Celebrating Canada’s 150 Years Whisky Style (Episode 647: June 25, 2017)20170624234435
Celebrating Canada’s 150 Years Whisky Style (Episode 647: June 25, 2017)
Mark GillespieJune 24, 2017@daw816, @jesslionsmane, @lloyd927, @That_Whisky_Guy, Agriculture Department, Andy Nelson, anniversary, Arctic, Arran, Balcones, bidders, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brooks Koepka, Brown-Forman, budget, Canada, Canada Day, Canadian Whisky, Chancery Court, Charlie Nelson, Chivas Brothers, Christopher Evison, Claret Jug, cocktails, Confederation Oak, contract, craft distillers, Crown Royal, Daniel Weber, Dave Pickerell, Delaware, DISCUS< lobbying, dissertation, Distilled Spirits Council, Don Livermore, Dumbarton, Early Times, Erin Hills, European Union, exports, Federal Excise Tax, FET, Fireball, Forty Creek, Glasgow, golf, Heaven Hill, Hibernia Distillers, Hyde, industrial action, Iowa, Irish Whiskey, J.P. Wiser's, Jared Himstedt, Jess, John Hall, Kavalan, labor union, labour, lawsuit, legislation, Lloyd Fink, Madison Single Malt Society, map, Mark Gorman, Market Access Program, mediation, Michelob Ultra, move, Nashville, Nelson's First 108, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Newfoundland, One Fifty Commemorative, Paisley, Raj Bhakta, Royal Birkdale, Royal Salute, Russ Kempton, sale, sales, Scotch Whisky, Scotland Food & Drink, single malt, Smugglers Series, South Carolina, Spirits Europe, St. John's, Steve Ury, strike, Taiwan, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tennessee, Texas, The Exciseman, The Flask Edition, The Open Championship, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Squad, tour, trade, Treasury Department, Triple Barrel Rye, trophy, Trump, Trump Administration, TTB, Two Brewers, U.S. Open, Unite, Vermont, Waco, Washington, water, whiskey, whisky, Whistlepig, Whitehorse, Wilco Faessen, Wine Barrel Finished, Wisconsin, Yukon Spirits0 comments
July 1 is Canada Day, and this year it’s even more of a holiday than usual. Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary this Saturday, and Hiram Wal...
Crown Royal Strike Ends, Contract Dispute Continues20160505134508
Crown Royal Strike Ends, Contract Dispute Continues
Mark GillespieMay 5, 2016arbitration, Canada, Canadian Whisky, contract, Crown Royal, Diageo, Gimli, labor, Local 832, Manitoba Labour Board, mediation, strike, union, United Food & Commercial Workers0 comments
May 5, 2016 – Workers at Diageo’s Crown Royal distillery in Gimli, Manitoba have returned to work after a strike that began March 5 when c...
Episode 520: February 7, 201520150208002445
Episode 520: February 7, 2015
Mark GillespieFebruary 8, 2015#28DramsIn28Days, abstraction, age statements, Andy Watts, Angel's Envy, Baptists, Beam Suntory, Ben Nevis, Black Bottle, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, bulk, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart, California, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Caol Ila, Ceòbanach, Chicago, Chivas Brothers, colds, commemorative, commerce, contract, court, data, David Ozgo, Deanston, DISCUS, Distell, Distilled Spirits Council, economic, economy, Edinburgh, Elijah Craig, experiment, exports, Extraordinary Cask Collection, Federal, football, Forsyths, Forty Creek, Founder's Reserve, Gaelic, Glencadam, grandmother, Greenore, hearing, Hiram Walker Distillery, Hot Toddy, Huffington Post, Ian MacMillan, illness, Inverleven, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Islay, Jimmy Russell, Johanne McInnis, John Hall, John Ramsay, Jura, Ken Goldenberg, Kilbeggan, Kilmarnock, Kyle Henderson, lawsuit, Ledaig, Lincoln Henderson, London, London Bridge, Louisville Distilling Company, Maker's Mark, Mano a Lámh, Marc Bushala, Mark Reynier, mediation, medicinal, MGP-I, Moine, Mull, New England, pastor, Patriots, Port Charlotte, Port Charlotte Scottish Barley, RebelRunnerGirl, Redbreast, remedy, sales, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Scottish Leader, SEPA, single cask, single grain, Single Oak Project, South Africa, Southern Baptist, Special Releases, sports, statistics, stills, Sukhinder Singh, Sunday Herald, Sunday School, Super Bowl, Tam Carr, Taryn Denman, Templeton Rye, The Glenlivet, The Glenrothes, The Stillhouse, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Thijs Klaverstijn, Tobermory, trade, Trader Joe's, travel retail, Vinopolis, water, Waterford, Welly, Wes Henderson, Wild Turkey, Wiser's, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Straight Rye, Words for Whisky2 comments
Ian MacMillan has been overseeing the whiskies from Deanston, Tobermory, and Bunnahabhain for years…but Cognac cask finishes were one thing he h...
