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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...

Kentucky Distillers and Retailers At Odds Over “Distillery Exclusive” Whiskies20190208102428

Kentucky Distillers and Retailers At Odds Over “Distillery Exclusive” Whiskies

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...

Bourbon’s Economic Impact Booms in Kentucky20190206163827

Bourbon’s Economic Impact Booms in Kentucky

February 6, 2019 – Ten years ago, leaders of Kentucky’s Bourbon industry staged a protest at the Capitol in Frankfort by pouring their whi...

About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)20181230172430

About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)

Mark GillespieDecember 30, 2018@Cori_Paige, @Mac_a2, @McGovernCF, @rossgalbraith, @TheEtherMan, @tmaher103, Aberlour, agency, Aidan McGovern, Alumni Series, Alumni Whisky Series, anniversary, assets, atomic testing, auction, Australia, backlog, bankruptcy, Basil Hayden's, Bay of Fundy, Blanton's, blood-alcohol level, Booker Noe, Booker's, Bruichladdich, budget, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Cairdeas, campaign, Carbon 14, cask strength, Caskmates, Chapter 11, Chris Tatzenko, Christy McFarlane, collecting, collector, Colorado, Congress, Cori Paige, counterfeit, court, Dancing Goat Distillery, Dave Pickerell, David Robertson, Death's Door Spirits, definitions, distiller, Douglas Taylor, drunk driving, economy, Evan Haskill, fake, Five Lions, forger, forgery, Fort Nelson, Fred Noe, Gordon Cook, government, grand opening, Guy LaFleur, hockey, housing, Ileach, infrastructure, Islay, Islay: Badge or Provenance, J.P. Wiser's, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, La Maison du Whisky, label approvals, laboratory, Lagavulin, Lanny McDonald, Laphroaig, legislation, Louisville, Madison, Main Street, marketing, Michter's, New Year, NHL Alumni, No. 27 Gold, Nuclear, P.T. Wood, Pam Heilmann, Pappy, Patrick Putt, permits, professor, public comment, radiocarbon dating, rare whisky 101, Redbreast, regulations, regulatory, retired, Ross Galbraith, Sawatch, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, secondary market, shutdown, small batch, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tim Maher, tourism, travel retail, Travis Haase, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, under the influence, Utah, visitors, Wendel Clark, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, White House, Wisconsin, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments

2018 may go down in whisky history as the “Year of the Collector” as whisky collecting became popular not only among connoisseurs, but wit...

Creating a More Diverse Whisky Community (Episode 729: September 30, 2018)20180930224918

Creating a More Diverse Whisky Community (Episode 729: September 30, 2018)

Mark GillespieSeptember 30, 2018@davemacdo, African-American, aluminum, analyst, Anibal Raposo, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Artisan Restaurant, ATF, barrel tax, barrels, Bay Area, Beam Suntory, black, Black Bourbon Society, Blackened Whiskey, Booker Noe, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, British Columbia, Buena Vista, Buffalo Trace, cacao, California, Canada, Canadian Whisky, charcoal., Colorado, Corn Whiskey, Craft Spirits Data Project, Cultura Chocolate, Dave MacDonald, Dave Pickerell, Deerhammer, Denver, Derek Mather, distilling, diversity, Edward Mundy, emoji, English Whisky Company, Eric Gregory, European Union, exports, Färjestaden, Freddie Johnson, Freddie Noe, Glenesk Hotel, growth, Guatemala, Guinness World Records, Hillrock Estate, Holly Seidewand, Hotel Skansen, imports, industry, inventory, investment, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Japan, Jeff Arnett, Jefferies, Just-Drinks.com, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, legislation, legislature, Lenny Eckstein, Lincoln County Process, Little Book, Manzanilla, Metallica, minority, Miyagikyo, Motlow, Munich Malt, Nashville, New York, Nikka, Noe Simple Task, people of color, Progeny, property tax, race, regulators, Revenue, rickhouses, Rough & Tumble, Samara Rivers, Scotch, Scotland, Shelter Point, spelling, steel, stereotype, stills, Sweden, tariffs, tax credit, taxes, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Tomatin, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, Twentysomething, Two Brewers, Vancouver Island, Vermont, whiskey, whisky, WhistlePig Farm, Whitehorse, Wishaw, Yoichi, Yukon0 comments

Let’s be honest for a moment. Look around the crowd at most whisky events, and if you’re being honest with yourself, you’ll notice t...

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)

Mark GillespieMay 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...

Craft Whisky: Optimism and a Reality Check (Episode 689: April 15, 2018)20180415152829

Craft Whisky: Optimism and a Reality Check (Episode 689: April 15, 2018)

Mark GillespieApril 15, 20188 Oaks Craft Distillers, American Whiskey Convention, Bardstown, Blood Oath, Bloody Butcher, Bourbon, Bourye, Brooklyn, Brora, Buffalo Trace, Camden, Caol Ila, Carsebridge, cerification, chemical weapons, Chris Inscore, Chuck Schumer, Churchill Downs, classic malts, Cooper River Distillers, craft distilling, Dave Broom, David Stein, Diageo, diplomacy, Donald Colville, Doublewood, economics, Eddie Russell, education, European Union, exports, Ezra Brooks, FedEx, governor, Heaven Hill, Hidden Still Spirits, High West, House Bill 400, Irish Whiskey, James Yoakum, Jimmy Russell, Jo Graham, John Rempe, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Latvia, Lebanon, legislation, legislature, Liberty Pole Spirits, Logan Snyder, Longbranch, Louisville, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, Madeira, Marquess Collection, Matt Bevin, Matthew McConaughey, mesquyite, MGP, Mitch McConnell, New Jersey, New Tripoli, New York, North Carolina, O.Z. Tyler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pinot Bourbon, pinot noir, Port Ellen, Rebel Yell, Russia, sanctions, Scale, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Experience, Senate, senator, shipping, Sir William Murray, Special Releases, Stave & Thief, Sue Beatt, Syria, Talisker, Terressentia, Texas, The Balvenie, The Glenrothes, The Murray, The Telegraph, tourism, trade, training, Tullibardine, Tyrconnell, University of Louisville, Vince Oleson, visitors center, Wapsie Valley, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Ambassador, Wild Turkey, World Masterclass of Whisky0 comments

Every distillery opens as a dream, with the backers hoping to become the next Heaven Hill, Wild Turkey, or one of countless other mainstays of the whi...

