The Uncle Nearest Story: A Timeless Lesson for Modern Times (Episode 779: August 4, 2019)20190804174027
The Uncle Nearest Story: A Timeless Lesson for Modern Times (Episode 779: August 4, 2019)
August 4, 2019"The Road Home", Adam Keele, agriculture, analysts, Armagnac, auction, Australia, backstop, Baker's Bourbon, Basil Hayden's, Beam Suntory, beer, black market, Booker Noe, Booker's, brewer, Brexit, budget, bulk whiskey, Caleb Kilburn, capital, Chinkapin Oak, Cigar Blend Bourbon, Civil War, Clermont, Clonakilty Distillery, collecting, collectors, cooperage, Copper Mule Distillery, Corky Taylor, crackdown, Dallas Dhu, David McEldowney, DC, Derek Maclean, Diageo, DIGI, distillery, Don Gosen, Drinks Industry Group of Ireland, Dublin, earnings, Esquire, EU, European Union, excise taxes, Facebook, farmers, Fawn Weaver, finance, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Glasgow, Gordon & MacPhail, Gus Griffin, hard border, Hermann, history, Hobart, investors, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distilling Company, Joseph A. Magnus & Co., Kentucky Peerless Distillery, Kevin Hogan, Knob Creek, law, lawmakers, legislature, Little Book, Longmorn, Lynchburg, meetup, Melbourne, MGP Ingredients, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Missouri Craft Distillers Guild, Morehead State University, Nancy Fraley, Nathan Nearest Green, Northern Ireland, Oban, Old Teddy, online, Prime Minister, Private Collection, race, racism, Rosemary Garth, Scotch Whisky Auctions, shares, slavery, St. Magdalene, Starward, stock market, STR Casks, Sydney, Tasmanian Whisky Week, Teddy Maclean, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tennessee, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, Tennessee Whiskey, The Glenlivet, trade, Travel, Uncle Nearest, Uncle Nearest 1884, Uncle Nearest Distillery, Victoria Eady-Butler, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, whisky0 comments
If the story of Nathan “Nearest” Green and Jack Daniel was made into a movie, critics might describe it as “a feel-good story for th...
The “Godfather of Rye Whiskey” (Episode 730: October 7, 2018)20181007162602
The “Godfather of Rye Whiskey” (Episode 730: October 7, 2018)
October 7, 2018@Chris_F74, @irishwhiskeybc, @luvthemstillers, Albert Baladi, aluminum, American Select Oak, Amrut, angel's share, Angostura, Ardbeg, artist, Ashok Chokalingham, auction, Baccarat, Bangalore, Barrel Proof, Beam Global, Beam Suntory, bidding, Bonhams, bootleggers, Bourbon, Brian Nation, Brian Treacy, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Canada, Cannes, Cardhu, CEO, Chivas, Chris Farrell, Christie's, Cincinnati, CL Financial, Clynelish, cognac, collecting, Congress, Dail, Dalwhinnie, David Whitmer, Dekantā, distilling, Don Livermore, Donald Trump, Dubai Duty Free, Eagle Rare 17, Edinburgh, expansion, Fine & Rare Collection, football, Fortnum & Mason, Fortune Brands, France, Game of Thrones, George Remus, George Ross, Gibson's, Glendullan, Gordon & MacPhail, Greedy Angels, Guinness World Records, HBO, Health Minister, health warnings, Hong Kong, House Lannister, India, Indiana, induction, Intermediate Sherry Cask, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Barry, Jim McEwan, Jimmy Russell, Joe Hyman, Johnnie Walker, Kadhambam, Kavalan, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, labels, Lagavulin, Larry Ebersold, Lawrenceburg, LDI, legislature, Leo Varadkar, London, Longmorn, Louisville, Manchester United, Masters Collection, Matt Shattock, Mexico, MGP Ingredients, Michael Dillon, Midleton Very Rare, minimum pricing, molecules, NAFTA, New Riff, New York City, Newport, Nobel Prize, North American Free Trade Act, Oat Grain Edition, Oban, Parliament, Pernod Ricard, Portonova, Private Collection, Public Health Bill (Alcohol), Repeal Reserve, Richard Urquhart, Rob, Rossville, Royal Lochnagar, Rye, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scott Ritenbaugh, Seagram's, Seanad, Sir Peter Blake, Skinner, soccer, Solist, Sotheby's, sponsorship, sports, steel, Stuart Urquhart, Suntory, Talisker, Taoiseach, tariffs, television, The Macallan, Tom Flocco, trade, travel retail, Trinidad & Tobago, Trump Administration, Twenty-Something, Twentysomething, Twitter, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, USMCA, Valerio Adami, value, Vinho Barrique, vintage, W9 Summit, warehouse, Westeros, whiskey, Whiskey Summit, whisky, White Walker, Winter is Coming, Woodford Reserve, world record0 comments
The largest single distiller of Rye Whiskey isn’t in Kentucky, but just along the other side of the Ohio River in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. For nea...