Episode 510: December 8, 201420141208015758
Episode 510: December 8, 2014
Mark GillespieDecember 8, 2014A. Smith Bowman, affidavits, allegations, architects, Atholl Crescent, attorney, Balcones, BenRiach, Benromach, blender, Bob Dalgarno, Box, buyout, Cadenhead's, Caramel, chill filtering, Chip Tate, Ciroc, Colin Ross, construction, court, David Frost, Dewar's, Diageo, Dornoch, Edinburgh, Edrington, European Union, Evan Chapman, expansion, Famous Grouse Experience, Gaelic, Geoff Bell, Georgie Crawford, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenkeir Treasures, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gordon & MacPhail, Greg Allen, Hall of Fame, Ian Curle, Ian Macleod Distillers, Icons of Whisky, imports, Inchgower, India, infused, Inver House, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Ken Grier, Lagavulin, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, lawyer, Little Bay, Macallan, Mackmyra, Madagascar, Mario Testino, Masters of Photography, mediation, memos, Michael Urquhart, Nate Arnold, negotiations, Oban, PE Investors II LLC, Pernod Ricard, Peter Gordon, Pierre Pringuet, PR agency, redacted, restraining order, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Royal Mile Whiskies, running, Sandy Coutts, Sandy McIntyre, Scotch Whisky Association, settlement, shopping, slander, Speyside, Stephen Marshall, Stuart Harvey, Susan Colville, SWA, Sweden, Tamdhu, tariffs, taxes, Texas, The Whisky Shop, trade, vanilla, Virginia, Waco, Wayne Kieswetter, Westminster, Whisky Magazine, wife, William Grant & Sons0 comments
As we reported on our last episode, Balcones Distilling founder Chip Tate has accepted a buyout agreement from the majority owners of the Waco, Texas ...
Chip Tate To Return To Balcones December 5, Plans To “Set Things Right”20141126133446
Chip Tate To Return To Balcones December 5, Plans To “Set Things Right”
Mark GillespieNovember 26, 2014Balcones, Chip Tate, court, David Clouston, Jared Himstedt, Jim Meyer, judge, lawsuit, mediation, Oklahoma City, PE Investors II LLC, restraining order, Texas, Waco0 comments
Editor’s note: Chip Tate and the Balcones majority owners reached a settlement December 3 in which Tate sold his 27 percent ownership stake in B...
Episode 503: October 25, 201420141025201106
Episode 503: October 25, 2014
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2014ad valorem, Ally Alpine, Andrina Fitzgerald, awards, Balcones, Barry Crockett, Barry Gallagher, beer, Beggar's Bush, Billy Leighton, bottling plant, Brian Nation, Cameronbridge, Cannes, Carlow, Caskmates, Celtic Whiskey Club, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chip Tate, Compass Box, competition, Connemara, construction, Cooley, Cork, court, Dave Quinn, defense fund, delay, development, Diageo, Dingle, dispute, divorce, Dublin, duty free, economic impact, economy, Eric Gregory, Eunan Ryan, expansion, Franciscan, Frankfort, gag order, Glendalough, Go Fund Me, Haig Club, Ichiro Akuto, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Society, Jack Ryan's, Jack Teeling, Jameson, Jane Maher, Jim Beam, Jim Lynch, John Cashman, John Glaser, John Quinn, Joker, Just-Drinks.com, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilbeggan, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, lawyers, logistics, mediation, Michael Payne, Michael Rockafellow, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Oliver Hughes, Pearl, Poitin, pot still, Redbreast, restraining order, Shane Fitzharris, slowdown, stout, tax, taxes, Teaninich, Teeling Whiskey, The Irishman, travel retail, Tullamore Dew, University of Louisville, Urban Studies Institute, Waco, Walsh, Walsh Whiskey Company, Whiskey Live Dublin, Whisky Live, William Grant & Sons, winner, Writers Tears, Yellow Spot0 comments
This week’s episode comes from Whiskey Live Dublin, and we’ll be focusing on Irish whiskies this time around with some of the winners from...
Chip Tate: “I Want To Make Whiskey”20141020202853
Chip Tate: “I Want To Make Whiskey”
Mark GillespieOctober 20, 2014#ISupportChipTate, agreement, attorney, Balcones, Chip Tate, contempt, court, Fred Minnick, Go Fund Me, Greg Allen, investors, Jim Meyer, judge, lawyer, mediation, Michael Rockafellow, non-compete, Oklahoma City, PE Investors II LLC, private equity, restraining order, statement, Texas, TRO, Waco, Waco Tribune, Whisky Advocate0 comments
October 20, 2014 – With a gag order banning him from speaking publicly about the legal battle for control of Balcones Distilling lifted, Balcone...