A Whisky Weekend in Waco (Episode 684: March 11, 2018)20180310192808

A Whisky Weekend in Waco (Episode 684: March 11, 2018)

Mark GillespieMarch 10, 2018"Kathleen's Batch", #OurWhisky, Alltech, aluminum, Ashley Hamilton, Ashley Penney, assessor, Atom Brands, attorney general, Australia, Balcones, Beam Suntory, Becky Paskin, BenRiach, Blended Grain, Bloodstone, Booker's, Bourbon, Box Distillery, Brianna Gillespie, Brown-Forman, Cameron Syme, Cascade Distillery, Cascade Hollow, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Compass Box, Craft Works Distillery, Crafty, Craig Field, Darkest Winter, Daryl Haldane, David Stewart, death, Dewar's, Diageo, Diurachs' Own, diversity, Donald Trump, Dublin, Elbon Rye, EU, European Union, exports, Festival, funeral, Gemma Paterson, gender, George Dickel, Georgie Bell, Great Southern Distilling Company, Hedonism, Herbert Slaterty, illness, imports, inventory, Ireland, Isle of Jura, Jack Daniel's, Jared Himstedt, Jill-Ann Stolley Mark, John Glaser, John Rochfort, Jura, Jura Journey, Kathleen DiBenedetto, Kings County Distillery, legislation, legislature, Lexington, Limeburners, Mark Lyons, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, McLaren Vale Distillery, Melbourne, Moore County, Muscat, Neill Murphy, New South Wales, New York, Nicole Austin, obituary, Origin, Paul Varga, Pearse Lyons, Pearse Lyons Distillery, pet peeves, Pilot Project, politics, Prohibition, property taxes, Prophecy, race, rants, Ross Salchow, RyeFest, Sam Simmons, sanctions, Scotch Whisky, ScotchWhisky.com, Scotland, Scott Wooler, Seven Wood, sexism, social media, South Australia, Starward, steel, Sullivan's Cove, Superstition, Sweden, tariffs, taxes, Tennessee, Tennessee Distillers Guild, Tennessee Whiskey, Texas, The Balvenie, The Muse, Town Branch, trade, Trump Administration, Tullahoma, Tullamore D.E.W., Victoria, Waco, Western Australia, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live, WhiskyBros, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, wine, women0 comments

This week, we’re on the road in Waco, Texas for the inaugural RyeFest at Balcones Distilling, where they’re releasing their first-ever Rye...

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 ...

Snowflakes in the Forecast … and Whiskey Lovers in Line (Episode 670: December 3, 2017)20171204191254

Snowflakes in the Forecast … and Whiskey Lovers in Line (Episode 670: December 3, 2017)

Mark GillespieDecember 4, 2017@jgromer, @MeasureofWhisky, @tcotie, @WhiskyWhistle, audit, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Barrel Proof, Barrell, Barrell Rye, Ben Wives, BenRiach, Blue Label, Bourbon, Bowmore, Brora, Cambus, camper, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Cash Moore, Caskmates, Colorado, Comcast, Congress, content providers, crowdfunding, Crown Royal, Dave Broom, Dave Smith, Deloitte, Denver, Derek Haydn, Dingwall, Duncan Tait, Eddie McAffer, election, Elijah Craig, English Whisky Company, Entrapment, Ewan Morgan, excise taxes, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Florida, Fort Walton Beach, Ghost and Rare, Gimli, Glen Wyvis, Glenglassaugh, Glenskiach, Halifax, Heaven Hill, House, Indiana, insolvent, Internet, investigation, investment, investors, IPA, Irish Pale Ale, Irish Whiskey, Isetan, Jameson, Janesville, Japan, Jenna Rhodes, Jess Graber, Jim Beam Signature, Joe Beatrice, John Gromer, John McKenzie, Johnnie Walker, Kalamath Street, Keith Batt, legislation, line, liquidation, Liquor Mountain, liquor store, Liquors Hasegawa, Lynn Kirchhoff, Malcolm Waring, Manitoba, Margaret Batt, Mark's Whisky Whistle, mayor, MGP, Mike Kirchhoff, Mortlach, Nant, Net Neutrality, Nova Scotia, Old Pulteney, opossum, Orphan Barrel, P.T. Wood, Pittyvaich, Poland, police, Proximo Spirits, Quandary Peak, Quandary Point, Quora, receivership, Richard Hughes, Rob Dietrich, Russell Condin, RV, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Senate, Shinanoya, single malt whiskey, Snowflake, Stranahan's, Tasmania, tax, taxes, Tennessee, The Mercury, Tokyo, transactions, travel retail, Tullahoma, Tyrone Cotie, Vault Editions, Verizon, whiskey, whisky, whisky shops, wildlife refuge, Wisconsin, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments

Colorado’s ski resorts wish they had lift lines as long as the one that stretched down Kalamath Street in Denver Saturday morning, when hundreds...