The Way of Whisky (Episode 696: May 10, 2018)20180510193948
The Way of Whisky (Episode 696: May 10, 2018)
May 10, 2018"The Amber Light", Alan Winchester, aluminum, Andrew Mansinne, archive, Ashton Cigar Bar, auction, Australia, Austria, author, Avengers, Award, Balblair, Baltimore Whiskey Company, Berlin, Bill Grant Smith, Billy Leighton, Bloomberg News, book, border, Bourbon, Brexit, Bruichladdich, Brussels, Bushmills, Cadenhead's, Camden, Captain's Reserve, Chichibu, closing, Colum Egan, Cooper River Distillers, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dave Broom, David Jacob, Deborah Stewart, Diageo, Donald Trump, Dream Cask, Ed Dodson, Eden Mill, Epoch Rye, EU, European Union, Ewan Gunn, export, fish, Fishky, Founder's Reserve, Game of Thrones, George Remus, George Ross, Germany, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Graham Coull, Great Britain, Hanyu, hard border, Heaven's Door, herring cask, Hombo Shuzo, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt & Grain, import, Indiana, Infinity Stones, Infinity War, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, James Yoakum, Japan, Japanese Whisky, John Grant, John MacDonald, Johnnie Walker, Kavalan, Kentucky Derby, King Car, Klaus Pinkernell, Lawrenceburg, Marc Bushala, Mars Komagatake, Mars Shinsu, Martin Kenney, Masataka Taketsuru, MGP Ingredients, movie, negotiations, New Jersey, Nikka, Northern Ireland, Parliament, party, Paul LaGrange, Philadelphia, Photoshop, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, politics, prank, President, quotas, Redbreast, Reserva, Rita Taketsuru, Rob Whitinger, Rossville Union, Ryan Perry, Rye, Salzburg, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Shyamal Ramachandran, Sinn Fein, social media, Spirit of Speyside Festival, spoiler, steel, Strathisla, stupidcask.de, Suntory, Taketsuru, tariffs, Tasmania, Tasmanian Whisky Week, tease, television, Thanos, The Birdhouse, The Glenlivet, The Way of Whisky, Tom Brim, trade, United Kingdom, voting, whiskey, whisky, WhiskyAuctioneer.com, White Walker, William Grant Smith, World Whisky Day, Yamazaki0 comments
Dave Broom has been one of Japanese whisky’s most passionate observers for many years, and his latest book “The Way of Whisky” delve...
Making Whisky with MGP’s Gordon Working (Episode 679: February 4, 2018)20180204211441
Making Whisky with MGP’s Gordon Working (Episode 679: February 4, 2018)
February 4, 2018@Serkan_E, @WhiskyNeighbour, 1792 Barton, A. Smith Bowman, A.P. Hotaling, Alberta, American Whiskey, Anchor Brewing & Distilling, Anchor Distilling, Ballantine's, Barton 1792, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blender's Select, Bourbon, branding, Burkay Adalig, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Caribbean, construction, Crown Royal, currency, David Ozgo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, dollar, economic, economy, Edmonton, ethanol, expansion, exports, fuel, Glenmorangie, Gordon Working, Great Britain, Highland Council, Hot Toddy, Hotaling & Co., Indiana, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Japan, Kentucky, Lawrenceburg, LCBO, LDI, medicinal, MGP, MGP Ingredients, Ontario, planning, pound, Private Edition, Rye Whiskey, sales, Sapporo Holdings, Sazerac, Scotch, Scotland, Seagram, Serkan Evrensel, Spios, Stephen Wilson, Tim Herlihy, Tony Foglio, tourism, trademark, trave, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, turkey, Turkish, Virginia, visitors, whiskey, whisky0 comments
When someone wants to start a new whisky brand, but doesn’t own a distillery, chances are they’ll turn to Gordon Working and his team at t...
