Episode 604: August 28, 201620160828095506
Episode 604: August 28, 2016
Mark GillespieAugust 28, 2016A.D. Rattray, Adalen, Adam Moore, Adelphi, Akkurat, Alex Bruce, Australia, Balblair, barrel, blending, Bonneville Salt Flats, Booker Noe. Bluegill Creek, Booker's, Box Distillery, Brown-Forman, bureaucracy, coopering, Coopers' Craft, Cross, customer casks, Dalvve, Douglas Laing & Co., Edinburgh, England, export, fishing, Flavour Behaviour, Ger Buckley, Glasgow. Clydeside, Glen Garioch, Glenglassaugh, Hanyu, High Coast, Holyrood Park Distillery, Inver House Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Kentucky, land speed record, laws, Longmorn, Matt Kleinman, Mizunara Oak, Mongolian Oak, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Morrison Glasgow Distillers, motorcycle, motorsports, Old Pulteney, Patrick Maguire, personality, Project 63, psychologist, pushrod, racing, Ralfy Mitchell, Red Head, Red Tape Follies, regulatons, research, retail, River Clyde, Roger Melander, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shipping, SMWS, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Sweden, Swedish, Systembolaget, Tasmania Distillery, test, The Cooper's Croze, The Glover, Thomas Larsson, Tim Morrison, Timorous Beastie, Tomatin, University of Edinburgh, Utah, Walsh Whiskey Company, Whiskey Makers Series, Whisky Fringe, Woodford Reserve, Writers Tears0 comments
This week, we’re in Sweden visiting Box Distillery for a follow-up to our 2014 visit, and Box is making some big changes six years after it open...
Episode 574: January 30, 201620160131001119
Episode 574: January 30, 2016
Mark GillespieJanuary 31, 20161920 Commemorative Edition, age statements, Amsterdam, Annabel Thomas, Armed Services YMCA, Arran, auction, banjo, Barrett-Jackson, Bern's Steak House, Bernheim, Black & White, bluegrass music, Booker Noe, Booker's, Bourbon, Bruadar, Bruichladdich, Buchanan's, Campbeltown, Carn Mor, Christ Church, Compass Box, contest, currency, Dalwhinnie, Dean Hurst, Denny Potter, Diageo, Distillery Series, Douglas Fitchett, Drimnin Distillery, Drimnin Estate, Elijah Craig, Evan Williams, exchange rates, expansion, finance, flooding, Florida, forecast, Frosty Four Wood, Geoff Tudor, Girvan, Glencadam, Grant, Gregg Glass, Heaven Hill, Icons of Whisky Awards, Indian, Jack Daniel's, James Espey, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, Jud Laughter, Kathryn Mikells, Keble College, Kenny Mackay, Kentucky, Larry Kass, Las Vegas, local barley, Max Shapira, military, Morrison & Mackay, motorcycle, Nikka, Octomore, Old Perth, Operation Ride Home, Oxford, Oxford Today, Perthshire, Schipohl, Scotch, Scottish Government, Scottsdale, Springbank, storms, Strathclyde, Tampa, The Last Drop, Tom Jago, University of Tennessee, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Willow Collection, Woodford Reserve, World War II2 comments
The debate over age statements on whiskies shows no sign of going away, but how does a brand decide to remove the age statement from its whiskey? Earl...
