The Back Stories Behind Picking Private Barrels (Episode 780: August 11, 2019)20190811202820
The Back Stories Behind Picking Private Barrels (Episode 780: August 11, 2019)
Mark GillespieAugust 11, 2019@sailorretro, acquisition, amaranth, attitudes, Australia, Barley Exploration Series, bars, bartenders, beer, Bere Barley, Bere Barley 2010, Birthday Bourbon, Bourbon, Bourbon Salon, Bourbon's Bistro, Bowmore, bricks, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bullitt, California, Caol Ila, Cardhu, chimney, China, Civil War, Clynelish, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., Conservative, construction, Cork, Cornerstone Rye, Creation, Cù Bòcan, Dayton, Diageo, distilling, doormen, Dragon Edition, Eddie Russell, Edinburgh, El Paso, Elmer T. Lee, Elmer T. Lee 100 Year Tribute, Evan Williams, Fawn Weaver, Finland, Firestone & Robertson, Fort Worth, Frankfort, Gallup, Gilroy, Glen Garden, Glenkinchie, Global Travel Retail, golf course, history, Hobart, International Wine & Spirits Competition, Ireland, Islay, Islay Barley 2011, Isokyrö, Jack Daniel, Joe Head, Johnnie Walker Experience, Jordan Oeler, Kalle Valkonen, Ken Golden, Kentucky, Kyoto, Kyrö, Kyröfest, Larry Rice, Leonard Firestone, liquor, Loretto, Louisville, Maker's Mark 101 Proof, Margo McMillen, mass shootings, Master's Keep, meetup, Melbourne, Michael Veach, Michter's, Moray Council, Nathan Nearest Green, Nearest Green, Ohio, Old Forester, Omar Fitzell, Omi, Oxmoor Farm, Pappy Van Winkle, Pernod Ricard, planning permission, podcast, pricing, private barrel, private selection, progressive, race, Rye, Scotch, Scotland, Sea Dragon, security, shooting, slavery, Speyside, Starward, strategy, Suntory, survey, Sydney, Tasmania, Tasmanian Whisky Week, Texas, The Century, The Gallup Poll, The Organic 2010, The Pearl, The Silver Dollar, Toasted Barrel Finish, Tomatin, tourism, travel retail, Traveler's Edition, Troy Robertson, Uncle Nearest, US1, Veterans of Foreign Wars, visitors center, warehouse, whiskey, Whiskey Ranch, whisky, Whistlepig, Wild Turkey, Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit, wine0 comments
“Private Selection” bottlings are the rage today, and it almost seems like an arms race as bars and retailers try to outdo each other with...
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...
Diageo to Expand Distilling Operations in Kentucky with $130 Million Project20181213124320
Diageo to Expand Distilling Operations in Kentucky with $130 Million Project
Mark GillespieDecember 13, 2018Barry Becton, Bourbon, Bulleit Distilling Company, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, construction, Diageo, economic development, I.W. Harper, incentives, investment, Kentucky, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Lebanon, Limestone Branch Distillery, Loretto, Louisville, Maker's Mark Distillery, Marion County, Marion County Industrial Foundation, Orphan Barrel, Shelbyville, Stitzel-Weller Distillery, Stitzel-Weller Whiskey Experience, whiskey, whisky0 comments
December 13, 2018 – The world’s largest whisky producer is planning to expand yet again in Kentucky, as Diageo plans to invest $130 millio...
Beam Suntory CEO Matt Shattock to Step Down20181005121055
Beam Suntory CEO Matt Shattock to Step Down
Mark GillespieOctober 5, 2018Albert Baladi, Beam Global, Beam Suntory, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, CEO, chairman, Chicago, Clermont, Cooley, Deerfield, Fortune Brands, Illinois, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Stillhouse, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Loretto, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Matt Shattock, Paul Varga, Suntory Holdings, Tom Flocco, whiskey, whisky0 comments
October 4, 2018 – Beam Suntory Chairman & CEO Matt Shattock will step down next April after ten years on the job leading what became the wor...
