The Top Whisky Stories of 2016…And a Look Ahead20161230053102
The Top Whisky Stories of 2016…And a Look Ahead
December 30, 20162016, acquisition, analysis, Australian Whisky Holdings, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Bernard Walsh, Booker's, boycott, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, Constellation Brands, County Carlow, Diageo, Donald Trump, DSP, Dublin, economy, European Union, exports, foreign policy, Great Northern Distillery, High West, imports, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Japan, Japan Society, Jim Beam, John Little, John Teeling, Lark, lifestyle venture, Mark Brown, Matt Shattock, Michael Collins, Nant Distillery, Old Jameson Distillery, Olympics, Overeem, Paddy, peak craft, Peak Oil, Peak Whisky, Pernod Ricard, Popcorn Sutton, premiumization, President, Prime Minister, private equity, Redlands, regulations, renovation, sales, Sazerac, Seattle, shakeout, Smooth Ambler, Sullivan's Cove, tariffs, Tasmania Distillery, Tax & Trade Bureau, taxes, Technavio, Tennessee, The Last Drop, Theresa May, Tokyo, tourism, trade, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Tullamore D.E.W., Utah, venture capital, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Westland Distillery, World Trade Organization, WTO, year in review0 comments
December 30, 2016 – Every year is defined by the stories that shape it, for better or worse. Here’s our look at the stories that shaped th...
Episode 621: December 25, 201620161224205805
Episode 621: December 25, 2016
December 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...
Sazerac Expanding Into Tennessee Whiskey With Distillery Purchase20161222121222
Sazerac Expanding Into Tennessee Whiskey With Distillery Purchase
December 22, 2016acquisition, Allisa Henley, Australia, Avery's Trail, Brown-Forman, Cocke County, cognac, conviction, Diego, Domaine Breuil de Segonzac, firearm, France, Frïs Vodka, George Dickel, Hank Williams Jr., Irish Distillers, Jamey Grosser, John Lunn, Lincoln County Process, Maria Brillet, Mark Brown, Michael Collins, Midleton, moonshine, moonshiner, Mrs. Sutton's, Nashville, Newport, Paddy, Pam Sutton, Patrick Brillet, Pernod Ricard, Popcorn Sutton, prison, Remy Cointreau, sale, Sazerac, Seattle, Smooth Ambler, Southern Comfort, suicide, Sullivan's Cove, supply contract, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Last Drop, Tuaca, Tullahoma, Vendome, West Virginia, Westland, whiskey, whisky1 comment
December 22, 2016 – Sazerac is wrapping up a year of acquisitions and expansions with yet another deal, one that will give it a foothold in the ...
Episode 588: May 7, 201620160508001914
Episode 588: May 7, 2016
May 8, 2016@Justin83793724, @WhiskyLadyIN, 1792 Barton, Alberta, Amir Peay, arbitration, awards, Beam Suntory, British Columbia, Brixton Mash Destroyer, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Camden, Canada, Canadian Club, capital, Carissa Hickling, cask, Chairman's Select, Chris Kelly, cigar, Cologne, contract, Cooper River Distillers, Cork Distilleries Company, Cragganmore, crowdfunding, Crown Royal, Dave Scheurich, Diageo, Distillery District, Drew Estate, financing, Georgetown Trading Co., Germany, Gimli, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenfiddich, Greg Davis, hemlock, Hillrock Estate, Hochstadter's, India, Indiegogo, inventory, investment, investors, Irish Distillers, J.W. Rutledge Distillery, James E. Pepper, James Marinus, Jameson, Jim Beam, Jim Marinus, Jim Rutledge, John Drew Brands, Jonathan Drew, judging, Julian Van Winkle, Justin, Ken Pearce, labor, Las Vegas, Lexington, Lock Stock & Barrel, Manitoba, Mark Brown, MGP, Michael Collins, Midleton, milestone, million, Mumbai, Murphy, negotiations, New Jersey, Nicaragua, Paddy, Pappy & Co., Pappy Van Winkle, Patrick Evans, Pedro Ximenez, Pernod Ricard, Philadelphia, Powers, restoration, retirement, Rob Cooper, Saint-Germain, Sazerac, Scotia Spirit, Shelter Point, Socrates, Spirit of Speyside Festival, strike, UFCW, United Food & Commercial Workers, Vancouver Island, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America0 comments
Jonathan Drew wants to take his success in the cigar business and expand into the spirits industry, and he plans to do it with the same unique style a...
Pappy & Paddy Under One Roof?20160503143242
Pappy & Paddy Under One Roof?
May 3, 2016acquisition, agreement, Bushmills, Cork Distilleries Company, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, John Ryan, Mark Brown, Michael Collins, Midleton Distillery, Murphy, negotiations, Old Midleton Distillery, Paddy, Paddy Flaherty, Powers, Sazerac, Sidney Frank & Co., Tullamore D.E.W.0 comments
May 3, 2016 – Pappy and Paddy in the same family? That’s the likely outcome as Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard and Sazerac announced that t...
