New Distillery, Familiar Faces (Episode 733: June 23, 2019)20190623235959
New Distillery, Familiar Faces (Episode 733: June 23, 2019)
Mark GillespieJune 23, 2019@79bigpapi, @Andrew_leets, @smoke.before.fire, #FreeOurWhisky, adjudicator, Allura Fergie, Andrew Leets, appeal, Ardgowan, Ardgowan Estate, Ardnamurchan, Balcones, Bardstown, Barrel & Bottle, Barton 1792 Distillery, BC Liquor & Cannabis Regulation Branch, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, British Columbia, building codes, Bulleit Distilling Company, Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Canada, Caol Ila, Cardhu, CaskCartel.com, Cedar Ridge Distillery, cleanup, Clydebuilt, Clynelish, collapse, crane, Dave Mason, Dave Sweet, Day of Dark Barley, Diageo, Easter Elchies, Eden Mill, Edinburgh, Edrington, Elements of Islay, Elixir Distillers, Eric Fergie, expansion, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fife, Fife Council, fire, Forager's Keep, Geordie Moski, Glen Scotia, Glenfiddich, Glenkinchie, Heaven Hill Distillery, heavy metal, Highland Council, Highland Park, inspection, insurance, Inverkip. Martin McAdam, investigation, Iowa, Islay, Johnnie Walker Experience, Josh Quinn, Kelly Carpenter, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kingsbarns, liquor inspectors, Macallan, Max McFarlane, Morag Ralph, Moray Council, music, Nanaimo, Nerys Poole, No. 9 Iowa Whiskey, O.Z. Tyler Distillery, Orphan Barrel, Owensboro, Paul Miller, Pittyvaich, raid, retail, rickhouse, River Clyde, Rob Carpenter, ruling, Ryan A., Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Sean Fousheé, Shelbyville, Single Malts of Scotland, Slipknot, spending, Speyside, startup, structural engineers, Sweet Toast of American Oak, Terressentia, Texas, The Balvenie, The Macallan Estate, The Week of Peat, thunderstorm, tourism, Travel, Vancouver, Victoria, visitors centers, warehouse, weather, whiskey, Whiskey and Barrel Nite, whisky, William Grant & Sons, Willie Phillips0 comments
If you’re starting a new distillery from scratch, it helps to find some veteran whisky makers to join you on the journey. That’s just what...
Living the Whiskey Life in Cascade Hollow (Episode 757: March 3, 2019)20190303210831
Living the Whiskey Life in Cascade Hollow (Episode 757: March 3, 2019)
Mark GillespieMarch 3, 2019@Food52, @mhanch, @Whisky_Consult, #Drams4Fams, Aberlour, agriculture, airport, Ajay, alcohol, American Craft Spirits Association, Aqua Collection, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Drum, Asahi Group Holdings, Autumn Nethery, Award, beer, Belgium, Bladnoch, Bloody Butcher, Bourbon, Brooklyn, Bunnahabhain, Campbeltown, Canada, Canadian, Cascade Blonde, Cascade Hollow, Char No. 4, Charleston, chemical engineering, clickbait, Clonakilty Distillery, Coffey Grain, Coffey Malt, competition, compression finishing, construction, cooperage, Cork, corn, craft distilling, Dave Worthington, Den Herberg, Derek Scott, Diageo, Distell, distillery, distilling, Drams for Fams, Edmonton Scotch Club, Edrington, Edrington Americas, Feis Ile, food, food bank, genetics, George Dickel, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, government, H. Clark Distillery, Halle, Heath Clark, High Wire Distilling, Highlands, horse, hunger, Ian MacMillan, Ireland, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Japan, Jeptha Creed Distillery, Jimmy Red, Joyce Nethery, Kings County Distillery, label approval, Liberty Pole Spirits, Lidl, Lowlands, Macallan, Mark Hancheroff, MGP, Miyagikyo, Nashville, New York, New York City, Nicole Austin, Nikka, Nikka 12, Nikka Tailored, Nikkei Asian Review, Noble Oak, peated rye, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, politics, Queen Margot, Rogue, Rolling Thunder, Scotland, shutdown, single malt, Soleo Collection, South Carolina, Speyburn, Speyside, spirits, Stefan Berggren, stout, stouted, Suntory, Tabasco, Tennessee, Tennessee Distillers Guild, Tennessee Whiskey, Tennessee Whiskey Trail, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, The Glenrothes, Toiteach a Dhà, Travis Watt, Tullahoma, Tullamore, Tullamore D.E.W., Two Brewers, Violet, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey and Barrel Nite, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Maker's Dram, whisky regions, Whitehorse, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Awards, Yoichi, Yukon, Yukon Spirits0 comments
Nicole Austin made her mark on the American craft distilling movement at Brooklyn’s Kings County Distillery, then spent some time in Ireland wor...
