Tag: Michter’s

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...

A New Generation at Michter’s (Episode 765: April 28, 2019)20190428222947

A New Generation at Michter’s (Episode 765: April 28, 2019)

Mark GillespieApril 28, 2019@AODaveLee, @bozkurtkurasu, @IntlPodcastDay, @stuloosemore, #Drams4Fams, Alberta, Ambler, American Whiskey Convention, Ancient Order of Hibernians, anCnoc, André Girard, Andrea Wilson, Arran, Arran Malt & Music Festival, Aultmore, Autumn Nethery, axe throwing, axed, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Benromach, Bloody Butcher, Booker Noe Distillery, Boston, Bourbon, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canada, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chatham Imports, Chivas Brothers, Clermont, Clynelish, Coleburn, confiscated, Connoisseurs Choice, craft distillers, crop, Dan McKee, Dancing Star Farm, Dave Lee, Diageo, Discovery Series, Distiller's Reserve, Drams 4 Fams, Dublin, Edinburgh, Edmonton Scotch Club, farming, food bank, Fusion Series, Glenburgie, Glengyle, Glenkinchie, Glenrothes, Gordon & MacPhail, Gordon Bruce, Heathrow, heirloom grains, hunger, Indiana Wesleyan University, Irish Whiskey Collection, James J. O'Toole, Jeptha Creed, Jim Beam Distillery, Joe Magliocco, John Dewar & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Johnnie Walker Experience, Joyce Nethery, Kentucky, Kentucky Owl, Kilkerran, Knockdhu, Lagg Distillery, Ledaig, Louisville, Macduff, Marsala, Master Distiller's Reserve, Michter's, Pam Heilmann, Pennsylvania, Phifer Pavitt, Phifer Pavitt Reserve, Piggyback, Pittsburgh, Private Collection, retirement, Robert MacDonald, Sandy McIntyre, Springbank, Steve Nally, Tamdhu, The Deveron, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet Rare Cask, The Glenlivet Solera Vatted, The Glenlivet White Oak Reserve, The Last Drop Distillers, trademark, travel retail, Travis Watt, Triple Cask Series, US 1, whiskey, whisky, whisky clubs. Quebec Whisky, Whistlepig, Wigle, Wilderness Trail, Willie Pratt, World of Whiskies, Writers Tears0 comments

Pam Heilmann has been making Bourbon for her entire career, but it was only in the last three years that she had the title of Master Distiller after s...

Good Friends and a Dram of Whisky (Episode 763: April 14, 2019)20190414164633

Good Friends and a Dram of Whisky (Episode 763: April 14, 2019)

Mark GillespieApril 14, 2019"Mister Sam", @enternal_expanse, @mikeyjoedrum, @sailorretro, @ScotchTestDummies, @thehonorablej, @VinP27, @wessexwhisky, A.H. Hirsch, advertising, Advertising Standards Agency, AI, American Whiskey Convention, author, Bacardi, Bar 51, Blade & Bow, Bladnoch, Bob Dalgarno, Bob Dylan, Bomberger's, book, Bourbon, Brent Elliott, Captain's Reserve, charity, Chatham Imports, Chris Morris, Chuck Cowdery, Churchill Downs, commercial, Compass Box, court, Coxs Creek, Craigellachie, Diageo, Dick Stoll, dingleberry, distillery, distilling, Douglas Laing & Co. Big Peat, Dragon's Legend, Drew Mayville, Edrington, Elizabeth McCall, Elm Street Church, Everett Beam, expansion, Feis Ile, Four Roses, gallery, Game of Thrones, Georgie Bell, Glencairn, Glengoyne, Glenturret, Hans Offringa, Hansjörg Wyss, Heaven's Door, Highland Park, history, House Greyjoy, Ian MacMillan, Islay, John Asher, journalism, Ken Grier, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Lalique, Lawrenceburg, legal, Lew Bryson, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, Louisville, machine learning, Martin Duffy, Michter's, mint julep, Montreal, Nashville, Neil Bulloch, New York, Nick Savage, Penn Museum, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, reckless behavior, Sam Bronfman, Sazerac, Schafferstown, scholarships, Seagram's, Silvio Denz, Small Batch Select, spill, spires, Stitzel-Weller, Stoll & Wolfe, Talisker, Tasting Whiskey, Tennessee, The Beatrice Inn, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Story of the Spaniard, transcripts, Twisted Tattoo, University of Pennsylvania, waiter, Western Kentucky University, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Woodford Reserve0 comments

Lew Bryson and Martin Duffy take their whisky seriously…but not much else! When they joined us at the recent American Whiskey Convention in Phil...

