration, Rick Wright, rickhouse, River Clyde, Rock Town Distillery, Rosebank, Royal Mile Whiskies, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Sour Mash, Special Releases, Speyside, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, St. Louis, Supreme Court, Sweet Mash, tariffs, tasting pack, Templeton Rye, Texas, Thoroughbred, Tomatin, tour, tours, trade, traffic jam, trainer, travel retail, union, video, Viking, Washington, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fringe, Whyte & Mackay, Wick, Wilderness Trail, Yamazaki0 comments
It’s been a hot, dry summer in Scotland, and Euan Mitchell isn’t complaining a bit. The managing director of Isle of Arran Distillers is o...
Whisky is Too Important to be Taken Seriously (Episode 687: April 1, 2018)20180331230237
Whisky is Too Important to be Taken Seriously (Episode 687: April 1, 2018)
Mark GillespieMarch 31, 2018"The Amber Light", "The Angel's Share", @Omar_Fitz, @potstillwhiskey, #fridaynightdram, 1824 Collection, 1824 Series, Adam Park, ADI, Amber, American Distilling Institute, April Fool's, Arctic Circle, Ardnahoe, Ardor, Australia, author, awards, Big Peat, Billy Walker, blending, blind tasting, Bloody Butcher Red Corn Whiskey, blowback, Bluebell Forest, book, book tour, bottling, Bourbon, Box Distillery, British Isles, Buffalo Trace, California, Canada, Cara Laing, Charles Maclean, Chivas Brothers, Chris Leggett, Cornwall, Craft Your Perfect Bourbon, crime, crowdsourcing, CYPB Edition, Dair Ghaelach, Danish, Dave Broom, Davin de Kergommeaux, degenerate, Denmark, Destillerie Nyborg, Detroit, distillery, documentary, Double Cask Range, Douglas Laing & Co., Edrington, film, Fleurieu Distillery, Frank McDonald, Fred Douglas Laing, Fred Laing, fuckers, G.R. Andrews & Son, gang, Glasgow, Glenallachie, gold, Gotemba, Halewood, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Isle of Fionia, Jamie Johnson, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Karuizawa, Kentucky, Kickstarter, Kim Møller-Elshøj, Kyoto, Mark Bylok, Matt Hofmann, Mayor Pingree Blue Label, Midleton, movie, Myken Arctic Single Malt, Myken Island, Norway, Norwegian, Nyborg Distillery, Old Malt Cask, Old Particular, Ontario, Peaky Blinder, Peaky Blinders, podcast, Port Ellen, Portland, Pot Still Will, prank, Quercus II, Quest Collection, Remarkable Regional Malts, Roar Larsen, Rock Oyster, Ruby, Sadler's, San Diego, Scallywag, Scandinavian, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Shyamal Ramachandran, Sienna, Speyside, Sport Dram, Stewart Laing, Suntory, Sweden, That's Dram Good, The Gauldrons, The Macallan, The Way of Whisky, The Whisky Topic, Timorous Beastie, Tokyo, Travel, travel retail, Triple Cask Matured Range, Valentine Distilling, Virginia Distillery Company, W.L. Weller, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Wonderful World of Whisky Show, Wood Hat Spirits, workout, Xtra Old Particular0 comments
Scotland’s Douglas Laing & Co. is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2018, and for many of those years, the Laing family has taken a light-...
