Good Friends and a Dram of Whisky (Episode 763: April 14, 2019)20190414164633
Good Friends and a Dram of Whisky (Episode 763: April 14, 2019)
April 14, 2019"Mister Sam", @enternal_expanse, @mikeyjoedrum, @sailorretro, @ScotchTestDummies, @thehonorablej, @VinP27, @wessexwhisky, A.H. Hirsch, advertising, Advertising Standards Agency, AI, American Whiskey Convention, author, Bacardi, Bar 51, Blade & Bow, Bladnoch, Bob Dalgarno, Bob Dylan, Bomberger's, book, Bourbon, Brent Elliott, Captain's Reserve, charity, Chatham Imports, Chris Morris, Chuck Cowdery, Churchill Downs, commercial, Compass Box, court, Coxs Creek, Craigellachie, Diageo, Dick Stoll, dingleberry, distillery, distilling, Douglas Laing & Co. Big Peat, Dragon's Legend, Drew Mayville, Edrington, Elizabeth McCall, Elm Street Church, Everett Beam, expansion, Feis Ile, Four Roses, gallery, Game of Thrones, Georgie Bell, Glencairn, Glengoyne, Glenturret, Hans Offringa, Hansjörg Wyss, Heaven's Door, Highland Park, history, House Greyjoy, Ian MacMillan, Islay, John Asher, journalism, Ken Grier, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Lalique, Lawrenceburg, legal, Lew Bryson, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, Louisville, machine learning, Martin Duffy, Michter's, mint julep, Montreal, Nashville, Neil Bulloch, New York, Nick Savage, Penn Museum, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, reckless behavior, Sam Bronfman, Sazerac, Schafferstown, scholarships, Seagram's, Silvio Denz, Small Batch Select, spill, spires, Stitzel-Weller, Stoll & Wolfe, Talisker, Tasting Whiskey, Tennessee, The Beatrice Inn, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Story of the Spaniard, transcripts, Twisted Tattoo, University of Pennsylvania, waiter, Western Kentucky University, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Lew Bryson and Martin Duffy take their whisky seriously…but not much else! When they joined us at the recent American Whiskey Convention in Phil...
Becoming a Bourbon Badass (Episode 702: May 31, 2018)20180531220856
Becoming a Bourbon Badass (Episode 702: May 31, 2018)
May 31, 2018@bulldoghobbit, @ButlerB, @scotch-scones, @urs16875, #Drams4Fams, 72, 75, airport, aluminum, April Fool's, Australia, author, badass, bar, Benromach, bird poo, blending, Bonded, bonded warehouse, book, Bottled in Bond, Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, bottling, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Cairmgorms National Park, Canada, CEO, charity, Chris Leggat, Chris Morris, comics, Craggan, David DeFazio, decanter, distilling seasons, distribution, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., Edmonton Scotch Club, EU, European Union, exports, food bank, Fred Laing, George Dickel, Gordon & MacPhail, Grantown-on-Spey, Greg Butler, hammer, Hazelburn, Highland Park, Highlands Council, hunger, imports, incentives, Indiana, Inferno, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Ken Grier, Kentucky, Knob Creek, Knob Creek Rye, Lalique, Lawson Whiting, Linda Ruffenach, Lord of the Rings, Louisville, Marvel, Melbourne, Mexico, Mjølner, Mortlach, moth balls, movies, New Albany, Orkney, Paul Varga, planning, police, prop, retirement, Sazerac, Scotch Test Dummies, Speymalt, Springbank, Steamboat, steel, Steve Hawley, Straight Malt, Tabasco, Tammy Spencer, tariffs, taxes, The Balvenie, The Light, The Macallan, theft, Thor, Tim Wilson, trade, Travis Watt, Trump Administration, Urquhart, Ursula Mueller, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Chicks, William Lavelle, women, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection, Wyoming Whiskey, YouTube0 comments
Bourbon scares some people away…at first. Often, those who approach Bourbon gingerly develop a true passion for it, and become what Linda Ruffen...