A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)20190330215734

A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)

Mark GillespieMarch 30, 2019@IrishLegs, accident, acidity, age statement, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, April Fool's Day, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Drum, Australia, author, Bagpiper, Balblair, Bardstown, Barley, bartender, Barton 1792 Distillery, beaver, beer well, BenRiach, biomass, blending, Bob Dalgarno, Bourbon, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, cancer, casks, castor sacs, castoreum, Celebrious, charring, Chicago, Chivas Regal, cocktail, Committee Edition, Compass Box, cooperage, de-char, Delilah's, Dewar's, Diageo, Distell, distiller, Double Double, dramming, Drum, Eau de Musc, Edition No. 4, farming, Fishky, Four Roses, Geert Bero, Geneva Conventions, Glaswegian, grasshopper, Gregg Glass, Hall of Fame, Heidi, herring, Hibiki, Ian Logan, Icons of Whisky Awards, Inver House, investigation, Islay, Jack's Lounge/Equus, Jamie Milne, Jim Swan, John Dewar & Sons, John MacDonald, John Rochfort, joke, Joy Perrine, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Peerless, King of Trees, Klaus Pinkernell, Lait de Romalea, Louisville, Mackmyra, maltings, Mark Reynier, Mclaren Vale, Michter's, New Hampshire, Nick Savage, obituary, Peerless, Perth, Peter Silver, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, planing, prank, Rachel Barrie, re-char, rejuvenated casks, renewable energy, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Shore House Croft, Smith & Wollensky, Speyside, spill, Stephanie Macleod, Stewart Buchanan, stillman, STR Cask, Strathisla, Suntory, Surstromming, Susan Riegler, Suzanna, Sweden, Tamworth Distilling, tank, Teeling Whiskey Company, tequila, The Lakes Distillery, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tommy Smith, travel retail, vintages, Weller, Weller Full Proof, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Works, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, wood, World Whiskies Awards0 comments

Blending whiskies is both an art and a science, and Dewar’s could fairly be accused of focusing more on the science side in recent years with so...

A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)20190127172941

A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)

Mark GillespieJanuary 27, 2019"Bourbon Pompeii", @realsuwilliams, Ajay Bhardwaj, Andres Faustinelli, Arran, attorney general, B517, backlog, bar, bard, barrels, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, BC Ministry of the Attorney General, BDT Capital Partners, Bearface, Bernard Walsh, Bornw-Forman Cooperage, Bourbon, breakup, Brian Schmitz, British Columbia, Brockrobert Tagarook, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky Awards, Carlow, casks, Chita, Col. E.H. Taylor, competition, Competition Bureau, Congress, Coopers' Craft, Cotswolds Distillery, Daniel Szor, David Eby, David Ferguson, David Wondrich, divorce, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, enforcement, England, exciseman, expansion, fermenter, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fort Nelson, Forty Creek, Founder's Choice, furlough, gauger, government, Grimsby, hearing, Hungarian Oak, Illva Saronno Holdings, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Japan, John Hall, joint venture, Just-Drinks.com, Kakubin, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, label approvals, lawsuit, liquor inspectors, Louisville, Mackmyra, Maison Ferrand, Marc Anthony Wines & Spirits, Michter's, minority stake, Moment Karibien, Old Forester, Ontario, Plantation Rum, poet, QEW, raid, Raj Bhakta, report. hospitality licenses, Richard Hobbs, Robert Burns, Robert Burns World Foundation, Rosemary Walsh, Royal Oak, run, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shareholders, Shirokaku, shortage, shutdown, Soleo Collection, Speyside, statistics, Stefano Battioni, Su Williams, Suntory, Sweden, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Barrel Mill, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Glenrothes, The Whisky Agency, The Whisky Exchange, tourism, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors, Walsh Whiskey Company, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Maker's Cut, Whistlepig, Woody Kane0 comments

Even when things appear to be going well, there are sometimes undercurrents of trouble behind the scenes. That played out in Ireland this week after W...