A Whisky Dream Realized (Episode 678: January 28, 2018)20180128223227
A Whisky Dream Realized (Episode 678: January 28, 2018)
Mark GillespieJanuary 28, 2018@jotterface, @whisky.wunders, 1792 Barton, A'Bunadh, Aberlour, Adam Johnson, aging, Alan Park, André Girard, Andrew Tyler Higgs, Ann Arbor, Barley, BC Liquor Stores, beer, Bernheim, Bourbon & Beyond, brewery, British Columbia, Brora, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Caribou Crossing, CBC, Champions Park, chocolate malt, Clynelish, Coffey Malt, craft distiller, David Brown, David Eby, David Robertson, development, Diageo, Dr. Jim Swan, Dublin, East Germany, Eden Mill Distillery, Edinburgh, Emerald Geishas, EU, European Union, experimentation, Famous Grouse, Final Fantasy, Forsyths, gaming, George S. Grant, Glenfarclas, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Golden Geishas, golden ticket, Graeme Macaloney, Granton, Halewood, Holyrood Park Distillery, infusion, innovation, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Jack Reynolds, Jameson Distillery Bow Street, Japan, Jeneen, John Crabbie, Karuizawa, KDA, Kelly Carpenter, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, laws, legislation, Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, Liquor Distribution Branch, Louisville, Mac na Braiche, marathon, Margarete Marie, memo, Metro UK, Michigan, Mike Nicolson, Ministry of the Attorney General, Nikka, Paul Miller, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Penderyn, planning permission, Poland, Portland, Private Edition, rappelling, Revival, roasting, Rob Carpenter, roller coaster, running, Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Law, Scotland, Shinanoya, Signet, SMWS, Spencer Jacobsen, Spios, St. Andrew's, SWA, tax stamps, tequila, The Whisky Exchange, tickets, tourism, training, Travel, Twa Casks, Twa Dogs, Victoria, Victoria Caledonian Distillery, Victoria Whisky Festival, video games, visitors, Wales, Wall Street Journal, Wealth Solutions, whiskey, whisky, WhiskyCast Tasting Panel0 comments
Three years ago, we introduced you to Graeme Macaloney, a Scottish-Canadian pharmaceutical engineer with a dream of making his own single malt whisky ...
A Spirited Time in New Brunswick (Episode 668: November 19, 2017)20171118223040
A Spirited Time in New Brunswick (Episode 668: November 19, 2017)
Mark GillespieNovember 18, 2017"The Squirrel", 1792 Bourbon, 1960, Ace of Spades, alcohol abuse, Andy Watts, Aoife Keane, Ardgowan, Bacardi, Bain's, Bardstown, Barton 1792, Beam Suntory, Billy Leighton, Bluebell Wood, Blunden, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, brand ambassador, British Embassy, Bunnahabhain, burglary, Canada, Canadian Club Heritage Center, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, Caskers of Ottawa, chill filtering, Chinese, Consortium of Cards, Corby, counterfeit, cricket, Dair Ghaelach, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deanston, Deconstructed Series, Delta Fredericton, Distell, Distiller's Cut, Don Livermore, Douglas Laing & Co., Easter Elchies, Edrington, expedition, Food Processing Marketing and Cooperation, forests, Frank Scott, Fredericton, Fredericton Whisky Society, Grant, Grinnell's Wood, health, Heathrow Airport, Hotel, Inverclyde, Inverkip, Irish Distillers, Irish Oak, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Awards, J.P. Wiser's, Jackie Scott, Jameson, Jameson Round, Jerez, Jim Beam, Jim McEwan, Jim Stanski, Karen Betts, Karuizawa, Ken Grier, Kentucky, Kevin O'Gorman, La Maison du Whisky, LCBO, Ledaig, Lee Behar, legislation, London, Macallan, Marcio Ramos, Martin McGowan, Midleton, Mike Brisebois, minimum unit pricing, Morrison Bowmore, Mortlach, netsuke, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, Northern Border Collection, Old Particular, Ontario, Ontario Parliament, Ottawa, Paris, Park Lane, Pinotage, polar, police, Portugal, Robert Swan, Rue d'Anjou, Sazerac, Scotch Whiskey, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Government, South Pole, Spain, SWA, Switzerland, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Revival, theft, Three Ships, Tish Harcus, Tobermory, tourism, tours, Travel, travel retail, UK Supreme Court, Vancouver, visitors center, whiskey, whisky, whisky club, Windsor0 comments
This time around, we’re on location at the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick…and if you think we get around a l...
