Bourbon Keeps Him Busy…Really! (Episode 721: August 26, 2018)20180826165313
Bourbon Keeps Him Busy…Really! (Episode 721: August 26, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 26, 2018@ButlerB, @KYWhisky, @PhilCatelinet, @turnipwhiskery, #HPSummerPhoto, Adam Hannett, alcohol fuel plant, Arran, arrest, author, azeotropic limit, bail, Balcones, Barley, blend, Bob Dylan, book, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Bourbon Curious, Brian Kinsman, Brimstone, Bruichladdich, Champions Park, counterfeit, court, Creative Whisky Company, Dallas Dhu, David Stirk, DSP, E85, editor, Emily Ivers, ethanol, ethyl alcohol, Euan Mitchell, Faraday Still, farmer, farms, Festival, Fistful of Bourbon, fraud, Fred Minnick, fuel, Gordon Working, Greg Butler, Heather Antoine, Heaven Hill, Heaven's Door, Historic Environment Scotland, Indy Racing Experience, IndyCar, infringement, Isabel Graham-Youll, Islay, Jaclyn Minnick, Jimmy Russell, Kelsey McKechnie, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Kingsbarns, lade, lawsuit, lawyers, litigation, loch, London, Louisville, magazine, Malcolm Waring, Marc Bushala, Mario Andretti, MGP, Michter's, Ministry of Defence, museum, music, Old Fitzgerald, Old Pulteney, Penderyn, Phil Catelinet, Pocono Raceway, police, publisher, rainfall, Ryan Perry, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Shane Baker, skip, Straight Edge Bourbon, SWA, Tax & Trade Bureau, Texas, The Splinter Group, The Whisky Exchange, trademark, US Patent & Trademark Office, water, Weapon of Mass Distraction, weather, Whipsaw Rye, Whiskery Turnip, whiskey, whisky, whisky.auction, Wick, Wilderness Trail, William Grant & Sons, WMD, X4, Yellow Submarine0 comments
If Fred Minnick had any more balls in the air right now, the circus would be calling him with a job offer as a juggler. He’s launching the new B...
Building a Showcase for Bourbon History (Episode 717: August 2, 2018)20180802205645
Building a Showcase for Bourbon History (Episode 717: August 2, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 2, 2018@ljsandoval1981, Aberlour, Alpine Distilling, Andy Treinen, Australia, blender, Booker Noe, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, British Medical Journal, California, Canada, Casg Annamh, Charbay, Chris Clark, dementia, distillery, Doubled & Twisted, education, Fettercairn, Frazier History Museum, Ghost & Rare, Ghost and Rare, Gordon Motion, Heaven Hill, Hebridean Whisky Trail, Highland Park, history, Isle of Harris, Isle of Raasay, Jack Daniel's, Jeff Arnett, Jesse Tampio, Jim Beam, Jim Lyngvild, Jimmy Russell, John Walker & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, King George V, Leonard Sandoval, Louisville, Malt Whisky Trail, Marko Karakasevic, master blender, master distiller, medicine, Miles Karakasevic, Moray Speyside Tourism, museum, Park City, Parker Beam, planter, Port Ellen, research, science, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sherry Cask Edition, single malt, slavery, Speyside, Spirit of Collaboration Summit, Spirit of Kentucky, Sullivan's Cove, Talisker, Torabhaig, tourism, travel retail, Traveler's Rest, tree, Two Brewers, Utah, Valhalla Series, Valknut, Valkyrie, visitors, W9 Summit, welcome center, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Summit, Whitehorse, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, Wings of the Eagle, Yukon0 comments
Construction workers are racing the clock to complete work at Louisville’s Frazier History Museum by the end of this month, when the new “...