The Power(s) of Irish Whiskey Lore (Episode 741: November 25, 2018)20181125232550
The Power(s) of Irish Whiskey Lore (Episode 741: November 25, 2018)
Mark GillespieNovember 25, 2018"Salty and Peaty", @balsir, #paternityleave, 1926 Macallan, Aeneas MacDonald, Anthony Rivera, Arlene Foster, auction, Australia, author, backstop, bankruptcy, Bardstown, BBC, Bernard Walsh, Black Friday, book, border, bottling strength, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, Bowmore, Brexit, Brian Ellison, Buffalo Trace, Carol Quinn, Chapter 11, Christie's, Ciaran Mulgrew, collectors, construction, Cork, court, Customs, Death's Door Spirits, debt, Democratic Unionist Party, Derry, Dingle, domestic, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, DUP, EU, European Union, event, expansion, export, exports, Fanny Power, Festival, First Minister, Glengoyne, Great Britain, hard border, Heaven Hill, Herbert O'Reilly, holiday, Ian Buxton, Ireland, Irish Coffee, Irish Distillers, Islay, James Power, Jameson, Japan, Jason Johnstone-Yellin, Jean-Baptiste Leonis, Jewish Whisky Company, John Power, John Power & Sons, John's Lane, Joshua Hatton, Kentucky, L. Mulligan Grocer, lawschooldrunk, Liberties, London, Londonderry, Los Angeles, Luxco, Macallan, Madison.com, Maker's Mark, Michael Carr, Michael Dillon, Midleton, Murphy, National College of Art & Design, NCAD, New York, Niche Drinks, Nicola Sturgeon, Nikka, Northern Ireland, O.F.C. Vintages, Orkney, Parliament, politics, port, Powers, Powers Quarter, Powers Three Swallow, Prime Minister, Prohibition, record, Red-Nosed Reindeer, Sabbath, Sarah Guerin, Scallywag, Scotch, Scotland, Serallés USA, Single Cask Nation, Single Pot Still, Sir Peter Blake, Speyside, tariffs, taxes, Teapot Dram, The Oak, The Quiet Man, The Whisky Exchange, Theresa May, Thomas Street, tourism, trade, Valerio Adami, vault, Vintner's Trilogy, visitors, Walsh Whiskey Company, Waterstone's, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Jewbilee, WhiskyFest, Wisconsin, Yoichi0 comments
Ireland’s Power family dominated the Irish Whiskey industry almost from the day innkeeper James Power started making whiskey behind his inn on D...
