On the Road at the Victoria Whisky Festival (Episode 677: January 21, 2018)20180122015330
On the Road at the Victoria Whisky Festival (Episode 677: January 21, 2018)
Mark GillespieJanuary 22, 201811 Orphans, Adam Hannett, Alan Hansen, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Allura Fergie, Arctic, Australia, awards, Balblair, Balcones, BC Liquor Stores, beer, Belfast, BenRiach, Benromach, Black Art, Black Velvet, Bob Baxter, Brazil, Brexit, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, budget, Bushmills, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Canadian Whisky of the Year, Central City, charity, coffee, Corby, Crown Roya, Dave Mason, Dave Mitton, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deanston, Decennary, Diageo, disclaimer, Don Livermore, Douglas Laing & Company, Duncan Ayre, enforcement, Eric Fergie, EU, European Union, Eva Pang, excise taxes, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fine & Rare Series, First Minister, Forty Creek, Gibson's, Gooderham & Worts, Gordon & MacPhail, government, Heritage, Hiram Walker & Sons, Hyde, Irish Coffee, Irish Whiskey, J.P. Wiser's, Jan Westcott, Jane Walker, Jeremy Scott, Jim Stanski, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Bray, judging, Kelly Carpenter, Lawrence Graham, lawyer, legal, lifetime achivement award, Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, Liquor Distribution Branch, Little Jumbo, Little Trinity, Lohin McKinnon, Lot #40, Lot 40 Cask Strength, master class, Mike Brisebois, Ministry of the Attorney General, Miriam Karp, Nanaimo, Nicola Sturgeon, Northern Border Collection, OBA, Octomore, Ohishi, Parliament, Pike Creek, province, provincial, raid, refunds, regulators, Richard Urquhart, Rick Murphy, Rob Carpenter, Rock Oyster, Root & Branch, Rye, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Secret Spirits, single market, special orders, Spirits Canada, Springbank, Sullivan's Cove, Susie Sirri, SWA, tastings, taxes, Texas, The Grand Hotel, The Macallan, The Union Club, Tim Vickers, TMZ, trade, trademark, Trudeau, Two Brewers, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, undercover, Vancouver, Vicky Miller, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Waco, whiskey, whisky, Whitehorse, Yukon0 comments
This week, we’re in Victoria, British Columbia for the 13th annual Victoria Whisky Festival – just as the Canadian province’s liquor...
Corby Dominates 2018 Canadian Whisky Awards20180119170353
Corby Dominates 2018 Canadian Whisky Awards
Mark GillespieJanuary 19, 2018Alan Hansen, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, beer, Black Velvet, Bob Baxter, British Columbia, Calgart, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Corby Spirit & Wine, Dave Mitton, Davin de Kergommeaux, Gooderham & Worts, Hiram Walker & Sons, Hotel Grand Pacific, J.P. Wiser's, Jim Stanski, Lethbridge, Lifetime Achievement Award, Little Trinity, Lot #40, Mark Gillespie, medals, Northern Border Collection, Ontario, Pernod Ricard, Pike Creek, Quebec, Rick Murphy, Two Brewers, Vicky Miller, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, whisky, Whitehorse, Windsor, Yukon, Yukon Brewing0 comments
January 19, 2018 – Corby Spirit and Wine claimed top honors at the 2018 Canadian Whisky Awards, winning both Canadian Whisky of the Year and Dis...
One on One: Tasting Corby’s Northern Border Collection Rare Release Whiskies with Dr. Don Livermore20171114192631
One on One: Tasting Corby’s Northern Border Collection Rare Release Whiskies with Dr. Don Livermore
Mark GillespieNovember 14, 2017Canada, Canadian Whisky, church, Don Livermore, Gooderham & Worts, Hiram Walker Distillery, Little Trinity, Lot #40, Lot No. 40, Northern Border Collection, Ontario, Pike Creek, Scotland, Speyside, Toronto, whiskey, whisky, Windsor, Wiser's0 comments
Corby’s release of the four whiskies in the Northern Border Collection Rare Release series should be enough to convince even the most diehard sk...