A New Riff on Bourbon (Episode 712: July 8, 2018)20180708172755
A New Riff on Bourbon (Episode 712: July 8, 2018)
Mark GillespieJuly 8, 2018@JohnnietheScot, @laurieinseattle, @pleddy, @RealWhiskyDave, #freethewhisky, #GreatIslaySwim, Alaska, Amir Peay, Anthony Gismondi, Aultmore, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, auto racing, Bardstown, barrels, Barton 1792, Beam Suntory, Border Marches, bottles, Bourbon, Brad Halpin, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buggalo Trace, Caribbean Cask Finish, Carn Mor, Catoctin Creek, Chairman's Reserve Rum, charring, Chicago, China, Chivas Regal, Chivas XV, Chocolate Edition, Cincinnati, Col. E.H. Taylor Tornado Surviving Bourbon, collapse, Compass Box, construction, contestant, cooperage, cowboy, Czech Republic, damage, Dario Franchitti, Dave Kearns, David Stewart, debris, Delilah's, Delilah's XXV, Denali, Department of Environmental Protection, Distilled Spirits Council, Double Oaked, Douglas Laing & Co., Duns, environment, exports, Family Reserve, fire, firefighters, fish, flame, Formula 1, Founder's Reserve, Gal Granov, Glenfiddich, Glenmore., Goodwood Festival of Speed, Grande Champagne Cognac, Grant's, Great Islay Swim, heat, Heaven Hill, Hickory, High West, Hockenheim, horse, Independent Stave Company, Indianapolis 500, inspection, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Israel, Jack McLaughlin, James E. Pepper Distillery, Jay Erisman, Jim Clark, Jim Clark Trust, John Glaser, Johnnie Mundell, Kelly Carpenter, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, labels, Lark Distillery, Larry Ebersold, Laurie van Thiel, Lexington, limerick, Mairtin Seoighe, Mark Brown, Mark Hicken, Mark Reynier, Marriage 0962, MGP, Michter's, Mike Miller, Morrison & Mackay, museum, Nant Distillery, NDP, New Democratic Party, New Riff Distilling, New York City, Newport, NPR, O.K.I., Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery, Overeem Distillery, Paul Leddy, Petr Hosek, photography, province, radio, recovery, regulation, rickhouse, Rob Carpenter, Roundstone Rye, Rye, sample, Sazerac, Scallywag, Seppeltsfield Estate, Simon Brooking, Smokey Triple Reserve, SMWS Canada, Snow Phoenix, St. Lucia Distillers, Steamboat, Steel Bonnets, structural engineers, Sun Phoenix, swimming, tariffs. imports, Tasmania, The Balvenie, The Barber of Figaro, The Dead Rabbit, The Irishman, The Lakes Distillery, The Party Source, Toasted Barrel Finish, toasting, tourists, tours, trade secret, trade war, Triple Wood, Trump Administration, University of Wyoming, Vancouver, voice mail, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me, Walsh Whiskey, Warren Randall, water, Waterford Distillery, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons, Woodford Reserve, World Chocolate Day, Wyoming Whiskey, Yippie-Ki-Yay0 comments
Ken Lewis has accomplished a lot of things in his life, from climbing Alaska’s Denali to owning one of Kentucky’s largest chains of liquor...
Introducing The Pope to Pappy (Episode 691: April 22, 2018)20180421215431
Introducing The Pope to Pappy (Episode 691: April 22, 2018)
Mark GillespieApril 21, 2018A. Smith Bowman, Aberlour, acquisition, Alan Hansen, Alan Winchester, ANBL, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Ann Miller, app, Ardbeg, Atom Brands, Atom Group, Balcones, Baltimore, Beam Suntory, beer, Bernheim, Bob Baxter, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, British Columbia, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Cairdeas, Canada, Canadian, Catholic, chemistry, chill filtering, church, Col. E.H. Taylor, Dad's Hat, Dan Cohen, Daniel Brown, David Robertson, Diageo, Dominic Venegas, donation, Drew Quesada, e-commerce, Edinburgh, Edrington, education, Engine Shed Building, events, Feis Ile, flocculation, Four Grain, Glen Moray, Grooves, Herman Mihalich, Holyrood Distillery, hops, Ian Macleod Distillers, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack Mayo, Jim Beam, Jim Sichko, Jud Laughter, Julian Van Winkle, Justin Petszaft, Kelly Carpenter, Kentucky, Knoxville, Laphroaig, lawyers, legal, licenses, Louisville, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Missionaries of Mercy, Moine, Molson, museum, New Brunswick, Old Overholt, Orphan Barrel, Pappy Van Winkle, Pennsylvania, PLCB, Pope, Pope Benedict, Pope Francis. Father, Preston Van Winkle, priest, provincial, Quebec, Rhetoric, Rob Carpenter, rum, Rum Cask, Rye, Sagamore Spirit, SAQ, Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Investment Bank, Shazam, Sisters of Loretto, Smokehead, Spey, Speyside, Speyside Distillery, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stitzel-Weller, Supreme Court, technology, Tennessee, Texas, The Famous Grouse, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet Code, The Globe & Mail, tourism, trade, Truman Cox, Two Brewers, Vatican, venture capital, Virginia, Waco, West Overton Village & Museum, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, Whitehorse, Yukon, Yukon Spirits, ZX Ventures0 comments
The Bible says “The Lord works in mysterious ways.” As proof, we have the story this week of Father Jim Sichko, a Kentucky-based Catholic ...
