Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)20190729035621
Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)
July 29, 2019@BunkaiH, @ButlerB, @Tony_thompson_1, A Song of Fire, A Song of Ice, Agriculture Department, Airbus, alcohol, ALS, ALS Association, American Craft Spirits Association, Apollo, Ardbeg, Arvada, Baker's, bargaining, Beam Suntory, Boeing, Booker's, Bourbon, Brad Irwin, British Columbia, Cairdeas, Capitol Hill, carbon dioxide, Cardhu, Carrowdair, Cascade Hollow, charity, Chris Montana, Chris Swonger, classic malts, Col. Jim Beam, Colorado, Comic-Con, comics, Congress, contract, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, deductions, Denver, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillers, distillery, distilling, donation, Du Nord Craft Spirits, Dublin, electricity, Elizabeth McCall, EU, European Union, expansion, exports, Fawn Weaver, Federal Excise Tax, Frank Coleman, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Game of Thrones, Glen Campbell, Glen Ord, GMB, gravity, Greg Butler, Halle Berry, Heaven Hill, House, Huber's Starlight Distillery, imports, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, interest, International Space Station, investment, Ireland, Irene Lau, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Society, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distillery, James B. Beam Institute for Distilling Studies, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Josh Hafer, Kentucky, Kingsman, Knob Creek, labor, labour, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lobbying, Logan Miller, Lynchburg, Margie Lehrman, Market Acmes Program, Massachusetts, mayor, Meagan Miller, media, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mitch McConnell, moon, Mortlach, Nathan "Nearest"Green, negotiations, New Orleans, Nicole Austin, Oregon Spirit Distillers, Outlander, oxygen, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Pittyvaich, politician, politics, power outage, Promise of Hope Fund, Quora, Rand Paul, Reggie Mobley, Salida, San Diego, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Senate, Single Pot Still, Singleton of Glen Ord, Space, Special Releases, spirits, Spirits of the Apocalypse, strike, SWA, Tales of the Cocktail, Talisker, Talnua Distillery, tariffs, tax, Tax & Trade Bureau, tax reform, Ted Huber, television, Tennessee Whiskey, terpenes, The Walking Dead, thunderstorm, Time Magazine, Tony Thompson, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, Uncle Nearest, union, Unite, United States Trade Representative, University of Kentucky, upgrade, USDA, USTR, Victoria Eady-Butler, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, vote, walkout, Walsh Whiskey Company, Washington, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Wood's High Mountain Distillery, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection, World Trade Organization, Writers Tears, WTO0 comments
It takes a lot to drag distillers away from their stills, but when the stakes are as high as the current debate over extending a federal excise tax cu...
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)
July 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...
Reviving One of Islay’s Legendary Distilleries (Episode 770: June 2, 2019)20190602203754
Reviving One of Islay’s Legendary Distilleries (Episode 770: June 2, 2019)
June 2, 2019@AllICanDo, @bozkurtkurasu, @MackmyraJon, administrator, Alberta, Alec Lee, Amrut, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, Balblair, Barley, barrels, beer, Belgium, Billy MacArthur, Brora, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, California, Callum Fraser, Canada, Chairman's Reserve, Charbay, climate, climate change, cooper, cooperage, crop, Diageo, distillery, Donald Trump, drought, Easter Elchies, Edmonton, Endless West, environment, farmers, Feis Ile, Finance Ministry, Georgie Crawford, Glenfarclas, Glyph, Greedy Angels, Iain MacArthur, immigration, India, investment, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, James Bond, Johan Van Dyck, John Manfreda, John Wendell, Jon Buscemi, Kim Jong Un, Lagavulin, LCBO, lifestyle, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Marko Karakasevic, Mexico, mezcal, migrants, Mike Simpson, mitering, molecular whisky, music, Neel Jagdale, Nick Morgan, North Korea, oak, Old Charter Oak, Ontario, planning approval, Port Ellen, President, privatization, Quebec, Quora, retaliatory tariffs, River Spey, Samilpo, sanctions, Scotch Whisky, Speyside, Spirit Drink, spirits, staves, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, tequila, Tesco, The Guardian, The Macallan, The Macallan Estate, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, water, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Wolves Whiskey0 comments
Construction could begin later this year on Diageo’s planned revival of the legendary Port Ellen Distillery on Islay, which was closed in 1983. ...
