The Uncle Nearest Story: A Timeless Lesson for Modern Times (Episode 779: August 4, 2019)20190804174027
The Uncle Nearest Story: A Timeless Lesson for Modern Times (Episode 779: August 4, 2019)
Mark GillespieAugust 4, 2019"The Road Home", Adam Keele, agriculture, analysts, Armagnac, auction, Australia, backstop, Baker's Bourbon, Basil Hayden's, Beam Suntory, beer, black market, Booker Noe, Booker's, brewer, Brexit, budget, bulk whiskey, Caleb Kilburn, capital, Chinkapin Oak, Cigar Blend Bourbon, Civil War, Clermont, Clonakilty Distillery, collecting, collectors, cooperage, Copper Mule Distillery, Corky Taylor, crackdown, Dallas Dhu, David McEldowney, DC, Derek Maclean, Diageo, DIGI, distillery, Don Gosen, Drinks Industry Group of Ireland, Dublin, earnings, Esquire, EU, European Union, excise taxes, Facebook, farmers, Fawn Weaver, finance, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Glasgow, Gordon & MacPhail, Gus Griffin, hard border, Hermann, history, Hobart, investors, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distilling Company, Joseph A. Magnus & Co., Kentucky Peerless Distillery, Kevin Hogan, Knob Creek, law, lawmakers, legislature, Little Book, Longmorn, Lynchburg, meetup, Melbourne, MGP Ingredients, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Missouri Craft Distillers Guild, Morehead State University, Nancy Fraley, Nathan Nearest Green, Northern Ireland, Oban, Old Teddy, online, Prime Minister, Private Collection, race, racism, Rosemary Garth, Scotch Whisky Auctions, shares, slavery, St. Magdalene, Starward, stock market, STR Casks, Sydney, Tasmanian Whisky Week, Teddy Maclean, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tennessee, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, Tennessee Whiskey, The Glenlivet, trade, Travel, Uncle Nearest, Uncle Nearest 1884, Uncle Nearest Distillery, Victoria Eady-Butler, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, whisky0 comments
If the story of Nathan “Nearest” Green and Jack Daniel was made into a movie, critics might describe it as “a feel-good story for th...
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...
Irish Whiskey on the Comeback Trail (Episode 759: March 17, 2019)20190317221636
Irish Whiskey on the Comeback Trail (Episode 759: March 17, 2019)
Mark GillespieMarch 17, 2019@katfoodbreath, @realsuwilliams, @whiskeryturnip, admissions, Allied Lomar, author, Ballyhoo, Bardstown, Barrell Craft Spirits, Basic Alcohol Permit, Beam Suntory, Bellevoye, Bellevoye Noir, Ben Milam Distillery, Blanco, book, Booker Noe, Booker's, border, Bradley Beach, Brexit, Brian Nation, Brianna Gillespie, bribery, Bushmills, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Caribbean, Chancellor, character, coaches, college, Connacht Whiskey Company, Conor Kelly, consulate, conviction, criminal, David Stapleton, Deerhammer Distilling, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council, Distilled Spirits Plant, dramsplaining, EU, European Union, exports, Federal, felony, France, French, geographical indication, Germany, gin, Glen Buchenbach, guide, hard border, Heather Greene, Heaven Hill, indictment, intellectual property, InterBev, International Beverage, International Beverage Holdings, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Isetan Mitsukoshi, Isetan Tartan, IWSR, Jack McGarry, Japan, Kat Aagesen, Kentucky, law, lawyers, legal, Lenny Eckstein, Louisiana, Marci Palatella, Marlene Holmes, Marsha Milam, Method & Madness, Michael Dodd, Midleton, Milam & Greene, Mitchell & Sons, New York City, Nikka, Nikka Days, Northern Ireland, Old Fitzgerald, Parliament, permits, Philip Hammond, Preservation Distillery, Prime Minister, prosecutors, pubs, Red Spot, revocation, sales, scandal, Scotch Whisky Association, Sean Muldoon, sexism, Singapore, spit take, Springbank, SWA, tartan, Tax & Trade Bureau, Teresa Wittemer, Teresa's Batch, testing, Texas, The Dead Rabbit, The Irishman, The IWSR, Theresa May, ThiaBev, Thomas Hogue, Tim Herlihy, trademark, Travel, Treasury Department, TTB, University of Southern California, USC, Walsh Whiskey Company, whiskey, whisky, women, writer0 comments
Irish Whiskey’s resurgence is only now beginning to make up for decades of obscurity over the last century, but with 23 active distilleries in I...