There’s Whisky History Behind That Wall! (Episode 676: January 14, 2018)20180114175122
There’s Whisky History Behind That Wall! (Episode 676: January 14, 2018)
January 14, 2018@ninja_padrino, @yerssot, A Chorus Line, additive, Alistair Reavey, anCnoc, arrest, aserone, Astil Dotonbori Hotel, auto racing, Ballantine's, Barbados, Bardstown, Ben-Burk, biobutanol, biofuel, Blair Athol, Blender's Batch, Blood Oath, Blue Label, bootleggers, bottle dipping, bottling workshop, Bourbon, Bourbon Country, Brent Hocking, Bruichladdich, building, calamus oil, calamus root, carcinogen, Cardhu, Carl Reavey, Catoctin Creek, Celtic Renewables, China, Chinese New Year, Claive Vidiz, cocaine, Cork, Dan Castellano, David Nicholson, Deanston, Diageo, diesel, distillery waste, Double Cask, draft, Drake, drugs, Dublin, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, elastic, extradition, Ezra Brooks, F1, farmland, flavorings, Fodors, Force India, Foreign Office, Formula One, Four In One, fraud, gasoline, Glencairn, Glentauchers, Grangemouth, Greg Trainor, H.C. Berkowitz, Hakushu, Heathrow, Hibiki, Highland Park, Honours List, Ileach, India, initial public offering, inmates, IPO, Ireland, Irwin Benjamin, Islay, Jameson, Jan Reavey, Japan, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, job training, Johnnie Walker, Joseph Magliocco, Justin Victor, Kelly Magyarics, Kentucky, Kingfisher Airlines, lanyard, London, Louisville, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, magistrate, Maine, Maker's Mark, marijuana, Mark Dzindsio II, Martin Tangney, medicinal whiskey, MGP Ingredients, Michter's, money laundering, motorsport, Mount Gay, Mr. Boston, music, newspaper, OBE, obituary, Old Overholt, Old Pulteney, opium, Order of the British Empire, Osaka, Peatheart, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Community Corps, Philly Reclaim, Port Charlotte Hotel, pot ale, prescription, prison, Prohibition, Queen Elizabeth II, Quora, Rebel Yell, Royal Mile, Rye, salvage, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, sedative, severance, Springfield, stock market, Strathmill, Suntory, Sweden, The Dark, The Drinks Business, The Ileach, The Macallan, Tim Matthews, tourism, toxic, tranquilizer, Travel, travel retail, United Spirits, Urban Bourbon Trail, vending machine, Vijay Mallya, Virginia, Virginia Black, warrant, weed, whiskey, whisky, whisky club, Whyte & Mackay, Wiggly Bridge Distillery, Yamazaki, Year of the Dog0 comments
You never know what might be found behind the walls or under the floors of old houses and other buildings, especially those built during the Prohibiti...
Dealmaking Continues in Craft Distilling As Pernod Ricard Acquires Smooth Ambler20161208164650
Dealmaking Continues in Craft Distilling As Pernod Ricard Acquires Smooth Ambler
December 8, 20161792 Barton, acquisition, Alexandre Ricard, Austin Nichols & Co., Constellation Brands, Contradiction, Greg Parseghian, Gruppo Campari, High West, Jeff Agdern, John Foster, John Little, Maxwelton, MGP Ingredients, NBV Investments, Old Scout, Pernod Ricard, Remy Cointreau, Smooth Ambler, Tag Galyean, Utah, West Virginia, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey0 comments
December 8, 2016 – Smooth Ambler Spirits’ Old Scout was named the “Best Single Barrel Bourbon in the World” in Whisky Magazine...
Episode 615: November 12, 201620161113205158
Episode 615: November 12, 2016
November 13, 2016@philpowers, @potstillmike, acquisition, agriculture, Alexander Murray & Co. Steve Lipp, Amrut, An Ard Ri, Angel's Envy, anniversary, Australia, Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, bar, Beam Suntory, Billionaire, Blended Malt, blood, Bloomberg News, Boondocks, Boss Hog, budget, Charles Brown, Chicago, Chita, Cincinnati, Compass Box, Costco, currency, Dave Pickerell, Dave Scheurich, David Stewart, David Taylor, David Walker, Delilah's, dollar, Donald Trump, Dublin, Earl, election, Elgin, English Whisky Company, exchange rates, Few Spirits, Firestone Walker, Fusion Whisky, George Remus, Glen Elgin, Governor General, grand opening, Greg Metze, Hakushu, Hillrock Estate, India, Indiana, Jailers, Japan, Japan Society, Kevin Plank, Kirkland, Lawrenceburg, Louisville, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Matt Shattock, Metze's Select, MGP Ingredients, Mike Horton, Mike Miller, music, Neil Cameron, New York City, New Zealand, Outryder, Paul Hletko, Phil Powers, policy, politics, Polly Walker, Polly's Casks, Port Covington, pound, President, PX, Red Cross, Redlands, Royal Wine, Sagamore Development, Sagamore Spirit, Sam Mead, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Mansfield, Seagram's, Spice Project, Spice Tree, Spice Tree Extravaganza, Steve Nally, sulfates, Suntory Holdings, SWA, Takeshi Niinami, tartrates, Tasmania, Tax & Trade Bureau, taxes, The Balvenie, The Glenturret, The Kincairdine, The Norfolk, tourism, trade, Trader Joe's, TTB, Tun 1509, Under Armour, Usquaebach, Viceroy, Victor Bruce, visitors center, Wes Henderson, Whiskey Row, Whistlepig Rye, WindyBore, wine casks, Woodford Reserve, Wyoming Whiskey, Yamazaki0 comments
This week, we’re celebrating the 11th anniversary of WhiskyCast with a potpourri of sorts, as we catch up with people from all over the world of...