Doubling Distilleries on the Isle of Arran (Episode 720: August 19, 2018)20180818215314
Doubling Distilleries on the Isle of Arran (Episode 720: August 19, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2018@stlrrw, 1943, Aberfeldy, Andy Simpson, anniversary, Arkansas, Arran, auction, barking, Barton 1792, Bear, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bonhams, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon & Beyond, Bowmore, Brazil, Breeder's Cup, Brexit, Brodick Bay, Bryan Donaghey, Castle & Key, Castle Brands, cats, Champions for Charity, Chivas Brothers, Churchill Downs, cleanup, collapse, collecting, Colorado, construction, Craigellachie, critters, cutbacks, D. Wayne Lukas, Daftmill, David Robertson, debut, development, Dewar's, Diageo, dogs, Douglas Laing & Co., Draken, Dumbarton, Edinburgh, English, Euan Mitchell, exports, Fine & Rare, flip, Fred Laing, Garryana, Garryana Oak, geese, Genesis, Glasgow, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, GMB Union Highlands, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Omand, guard, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Hong Kong, horse racing, Howell Wright, Huddart, imports, Indiana, Invergordon, Iowa, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, jobs, justice, Karuizawa, Keith Kerkhoff, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Derby Museum, Lagg, Little Rock, Liz Gordon, Lochranza, Louisville, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Mark Shilling, master distiller, McTears, MGP, mice, Missoula, Missouri, Mizunara Oak, Montana, Montgomery, Montgomery Distillery, Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center, Old Pulteney, Old Taylor, Orange Curaçao, Pacific Quay, Parker's Heritage Collection, peat, pests, Phil Brandon, planning, police, politics, pornography, Port Ellen, Portland, Potter Stewart, Press & Journal, Private Collection, Rafael Franz, rare whisky 101, restoration, Rick Wright, rickhouse, River Clyde, Rock Town Distillery, Rosebank, Royal Mile Whiskies, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Sour Mash, Special Releases, Speyside, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, St. Louis, Supreme Court, Sweet Mash, tariffs, tasting pack, Templeton Rye, Texas, Thoroughbred, Tomatin, tour, tours, trade, traffic jam, trainer, travel retail, union, video, Viking, Washington, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fringe, Whyte & Mackay, Wick, Wilderness Trail, Yamazaki0 comments
It’s been a hot, dry summer in Scotland, and Euan Mitchell isn’t complaining a bit. The managing director of Isle of Arran Distillers is o...
Meet “The Gatekeeper of the Grains” (Episode 673: December 24, 2017)20171224191643
Meet “The Gatekeeper of the Grains” (Episode 673: December 24, 2017)
Mark GillespieDecember 24, 2017adjudicator, Amir Peay, anCnoc, Andrew Morrison, Angelo Veneziano, Artisan Restaurant, Berry Bros. & Rudd, bonded warehouses, Bourbon, Canada, Canadian Whisky, capitalized interest, Christmas, Clydeside Distillery, Colorado, commodity, Congress, Connacht, Conor Dempsey, Corby, Daftmill, Derek Mather, Detroit, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Distiller's Edition, distiller's grains, Donald Trump, Dr. Don Livermore, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Drumshambo, Edinburgh, Eric Gregory, father-in-law, Federal Excise Tax, FET, Full Volume, Glasgow, Glenburgie, grain, grain elevator, Guinness World Records, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, interest, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Isle of Raasay, J.P. Wiser's, James E. Pepper Distillery, Jim Allan, jobs, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Knappogue Castle, Kristen Ott, Kristy Fregonese, laboratory, Lagavulin, Laurie van Thiel, Lexington, licensing, Lindores Abbey Distillery, lobbying, logo, Macallan, Mark Gorman, Mike Farley, Oban, Ontario, P.T. Wood, R&B Distillers, Rascan, ReserveBar.com, Rhonda Moore, Ryan Campbell, Sam Speers, Santa, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, silo, Solstice, spent grains, tax reform, taxes, The Dark, The Glenesk Hotel, The Light, The Shed Distillery, trademark, whiskey, whisky, Windsor, Wishaw, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Distilleries need tons of grain to make their whiskies, and the responsibility for making sure that grain meets quality control standards falls on ...
