Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)20190715015549
Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 15, 2019@Andrew_leets, @Head_Stone, 1792 Aged Twelve Years, 1792 Bourbon, amaranth, Andrew Leets, bacteria, barrels, Beam Suntory, Bend, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Black Rock Bar, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brad Boswell, Buffalo Trace, Cambus, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., Colin Montgomerie, court, Delaware, Denver, Diageo, Don Julio, environment, Eric Rubin, fines, fire, fish, Gareth Moore, geographical indicators, George Remus, Ghost and Rare, Glenn's Creek, Glenury Royal, golf, governor, grain, Heaven Hill, Highland, Hotel, Independent Stave, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jane Bowie, Jim Beam, John Mura, Johnnie Walker, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Kentucky River, Lagavulin, law, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lawyers, legislation, legislature, Lexington, Loch Lomond, London, Loretto, Los Altos, Madison, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, McGinnis Wood Products, MGP, Michael Henry, Mike Parson, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Old Crow, Oregon Spirit Distillers, oxygen, Pittyvaich, private barrel, Private Select, Prohibition, Remus Volstead Reserve, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Portrush, Ryder Cup, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Rogers, Speyburn, sprinkler, sugar, SWA, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, tequila, The Open Championship, travel retail, Triple Triple, TTB, Versailles, Virginia Distillery Company, Virginia Highland, Volstead Act, WBRB, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Wisconsin0 comments
60 years ago, Bill and Marge Samuels dipped the first bottles of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in Loretto, Kentucky. They left the “e” out of...
On the Road in Bourbon Country (Episode 659: September 17, 2017)20170917215602
On the Road in Bourbon Country (Episode 659: September 17, 2017)
Mark GillespieSeptember 17, 2017@jpr9954, Alabama, Anchor Distilling, Angel's Envy, Barbara Helt, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bardstown Capital Community Alliance, barrel, Beam Suntory, bicycle, Bill Samuels Jr., Booker Noe, bootlegger, Bourbon, Boyd's Jig & Reel Pub, Brown-Forman, Brown-Forman Cooperage, California, cancer, Changhi Airport, Charlie Downs, Chris Morris, Cincinnati, Clyde May's, collaboration, Conecuh Ridge, Consortium of Cards, Copper & Kings, country music, David Mundell, David Shapira, Dawn Pryztal, Deerhammer, Douglas Laing & Co., Elizabeth McCall, Eric Gregory, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, expansion, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, George Remus, Gerry Nichols, Glenmorangie, Harry Shapira, heart, heart attack, Heaven Hill, Heaven Hill Bourbon Heritage Center, hospital, Indiana, Indianapolis, inductee, Islay, Islay Jazz Festival, Jack Daniel's, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Rye, Japan, Jerry Summers, Jim Rutledge, jobs, John Hayes, John Richardson, Jud Laughter, Judy Shapira, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Colonel, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kentucky Tourism Industry Association, Kingsman, Knoxville, Lagavulin, Lawrenceburg, layoffs, Lenny Eckstein, Limited Edition Small Batch, Little Book, Louisville, Maker's Mark, marketing, Max Shapira, MGP, Mizunara, Montgomery Gentry, music, Nashville, Nick Nicholson, nosing, Old Forester, Old Potrero, oncologist, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Polo Edition, Port Dundas, Prohibition, Renovo, retirement, rocket scientist, Royal Salute, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Seattle, senses, Shinji Fukuyo, Singapore, sinus, SMWS, Solid Light, Speyburn, spies, spy, staves, Stuart Harvey, Suntory, surgery, Tennessee, The CrackerJack, The Golden Circle, Tom Helt, Travel, Troy Gentry, union, Westland, whiskey, whisky, wooden, Woodford Reserve0 comments
This week, we’re on the road at the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, Kentucky! We’ll have highlights from the festival throu...
Episode 545: July 25, 201520150726000446
Episode 545: July 25, 2015
Mark GillespieJuly 26, 2015111 Whiskey Row, 1792 Barton, Aberlour, anti-Semitism, AP Indy, app, apple, Apple News, Ardbeg, attorney, author, Ballantine's, Black Snake, Blackadder, Blanton's, book, Bourbon Empire, Bowmore, Breeder's Cup, Brown-Forman, ceremony, change.org, charity, Chivas Brothers, civil service, claim, class action, corruption, court, CS Taylor, Disney, Double Double Oaked, Dublin Airport, facade, fire, Glenfiddich, government, Greg Metze, groundbreaking, Heaven Hill, help wanted, High West, history, horse racing, I.W. Bernheim, Indiana, International Wine & Spirit Competition, iOS, Irish Whiskey Collection, Jim Briggs, Joan Gotschall, job, Joel Harrison, Joseph Greenhut, judge, Keeneland, Keith Kerkhoff, labeling, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lexington, litigation, Louisville, Lure, Maker's Mark, Mark Bylok, Masters Collection, Metze's Select, MGP, MGP Ingredients, MP3, music, Neil Ridley, New York, Old Forester, Old Pogue, Park City, Peoria, Personal Ensign, Powers, prejudice, Raw Cask, Real Mans Man, recording, records, Reid Mitenbuler, rock, Sainsbury's, Scott Bush, Seagram, settlement, Shapira, Spirit of Speyside, Sweet Mash Redux, Sweet Wheat, Taste of Aberlour, Taste the Difference", Templeton Rye, The Glenrothes, The Pogues, The Scotch Charter, The Whisky Topic, Thoroughbred, Three Ships, TTB, Ulysses S. Grant, Utah, Victor Brierley, vintage, Vintage Reserve, vinyl, Voice O Graph, Wendy Treinen, West Cork Distillers, Whiskey Ring, Whiskey Row, Whiskey Trust, Whyte & Mackay, Woodford Reserve0 comments
The history of Bourbon is filled with enough myths to make a dozen Disney movies, enough crimes for years of True Detective, and enough mysteries to m...