Live at The Whisky Show in London (Episode 661: October 1, 2017)20171001182013
Live at The Whisky Show in London (Episode 661: October 1, 2017)
Mark GillespieOctober 1, 2017Aberlour, Ann Miller, Anthony Wills, Ballantine's, Bardstown, beer, Blended Malt, book, Bourbon, Bowmore, Box Distillery, Burkay Adalig, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Chichibu, Compass Box, Corby, Dalmore, Dave Mitton, Dewar's, Dixon Dedman, editor, Elixir Distillers, England, Erdogan, expansion, France, freedom of expression, fudge, Glen Moray, Glenburgie, Glentauchers, Gooderham & Worts, Ichiro Akuto, Ingvar Ronde, IPA, Islam, Islay, J.P. Wiser's, Japan, John Glaser, Jura, KEFDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Kentucky Owl, Kilchoman, Little Trinity, London, Lot #40, Malt Whisky Yearbook, Mastery, Meleklerin Payı, Miltonduff, No Name, Northern Border Collecton, Old Pulteney, Oliver Chilton, Peat Monster, Phenomenology, Pike Creek, publisher, Richard Paterson, Roger Melander, Royal Brackla, Sarah Temple, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, secular, Shackleton, Signatory, Single Malt Series, Speciality Drinks, Stoli Group USA, Stuart Harvey, Sweden, Taiwan, tax incentives, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, turkey, Turkish. blogger, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Wick0 comments
This week, we’re in London for the annual Whisky Show at Old Billingsgate on the banks of the River Thames! We’ll catch up with a lot of f...
There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)20170924192730
There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)
Mark GillespieSeptember 24, 2017@SpeakingEasyPod, @squirrel8870, Alex Grelli, Amie Boswell, Antique Collection, Ashley Penny, attorney, Australia, Barbara Helt, Bardstown, barrels, Benromach, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, Brad Boswell, Brian Kinsman, Brianna Gillespie, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cancer, Château Cissac, Christopher Winters, climate change, Commonwealth, cooperage, coopers, Corby, crime, Daniel Alan Durham, Dave Schmier, David Fenkell, doctor, Domino's, Don Livermore, Dublin, Eagle Rare, Fat Tire, forestry, France, Frankfort, Franklin County, George T. Stagg, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenora Distillers, Gooderham & Worts, Harry Shapira, Haut-Médoc, Heaven Hill, heist, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Ice Wine, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, investigation, Ireland, Israel, J.P. Wiser's, Jane Overeem, Jewish, Joe Boswell, Johannesburg, John Burlowski, judge, Julie Curtsinger, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Barrels, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, lawyer, Lebanon, Lexington Herald-Leader, Little Trinity, loggers, logging, Lot #40, Macallan, Marc Pendlebury, Mark Sean Searcy, Max Shapira, Meredith Grelli, Milk & Honey, Missouri, Mistress Miasma, Monongahela, New Jersey, Northern Border Collection, Nova Scotia, oak, Old Billingsgate, Old Rip Van Winkle, oncologist, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Peat Week, Phenostrus, Pike Creek, Pinch, pizza, police, prosecutors, River Edge, Rosh Hashanah, Rye, Sazerac 18 Rye, Seattle, Sheriff, South Africa, Speaking Easy, Sphincter, Spinther, stave mill, stolen, T.W. Boswell, Tel Aviv, The Whisky Show, theft, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Held, Total Wine & More, Tullibardine, Twitter, US Forest Service, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Brother, Whitney Lawson, Wigle, Wild Turkey, William Larue Weller, Winter Storm, wood, Zach Becker, Zionsville0 comments
It’s often said that wood is responsible for most of a whisky’s flavor, and if that’s the case, then the people who make the barrels...