Port Charlotte and Islay’s “Middle Child Syndrome” (Episode 701: May 27, 2018)20180526213217
Port Charlotte and Islay’s “Middle Child Syndrome” (Episode 701: May 27, 2018)
May 26, 2018@mikeyjoedrum, @R_Moore, @whiskygirl6, air pressure, airlines, airport, aluminum, April Fool's, attorney general, Austria, baggage, Bill Haslam, Billy Leighton, bottle, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Cascade Blonde, Cascade Hollow, Cecelia Malmstrom, chili pepper sauce, construction, Crown Royal, Diageo, Douglas Taylor, European Union, Ewan Gunn, exports, Feis Ile, George Dickel, Georgie Crawford, Glen Scotia, Glenegedale Airport, governor, Ilay Barley, imports, Inferno, Interstate 24, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Ken Grier, Klaus Doblmann, Lagavulin, legislation, legislature, LiDestri, Loch Indaal, maltings, Matt Hofmann, McIlhenny, mesquite, Method And Madness, Midleton, Moore County, Murfreesboro, Octomore, Ontario, Ottawa, packing, planes, Port Charlotte, Port Ellen, property tax, quota, Remy Cointreau, Rhonda Moore, road, Sazerac, Scotland, Seattle, security, Simon Coughlin, steel, suitcase, Tabasco, Tennessee, Texas, The Macallan, trade, Travel, trip, Trump Administration, Westland, whiskey, whisky, zoning0 comments
Bruichladdich’s Port Charlotte single malt lies in between the distillery’s namesake unpeated whiskies and its Octomore heavily peated mal...
The Macallan’s Whisky Cathedral Opens in Scotland (Episode 700: May 24, 2018)20180524164749
The Macallan’s Whisky Cathedral Opens in Scotland (Episode 700: May 24, 2018)
May 24, 2018@bigbadchef, @CentralKYTours, @jimcronin, #Drams4Fams, Age International, aging, architect, auction, auto racing, Big Red Liquors, Blanton's, Bonhams, Bourbon, Brexit, Brora, Central Kentucky Tours, charity, Clynelish, Colin Gordon, Colorado State University, deficit, Diageo, Discovery Series, donations, Dublin, Edmonton Scotch Club, Edrington, Egypt, Emperador, European Union, exports, food bank, fundraiser, geographic indicators, Georgie Crawford, Giza, Gordon & MacPhail, Great Britain, Great Pyramid, Halewood Wines & Spirits, history, Hong Kong, Hungarian Oak, Indianapolis 500, Indy 500, IndyCar, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Japan, Jay Howard, Jim Cronin, John Crabbie & Co., John Currence, Ken Grier, Kentucky, label, Lagavulin, laser, lions, Maker's Mark, Mark Brown, Matt Colglazier, Method And Madness, Mississippi, Move On Up Mississippi, negotiations, Notre Dame, One Cure, Oxford Bourbon Festival and Auction, Paris, Port Ellen, Port Ellen Maltings, Private Select, Richard Paterson, River Spey, Rosebank, rumor, Sazerac, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, shortage, Sotheby's, Special Releases, Speyside, Springbank, Stephen Rankin, Stewart Duncan, SWA, tariff war, The Drinks Business, The Guardian, The Macallan, trade, trade barriers, trade deficit, U.S. Trade Representative, UFO, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, YouTube0 comments
Edrington first announced plans for The Macallan’s new distillery in 2012, but the planning process on what may be one of the longest distillery...
The Macallan Opens New £140 Million Distillery20180522134344
The Macallan Opens New £140 Million Distillery
May 22, 2018architect, biomass, construction, distilling, Easter Elchies, Edrington The Macallan, energy, Ken Grier, River Spey, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Rothes Distillers, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Speyside, water, whiskey, whisky0 comments
May 22, 2018 – With a laser light show over the Speyside countryside that apparently had some people in the area fearing an alien invasion, Edri...
A Spirited Time in New Brunswick (Episode 668: November 19, 2017)20171118223040
A Spirited Time in New Brunswick (Episode 668: November 19, 2017)
November 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...
A Passion for Whisky Becomes a Career (Episode 637: April 16, 2017)20170416185042
A Passion for Whisky Becomes a Career (Episode 637: April 16, 2017)
April 16, 2017"The 62", airport, Alex Conyngham, Andy Rieger, anniversary, Ardmore, Australia, Basil Hayden's, Beam Suntory, Ben Nevis, Blair Bowman, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Business Growth Fund, Campbeltown, charity, Charleston, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Coleburn, construction, credit, crime, Dublin, Dufftown, Easter Elchies, Fore Burn, Girvan, Glen Elgin, Glen Mhor, Glenfiddich, Glenrothes, Glentauchers, Highland Park, Holdings Cancer Center, Ian Millar, Ian Rankin, Inner Circle, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Heritage, J. Rieger & Co., J&A Mitchell, Just a Drop, Kelly Hubbuch, Ken Grier, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kinclaith, Ladyburn, Lagavulin, Lego, Legoland, Limestone Branch, Louisville, Malt Mill, March of Dimes, Margaret Wallace, Mark Reynier, Masters of Photography, Meadow Brook, Meals on Wheels, MGP, Minor Case Beam, Minor Case Rye, mint julep, Monogram, novel, O.F.C. Vintages, OFC Vintages, Oregon, Paul Beam, Philadelphia, Portland, Project XX, raffle, Rebus, RebusFest, Rye, Sandy Hyslop, Sara Midda, Scotch Whisky, Scott Mansfield, Single Cask Nation, Slane Castle, Slane Whiskey, South Carolina, Spain, Spirit of Freedom, Steve Beam, Steven Klein, Tarland, The Folio, The Glenlivet, The Great Whisky Distillery Challenge, The Irish Whiskey Collection, The Logan, The Loop, The Macallan, tours, Tracie Franklin, Travel, travel retail, Ulster Bank, Ultimate Cask Collection, voters, water, water color, Watercairn, Waterford Distillery, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons, Williams & Humbert, Willie Wallace, Windsor, Woodford Reserve, world record, World Whisky Day0 comments
This week, we’ll talk with two people who have turned their passion for whisky into careers. Tracie Franklin is one of the newest brand ambassad...