Tasting Diageo’s Game of Thrones Single Malts20190402151706
Tasting Diageo’s Game of Thrones Single Malts
April 2, 2019Balmoral, Baratheon, Cardhu, Castle Black, classic malts, Clynelish, Dalwhinnie, Diageo, dragons, Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones Scotch Whisky Collection, Greyjoy, HBO, Iron Throne, Johnnie Walker, Khaleesi, Lagavulin, Lannister, Maester, Oban, Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Lochnagar, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, single malt, Stark, Talisker, Targaryen, The Night's Watch, Tyrell, whiskey, whisky, White Walker, Winter's Frost0 comments
April 2, 2019 – Let’s admit something from the start. Not once in the first seven seasons of Game of Thrones have we ever seen someone dri...
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)20190106165051
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)
January 6, 2019Aberfeldy, Abhainn Dearg, acquisition, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Andy Watts, application, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Argyll & Bute Council, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, Bain's, Beam Suntory, Bicentenary, Big Five Duty Free, Black Prince, Booker Noe Distillery, Bourbon, Brent Stewart, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Calgary, Cambus, Canada, Canadian Club, Chicago, Christopher Winters, competition, construction, Daniel Marlowe, Dave Pickerell, DC, Diageo, District of Columbia, Donegal, Douglas Laing & Co., East Lothian Council, Edinburgh, Elixir Distillers, Feis Ile, first dram, Freddie Johnson, Freddie Noe, Fritz Farm, Gaja Capital, Georgie Crawford, Glen Elgin, Glen Grant, Glenkinchie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, hockey, Imperial. @lawschooldrunk, India, Indiana, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Lewis, James Sedgewick Distillery, Jim Beam Distillery, Johannesburg, John Distilleries, John Newfry, Johnnie Walker, Kent Crittenden, Kentucky, Kentucky for Kentucky, Kilchoman, Laddie Classic, Lagavulin, Last Dram, Lexington, liquor agency, Little Book, lottery, Macduff, Madeira, Maker's Mark, Maryland, moonshine, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New Year's, NHL, nosing, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Ohio, palate, Palmetto Distillery, Pappy Van Winkle, Paul John, planning approval, planning permission, Port Ellen, R.J. Hodges, Raj Singh, Ryan Campbell, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky. expansion, Scotland, shares, single grain, South Africa, South Carolina, Special Releases, Speciality Drinks, stake, Stanley Cup, Star Industries, Sukhinder Singh, tasting, The Balvenie, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Deveron, The Whisky Exchange, Three Chord Bourbon, Tim Knittel, Timorous Beastie, Tish Harcus, travel retail, Virginia, visitors centers, Washington, Washington Capitals, whiskey, Whiskey Bear, whisky, world champions, Zionsville0 comments
There are plenty of competitions to find the best whiskies, but what about competitions to find the best whisky tasters? Those are few and far between...