Unlocking the Gates of Kentucky’s Castle & Key Distillery (Episode 726: September 20, 2018)20180919230640
Unlocking the Gates of Kentucky’s Castle & Key Distillery (Episode 726: September 20, 2018)
Mark GillespieSeptember 19, 2018@Mike_W_Simpson, Amrut, anger management, Antique Collection, Australia, Bardstown, bargaining, Beam Suntory, Beckmann, Becle, benefits, Bernheim, BetDSI, betting, Birthday Bourbon, Booker Noe Distillery, Bottled in Bond, Buffalo Trace, buried, Bushmills, Bushmills Irish Honey, cemetery, Clermont, Col. E.H. Taylor, Conor McGregor, contract, Coxs Creek, Crumlin, Cruzan Rum, Cù Bòcan, David Elder, David Vitale, Denny Potter, diplomat, disability, distilling, Drambuie, Dublin 12, Eagle Rare, Eric Gregory, fighter, Fireball, first responders, flag, flavored whiskey, Four Roses, gambling, George T. Stagg, George Washington, Glenmorangie, Glenn's Creek, Grand Vintage Malt 1993. Madeira, Greg Davis, Heaven Hill, India, Ireland, Irish Mist, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey, Jane Bowie, Jeff Hammer, Jeff Royalty, Jim Beam Distillery, Jim Rutledge, Joo Kim, Josh Hafer, Joshua McQueen, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Kirin, labor, Las Vegas, Lawrenceburg, Liqueur, Local 10D, Loretto, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Marianne Barnes, Marianne Eaves, master distiller, McCracken Pike, Melbourne, mixed martial arts, MMA, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, NCFO/SEIU, negotiations, New Riff, news conference, No. #1 Bond House, Notorious, Nova, odds, Old Forester, Old Taylor Distillery, Peristyle, police, Private Select, promotion, prop bets, Proper No. Twelve, Proximo Spirits, restoration, Revolutionary War, Sazerac Rye, sergeant, short-term disability, sick leave, Smiley, spirit drinks, Starward, strike, sugar, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tomatin, travel retail, UFC, UFCW, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, US Virgin Islands, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Wes Murry, whiskey, whisky, Will Arvin, William Larue Weller0 comments
In 1972, the gates were locked for what many thought would be the final time at Kentucky’s historic Old Taylor Distillery near Frankfort. Wednes...
Episode 621: December 25, 201620161224205805
Episode 621: December 25, 2016
Mark GillespieDecember 24, 2016#12DramsofChristmas, A Glass Part, Adam Sable, Allisa Henley, Andrew Jeffords, Annasach, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, author, Baltimore, Barbara Dozetos, Beam Suntory, Benoit Bailey, Bladnoch, Blended Malt, book, Booker's Bourbon, books, Brian Kinsman, Brian Treacy, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, capital projects, cellar, Chapel Gate, Charles Anderson, Christmas, classic malts, Dave Broom, David Daiches, David Prior, development, Diageo, Evan Williams Extra Aged, Fionnán O'Connor, Fireball, Fred Minnick, Gary Regan, Goldring, Goodness Nose, Heaven Hill, holidays, Houston, incentives, investors, Irish Whiskey, Jack Daniel's, John Lunn, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Kevin Plank, Laphroaig, limestone, Linda Peterson, Loretto, Louise McGuane, Louisville Courier-Journal, Maker's 46, Maker's Mark, Malt Whisky Yearbook, Mark Brown, Maryland, Michael Collins, Michael Jackson, Michael McKenna, Nant, Newport, Patrick Maguire, Peat Smoke & Spirit, Pikesvile Rye, Popcorn Sutton, Port Covington, Port Ellen, Pure Scot, Rachel McCormack, rebates, Reserve 101, Richard Paterson, Rye Whiskey, Sagamore Development, Sagamore Farm, Sagamore Spirit, Sazerac, Special Releases, Sullivan's Cove, Tasmania Distillery, tax credits, Tennessee, Tennessee Rye, Tennessee Whiskey, The Baltimore Whiskey Company, Under Armour, whiskey, Whiskey Women, whisky, whisky library, Whisky Magazine, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
The founders of Baltimore’s Sagamore Spirits could have chosen to buy a distillery anywhere they wanted to, but they wanted to help revive Balti...