French Police Search for Whisky Thieves after $793,000 Burglary20171114214821
French Police Search for Whisky Thieves after $793,000 Burglary
Mark GillespieNovember 14, 2017"The Archer", "The Squirrel", 1960, 8th Arrondissement, auction, Bonhams, charm, France, Georges Benitah, Hong Kong, Japan, Japanese, Karuizawa, La Maison du Whisky, netsuke, Paris, police, The Cockerel, theft, Thierry Benitah, whiskey, whisky0 comments
November 14, 2017 – Police in Paris are investigating what may well be one of the largest whisky thefts on record after an audacious team of bur...
The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)20170820174609
The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)
Mark GillespieAugust 20, 2017An Cladach, Angarna, Astar, auction, baby, Baring, Ben Dean, Birthday Bourbon, Black Bowmore, Bonhams, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bunnahabhain, Camus, Canton, Caol Ila, Carl Reavey, Chivas Brothers, cognac, collecting, Collectivum, contract, Cyril Camus, Dalmore, Diageo, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Dumbarton, Dunedin, duty free, Edinburgh, Europe, European Union, Evelyn Drumm, exports, Federation of Food & Drink, Food & Drink Federation, football, Glasgow, Glen Moray, Glen Scotia, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, goalkeeper, Gordon Casey, Hanyu, Heaven Hill, Hong Kong, Ian Chang, Irish Whiskey, IVF, Jackie Zykan, James Eadie, Jim Swan, Julio's Liquors, Karuizawa, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kilmalid, King Car, labor, labour, Lalique, Lambay, Lambay Island, Laurent Lacassagne, Lindores Abbey Distillery, Macallan, Manzanilla, Massachusetts, McTears, Megan Drumm, Michael Williams, Mike Drumm, Missouri, negotiations, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Octomore, Ohio, Old Forester, Old Rip Van Winkle, Oldham, Otago, Ozark, Paisley, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, pound, Revelstoke Trust, Robin Laing, Roseisle, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, second-fill virgin cask, soccer, Solist, Special Releases, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sweden, T.T. Lee, Taipei, Taiwan, Talisker, Tomatin, trade, travel retail, union, Unite, Victoriana, Virgin Oak, Walsall FC, Westborough, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fringe, Y.T. Lee0 comments
Since our first visit to Taiwan’s King Car Distillery in 2011, its Kavalan single malts have arguably become some of the most-acclaimed whiskies...
A Tale of Texas Whiskey at Balcones (Episode 646: June 18, 2017)20170618153921
A Tale of Texas Whiskey at Balcones (Episode 646: June 18, 2017)
Mark GillespieJune 18, 2017@jefflincicome, @lphd, ALS, angels, anniversary, backset, Balcones, Bear Creek Distilling, Ben Nevis, Black Art, Bordeaux, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, cat, Charbay, charity, Chicago Cubs, Chip Tate, Clyde May's, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., Colorado, Colorado Whiskey Collaboration Project, commemorative, Consortium of Cards Series, Cork, Corsair Artisan Distillery, craft distilling, David Stewart, Deatsville, distilling, divorce, Douglas Laing & Co., Dr. James Crow, Dublin, duty free, eclipse, Elixir Distillers, expansion, Famous Grouse Experience, fermentation, Few Spirits, Forsyths, Four Kings, France, Fred Noe, G. Rozelieures, Game 7 Batch, Glen Moray, GlenDronach, Glenturret, Graham Coull, Heaven Hill, Ian Millar, Independent Stave, inner smartass, Ireland, Islay, Jack Teeling, Jared Himstedt, Jeff Lincicome, Jenni Karakasevic, Jim Beam, Journeyman Distillery, Karuizawa, Kentucky, King of the Hills, Knob Creek, Knockmealdowns, La Martiniquaise, Label 5, Larry Kilbourne, Liberties, litigation, Lorraine, Mark Reynier, Marko Karakasevic, MGP, Miles Karakasevic, Mississippi River Distilling Company, mouser, O.F.C., Old Pulteney, Otto Radio, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, patent, peated, Quora, Rachel Barrie, Redemption Whiskey, Richard Forsyth, Sam Mead, Sam Simmons, Scotch Whisky, Snow Leopard Trust, solar eclipse, Speciality Drinks, spent mash, spiritual retreat, State 38 Distilling, Stephen Teeling, storage, Stuart Nickerson, Susan Karakasevic, T.W. Samuels Distillery, Teeling Whiskey Company, Texas, The Balvenie, The Whisky Exchange, Tipperary Distillery, Tom Bulleit, Tourbe Collection, Towser, travel retail, Vaios Vlahotasios, Victoria Whisky Festival, Vinexpo, Waco, Watershed, whiskey, whisky, Wood's High Mountain Distillery, Woody Creek Distillers, World Series, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
Last year, Balcones Distilling left behind its original distillery – hand-built in an old welding shop underneath the 17th Street bridge in Waco...
Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)20170604143251
Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)
Mark GillespieJune 4, 20171792 Bourbon, Al Young, American Epic Sessions, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, auction, Austria, author, auto racing, Bardstown, Barton, Bernie Taupin, bill, blogger, blues, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, British Airways, Carla Carlton, debate, Douglas Laing & Co., Elton John, experiment, farm, Feis Ice, festival bottling, foam, Four Roses, Garryana, governor, Heaven Hill, heirloom corn, Houston, Indianapolis 500, International Space Station, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack White, Japan, Jill-Ann Stolley Vick, Jim Murray, Joel Harrison, Karuizawa, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Distillers Association, Klaus Doblmann, Kwikpac, legislation, legislature, Limited Edition Small Batch, Louisville, Lydia Calhooligan, Marquess Series, Matt Bevin, Matt Hofmann, motorsports, music, Neil Ridley, Noh, Number One Drinks Company, Pacific Northwest. Scotch Whisky, packaging, PBS, plant, recording, Remarkable Regional Malts, Reserve 101, retailers, Robert Mark, Rock Oyster, Sazerac, Seattle, Sir Douglas Murray, song, Space, statehood, Takuma Sato, tasting, The Bourbon Babe, The Murray, The Sun, Timorous Beastie, Tullibardine, Two Fingers of Whiskey, Voice O Graph, Washington, weather balloon, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, Wilderness Trail1 comment
Bourbon’s growing global profile is at its highest in decades, and that’s good news in Kentucky. Even though Bourbon can be made anywhere ...
Episode 550: August 29, 201520150829222310
Episode 550: August 29, 2015
Mark GillespieAugust 29, 20152 Gingers, Akashi, ALS, ALS Association, Antarctica, artifact, artists, auction, Beam Suntory, Birthday Bourbon, Bonhams, bridge, Brittany, Brown-Forman, Bunnahabhain, Cards Series, Chapel Gate Distillery, Chris Morris, Clare, collectors, construction, Cooley, Craig Beam, David Robertson, Denny Potter, Dewar's, Edinburgh, Eigashima Shuzo, fishing boat, Four Roses, France, George Garvin Brown, Heaven Hill, Highland Folk Museum, Holyrood Park Distillery, Hong Kong, Ichiro Akuto, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Jana Obscura, Japan, Jay Rogers, Jim Rutledge, John Teeling, Karuizawa, Karuizawa Nepal Appeal, Kieran Folliard, Kingussie, Kyle Rogers, Last Great Malts of Scotland, Limestone Branch, Limited Edition Small Batch, London, Luke Winter, Luxco, Maker's Mark, Mark Pozlep, Maxime Berthou, Nepal, netsuke, Noel Sweeney, North British, Old Forester, OMG, Pappy Van Winkle, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Paul Beam, peat, Promise of Hope, Royal Brackla, Seattle, Shackleton, Silver Trail Distillery, Spencer Balentine, Stephen Marshall, Steve Beam, sunglasses, Tampa, The Cockerel, The Whisky Show, time capsule, Tracie Franklin, trade. swap, Two Gingers, Westland, White Oak, wildfires, Woodzee, Yellowstone0 comments
Kieran Folliard is a native son of Ireland, but calls Minnesota his home now. While running a group of Irish pubs in Minneapolis, he and his staff dec...