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...
On the Road at The Great American Whiskey Fair (Episode 733: October 18, 2018)20181018232648
On the Road at The Great American Whiskey Fair (Episode 733: October 18, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 18, 2018100% Islay, agriculture, airplane bottles, Alasdair Day, Allied Domecq, Antique Collection, Bailey's Irish Cream, bar, Barley, Beach Polo, Beam, Beam Suntory, beer, Bill Newlands, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Campbell Brown, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Catoctin Creek, CEO, Charleston, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chris Swonger, Chronicles, climate change, Columbia, Constellation Brands, construction, Crouch Distilling, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillery, distilling, Dublin, Dungourney, emissions, environment, event, executive, farmers, Festival, fossil fuels, Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, Fox & Geese, George Garvin Brown, global warming, grain, Grain of Truth, Great American Whiskey Fair, Greenville, High West, High Wire Distilling, IDV, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, investment, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jackie Zykan, James Espey, Jessica Crouch, Jimmy Red, John Walker Masters' Edition, Johnnie Walker, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Johnnie Walker Oldest, journal, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, Kilchoman, Kraig Naasz, Kristian Niemi, lobbyist, Louisville, Michter's, Midleton Distillery, miniature bottles, Nathan Mueller, Nature, obituary, Old Forester Distillery, Pam Heilmann, Pernod Ricard, Phil Crouch, Piedmont, Polo Collection, Ralph Blackman, Rob Sands, Royal Salute, Russ Fain, Rye, Sam Slaughter, science, Scotch Whisky, Seagram's, single grain, single malt, Six and Twenty Distillery, Smiths Group, South Carolina, The Last Drop Distillers, The President's Choice, The Tweedale Blend, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Jago, United Distillers, United Nations, University of California Irvine, Utah, whiskey, whisky0 comments
This time around, we’re in Columbia, South Carolina for The Great American Whiskey Fair. We’ll talk with local distillers creating unique ...
Jimmy Russell Honored with Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award20160914122430
Jimmy Russell Honored with Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award
Mark GillespieSeptember 14, 2016ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, author, Bardstown, Barry Becton, bartender, Bill Street, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Diageo, Eddie Russell, Eric Gregory, Four Roses, Hall of Fame, Heaven Hill, Jimmy Russell, John Rhea, Joy Perrine, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Distillers Association, lobbyist, mixologist, My Old Kentucky Home State Park, Oscar Getz Museum of Bourbon History, Parker Beam, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Paul Varga, state government relations, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, William Street1 comment
September 14, 2016 – In what may have been the most unsurprising “surprise” announcement out of Kentucky in many years, longtime Wil...
Political Conventions About the “Party” for Distilled Spirits Council20160713152415
Political Conventions About the “Party” for Distilled Spirits Council
Mark GillespieJuly 13, 2016agenda, Cleveland, cocktail, concert, convention, Democrat, Democratic, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Donald Trump, government, Hillary Clinton, Jason Isbell, Joe Walsh, lawmakers, legislative, lobbyist, media, Old County Courthouse, Philadelphia, politics, Prohibition, Republican, Rick Culver, The Eagles, World Café Live0 comments
July 13, 2016 – It’s almost as much of a American political convention tradition as funny hats, the phrase “the great state of…...
Brown-Forman Attacks Diageo On Tennessee Whiskey Legislation20140314171033
Brown-Forman Attacks Diageo On Tennessee Whiskey Legislation
Mark GillespieMarch 14, 2014bill, Bill Haslam, Brown-Forman, Bulleit Rye, category, definition, Diageo, General Assembly, George Dickel, government, Jack Daniel's, Johnnie Walker, law, Lawrenceburg, legal, legislation, lobbying, lobbyist, Lynchburg, Mark Green, MGP-I, Mike DaRe, Phil Lynch, standards, Stitzel-Weller, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Tullahoma3 comments
March 14, 2014 – Call it a “Clash of the Titans” if you will, but two major distillers — and Tennessee’s two largest dis...