Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)20170723021823
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)
Mark GillespieJuly 23, 2017.36 Small Caliber Bourbon, .36 Texas Straight Bourbon, ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Angus Dundee, artisan, Balcones, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bernheim Distillery, Bill Samuels Jr., board, Bourbon, Bourbon Women, brewery, Brown Hotel, bucket list, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Whisky, CEO, charity, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, cocktail, Colorado, Communist, Credit Suisse, Crown Royal, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Dallas Dhu, Deatsville, debate, Dennis Oetinger, Denny Potter, Denver, Derek Mather, Diageo, director, distiller, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dublin Liberties Whiskey, Evan Chapman, expansion, Firestone & Robertson, Gimli, Glen Alba, Glencadam, governor, Hammer Head, Heaven Hill, Historic Environment Scotland, Houston, Hunter Stacks, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jim Boyko, John Hickenlooper, John Mack, Kentucky, Lidl, London, Louisville, Manitoba, Marge Samuels, mayor, Michael McKenna, Moray, Morgan Stanley, museum, Not a Pink Drink, Ontario, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Parliament, politics, Pradlo Distillery, Quintessential Brands, Quora, Ranger Creek, Reserve 101, retired, Rhône, Richard Lochhead, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, Sean Murray, Sip-osium, Sir Douglas Murray, Speyside, Stock Spirits, Susan Riegler, tasting, Texas, The Dubliner, The Murray, The Reawakening, The Scotsman, Tomatin, Tullibardine, Warehouse 6, Waterloo, Westword, whiskey, whisky, Wishaw, women, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Jim Boyko’s career took him from the old Seagram’s distillery in Waterloo, Ontario to the Canadian prairie in Gimli, Manitoba, and eventua...
Episode 605: September 4, 201620160904120944
Episode 605: September 4, 2016
Mark GillespieSeptember 4, 2016@Justin83793724, A. Paez, A95, Adelphi, age statement, Alex Bruce, Alex Nicol, Alexandre Ricard, Andalucia, animal shelter, anniversary, Antonio Páez Lobato, Antonio Páez Lobato Bodega, Ardnamurchan, Australia, Beam, beer, Belgrove, Benromach, Billy Leighton, Blazing Saddles, bodega, Bodegas Lustau, branding iron, Brendan Buckley, Brent Elliott, Brian DeFoe, Brown-Forman, Burn Stewart Distillers, cat, China, Cleavon Little, cooperage, coopers, currency, death, Distell, DYC, earnings, economy, Edinburgh Gin, Edrington, experimental, Fanny's Bay, Four Roses, France, Francisco Lozano Romano, Galicia, Gene Wilder, Glenfiddich, Gonzales Byass, Hermitage, Ian Macleod Distillers, India Pale Ale, IPA, Irish Distillers, Iron House, Jack Daniel's, Jane Nicol, Jeff Arnett, Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Leonard Russell, Limited Edition Small Batch, Mackey, Martin Brown, McHenry, McPherson, Mel Brooks, Mimi, Moray, Moray Economic Partnership, Nomad Outland Whisky, OBSV, OESK, OESO, Oloroso, Paco Romano, Pedro Ximenez, Pernod Ricard, Pig's Nose, Project XX, recipe, Red Tape Follies, Redbreast Lustau Edition, Redlands, Rhône, road, Seattle, sesquicentennial, Sheep Dip, sherry, South Africa, Spain, Spanish Oak, Spencerfield Spirit Company, Speyside, Speyside Craft Brewery, Sullivan's Cove, Tamdhu, Tasmania, Tasmanian Whisky Producers Association, The Press & Journal, toneleria, trade, Transport Scotland, trucks, whiskey, whisky, wood, yeast1 comment
This week, we’ll visit the Sherry capital of the world…Jerez de la Frontera in Spain. The sherry casks that many whisky makers depend on c...
Diageo Open to Distilling at Dallas Dhu Museum20160725151846
Diageo Open to Distilling at Dallas Dhu Museum
Mark GillespieJuly 25, 2016administration, Armstrong, Benromach, Bladnoch, Brora, covenants, Dallas Dhu, David Prior, deed restriction, Diageo, Gordon & MacPhail, historic, Historic Environment Scotland, Moray, MSP, museum, Parliament, Port Ellen, preservation, Press & Journal, Richard Lochhead, Rosebank, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scottish Malt Distillers, Speyside, tourism, Wigtown1 comment
July 25, 2016 – After a Scottish parliamentarian’s suggestion that Diageo turn over the title and rights to the long-closed Dallas Dhu dis...
Benromach Unveils New 15-Year-Old Single Malt20150517211452
Benromach Unveils New 15-Year-Old Single Malt
Mark GillespieMay 17, 2015Benromach, Ewen MacKintosh, Forres, Gordon & MacPhail, Keith Cruickshank, Moray, Speyside0 comments
May 18, 2015 – It’s been 17 years since Gordon & MacPhail reopened Benromach Distillery in Speyside, and the distillery is now releasi...
