Episode 283: October 3, 201020101003105400
Episode 283: October 3, 2010
Mark GillespieOctober 3, 2010Android, app, Ballantine's, Benromach, blend, Blended Scotch, blending lab, Bruichladdich, charity, Charity: Water, Chivas Brothers, Diageo, Double Black, expedition, Gerry Tosh, Gordon & MacPhail, grain, Highland Park, Jeffrey Topping, Jim Murray, John Hansell, Johnnie Walker, Kilmarlid, Malt Advocate, Michael Urquhart, new make, nosing, Old Pulteney, pole, ratings, Roseisle, Sandy Hyslop, scores, Speyside, test, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Bible, Wild Scotsman0 comments
No journalist has ever been allowed inside the Chivas Brothers blending lab in Kilmarlid, Scotland…which means whisky lovers have never gotten a...
Episode 257: May 25, 201020100525145200
Episode 257: May 25, 2010
Mark GillespieMay 25, 2010Bessie Williamson, Brigid Kaelin, Cairdeas, Ceilidh, chefs, competition, cooking, Craggan Mill Restaurant, Darren Rook, Denmark, distillery, Eddie Morris, Feis Ile, Festival, Florence Gray, Friends of Laphroaig, Gordon Harvey, history, Ian Hunter, Ileach, Islay, Japan, Jill-Ann Stolley Vick, John Campbell, Joy Elliott, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Master of Malt, music, new make, Oka, Peter Campbell, Port Ellen, Ramsey Hall, Rob Mark, Robert Hicks, Rory Kelso, Simon Brooking, tasting0 comments
Laphroaig is one of those whiskies that you’re either going to love or loathe…with no middle ground. Today is Laphroaig’s day at the...
Episode 245: March 28, 201020100328195400
Episode 245: March 28, 2010
Mark GillespieMarch 28, 2010Alzheimer's, auction, author, blog, book, charity, craft distilling, Crown Royal, Derby, food, Four Roses, GlenDronach, Highland Park, Ken Goldenberg, Kevin Smith, Maker's Mark, Max Watman, moonshine, new make, Scotch Whisky Association, Sku, Steve Eury, SWA0 comments
We know it by many names…White Lightning and Corn Liquor to name a couple. Moonshine whiskey has been a part of American culture for generations...
Episode 210: July 25, 200920090725230100
Episode 210: July 25, 2009
Mark GillespieJuly 25, 2009Alistair Walker, anniversary, BenRiach, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Billy Walker, Blake Johnson, Bourbon, China, Diageo, distillery, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenrothes, Gordon & MacPhail, Heritage, Highland Park, Islay, Johnnie Walker, Kilchoman, Kilmarnock, labor, law, new make, North British, Parker Beam, Parker's, regulation, Scotch Whisky Association, single grain, SWA, Tamdhu, The Scotsman, trade0 comments
It’s been a busy year at GlenDronach and BenRiach distilleries…the investor group led by Billy Walker added GlenDronach to their portfolio...
Episode 193: March 28, 200920090328161500
Episode 193: March 28, 2009
Mark GillespieMarch 28, 2009awards, Beam, Bicentenary, book, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, charity, competition, distillery, editor, Heaven Hill, Heritage, Highland Park, history, Ian Buxton, Japan, Jeroen Kloppenburg, Jimmy Russell, John Beard, Kentucky, Matt Shattock, Michael Jackson, new make, Parker Beam, San Francisco, storytelling, Tom Flocco, Vijay Mallya, white dog, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey0 comments
55 years ago, Jimmy Russell got a job at the Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and it was the best hire the distillery ever made. He...
Episode 164: September 21, 200820080921192800
Episode 164: September 21, 2008
Mark GillespieSeptember 21, 2008Anthony Wills, author, BenRiach, Billy Walker, book, Caperdonich, Cooley, Dennis Malcolm, France, French, Glen Grant, GlenDronach, Glenlivet, Gordon & MacPhail, Greenore, Hans Offringa, Ireland, Islay, Japan, Japanese, Kilchoman, La Maison du Whisky, Laphroaig, Marcel van Gils, Michael Urquhart, new make, Paris, Stephen Teeling, Strathisla, Ulf Buxrud, Whisky Live, Whisky Magazine0 comments
Time now for part two of WhiskyCast’s special coverage of Whisky Live Paris! We’ll get an update on Islay’s newest distillery, Kilch...