Episode 541: June 27, 201520150627230834
Episode 541: June 27, 2015
Mark GillespieJune 27, 2015@polkabecky, @Str8TalkWhiskey, Allt a'Bhainne, Angel City Brewing Company, anniversary, Ardbeg, Asia, Aultmore, Baltimore, beer, Bernheim, brewers, brewing, Brooklyn, Burns, Cairdeas, Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, cease and desist, Changhi, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chivas Regal Extra, Constellation Brands, Corsair Artisan, Corsair Artisan Distillery, Craig Beam, Craigellachie, Dalmunach, Dan Cigno, DCigno, Deep Ellum Brewing Company, Denny Potter, Drinking Buddies, Duke of Rothesay, Evan Williams, explosion, Feis Ile, Fettercairn, Few Spirits, Four Kings, Glen Keith, Glenallachie, Glenburgie, Great Divide Brewing Company, Green Spot, Haneda, Harley, Heaven Hill, Hilliard's Beer, Hong Kong, Imperial, investigation, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jameson, Japan, Jay Rogers, Jill Hawkins, John Campbell, Journeyman Distillery, KelSo Brewing Company, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kilchoman, Kyle Rogers, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Last Feather Rye, lawyer, LBL Moonshine, Lindores Whisky Fest, M.B. Roland, M.B. Roland Distillery, Mary Beth Roland, Maryland, Master of Malt, Max Shapira, medallion, Mississippi River Distilling Company, motorcycle, Nick Ligon, North British, Parker Beam, Paul Roland, Pikesville Rye, Prince Charles, Ravenswood, Redbreast, reincarnation, Rochdale Farm, Rochester, Rothesay, scarcity, shortage, Silver Trail Distillery, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Single Pot Stills, Spencer Balentine, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, State Fire Marshal, stillhouse, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, The Glenrothes, Tokyo, Tomintoul, trademark, travel retail, US Olympic Committee, Vanderbilt, Whisky Olympics, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Straight Rye0 comments
Just as whisky brands need to change things up once in a while to remain fresh, so do whisky festivals. Tickets have gone on sale for this September...
Episode 440: August 31, 201320130831170017
Episode 440: August 31, 2013
Mark GillespieAugust 31, 201359 Parks, 59Parks.com, ALS, ALS Association, Balcones, Balvenie, Barry Crockett, Ben Lee, Benjamin Lee, Billy Walker, Buffalo Trace, Cententary, Chip Tate, Clipper, Clipper Round the World Race, Cork, Doublewood, Dunedin, Family Reserve, Glenglassaugh, Greg Ramsay, Heaven Hill, Irish Distillers, Julian Van Winkle, Julio's, lawsuit, lawyers, London, lottery, Lou Gehrig, Louisville, Massachusetts, Midleton, motorcycle, Navigator, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Old Pulteney, Old Rip Van Winkle, Paddy, Pappy, Pappy Van Winkle, park, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Preston Van Winkle, Promise of Hope, Ryan Maloney, sailing, Stitzel-Weller, Texas, trademark, Waco, Weller, Westborough, William Grant & Sons, Willowbrook, yacht0 comments
Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Bourbons may well be some of the hardest whiskies to find, and hundreds of people call the Old Rip Van Winkle ...
Episode 247: April 12, 201020100412094400
Episode 247: April 12, 2010
Mark GillespieApril 12, 2010Alzheimer's, An Cnoc, Ardbeg, auction, Balblair, Bayway, Belhaven, Brown-Forman, Cabin Fever, Canada, Canadian, Caribou Crossing, charity, Charity: Water, chopper, classic malts, Diageo, distillery, Dorothy Bakker Lee, Early Times, exports, Gavin Hewitt, George Dickel, Glen Garioch, industry, Jason Blumenthal, Jason Crawford, John Lunn, Jonathan Goldstein, Kirsteen Beeston, Lalique, law, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Manager's Choice, maple, Melissa Robillard, motorcycle, New York, Park Avenue Liquor Shop, Pat McCarthy, regulation, Royal Canadian, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, SWA, Tennessee, traditional, trip, Visit Scotland, Whisky Live0 comments
The whisky business is in good shape despite the global recession. That’s the view of Sir Gavin Hewitt, CEO of the Scotch Whisky Association. I ...
Episode 203: June 7, 200920090606233000
Episode 203: June 7, 2009
Mark GillespieJune 6, 2009Arran, Ball, Blended Scotch, Buffalo Trace, Burns, charity, energy, environment, experiment, Harlen Wheatley, Jura, lifeboat, motorcycle, Old Pulteney, Paps, Prohibition, Rob Allanson, Scotch Whisky Association, SWA, Whisky Magazine, wood grain0 comments
Harlen Wheatley of Buffalo Trace usually comes out with something unusual every summer when he unleashes his latest Experimental Collection releases o...