Episode 530: April 18, 201520150418233329
Episode 530: April 18, 2015
Mark GillespieApril 18, 2015A. Smith Bowman, Adrian Graham, Ambassador Cask, analysts, Anthony Russo, Aultmore, Australia, bail, Ballindalloch, basketball, Beam, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Thomason, blog, Breeder's Cup, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, cave, Chapter 13, charity, China, Churchill Downs, court, Craig Beam, crime, critters, Crown Royal, Dewar's, Diageo, Duchess or Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, earnings, English Whisky Company, estate, Fairfax, Frankfort, Franklin County, Fredericksburg, Gilbert Curtsinger, Gimli, Glengoyne, Glenmorangie, Grantown-on-Spey, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, historic, horse racing, Ian MacLeod, Ian Macleod Distillers, indictment, Jack Daniel's, Josh Hafer, Keeneland, Kentucky Derby, Last Great Malts of Scotland, lawschooldrunk, Lem Tolley, Lexington, Loretto, Louisville, LVMH, Lynchburg, Maker's 46, Maker's Mark, Manitoba, Marianne Barnes, Martin, Master Distillers Series, mint julep, New South Wales, Northern Harvest, Odin, Old Taylor, Pam Wiznitzer, Pamela Wiznitzer, Pappy & Co., Pappy Van Winkle, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pat Melton, Peristyle, photography, Prince Charles, Remy Cointreau, renovations, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Brackla, running, sales, Sheriff, Speyside, St. George's Day, still, suspect, Sydney, Tamdhu, The Glenrothes, theft, Thoroughbred, Time For Whisky, tour, United Kingdom, University of Kentucky, Valhalla Collection, Van Winkle, Versailles, Vintage Reserve, Virginia, warehouse, wax dip, WhiskyFest, Wild Turkey, WLEX, Woodford Reserve, Wounded Warrior Equestrian Project1 comment
If distilleries have ghosts, the ones haunting the former Old Taylor Distillery in Kentucky finally have some people to scare. After nearly 43 years, ...
A Big Weekend At Maker’s Mark20150416220019
A Big Weekend At Maker’s Mark
Mark GillespieApril 16, 2015Adolph Rupp, Adrian Smith, Alonzo Shirley, ambassador, basketball, Bill Thomason, Bourbon, Cliff Hagan, college, Dan Issel, distillery, Frank Ramsay, horse racing, Jackie Richardson, John Butler, Keeneland, Kentucky, Lexington, Loretto, Maker's Mark, Mike Richardson, Rob Samuels, Sydina Bradshaw, Thoroughbred, tours, University of Kentucky, visitors center0 comments
The second weekend of April means The Masters for golf lovers, but for fans of Maker’s Mark Bourbon, it means horse racing and a visit to the di...
Maker’s Mark, Keeneland, & Kentucky Basketball20150415155532
Maker’s Mark, Keeneland, & Kentucky Basketball
Mark GillespieApril 15, 2015Adolph Rupp, Adrian Smith, Alonzo Shirley, basketball, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Thomason, charity, college, Dan Issel, Frank Ramsay, Herky Rupp, horse racing, Jackie Richardson, John Butler, Jordan Haney, Keeneland, Kentucky, Lexington, Maker's Mark, Mike Richardson, NCAA, player, race, racing, racism, racist, Rob Samuels, Scott Abney, team, Texas Western, Thoroughbred, University of Kentucky, Wildcats0 comments
April 15, 2015 – For the last 19 years, Maker’s Mark has produced what’s become known as the “Keeneland Bottle” – ...