Episode 613: October 29, 201620161029231732
Episode 613: October 29, 2016
October 29, 2016"The Beast", @ceppwepp, @crewcutter, @FL_ScotchLover, @tastydram, @winegalunboxed, A'Bunadh, A'Bunadh Orchard, Aberlour, acquisition, Alberta, American Whiskey, anniversary, Apothic, Apothic Inferno, Ashton Advertising, auction, banks, barrels, beards, Belgium, Blended Malt, bog, Boris Johnson, Bourbon Banter, Brent Hocking, Brexit, Brussels, Bulleit Rye, campaign, Canada, Caol Ila, charity, cocktail, Colorado, commute, Compass Box, construction, contempt, currency, David Frost, default, Denmark, Diageo, Domaine des, Dominic Villegas, Donald Trump, Drake, eBay, economic development, election, Elijah Craig, EU, European Union, Evan Williams, exchange rates, exile, Fiona Crosswell, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Foreign Secretary, Fort McMurray, Friends of Fort McMurray Firefighters, Gert, ghost, Glen Garioch, Halloween, haunted, Heaven Hill, Hill Harcourt, Hillary Clinton, hipster, Iain McArthur, Ileach, incentives, India, Indiana, interim, Iowa, Islay, Jimmy Russell, judge, Julie Hesketh-Laird, justices, Keith Kerkhoff, Lagavulin, lawsuits, lawyers, LCBO, Louisville, Make America Thirsty Again, Matt Evans, Max Shapira, MGP Ingredients, negotiations, Ontario, order, Parker Beam, peat, Port Ellen, Presidential, Remy Cointreau, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, severance, Spike Baker, stories, Supreme Court, SWA, talks, tax credit, taxes, Templeton Rye, Three Year Old Deluxe, trade, train, United Spirits, Val, veterans, Vijay Mallya, Virginia Black, whiskey, whisky, wildfire, wine, Wood Buffalo Brewing Company, write-in, yard sign0 comments
Distillery managers come and go at Lagavulin, but Iain McArthur is a fixture at the legendary Islay distillery. McArthur’s something of a legend...
Episode 590: May 22, 201620160522213002
Episode 590: May 22, 2016
May 22, 2016@Markm19682002, @samdave69, @wknock, 1792 Barton, arrest, attorneys, author, book, Bourbon, Brent Elliott, Buffalo Trace, Burlington Free Press, Christopher Evison, cocktail, collie, Colombia, court, Dan D’Ambrosio, Delaware, dissident, Douglas Laing & Co., drinks, DUI, economy, Elliott's Select, equity, expansion, exports, Fife, Fly's 16 Master's Edition, Four Roses, fraud, Geordie Moski, Glen Turner, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, Glenturret, Graham Logan, Grand Macnish, Greg Metze, HM Revenue & Customs, Ian Palmer, InchDairnie, Indiana, investment, investors, Irish Distillers, Islay Mist, Isle of Jura, Jim Rutledge, John Fergus, Jura, Ken Pearce, Kentucky, Kentucky Department of Revenue, Kilchoman, Kyndal, La Martiniquaise, Lalique, Lauder's, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Louisiana, Macduff International, Metze's Select, MGP Ingredients, Michael Dietsch, Midleton, Paddy, Pernod Ricard, raithrover, Raj Peter Bhakta, recipes, Remarkable Regional Malts, retirement, SABMiller, Sanaig, Santo Domingo, Sazerac, Scallywag, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Seagram, Six Pillars, Strathenry, SWA, Tarlogan, The Macallan, The Whisky Whisperer, trade, Vermont, whiskey, Whiskey: A Spirited Story, whisky, Whistlepig, Whyte & Mackay, Wilco Faessen, Willie Cochrane, Willie Tait0 comments
One of Scotland’s newest distilleries opened its doors for the first time to visitors this week, though opportunities to visit InchDairnie Disti...
Metze Departs As MGP’s Master Distiller20160520195917
Metze Departs As MGP’s Master Distiller
May 20, 2016Baltimore, Bulleit Rye, Diageo, George Dickel Rye, Greg Metze, High West, Indiana, Kevin Plank, Lawrenceville, Metze's Select, MGP, MGP Ingredients, Pernod Ricard, Sagamore Spirit, Seagram, Under Armour0 comments
May 20, 2016 – The Master Distiller at Whisky Advocate magazine’s reigning Distiller of the Year is departing after 38 years on the job. M...