A Spirited Time in New Brunswick (Episode 668: November 19, 2017)20171118223040
A Spirited Time in New Brunswick (Episode 668: November 19, 2017)
Mark GillespieNovember 18, 2017"The Squirrel", 1792 Bourbon, 1960, Ace of Spades, alcohol abuse, Andy Watts, Aoife Keane, Ardgowan, Bacardi, Bain's, Bardstown, Barton 1792, Beam Suntory, Billy Leighton, Bluebell Wood, Blunden, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, brand ambassador, British Embassy, Bunnahabhain, burglary, Canada, Canadian Club Heritage Center, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, Caskers of Ottawa, chill filtering, Chinese, Consortium of Cards, Corby, counterfeit, cricket, Dair Ghaelach, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deanston, Deconstructed Series, Delta Fredericton, Distell, Distiller's Cut, Don Livermore, Douglas Laing & Co., Easter Elchies, Edrington, expedition, Food Processing Marketing and Cooperation, forests, Frank Scott, Fredericton, Fredericton Whisky Society, Grant, Grinnell's Wood, health, Heathrow Airport, Hotel, Inverclyde, Inverkip, Irish Distillers, Irish Oak, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Awards, J.P. Wiser's, Jackie Scott, Jameson, Jameson Round, Jerez, Jim Beam, Jim McEwan, Jim Stanski, Karen Betts, Karuizawa, Ken Grier, Kentucky, Kevin O'Gorman, La Maison du Whisky, LCBO, Ledaig, Lee Behar, legislation, London, Macallan, Marcio Ramos, Martin McGowan, Midleton, Mike Brisebois, minimum unit pricing, Morrison Bowmore, Mortlach, netsuke, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, Northern Border Collection, Old Particular, Ontario, Ontario Parliament, Ottawa, Paris, Park Lane, Pinotage, polar, police, Portugal, Robert Swan, Rue d'Anjou, Sazerac, Scotch Whiskey, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Government, South Pole, Spain, SWA, Switzerland, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Revival, theft, Three Ships, Tish Harcus, Tobermory, tourism, tours, Travel, travel retail, UK Supreme Court, Vancouver, visitors center, whiskey, whisky, whisky club, Windsor0 comments
This time around, we’re on location at the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick…and if you think we get around a l...
Whisky, Whiskey…We’ve Got It All This Week! (Episode 662: October 8, 2017)20171007180232
Whisky, Whiskey…We’ve Got It All This Week! (Episode 662: October 8, 2017)
Mark GillespieOctober 7, 2017@scotchology1, 1943, Alwynne Gwilt, auction, Australia, Barry Crockett, beer, Bill Grant Smith, Binny's, Bo Barrett, breakfast, Brexit, Brian Nation, bulk whiskey, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Calistoga, Carlow, Caskmates, Chateau Montelena, collecting, collector, Compass Box, Cotswolds Distillery, County Cork, Daniel Szor, David Stewart, DCS Compendium, Dublin, Dundalk, England, Erik Burgess, euro, European Union, Evan Haskill, exports, Finland, Franciscan Well, Gearoid Cahill, Glasgow, Glen Grant, Glenlivet, Gordon & MacPhail, Great Britain, Great Northern Distillery, Green Spot, Havard Norjodet, Hong Kong, Indiana, IPA, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Pale Ale, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Jim Barrett, John Glaser, John Little, John Teeling, Kalle Valkonen, Kevin O'Gorman, Kyrö, Liberties, London, Luke Gough, Macallan, Marc Pendlebury, Melbourne, Midleton, Midleton Cask Circle, Midleton Very Rare, Mortlach, Napa Valley, No Name, Norway, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Peat Monster, Phenomenology, podcast, Podcast Awards, pound, Private Collection, record, Richard Blanchard, Rob Kielty, Scotchology, Smooth Ambler, South Africa, Spink, Stephen Rankin, Susan Keeker, tariffs, The Balvenie, The Bourbon Daily, The Irishman, The Long Hall Pub, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, transparency, travel retail, Tun 1509, UK, Walsh Whiskey Company, We Like Drinking, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky, wine, World War II, WWII, Zinfandel0 comments
This week, we’re in Ireland for the annual release of Midleton Very Rare from Irish Distillers. There’s something different about the 2017...
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...