Episode 529: April 11, 201520150412004357
Episode 529: April 11, 2015
Mark GillespieApril 12, 2015@bethpaw, @G2Whisky, @mousseman, @zappafaye, Adolph Rupp. Dan Issel, Adrian Smith, Alonzo Shirley, American Prairie, American Prairie Reserve, Amrut, Bangalore, basketball, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Beth Flint, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Billy Walker, binge drinking, Blood Oath, Brown-Forman, Calvert, Chicago, Cliff Hagan, college, Craig Beam, Dave Pickerell, Diageo, doctors, dog, Donna, drinking age, Eric Gregory, European Court of Appeals, Ezra Brooks, flavored whiskey, Frank Ramsay, Full Throttle, George Dickel, Gerald Glavota, Hankey Bannister, health, Heaven Hill, Herky Rupp, High West, Hood River, horse racing, India, Jack Daniel's, Jackie Richardson, Jeff Arnett, Jesse James Dupree, John Butler, John Newfry, John Rempe, Jordan Haney, KDA, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Distillers Association, lawmakers, legislature, Loretto, Louisville, Luxco, Maker's 46 Mile, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, Marjorie Samuels, Michael Ballard, Mike Richardson, military, minimum pricing, Naarangi, Paul Grant, Pendleton, Periscope, Raven's Lace, Rebel Yell, Regency, Rob Samuels, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Abney, Tennessee, Tennessee Distillers Guild, Tennessee Whiskey Law, throwing up, Trimble, Twitter, University of Kentucky, WhiskyFest, Whistlepig, Wildcats, Wrangler National Patriot Project0 comments
This week, we’re on location at the Maker’s Mark Distillery in Loretto, Kentucky for the annual Maker’s Mark Handcraft Festival and ...
Episode 527: March 28, 201520150328230240
Episode 527: March 28, 2015
Mark GillespieMarch 28, 2015@Scalias_boner, acquisition, Adolph Rupp, adventure, adviser, anniversary, Ardbeg, Armoirk, attorney, auction, Award, Bardstown, basketball, Beam Suntory, bedtime stories, bids, board, bottling, California, Carole Andreen-Harris, Center for Academic and Tutorial Services, charity, Churchill Downs, class action, Clermont, Cleveland Whiskey, coach, collecting, commemorative, Compass Box, construction, Coxs Creek, culture, deal, death, defendant, Diageo, Drammie Awards, Drammies, Echlinville, economic, economic development, English Whisky Company, Feckin, Forged Oak, ForWhiskeyLovers.com, founder, Four Roses, Fourth Street Live, France, Fred Minnick, Glenfarclas, Hedonism Quindecimus, horse racing, information, interviews, investment, Ireland, Irish, Islay, J. Cobliegh, James Nelstrop, Japan, Jeffrey David, Jennifer Bramseth, Jim Beam, Jim Cherwinski, jobs, John Grant, Keeneland, Ken Goldenberg, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Laphroaig, Lawson, lawsuit, lawyer, Linda Harrison, Louisville, Maker's 46 Mile, Maker's Mark, Mark Williams, McTears, merger, news, Northern Ireland, Orphan Barrel, painting, peat bog, Peat Monster, Perpetuum, photo, Phyl Divine, plaintiff, Prime Minister, retail, Shane Braniff, Shinzō Abe, St. Feckin, Steven Sawtelle, Suntory, Takeshi Niinami, Thoroughbred, Tito's, Tokyo, Tom Lix, Torii, Travel, Twitter, University of Kentucky, Urban Stillhouse, voting, Woodford Reserve, Wyoming0 comments
Suntory Holdings CEO Takeshi Niinami is one of Japan’s leading business executives. He’s the first CEO from outside the founding Torii fa...
Episode 473: April 5, 201420140405235915
Episode 473: April 5, 2014
Mark GillespieApril 5, 2014administration, April Fool's, Armstrong, Army Air Corps, Auchnagie, auction, Balmoral, Benromach, Bill Samuels Jr., Billy Walker, Black Rock, Bladnoch, Blake Johnson, Bowmore, Buffalo Trace, Chichibu, Commerce Clause, Constitutiion, contract, court, Diageo, Elmer T. Lee, Ernst & Young, family, Federal, George Dickel, Gerston, Gill Heart Institute, Glenglassaugh, Gold Reef, Gordon & MacPhail, grandson, horse racing, Hunter Smith, Ichiro Akuto, interstate commerce, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Japan, Jeffrey Karlovitch, Jon Birkbeck, judge, Karuizawa, Keeneland, Keith Bell, Laphroaig, lawsuit, legal, Lost Distilleries Blend, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Mark Stoops, Master of Malt, Mendy Berkowitz, Michael Urquhart, Mickey Hammond, Nikka, Pope Francis, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth, receiver, Rob Samuels, Royal Lochnagar, Storage Statute, Stratheden, Suntory, Tennessee, Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, The Knot. liqueur, The Lost Distillery Company, Tullahoma, UDV, University of Kentucky, Vatican, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW, White Sands, William Grant & Sons, World War II0 comments
Many of Scotland’s historic distilleries have faded into history, to be remembered only by archivists and the occasional whisky lover. While the...
Kentucky Coach Honored on Maker’s Mark 2014 Keeneland Bottle20140402125539
Kentucky Coach Honored on Maker’s Mark 2014 Keeneland Bottle
Mark GillespieApril 2, 2014Bill Samuels Jr., Bob Stoops, charity, coach, Final Four, football, Gill Heart Institute, horse racing, John Calipari, Keeneland, Maker's Mark, Mark Stoops, Mike Stoops, NCAA, Oklahoma, Rob Samuels, stakes, Thoroughbred, University of Kentucky0 comments
April 2, 2014 – University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari has his team in the NCAA’s Final Four this weekend in Arlington, Tex...