Episode 523: February 28, 201520150301004003
Episode 523: February 28, 2015
Mark GillespieMarch 1, 2015@MrArchivist, Act 250, Alberta Distillers, Allan Logan, Allison Patel, auto racing, Balcones, Beam Suntory, Billy Leighton, Black Bull, Bob Lekan, Boston, Brendan Buckley, Brenne, Bruichladdich, budget, Burghead, Canada, Chancellor, Chip Tate, Chris Bauder, Cleveland, cognac, Confederation Oak, Craigellachie, Cù Bòcan, Dair Ghaelach, Dave Pickerell, David Frost, Diageo, Dublin, Duncan Elphick, Duncan McGillivray, Duncan Taylor, duty, economy, Ecurie Ecosse, Elijah Craig, escalator, Exchequer, fire, firefighters, Forty Creek, France, George Osborne, Gordon & MacPhail, Green Label, Green Spot, Hibiki, Highlander Inn, Hotel, inn, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Isle of Skye, Jared Himstedt, Jason Speck, Jim McEwan. Port Charlotte, Johnnie Walker, Kevin O'Gorman, kiln, labeling, Laura Himstedt, lawsuit, lawyers, loan, lobbying, London, maltings, Mano a Lámh, Mark Reynier, marketing, Matt Rosenfeld, Mellow Corn, Michael Urquhart, Midleton, Mike Reppucci, Moray, motorsports, mystery, Nick Ligon, Octomore, Old World Series, Pappy Van Winkle, Parker's Heritage Collection, Racer's Reserve, Redemption Rye, Rhode Island, S.C. Johnson, sale, sales, Scotch Whisky Association, Secret Stills, Single Pot Still, Sons of Liberty, sports cars, Stephen Teeling, Suntory, SWA, Talisker, Tatsuya Minagawa, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Stillhouse, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tomatin, TTB, Vermont, Victoria Whisky Festival, Waterford, Westminster, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky club, Whistlepig, Windex, World Whiskies Awards, Yamazaki3 comments
Lots to talk about this week, with news from all over the world! Bruichladdich’s Jim McEwan joins us on WhiskyCast In-Depth to talk about the wo...
Fire Strikes Diageo Malting Facility20150225093913
Fire Strikes Diageo Malting Facility
February 25, 2015 – Production is scheduled to resume later today at Diageo’s Burghead Maltings in Moray, Scotland, following a fire insid...
Speyside Leaders Get Their Meetings With Whisky Bosses20140616140928
Speyside Leaders Get Their Meetings With Whisky Bosses
Mark GillespieJune 16, 2014Angus Robertson, champagne, Chivas Brothers, Dufftown, economic development, Edrington, Holyrood, Ivan Menezes, Laurent Lacassagne, Macallan, Moray, Mortlach, Napa Valley, Parliament, Richard Lochhead, Speyside, summit, The Spirits Business, Westminster0 comments
June 16, 2014 – In January, the Speyside area’s representatives in Westminster and Edinburgh called for a summit meeting with chief execut...
Episode 478: May 10, 201420140511001945
Episode 478: May 10, 2014
Mark GillespieMay 11, 2014100% Islay, Alliance Global, Ancient Ancient Age, Andrew Tan, Ardbeg, Auriverdes, Balvenie, barrels, Barterhouse, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Benrinnes, Bill Ricker, Boston, Buffalo Trace, Cardhu, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Changi, Charter, cooperage, Dalmore, Darkness, Diageo, Dublin, Dublin Airport, Elmer T. Lee, Emperador, forest, Four Roses, Glen Moray, Glenlivet, golf, Gordon & MacPhail, Hibiki, Ichiro Akuto, India, Jack Teeling, Japan, Japanese, Jim Beveridge, Jim Rutledge, John Ellwood, John Malatino, John Walker & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Julio's, Kilchoman, Macallan, Mark Brown, Massachusetts, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Michael Urquhart, Mizunara, Moray, Nadurra, Nate Berman, Neyah White, OESF, Orphan Barrel, Private Collection, regulators, Richard Paterson, Ronnie Eddins, sale, Sazerac, Seiichi Koshimizu, shortage, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Solomon, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Suntory, Tamdhu, Tamnavulin, Tampa, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Loop, The Nose, Triple A, Twitter, United Spirits, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW, Weller, Westborough, Whyte & Mackay2 comments
Mark Brown heads up Buffalo Trace and its parent company, Sazerac, and he’s known for speaking his mind even when it goes against the rest of th...
Moray Golf Club Tees Up With Gordon & MacPhail20140505144109
Moray Golf Club Tees Up With Gordon & MacPhail
Mark GillespieMay 5, 2014Benrinnes, Cardhu, Dailuane, Elgin, Glen Craig, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenlossie, golf, Gordon & MacPhail, Henry Cotton, John Ellwood, John Fleetwood Cumming, John Harr, Linkwood, Lossiemouth, Macallan, Moray, Moray Golf Club, Morayshire, Old Tom Morris, R.I. Cameron, Stephen Rankin, Tamdhu, Teaninich0 comments
May 5, 2014 – Scotland, Golf, and Whisky: three words that just go together naturally. The Moray Golf Club in Lossiemouth has a history that dat...
Speyside Politicians Call For Whisky Tourism Summit20140126230330
Speyside Politicians Call For Whisky Tourism Summit
Mark GillespieJanuary 26, 2014Angus Robertson, champagne, Chivas Brothers, David Frost, Diageo, Holyrood, Ivan Menezes, Laurent Lacassagne, Moray, Napa, Parliament, Pernod Ricard, Richard Lochhead, Rioja, Scotch Whisky Association, Speyside, summit, SWA, tourism, Westminster0 comments
January 26, 2014 – Moray is the heart of Speyside, and the region’s parliamentarians are calling for a summit with the chief executives of...