Pour Me a Spot of Whiskey, Please! (Episode 740: November 18, 2018)20181118002710
Pour Me a Spot of Whiskey, Please! (Episode 740: November 18, 2018)
Mark GillespieNovember 18, 2018@mikeyjoedrum, @whiskeryturnip, A Fine Christmas Dram 2018, Aerstone, Ailsa Bay, Alan Winchester, apology, auction, Australia, Australia Distillers Association, backstop, Bardstown, Barley Batch Limited Edition, bidding, Blue Spot, Bobby Parnell, Bonhams, border, bottling, Bowmore, brands, Brexit, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, cask, Cedar Creek Quarry, Christmas cake, Chronicles, closed distilleries, Conor McGregor, Customs, Davin de Kergommeaux, Delta Hotel Fredericton, Democratic Unionist Party, Diageo, Distiller of the Year, Dmitry Efimov, election, Elixir Distillers, EU, European Union, excise tax, Fistful of Bourbon, flavor, Frank Scott, Fredericton, Fredericton Whisky Society, fruitcake, Girvan, Glenfiddich, Great Britain, Green Spot, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, HIAS, history, Hong Kong, Ian Millar, International Wine & Spirits Competition, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jackie Scott, John Begg, Jonathan Mitchell, Kentucky, Kentucky Owl Park, Kevin O'Gorman, Kirsten Grant Meikle, Knob Creek, Ladyburn, Lorraine Winchester, Marsala, Mitchell & Son, mixed martial arts, MMA, Montreal, My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Department of Tourism, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, No. #1 Vaults, Northern Ireland, peat, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, prank, Prime Minister, projections, Proper No. Twelve, Red Spot, rent, Sazerac, Seagram's, Seagram's 5 Star, Seagram's 83, Seagram's VO, Shigeru Ban Architects, shooting, Sicily, Sukhinder Singh, supply shortage, tasting note, The Glenlivet, The Glenrothes, The IWSC, The Macallan, The Shout, The Stoli Group, The Whisky Exchange, Theresa May, Tish Harcus, Tom Diana, trade, Tree of Life Synagogue, Tuthilltown Spirits, Vaults Collection, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons, Yellow Spot0 comments
Back on the road again, and this episode comes from the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick! We’ll have highlights from...
A Peek Inside the Irish Whiskey Archive (Episode 674: December 31, 2017)20180101010623
A Peek Inside the Irish Whiskey Archive (Episode 674: December 31, 2017)
Mark GillespieJanuary 1, 2018@jotterface, @JRR1234, @outofdoors, @snagsy1980, @Violent_Bob, 12K Giveaway, archives, Ardbeg, Beefeater Gin, bottles, Bourbon, brewers, Bruichladdich, Carol Quinn, CBEW, Christmas Eve, Congress, consumption, Cork, Corryvreckan, Cumbria, Desmond Payne, Distilled Spirits Council, distillers, Dublin, Federal Excise Tax, Final Reserve, followers, Frazier History Museum, Glenmorangie, Glenmore Distillery, Grand Vintage Malt 1990, Green Spot, health, history, Honours List, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Archive, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, James "Buddy" Thompson, James Thompson & Brother, Jameson, John Jameson, John Robertson, Kentucky, Kinclaith, labels, Louisville, Mark Gorman, Matt Covington, MBE, Midleton, Mitchell & Son, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Nigel Mills, No. #1 Bond House, Old Midleton Distillery, Order of the British Empire, Owensboro, Powers, preservation, Queen Elizabeth II, Redbreast, Ryan Campbell, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Single Malts of Scotland, Speciality Drinks, Strathclyde, tax reform, The Lakes Distillery, Tomatin, Twitter, veterans, Washington, whiskey, whisky, winemakers0 comments
Much of whisky’s early history is documented only in tales, with few written records that have survived the centuries. In some cases, though, th...
Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)20170319145746
Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2017"Gillespie the Gauger", @6Pod4, @jotterface, @ratherbeonislay, @rmculver, #trypod, Aaron Schorsch, ABC News, Adam Spiegel, age statement, American Craft Spirits Association, Amir Peay, ancestor, ancestry, Ardbeg, artist, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Award, Beam Suntory, Benoit Bailey, best in class, bill, birth certificate, Black Truffle Rye, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Red Rye Finish, Blender's Batch Three Grain American Oak, blending, blog, Blue Spot, bond store, bonders, bonding, Brian DeFoe, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Bulleit Rye, canister, Cardhu, Carlton Welch, chewing, Chuck Cowdery, Churchill Downs, Col. E.H. Taylor, Columbus, commemorative, competition, confectioner, Cooley, Dave Pickerell, David Byrne, Diageo, distiller, distillery, Dublin, Eclipx, excise, exciseman, Facebook, FarmStock, finish, Four Grain Bourbon, France, FTI Consulting, Gavin Smith, Gold Label, governor, Grafton Street, Green Spot, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton, hanged, Harlen Wheatley, history, HoochLaw, horse racing, investors, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, James E. Pepper, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Mitchell, Jude, Kavalan, Keith Batt, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Whiskey, Kildare Street, lawmakers, lawyer, LCBO, legal, legislature, Lexington, Liberties, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, loophole, Louisville, Margaret Batt, Matt Bevin, McDonald's, Melbourne, Method And Madness, MGP, Midleton, Mitchell & Son, Mortlach, Nant, Nant Whisky Bar, Ohio, Old Mill Street, Ontario, paint, painting, Pareau des Charentes, Platinum Label, Prohibition, puppy, Quentin Olde, Quintessential, rebranding, receiver, Red Spot, Revival, Rick Culver, Robert Mitchell, Samuel Adams, ScotchWhisky.com. Malcolm Gillespie, Sheepdog, Shelbyville, Single Pot Still, Sonoma County Distilling Company, Taiwan, Tasmania, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, The Dubliner, Thomas Allen Pauly, Triple Crown, Tyrconnell, Vermont, water spirit, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Daddy, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, Woodford Reserve, workout, Yellow Spot0 comments
For years, whisky connoisseurs whispered about a mysterious Irish whiskey called Green Spot and begged friends traveling to Ireland to track down a bo...
The Story of Green Spot Irish Whiskey20170317135041
The Story of Green Spot Irish Whiskey
Mark GillespieMarch 17, 2017Blue Spot, Bordeaux, Bow Street, Château Léoville Barton, Dublin, France, Grafton Street, Green Spot, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Kildare Street, merchants, Mitchell & Son, Red Spot, Robert Mitchell, whiskey, whiskey bonding, whisky, wine, Yellow Spot0 comments
For years, whiskey lovers spoke of a mysterious Irish Whiskey that could generally be found only in Ireland. Green Spot is a single pot still Irish Wh...
Green Spot Gets A Touch of Bordeaux20150605104031
Green Spot Gets A Touch of Bordeaux
Mark GillespieJune 5, 2015Anthony Barton, Château Léoville Barton, Green Spot, Irish Distillers, Midleton, Mitchell & Son, Single Pot Still0 comments
June 5, 2015 – The much-rumored new version of Green Spot has been unveiled, and it combines the heritage of the Irish Whiskey brand with an Iri...
Episode 514: January 3, 201520150103221243
Episode 514: January 3, 2015
Mark GillespieJanuary 3, 2015Anne Marsden, anniversary, Asahi, Balcones, Ben Nevis, birth, Brian Nation, British Columbia, buyout, Chip Tate, Christina Philburn, construction, dispute, distillery, Dublin, Facebook, financing, Friends of Laphroaig, Glencairn, GlenDronach, Green Spot, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jameson, John Campbell, Jon Birkbeck, Kamloops, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Laurie Harder, likes, Little Bay, Masataka Taketsuru, meeting, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Mitchell & Son, Miyagikyo, New Year's, Nikka, Oban, obituary, Pierre Weydert, Rhode Island, Rita Taketsuru, Robert Chesney, Robert Mitchell, Rose Blackmore, Scott Mansfield, social media, South Wales Whisky Interest Group, Spokane Whisky Club, Stockholm, Switzerland, Takeshi Taketsuru, Tate & Company, Twitter, Waco, whisky clubs, whiskytalks, Yellow Spot, Zurich0 comments
Irish whiskey will take another step in 2015 with the first exports of Yellow Spot to the US market, still the strongest market in the world for Irish...