About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)20181230172430

About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)

Mark GillespieDecember 30, 2018@Cori_Paige, @Mac_a2, @McGovernCF, @rossgalbraith, @TheEtherMan, @tmaher103, Aberlour, agency, Aidan McGovern, Alumni Series, Alumni Whisky Series, anniversary, assets, atomic testing, auction, Australia, backlog, bankruptcy, Basil Hayden's, Bay of Fundy, Blanton's, blood-alcohol level, Booker Noe, Booker's, Bruichladdich, budget, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Cairdeas, campaign, Carbon 14, cask strength, Caskmates, Chapter 11, Chris Tatzenko, Christy McFarlane, collecting, collector, Colorado, Congress, Cori Paige, counterfeit, court, Dancing Goat Distillery, Dave Pickerell, David Robertson, Death's Door Spirits, definitions, distiller, Douglas Taylor, drunk driving, economy, Evan Haskill, fake, Five Lions, forger, forgery, Fort Nelson, Fred Noe, Gordon Cook, government, grand opening, Guy LaFleur, hockey, housing, Ileach, infrastructure, Islay, Islay: Badge or Provenance, J.P. Wiser's, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, La Maison du Whisky, label approvals, laboratory, Lagavulin, Lanny McDonald, Laphroaig, legislation, Louisville, Madison, Main Street, marketing, Michter's, New Year, NHL Alumni, No. 27 Gold, Nuclear, P.T. Wood, Pam Heilmann, Pappy, Patrick Putt, permits, professor, public comment, radiocarbon dating, rare whisky 101, Redbreast, regulations, regulatory, retired, Ross Galbraith, Sawatch, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, secondary market, shutdown, small batch, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tim Maher, tourism, travel retail, Travis Haase, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, under the influence, Utah, visitors, Wendel Clark, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, White House, Wisconsin, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments

2018 may go down in whisky history as the “Year of the Collector” as whisky collecting became popular not only among connoisseurs, but wit...

A Critical Time for the Scotch Whisky Industry (Episode 734: October 21, 2018)20181021204453

A Critical Time for the Scotch Whisky Industry (Episode 734: October 21, 2018)

Mark GillespieOctober 21, 2018@QMWS-Redlands, Adam Spiegel, Advent Calendar, agriculture, Arizona, Australia, bar, Barley, Beam Suntory, beer, blending, border, Bourbon, Breaking and Entering, Brexit, Brisbane, Brooklyn, Brown-Forman, budget, Buena Vista, Caribbean Cask, Celtic Whiskey Club, ceremony, Chancellor, Charles Brown, Chris Fletcher, cider, Clermont, climate change, Colorado, construction, Cork Whiskey Society, Corn Whiskey, dam, Dave Smith, Deerhammer Distilling, Denver, Dick Mack's Pub, Dingle Distillery, duties, emissions, environment, EU, European Union, experimental, exports, fish, fish pass, flask, Fort Nelson, fossil fuels, Founder's Reserve, Fourth Avenue Live, France, Galway Whiskey Trail, Garry Oak, Garryana, Glen Moray, global warming, gossip, Graeme Littlejohn, Graham Coull, grain, greenhouse gases, hard border, High Angel's Share Barrels, High West, Ian Macleod Distillers, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Society, Jack Daniel's, Jameson 18 Bow Street, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, John Cashman, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, Kilbeggan Small Batch, Kilkenny Whiskey Guild, Knockando Burn, London, Louisville, Lynchburgh, Main Street, Marsha Hale, mash bill, mashbill, Michael Wilkinson, Michter's, microdistillery, Midleton Barry Crockett Legacy, Nathan Mueller, Nature, negotiations, New York, New York City, Northern Ireland, Pacific Northwest, Pam Heilmann, Parliament, Philip Hammond, poll, Prime Minister, protest, pub, Queensland Malt Whisky Society, recycling, Redbreast, referendum, regulations, research, River Spey, Rough & Tumble, Rye, sales, salmon, Sarah Mytych, Scarlet Barley, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, sea trout, Seattle, SEPA, Shively, single malt, Slane Castle, Slane Distillery, Smoked Hickory Finish, Sonoma Bourbon, Sonoma Cherrywood Bourbon, Sonoma Cherrywood Rye, Sonoma County Distilling Company, Sonoma Distilling Company, Spey Fishery Board, Speyside, St. George Spirits, SWA, Tamdhu, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, The Dead Rabbit, The Irishman, Theresa May, Thistly Cross, trade, Twitter, University of California Irvine, value, Vince Oleson, volume, vote, weir, West of Kentucky Bourbon, Westland, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whitehall, Widow Jane, WindyBore0 comments

You might think this would be a great time to be in the Scotch Whisky business, right? This week, the Scotch Whisky Association released a new report ...

On the Road at The Great American Whiskey Fair (Episode 733: October 18, 2018)20181018232648