The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)20170820174609
The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)
Mark GillespieAugust 20, 2017An Cladach, Angarna, Astar, auction, baby, Baring, Ben Dean, Birthday Bourbon, Black Bowmore, Bonhams, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bunnahabhain, Camus, Canton, Caol Ila, Carl Reavey, Chivas Brothers, cognac, collecting, Collectivum, contract, Cyril Camus, Dalmore, Diageo, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Dumbarton, Dunedin, duty free, Edinburgh, Europe, European Union, Evelyn Drumm, exports, Federation of Food & Drink, Food & Drink Federation, football, Glasgow, Glen Moray, Glen Scotia, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, goalkeeper, Gordon Casey, Hanyu, Heaven Hill, Hong Kong, Ian Chang, Irish Whiskey, IVF, Jackie Zykan, James Eadie, Jim Swan, Julio's Liquors, Karuizawa, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kilmalid, King Car, labor, labour, Lalique, Lambay, Lambay Island, Laurent Lacassagne, Lindores Abbey Distillery, Macallan, Manzanilla, Massachusetts, McTears, Megan Drumm, Michael Williams, Mike Drumm, Missouri, negotiations, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Octomore, Ohio, Old Forester, Old Rip Van Winkle, Oldham, Otago, Ozark, Paisley, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, pound, Revelstoke Trust, Robin Laing, Roseisle, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, second-fill virgin cask, soccer, Solist, Special Releases, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sweden, T.T. Lee, Taipei, Taiwan, Talisker, Tomatin, trade, travel retail, union, Unite, Victoriana, Virgin Oak, Walsall FC, Westborough, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fringe, Y.T. Lee0 comments
Since our first visit to Taiwan’s King Car Distillery in 2011, its Kavalan single malts have arguably become some of the most-acclaimed whiskies...
Malting Barley the Old School Way (Episode 641: May 14, 2017)20170514193411
Malting Barley the Old School Way (Episode 641: May 14, 2017)
Mark GillespieMay 14, 2017@cocktail_maven, @SuprCityIndyFan, #saveourscotch, #supportscotch, Abhainn Dearg, Alan Eunson, Ardbeg, auction, Austin, Bali, Balvenie, Bardstown, Barley, Bernheim, Big Peat, Big Peat's Pals, Bill Lumsden, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Bourbon & Rye Cask Finish, Bonhams, Boston, bottling, Bowmore, Brattzoo, Brora, Brothership, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, camp, campaign, candidate, chariot, Charles Doig, chimney, collectors, Crown Royal, Darek Linklater, Deep Eddy, Denny Potter, Diageo, Douglas Laing & Co., duty, election, Elijah Craig, Experimental Collection, exports, Fargo, Feis Ile, floor maltings, geology, glen, Glen Fargo, Glenfiddich, GNS, Graham Garriock, grain neutral spirits, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Hobbister Moor, Hong Kong, Indianapolis, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indonesia, Irish Whiskey, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, It's the Liquor Talking, jobs, Joel Kath, Johnnie Walker, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Julio's Liquors, Jura, Kilchoman, kiln, labor union, Laphroaig, Liqueur, Macallan, Malt, malting, maltman, Manifesto, Marie Stanton, Mark Kleinman, Massachusetts, Millstone Spirits, New Hampshire, Noble Collection, North Dakota, Organic Six Grain Whiskey, Orkney, pagoda, Parliament, party, Paul Manson, peat, Philadelphia, platform, podcast, Prizefight, promotion, Proof Artisan Distillers, provenance, radio, rake, Randall Bird, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB, RV, Ryan Maloney, Rye, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, shovel, single malt, Southern Comfort, Spencer Jacobsen, Springbank, SWA, Tamworth Distilling, Tastival, taxes, Texas, The Balvenie, The Cocktail Maven, Tracie Franklin, trademark, tradition, union, Unite, vodka, weather, West Cork Distillers, Westborough, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Most Scotch Whisky distilleries source their malted barley from large commercial maltsters today, but a handful of distilleries still maintain their o...