The “Godfather of Rye Whiskey” (Episode 730: October 7, 2018)20181007162602
The “Godfather of Rye Whiskey” (Episode 730: October 7, 2018)
October 7, 2018@Chris_F74, @irishwhiskeybc, @luvthemstillers, Albert Baladi, aluminum, American Select Oak, Amrut, angel's share, Angostura, Ardbeg, artist, Ashok Chokalingham, auction, Baccarat, Bangalore, Barrel Proof, Beam Global, Beam Suntory, bidding, Bonhams, bootleggers, Bourbon, Brian Nation, Brian Treacy, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Canada, Cannes, Cardhu, CEO, Chivas, Chris Farrell, Christie's, Cincinnati, CL Financial, Clynelish, cognac, collecting, Congress, Dail, Dalwhinnie, David Whitmer, Dekantā, distilling, Don Livermore, Donald Trump, Dubai Duty Free, Eagle Rare 17, Edinburgh, expansion, Fine & Rare Collection, football, Fortnum & Mason, Fortune Brands, France, Game of Thrones, George Remus, George Ross, Gibson's, Glendullan, Gordon & MacPhail, Greedy Angels, Guinness World Records, HBO, Health Minister, health warnings, Hong Kong, House Lannister, India, Indiana, induction, Intermediate Sherry Cask, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Barry, Jim McEwan, Jimmy Russell, Joe Hyman, Johnnie Walker, Kadhambam, Kavalan, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, labels, Lagavulin, Larry Ebersold, Lawrenceburg, LDI, legislature, Leo Varadkar, London, Longmorn, Louisville, Manchester United, Masters Collection, Matt Shattock, Mexico, MGP Ingredients, Michael Dillon, Midleton Very Rare, minimum pricing, molecules, NAFTA, New Riff, New York City, Newport, Nobel Prize, North American Free Trade Act, Oat Grain Edition, Oban, Parliament, Pernod Ricard, Portonova, Private Collection, Public Health Bill (Alcohol), Repeal Reserve, Richard Urquhart, Rob, Rossville, Royal Lochnagar, Rye, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scott Ritenbaugh, Seagram's, Seanad, Sir Peter Blake, Skinner, soccer, Solist, Sotheby's, sponsorship, sports, steel, Stuart Urquhart, Suntory, Talisker, Taoiseach, tariffs, television, The Macallan, Tom Flocco, trade, travel retail, Trinidad & Tobago, Trump Administration, Twenty-Something, Twentysomething, Twitter, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, USMCA, Valerio Adami, value, Vinho Barrique, vintage, W9 Summit, warehouse, Westeros, whiskey, Whiskey Summit, whisky, White Walker, Winter is Coming, Woodford Reserve, world record0 comments
The largest single distiller of Rye Whiskey isn’t in Kentucky, but just along the other side of the Ohio River in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. For nea...
Go West, Whisky Investor…Westward, That Is (Episode 724: September 13, 2018)20180913170410
Go West, Whisky Investor…Westward, That Is (Episode 724: September 13, 2018)
September 13, 2018@livepaint, @turnipwhiskery, A9, Alltech, American Single Malt, apprentice, auction, Australia, Bardstown, Beam Suntory, Blended Malt, Booker's, Bowmore, Brent Elliott, Brexit, Bruce Russell, Bruichladdich, budget, Buffalo Trace, Campbeltown, Caol Ila, Chancellor, chief, Christie's, Cladach, classic malts, Clynelish, coastal, contract, Coxs Creek, David Stewart, DCS Compendium, Denmark, Diageo, Distill Ventures, duties, Eddie Russell, emerging brand, EU, European Council, European Union, Fistful of Bourbon, Four Roses, Frazier History Museum, Freddie Johnson, government, Hall of Fame, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Highland Park 18, Highlands, House Spirits, Hurricane Florence, Inchgower, Inverness, investor, Islay, Jeff Royalty, Jill Hawkins, Jimmy Russell, Joe Seelye, Joretta Russell, KDA, Kelsey McKechnie, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Chew, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kirin, labor, Lagavulin, Lawrenceburg, Limestone Branch, Local 10D, Local 23D, Local 320, Louisville, Lowlands, Mark Williams, Maryland, Matt Shattuck, Maureen Robinson, Max Shapira, Michael Berris, minority stake, Morgan, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, negotiations, Oban, online, Oregon, Parliament, Pearse Lyons, Philip Hammond, picket, picket line, police, Portland, protest, Redwood Brands, regions, Remy Cointreau, sales tax, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, single malt, Special Releases, Speyside, Starward, Stauning, strike, Supreme Court, survey, SWA, Talisker, taxes, The Balvenie, Tom Mooney, Town Branch Distillery, Travel Edition, travel retail, UFCW, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, VAT, venture capital, Viking Pride, Vintner's Trilogy, Westward, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay, Yellow Submarine, Yellowstone Bourbon0 comments
Portland’s Westward American Single Malt from House Spirits is the latest prize in the spree of acquisitions and investments by major spirits br...