Kentucky Distillers and Retailers At Odds Over “Distillery Exclusive” Whiskies20190208102428
Kentucky Distillers and Retailers At Odds Over “Distillery Exclusive” Whiskies
Mark GillespieFebruary 8, 20191792 Barton, Beam Suntory, Buffalo Trace, Commonwealth, Commonwealth Alliances, distillery, economic impact, economy, Eric Gregory, exclusive, General Assembly, Heaven Hill, House, House Bill 200, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, jobs, Karen Lentz, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Association of Beverage Retailers, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kevin Smith, law, legislation, lobbyist, Mark Brown, Matthew Koch, Old Tub, retailer, Sazerac, Senate, souvenir, tourism, visitor center, whiskey, whisky0 comments
February 8, 2019 – There’s a feud brewing in Kentucky, and it could make the legendary feud between the Hatfields and McCoys look tame. Th...
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)20181014212011
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 14, 2018@LorenMoulder, @realsuwilliams, @ryeskeysamples, 1926, Angel's Envy, Appalachian Gap Distillery, appeal, Ardbeg, artist, auction, Auriverdes, Bad Guy Bourbon, barrels, bidding, Bourbon, Brewers Batch, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, bung, bunghole, Canada, Christie's, clearance, collecting, Colorado, Columbia, Columbus, Compass Box, Contradiction, cooper, cooperage, Cowie, Cowie's Blue Seal, DC, DEEP, development, Diageo, distillery, Distillery 291, Dixie Highway, Dornoch Firth, Edinburgh, environment, Fay Coull, FedEx, fishing, Fredericton, George Garvin Brown, Glen Moray, Glenburgie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Coull, Great American Whisky Fair, Guinness World Records, habitat, Heriot-Watt University, Hibiki, High West, Hotel Grand Pacific, Interstate, Ireland, Irish, Kentucky, Last Call, law, legal, London, Loren Moulder, Louisville, Lovingston, Michael Dillon, Middlebury, Mortlach, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New York City, oak, Ohio, Ohio Division of Liquor Control, Old Forester, oysters, Parker's Heritage Collection, poll, poplar, Prohibition, Raymond Loewy, recycling, research, Ridgeline Vermont Whiskey, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Shelter Point, shipping, Shively, Signatory, Sir Peter Blake, Smooth Ambler, Sotheby's, South Carolina, staves, Sue Williams, Supreme Court, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Macallan, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Three Stars Brewing, Total Wine & More, tour, Twitter, UPS, Valerio Adami, Vancouver Island, Vermont, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, W.L. Weller, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Ry @dramsofwhisky, William Hogg, wood, Woodford Reserve, world record, Yippee Ki-Yay0 comments
Old Forester released its final edition in the Whiskey Row series of limited-edition Bourbons this week, and the 1910 Old Fine Whiskey honors the bran...
No Talks in Four Roses Strike As Kentucky Bourbon Festival Begins20180912193934
No Talks in Four Roses Strike As Kentucky Bourbon Festival Begins
Mark GillespieSeptember 12, 2018Bardstown, benefits, Bourbon, Bourbon Capital of the World, Brent Elliott, contract, Coxs Creek, First Amendment, Four Roses, Hurricane Florence, Jeff Royalty, Jill Hawkins, Joe Seelye, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kirin, labor, law, Lawrenceburg, local, Local 10D, Local 23D, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, NCFW, negotiations, picket, picket line, picket lines, picketing, police, protest, SEIU, seniority, sick leave, strike, t-shirt, tourists, two-tier, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, vacation time, visitors, whiskey, whisky, World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay0 comments
September 12, 2018 – Bardstown, Kentucky, long known as the “Bourbon Capital of the World,” kicked off the annual Kentucky Bourbon F...
How Young Can a Whisky Be?20180516203917
How Young Can a Whisky Be?
Mark GillespieMay 16, 2018age statements, Bottled in Bond, Canada, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, Charles Maclean, Davin de Kergommeaux, Immature Spirits Act of 1915, law, Maclean's Miscellany of Whisky, regulations, straight0 comments
May 6, 2018 – Age statements can tell us how old a whisky is, and in some cases, how young it is. Let’s start with the easy part. If a whi...
Kentucky Moving Toward “Bourbon Without Borders”20180406133543
Kentucky Moving Toward “Bourbon Without Borders”
Mark GillespieApril 6, 2018bill, Bourbon, Chris Zaborowski, Eric Gregory, FedEx, Frankfort, governor, House Bill 400, Justin Sloan, Justins' House of Bourbon, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Distillers Association, law, lawmakers, legislature, Lexington, Louisville, Louisville International Airport, Matt Bevin, package, reciprocal, reciprocity, retail, shipment, shipments, shipping, U.S. Postal Service, United Parcel Service, UPS, Westport Whiskey & Wine, whiskey, whisky0 comments
April 6, 2018 – For almost as long as Kentucky distillers have opened their doors to visitors, they’ve had to field one question. “I...