Bladnoch’s Back in Business (Episode 636: April 9, 2017)20170409133557
Bladnoch’s Back in Business (Episode 636: April 9, 2017)
April 9, 2017@BetheneC, Adela, ADI, Alioth, American Distilling Institute, auction, Australia, Award, Belgium, Ben & Jerry's, benefit, Benromach, best of class, Bethene Campbell, bidding, Bill Ricker, Bladnoch, Bonnaroo Buzz, Boston, Bourbon, Bourye, Box Distillery, Brexit, Brora, Burn Stewart Distillers, Candela, Cedar Ridge Distillery, charity, Chris Zaborowski, competition, construction, coopers, cows, Dartmoor National Park, David Prior, Denmark, Devon, Diageo, Donald Tusk, Dr. Jim Swan, editor, Edrington, EU, European Council, European Parliament, European Union, farm, Fred Minnick, Generations, Glenn Hubbuch, Gordon & MacPhail, High West, Hong Kong, Hunmanby, Ian MacMillan, ice cream, Iowa, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, J. Henry & Sons, James Campbell, John Hansell, Kelly Hubbuch, Ken Grier, Lalique, Limeburners, Linda Ruffenach, Louisville, Lowlands, M. Shanken Communications, Malt Advocate, March for Babies, March of Dimes, MGP, Michael Moore, Michael Veach, Mortlach, Myrna Jensen, Nantucket, Northern Ireland, Patton Road Reserve, Paul Neave, Podblasts, Portland, premature birth, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Princetown Distillers, publisher, Pure Scot, Reese Hubbuch, Samsara, Scotch Whiskey, Scotland, Second Step, Seven Stars, Six Pillars, Sotheby's, Special Releases, Speyside Cooperage, Spirit of Hven, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirit of Yorkshire, Stefaan Lesage, Strait of Öresund, Sweden, Systembolaget, Talia, Templeton Rye, The Dalmore, The Macallan, The Notch, Theresa May, Tim Davis, Tom Mellor, Triple Eight Distillery, Urban Bourbon, Westport Whiskey & Wine, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Chicks, Wigtown, world record0 comments
Scotland’s Bladnoch Distillery celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, but the Lowlands distillery almost never made it to that milestone. W...
Episode 510: December 8, 201420141208015758
Episode 510: December 8, 2014
December 8, 2014A. Smith Bowman, affidavits, allegations, architects, Atholl Crescent, attorney, Balcones, BenRiach, Benromach, blender, Bob Dalgarno, Box, buyout, Cadenhead's, Caramel, chill filtering, Chip Tate, Ciroc, Colin Ross, construction, court, David Frost, Dewar's, Diageo, Dornoch, Edinburgh, Edrington, European Union, Evan Chapman, expansion, Famous Grouse Experience, Gaelic, Geoff Bell, Georgie Crawford, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenkeir Treasures, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gordon & MacPhail, Greg Allen, Hall of Fame, Ian Curle, Ian Macleod Distillers, Icons of Whisky, imports, Inchgower, India, infused, Inver House, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Ken Grier, Lagavulin, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, lawyer, Little Bay, Macallan, Mackmyra, Madagascar, Mario Testino, Masters of Photography, mediation, memos, Michael Urquhart, Nate Arnold, negotiations, Oban, PE Investors II LLC, Pernod Ricard, Peter Gordon, Pierre Pringuet, PR agency, redacted, restraining order, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Royal Mile Whiskies, running, Sandy Coutts, Sandy McIntyre, Scotch Whisky Association, settlement, shopping, slander, Speyside, Stephen Marshall, Stuart Harvey, Susan Colville, SWA, Sweden, Tamdhu, tariffs, taxes, Texas, The Whisky Shop, trade, vanilla, Virginia, Waco, Wayne Kieswetter, Westminster, Whisky Magazine, wife, William Grant & Sons0 comments
As we reported on our last episode, Balcones Distilling founder Chip Tate has accepted a buyout agreement from the majority owners of the Waco, Texas ...
Irish Whiskey’s Ups and Downs in 2018 (Episode 744: December 9, 2018)