The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)20180701201402
The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)
July 1, 2018"Explorer's Cask", @Mr_McW, #freethewhisky, affinity group, aluminum, ambassador, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Armorik, attorney general, Barton, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, Billy Walker, Birdhouse, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Bobby Parnell, Bonticou Crag, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bourbon Burnt Sugar, Bowmore, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Buzick Construction, Canada, Caol Ila, Catoctin Creek, Chad Anderson, China, collapse, cooking, Coppersea Distiling, corrosion, court, David Eby, David McDonald, Distillerie Warenghem, Diurachs, Donald Blincoe, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., Eddie Russell, Empire Rye, engineers, Eric Fergie, European Union, evidence, export, fan club, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fire, France, Franklin County, Georgia, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, Glasgow, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Islay Swim, grill, Hickory, High Road, Highland Park, hospitality license, ice cream, import, Inner Circle, Islay, Isle of Arran, Jason Johnstone-Yellin, Jeni's, Johnnie Mundell, judge, Jura, Justin Fornal, Justin Trudeau, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, LCLB, LDB, liquor agents, Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, Liquor Distribution Branch, Little Jumbo, Maker's Mark, McW, Mexico, Middle West Whiskey, ministry, Nanaimo, New York, New York City, One For All, One For the Road, One For You, open water swimming, Orlando, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pardon My Pappy, Port Dundas, Prime Minister, prosecutor, provincial, pub, raid, recipe, Redbreast, repairs, report, retailers, Reuters, ricks, Roundstone Rye, Russell's Reserve, rust, salmon, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, seizure, sentence, shock probation, Simon Brooking, Single Cask Nation, single grain, single malt, smoke, SMWS, sorghum, Speyside, Springbank, Springbank Society, steel, structural integrity, swimming, tariffs, tenderoin, The Dead Rabbit, theft, Thomas Wingate, trade, trade war, Triagoz, turkey, Union Club, Urban Bourbon, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, warehouse, water damage, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Xtra Old Particular, Zachary Becker0 comments
The rough, cold waters off Scotland’s Isle of Islay are a challenge for even the best sailors, and one might think it madness to try and swim ar...
Growing a Whisky Business in Glasgow (Episode 708: June 21, 2018)20180621095123
Growing a Whisky Business in Glasgow (Episode 708: June 21, 2018)
June 21, 2018@Bill_Linnane, @Juventus777Jets, @thatsdramgood, @whiskeycat1324, 1770, A'Bunadh, Aberlour, aluminum, American Oak, American Single Malt, Anchorage, aroma, Arran, art, Asyla, balaclava, Berkshire Mountain Distillers, Big Bottom Distilling, Bill Linnane, bodega, Bourbon, brewery, Brussels, Canada, Carlo Todaro, Cecilia Malmström, China, Civil Liberties, Colorado, Compass Box, construction, cooperage, Cork, Corti Brothers, craft distillers, crowbar, Darryl McNally, dispute, distillery manager, Dream Cask, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Eastside Distilling, Eddie Russell, Edition No. 4, Edition Series, EU, European Oak, European Union, exhibit, expansion, exports, flavor, Glasgow, glasses, Glencairn, Gordon Motion, Graham Omand, Grand Central Station, Haley Traub, Hedonism, High West, Highland Park, Hopscotch, Ian McDougall, importer, imports, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, Jessi Mills, John Egan, John Glaser, Kentucky, Lagavulin, Lagg, Liam Hughes, Liberties, Lynette Marrero, Mad River Distillers, Manitoba, Master's Keep, Maverick Drinks, Mexico, Michael Vachon, Michter's, Midleton, Mike Hayward, New Riff, New York City, Newport, Omar Fitzell, Oregon, Orkadia, Orkney, oxidation, Pappy Van Winkle, Portland, Quercus Alba, Quercus Robur, Redbreast, Revenue, Revival, Richard Lewis, Ryan Maloney, Sacramento, sales, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, security system, sherry, Smoke and Peat, Solstice, Spain, Spanish Oak, Speed Rack, steel, Stephen Bremner, tariffs, Tennent's, The Dark, The Glasgow Distillery Company, The Light, The Macallan, The Macallan M, The Whisky Fairy, Tomatin, tonneleria, Toronto, tourism, tours, trade, trade war, Travis Schoney, Trump Administration, Vail, Vermont, visitors center, whiskey, whiskey bunker, whisky, Wild Turkey, Winnipeg0 comments
The Glasgow Distillery Company won’t release its first 1770 Glasgow single malt whisky until later this year, but the four-year-old company is a...
About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)