Whisky & Chocolate: A Divine Combination (Episode 680: February 11, 2018)20180211170355
Whisky & Chocolate: A Divine Combination (Episode 680: February 11, 2018)
Mark GillespieFebruary 11, 2018@believablebaker, @Ikonoclast, @sanjieB, ABV, age, airports, Alan Wright, Alberta, Alex Mellon, Andy Simpson, Angie Ball, asset-backed, auction, author, Bacardi, Billy Walker, Bitcoin, blockchain, Bob Kunce-Concewitz, Bourbon Review, Brewers Batch, Brexit, cacao, Cadbury, Campari, Campbeltown, Canada, Caribbean Rum Cask Finish, Carolans, CaskCoin, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, Chivas Brothers, chocolate, Chris Long, Christian Svantesson, Classic Cut, Claudine O'Sullivan, cocoa beans, collecting, Conor McQuaid, Crown Royal, cryptocurrency, Dairy Milk, David Robertson, debenture, Deep Tasting, Dennis Malcolm, design, distribution, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dundalk, Eagles, Eden Campus, Eden Mill, Elgin Classic, Estonia, EU. Latvia, European Union, executive, exports, Fife, Fife Council, flu, football, France, gift, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glen Scotia, Glenallachie, Glendalough, GlenDronach, Glenmorangie, Graeme Littlejohn, Grandeur, Great Northern Distillery, Guardbridge, Heaven Hill, Hershey, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, investment, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Mist, Irish Whiskey, Jack McGarry, Jack Teeling, Jameson, Jean-Christophe Coutures, John Teeling, Justin Sloan, Justin Thompson, Justins' House of Bourbon, Kentucky, Kevin Baker, Laurent Lacassagne, law, Leonn Ward, Liberties, Louise McGuane, Madison, Moyvore, New England Patriots, New York City, Newmarket Square, NFC, NFL, North of Scotland Distilling Company, parade, parents, Paul Miller, Pernod Ricard, Philadelphia, planning permission, premiumization, Quintessential Spirits, R.M. Peluso, rare whisky 101, rejection, Ricky Christie, Robin Coupar, Russia, sanctions, Saskatchewan, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sean Muldoon, shove it, Spios, St. Patrick's Day, Stephen Teeling, Super Bowl, SWA, Sweden, swimming, tariffs, taxes, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Dead Rabbit, The Glenrothes, The Macallan, The Single Malt Fund, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Three Notch'd Brewing, trade, travel retail, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, University of St. Andrews, Victoria Whisky Festival, vintage, Virginia Distillery Company, warehouses, Westmeath County Council, whiskey, whisky, Willow Park Wines & Spirits, World of Whiskies0 comments
With apologies to the legendary Scottish poet Robert Burns, “whisky and chocolate gang tegither!” Good whiskies and fine chocolates actual...
Episode 585: April 17, 201620160417192240
Episode 585: April 17, 2016
Mark GillespieApril 17, 2016age statements, Annabel Meikle, bill, Brett Hocking, Brett Ratner, Brown-Forman, Brown-Forman Cooperage, Bulleit Bourbon, Cameronbridge, Canada, cocktails, Compass Box, Coopers' Craft, Cornerstone Blend, Crown Royal, David Beckham, Diageo, Drake, dry, earthquake, Eric Gregory, Eric Swanson, Frank Scott, Fredericton, Gimli, Globe & Mail, governor, Greg Roshkowski, Haig Club, Hombo Shizu, Ichiro Akuto, Impex, Islay, Jackie Scott, Japan, John MacLellan, Just-Drinks.com, Kagoshima, KDA, Keepers of the Quaich, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kiichiro Iwai, Kilchoman, Kumamoto, law, LCBO, legislation, Loch Gorm, Louisville, Manitoba, Mars Maltage, Mars Whisky, Masataka Taketsuru, Master of Malt, Matt Bevin, Maverick Drinks, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, Noble Collection, Peter Mielszynski, PMA Canada, precinct, Saki Umemura, Sam Filmus, Sanaig, Shinshu, Simon Fuller, strike, Summerhill, surprise, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, The Hilhaven Lodge, Tokiwa Imports, Toronto, transparency, Virginia Black, visitors centers, wet-dry election, Yamanashi, yellow card, Yuno Hayashi0 comments
Japan’s Hombo Shuzo has been making whiskies off and on since 1949, and the company’s whisky heritage claims a critical link to Masataka T...