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 600: July 31, 201620160730220424
Episode 600: July 31, 2016
Mark GillespieJuly 30, 2016"Feel the Bern", "First Dude", "Madam President", Adrian Callus, Amanda Swift, Andrew Auwerda, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, Bill Clinton, Bluecoat Gin, Boston Legal, Brexit, Cairdeas, CNBC, craft distilling, Cutty Sark, Dallas Dhu, Dave Schmier, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Denny Crane, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, DNC, Dripping Spring, earnings, Edrington, European Union, exports, Family Collector, Far North Spirits, Fireball, Fishtown, Forsyths, Glenfarclas, Great Britain, Hall-Wolford, hashtag, High West, Highland Park, Hillary Clinton, Historic Environment Scotland, Ivan Menezes, Jack Daniel's, Jacob Kinsey, James Spader, Japan, John Campbell, Kinsey, Kraig Naasz, Laphroaig, Linfield, Madeira, media kit, Michael Swanson, milestone, Minnesota, Mormon, museum, negotiations, New Liberty Distilling, Nick Swift, Nikka, Northern Liberties, Park City, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Distillers Guild, Phil Catelinet, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Distilling, politics, port, preservation, Presidential, Richard Lochhead, Robert Cassell, Røknar, sales, Speyside, Suntory, Swift, Sydney, Texas, The Famous Grouse, The Macallan, Tim Meushaw, time machine, time travel, Toki, Tokyo, trade, TV, Twitter, Utah, Valley Tan, Wanship, whiskey, whisky, William Shatner0 comments
Philadelphia has a long history of whisky distilling dating back to Colonial days, and craft distillers are reviving some of that history that died ou...
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...
Episode 599: July 24, 201620160723223751
Episode 599: July 24, 2016
Mark GillespieJuly 23, 2016@CangletaP, A.D. Laws, Allentown, Allisa Henley, Andy Watts, Belgium, Benelux, Black Bottle, Blood Oath, Boat of Garten, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, County Seat Spirits, Dallas Dhu, Deanston, Denison, Denver, Diageo, Distell, Distillery Reserve, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Fife, franchise, Friar John Cor, Gabby Shayne, Gabrielle Shayne, Geoff Crolley, George Dickel, Germany, Glenmorangie, Hidden Copper Bourbon, Historic Environment Scotland, Hubris, Ironroot Republic, Jake Norris, James Sedgwick Distillery, John Lunn, Kai Ivalo, Kikori, King James IV, Ledaig, Likarish, Lindores Abby, Luxco, Luxembourg, MSP, museum, National Whisky Day, Newport, Pact #2, Paul Grant, Paul Skipworth, Pennsylvania, Pery Zakeri, Popcorn Sutton, Richard Lochhead, Robert Burns, Rod Benkovich, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scottish Leader, Scottish Malt Distillers, Scottish Parliament, South Africa, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside, Stranahan's, surreal, Tennessee, Texas, The Netherlands, Three Ships, Tobermory, Tullahoma, Westword.com, whisky0 comments
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is not only an independent bottler of Scotch whiskies, but also the world’s largest whisky club – and it...
Episode 427: June 1, 201320130601003723
Episode 427: June 1, 2013
Mark GillespieJune 1, 2013100 Pipers, Alasdair Day, altitude, Angel's Envy, antitrust, archive, art, author, Beam, BenRiach, Bernard Vianen, Bill Samuels, book, Bowmore, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, Business Standard, Cameronbridge, Chivas Brothers, Clyde Sterner, collector, competition, Dewar's, Diageo, Douglas Laing, economic development, Ewan Morgan, exhibit, expansion, expedition, Feis Ile, flavorings, Fred Laing, Fred Minnick, Gavin Smith, Glasgow, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, Hall of Fame, Helen Potter, Highlander Honey, history, India, Invergordon, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jim McEwan, Joe Hyman, John Grant, Kenneth Gunn, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, Knockdhu, labeling, LCBO, Ledaig, Lincoln Henderson, Longmorn, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, Mitchell Library, Mount Everest, Mull, museum, Nicola Young, North British, Office of Fair Trade, Ontario, Pali Fukatsch, photo, Rebecca Stephens, rinse, Rob Samuels, Scott Mansfield, Seagram, Shelter Point, Slovakia, Stewart Laing, stories, storytelling, summit, SWA, Sweden, The Famous Grouse, Times of India, Tobermory, Tweedale, Tweeddale Blend, United Spirits, warehouse, Wes Henderson, Whyte & Mackay, women0 comments
Stories are what give whisky its unique place in the drinks world, and this week, we’ll hear from two authors of new books on the stories and hi...
Episode 416: March 16, 201320130316193529
Episode 416: March 16, 2013
Mark GillespieMarch 16, 2013Arran, auction, Australia, Barley, Bere, Brisbane, Bruichladdich, Bryan Davis, Buffalo Trace, California, Cleveland, collectors, Dallas Dhu, Dalmore, Dewar's, Douglas Laing, education, flavored, George T. Stagg, George Washington's Distillery, Gerry Tosh, Gordon Mitchell, Highland Park, historic, Historic Scotland, honey, Interior Department, Islay, landmark, Leviathan, Loki, Lost Spirits, maturation, McTears, Michael Chang, Monterey, Mount Vernon, museum, obituary, Paradiso, peated, Port Dundas, Qatar, Richard Paterson, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Mansfield, Seascape, shipwreck, single grain, Speyside, SWA, Thor, tourism, Valhalla, Valour, Virginia, Wallachia0 comments
This week’s episode comes from Frankfurt, Germany…during a layover on my trip to visit the Amrut Distillery in Bangalore, India. However, ...