Episode 557: October 10, 201520151011000058
Episode 557: October 10, 2015
October 11, 2015A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Midwinter Night's Dram, Aaron Barker, Andy Cant, appeal, Armagnac, Armagnac Castarède, auction, bar, Beam, Beam Suntory, Benjamin Herrera, Bill Lumsden, Booker's, Boss Hog, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Cabinet, Calumet Farm, Cardhu, charity, Christmas Book, Christopher Winters, David Frost, David Perkins, Diageo, European Court of Justice, Florence Castarède, France, George Washington's Distillery, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Global Alcohol Policy Conference, Hibiki, Hibiki Japanese Harmony, High West, holiday, Ichiro Akuto, Irish Whiskey, Islay, James Brown, Jefferson's Ocean, Jimmy Russell, John Campbell, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Klaus Doblmann, Laphroaig, luxury, Mackmyra, Maureen Robinson, Michael Collins, minimum unit pricing, Mount Vernon, Neiman-Marcus, Octomore, Octomore Farm, Orphan Barrel, Pappy, Parker Beam, Philadelphia, politics, pricing, Romeo and Juliet, ruling, Sazerac, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Court of Session, Scottish Government, Shakespeare, Shinji Fukuyo, Sidney Frank Importing Company, Spirit of Mount Vernon, Stagg, Stitzel-Weller, Supreme Court, Svensk Ek, Sweden, The Singleton of Glendullan, Tom Helt, trademark, travel retail, whiskey, whisky, Whistlepig Rye0 comments
It’s rare that we talk about spirits other than whiskies on WhiskyCast, but with many people complaining that rising prices for single malts are...
Sazerac to Revive Michael Collins Irish Whiskey Brand20151009184100
Sazerac to Revive Michael Collins Irish Whiskey Brand
October 9, 2015Beam, Beam Suntory, Cooley, Eagle Sellers Rep LLC, Irish Civil War, lawsuit, Mark Brown, Mast-Jägermeister, Michael Collins, revolutionary, Sazerac, settlement, Sidney Frank, Sidney Frank Importing Company0 comments
October 9, 2015 – Sazerac plans to revive the Michael Collins Irish Whiskey brand after acquiring the intellectual property rights to the defunc...
Episode 542: July 4, 201520150704200652
Episode 542: July 4, 2015
July 4, 2015@WhiskyGuyRy, Alberta, ambassador, Andy Watts, Austria, Bain's, Bain's Cape Mountain, Baker Beam, Beam Suntory, Booker Noe, Breton, Brittany, Bruichladdich, Brussels, Canada, Canada Day, Carl Beam, chef, Clermont, Contradiction, cooking, Cooley, Coxs Creek, Crown Royal, Culinary, Custodian's Club, David Beam, David Bouley, David Frost, David Stewart, Deirdre Mahlan, Diageo, Diageo North America, diplomat, dismissal, Distell, European Union, expansion, fireworks, food, Four Roses, Fourth of July, France, Gartbreck, Glann ar Mor, Glencairn, Graeme Littlejohn, Guatemala, Harlem Whiskey Festival, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, Hodson & Roberts, Honduras, Independence Day, Indiana, Isao Yamada, Islay, Ivan Menezes, Japan, Jean Donnay, Jim Beam, Jim Rutledge, kitchen, Klaus Doblmann, Larry Schwartz, lawsuit, lawyers, legal, litigation, lobbying, Los Angeles, Martine Donnay, MGP-I, Michael Collins, Mike Roberts, minority, Nelson County Gazette, New York, Northern Harvest Rye, Pappy Van Winkle, Parliament, Phillip Palmer, planning, protected geographical indicator, retirement, Ron Williams, Ryan Engen, Sam's Club, Sarah Dickson, Scotch Whisky Association, Shinji Fukuyo, Sidney Frank, single grain, Smooth Ambler, South Africa, Spirit of America, Suntory, The Balvenie, Tullibardine, Tun 1401, Tun 1509, warehouses, West Virginia, Westminster, Yearling, zoning0 comments
Jim Rutledge gets most of the credit for reviving Four Roses Bourbon in the US over the last decade after years of neglect by the brand’s previo...
Lawsuit Over Michael Collins Irish Whiskey Ends In a Draw20150629161952
Lawsuit Over Michael Collins Irish Whiskey Ends In a Draw
June 29, 2015Abaigeal Hendron, attorney, Beam, Beam Suntory, bulk sales, Connemara, contract, Cooley, court, dismissal, federal court, Ireland, Irish, Jagermeister, Kilbeggan, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, Mast-Jägermeister, Michael Collins, motion, New York, Sidney Frank, Tyrconnell0 comments
June 29, 2015 – A legal battle lasting more than two years over supplies of bulk whiskey for the former Michael Collins Irish Whiskey brand has ...
Episode 467: February 23, 201420140223020815
Episode 467: February 23, 2014
February 23, 2014actor, Alix Dunn, Alwynne Gwilt, Anchorman, app, Beam, Berry Bros. & Rudd, British Columbia, Bulleit, Canada, Caramel Delites, Caribbean, cirrhosis, coffin, cookies, Cooley, court, Creative Whisky Company, Dallas, Dean Ayotte, Diageo, Dublin, Ewan Morgan, exports, Extraordinary Cask, Fred Minnick, Gavin Ryan Thomson, Girl Scout, Glazer's, GlenDronach, Glenrothes, Grandeur, Infinium, Ireland, Irish, J.R. Ewing, Jack Teeling, Jacob's Ghost, Jan Petter Hoel, Jim Murray, judge, Larry Hagman, Latin America, lawsuit, legal, liver, London, Longmorn, Louisville, Mackmyra, Magnus Dandanell, Mark Rosauer, mere mortals, merger, Merle Giles, Michael Collins, Michter's, Miss Whisky, Monarq, Mossburn, Navigator, Neil Mathieson, Old Pulteney, Orphan Barrel, PR, press kit, regulatory, Ron Burgundy, Ronnie Cox, Samoas, Seattle, shareholders, Sidney Frank, Sir Ian Noble, Skye, Southfork, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory, Sweden, Teeling, television, Torabhaig, tourism, transplant, travel retail, trial, TV, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors center, vote, Westland, Whisky Bible1 comment
Alwynne Gwilt couldn’t stand whisky…hated it, in fact. That is, until a former boss in London dragged the Canadian expat to a media tastin...