Maker’s Mark Distillery Expansion Nearly Complete20150926175058
Maker’s Mark Distillery Expansion Nearly Complete
Mark GillespieSeptember 26, 2015Beam Suntory, Bourbon, distilling, expansion, Greg Davis, Icons of Whisky Awards, Kentucky, Loretto, Maker's Mark, still house, Vendome, whiskey, whisky0 comments
September 24, 2015 – It’ll happen quietly, perhaps with a whoosh of steam or perhaps some banging as steam and mash collide in the still, ...
Whisky News Briefs20150908141738
Whisky News Briefs
Mark GillespieSeptember 8, 2015Alexander Walker, Art Deco, Bladnoch, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, Ceòbanach, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Compass Box, County Down, David Boyd-Armstrong, Deanson, design, distillery, Fiona Boyd-Armstrong, Flaming Heart, George Walker, Ian MacMillan, Invest NI, Irish Whiskey, John Glaser, John Walker, John Walker & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky, King George V, Ledaig, Loretto, Maker's 46, Maker's Mark, packaging, Rademon Estate Distillery, Shortcross Gin, travel retail, XR0 comments
September 8, 2015 – It’s shaping up to be a big week for the whisky industry. In addition to the previously reported releases of the Buffa...
Episode 530: April 18, 201520150418233329
Episode 530: April 18, 2015
Mark GillespieApril 18, 2015A. Smith Bowman, Adrian Graham, Ambassador Cask, analysts, Anthony Russo, Aultmore, Australia, bail, Ballindalloch, basketball, Beam, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Thomason, blog, Breeder's Cup, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, cave, Chapter 13, charity, China, Churchill Downs, court, Craig Beam, crime, critters, Crown Royal, Dewar's, Diageo, Duchess or Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, earnings, English Whisky Company, estate, Fairfax, Frankfort, Franklin County, Fredericksburg, Gilbert Curtsinger, Gimli, Glengoyne, Glenmorangie, Grantown-on-Spey, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, historic, horse racing, Ian MacLeod, Ian Macleod Distillers, indictment, Jack Daniel's, Josh Hafer, Keeneland, Kentucky Derby, Last Great Malts of Scotland, lawschooldrunk, Lem Tolley, Lexington, Loretto, Louisville, LVMH, Lynchburg, Maker's 46, Maker's Mark, Manitoba, Marianne Barnes, Martin, Master Distillers Series, mint julep, New South Wales, Northern Harvest, Odin, Old Taylor, Pam Wiznitzer, Pamela Wiznitzer, Pappy & Co., Pappy Van Winkle, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pat Melton, Peristyle, photography, Prince Charles, Remy Cointreau, renovations, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Brackla, running, sales, Sheriff, Speyside, St. George's Day, still, suspect, Sydney, Tamdhu, The Glenrothes, theft, Thoroughbred, Time For Whisky, tour, United Kingdom, University of Kentucky, Valhalla Collection, Van Winkle, Versailles, Vintage Reserve, Virginia, warehouse, wax dip, WhiskyFest, Wild Turkey, WLEX, Woodford Reserve, Wounded Warrior Equestrian Project1 comment
If distilleries have ghosts, the ones haunting the former Old Taylor Distillery in Kentucky finally have some people to scare. After nearly 43 years, ...
A Big Weekend At Maker’s Mark20150416220019
A Big Weekend At Maker’s Mark
Mark GillespieApril 16, 2015Adolph Rupp, Adrian Smith, Alonzo Shirley, ambassador, basketball, Bill Thomason, Bourbon, Cliff Hagan, college, Dan Issel, distillery, Frank Ramsay, horse racing, Jackie Richardson, John Butler, Keeneland, Kentucky, Lexington, Loretto, Maker's Mark, Mike Richardson, Rob Samuels, Sydina Bradshaw, Thoroughbred, tours, University of Kentucky, visitors center0 comments
The second weekend of April means The Masters for golf lovers, but for fans of Maker’s Mark Bourbon, it means horse racing and a visit to the di...