Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)20190106165051
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 6, 2019Aberfeldy, Abhainn Dearg, acquisition, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Andy Watts, application, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Argyll & Bute Council, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, Bain's, Beam Suntory, Bicentenary, Big Five Duty Free, Black Prince, Booker Noe Distillery, Bourbon, Brent Stewart, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Calgary, Cambus, Canada, Canadian Club, Chicago, Christopher Winters, competition, construction, Daniel Marlowe, Dave Pickerell, DC, Diageo, District of Columbia, Donegal, Douglas Laing & Co., East Lothian Council, Edinburgh, Elixir Distillers, Feis Ile, first dram, Freddie Johnson, Freddie Noe, Fritz Farm, Gaja Capital, Georgie Crawford, Glen Elgin, Glen Grant, Glenkinchie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, hockey, Imperial. @lawschooldrunk, India, Indiana, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Lewis, James Sedgewick Distillery, Jim Beam Distillery, Johannesburg, John Distilleries, John Newfry, Johnnie Walker, Kent Crittenden, Kentucky, Kentucky for Kentucky, Kilchoman, Laddie Classic, Lagavulin, Last Dram, Lexington, liquor agency, Little Book, lottery, Macduff, Madeira, Maker's Mark, Maryland, moonshine, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New Year's, NHL, nosing, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Ohio, palate, Palmetto Distillery, Pappy Van Winkle, Paul John, planning approval, planning permission, Port Ellen, R.J. Hodges, Raj Singh, Ryan Campbell, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky. expansion, Scotland, shares, single grain, South Africa, South Carolina, Special Releases, Speciality Drinks, stake, Stanley Cup, Star Industries, Sukhinder Singh, tasting, The Balvenie, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Deveron, The Whisky Exchange, Three Chord Bourbon, Tim Knittel, Timorous Beastie, Tish Harcus, travel retail, Virginia, visitors centers, Washington, Washington Capitals, whiskey, Whiskey Bear, whisky, world champions, Zionsville0 comments
There are plenty of competitions to find the best whiskies, but what about competitions to find the best whisky tasters? Those are few and far between...
Three Wise Men Tasting Whiskies for the Holidays20171223215810
Three Wise Men Tasting Whiskies for the Holidays
Mark GillespieDecember 23, 2017Angelo Veneziano, Ballantine's, broken nose, Chivas Brothers, duty free, Full Volume, Glenburgie, Glenfarclas, Glenfarclas 105, Highland Park, holidays, It's Just the Booze Dancing, Mike Farley, nosing, Oban, Orkney, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Sam Speers, single malt, Speyside, Taiwan, tasting, travel retail, whiskey, whisky, ZZ Top0 comments
With the holiday season in full swing, we turned to three “wise men” for this month’s Tasting Panel and gave them three single malt ...
On the Road in Bourbon Country (Episode 659: September 17, 2017)20170917215602
On the Road in Bourbon Country (Episode 659: September 17, 2017)
Mark GillespieSeptember 17, 2017@jpr9954, Alabama, Anchor Distilling, Angel's Envy, Barbara Helt, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bardstown Capital Community Alliance, barrel, Beam Suntory, bicycle, Bill Samuels Jr., Booker Noe, bootlegger, Bourbon, Boyd's Jig & Reel Pub, Brown-Forman, Brown-Forman Cooperage, California, cancer, Changhi Airport, Charlie Downs, Chris Morris, Cincinnati, Clyde May's, collaboration, Conecuh Ridge, Consortium of Cards, Copper & Kings, country music, David Mundell, David Shapira, Dawn Pryztal, Deerhammer, Douglas Laing & Co., Elizabeth McCall, Eric Gregory, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, expansion, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, George Remus, Gerry Nichols, Glenmorangie, Harry Shapira, heart, heart attack, Heaven Hill, Heaven Hill Bourbon Heritage Center, hospital, Indiana, Indianapolis, inductee, Islay, Islay Jazz Festival, Jack Daniel's, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Rye, Japan, Jerry Summers, Jim Rutledge, jobs, John Hayes, John Richardson, Jud Laughter, Judy Shapira, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Colonel, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kentucky Tourism Industry Association, Kingsman, Knoxville, Lagavulin, Lawrenceburg, layoffs, Lenny Eckstein, Limited Edition Small Batch, Little Book, Louisville, Maker's Mark, marketing, Max Shapira, MGP, Mizunara, Montgomery Gentry, music, Nashville, Nick Nicholson, nosing, Old Forester, Old Potrero, oncologist, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Polo Edition, Port Dundas, Prohibition, Renovo, retirement, rocket scientist, Royal Salute, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Seattle, senses, Shinji Fukuyo, Singapore, sinus, SMWS, Solid Light, Speyburn, spies, spy, staves, Stuart Harvey, Suntory, surgery, Tennessee, The CrackerJack, The Golden Circle, Tom Helt, Travel, Troy Gentry, union, Westland, whiskey, whisky, wooden, Woodford Reserve0 comments
This week, we’re on the road at the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, Kentucky! We’ll have highlights from the festival throu...
Does The Nose Know For Sure? (Episode 643: May 28, 2017)20170527225059
Does The Nose Know For Sure? (Episode 643: May 28, 2017)
Mark GillespieMay 27, 2017@lwars85, A. Smith Bowman, Abraham Bowman, acquisition, advice, Andretti, Ardbeg, Ardnahoe, aroma, auto racing, Barley, Barrel Proof, Boston, Bourbon, Bowmore, Bridgend, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Cairdeas, Campbeltown, Canada, Canada Day, Caol Ila, CNBC, Confederation, Constellation Brands, Distillery Series, Drexel University, drought, Elijah Craig, family, farmers, Feis Ile, Fernando Alonso, Festival, food science, George Garvin Brown IV, Glen Scotia, Honda, Hunter Laing & Co., Indianapolis 500, Indy 500, Ira Seligman, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Israel, It's the Liquor Talking, J.P. Wiser's, Jacob Lahne, Jay Howard, Jim Beam, Jim McEwan, Johnnie Walker, Julio's Liquors, Kaveh Zamarian, Kilchoman, Kinship, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Mark Williams, mash bill, mashbill, McLaren, Milk & Honey Distillery, motorsports, nose, nosing, Orphan Barrel, Paul Varga, phenols, Philadelphia, podcast, Port Askaig, Port Charlotte, Rabbit Hole Distilling, radio, rain, Randall Bird, research, Rhetoric, Ryan Maloney, Rye, Sazerac, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scott Laing, sensory, Sequential Series, shares, smell, sponsor, stocks, study, Tel Aviv, The 150, The Courier, transparency, trust, Virginia, Virginia Tech, weather, whiskey, whisky, whisky club, Woodford Reserve2 comments
You may be able to tell different styles of whiskies apart by nosing them – when you know what you’re nosing to begin with. When it comes ...
The Art of Whisky Blending (Episode 622: January 1, 2017)20170101000114
The Art of Whisky Blending (Episode 622: January 1, 2017)
Mark GillespieJanuary 1, 2017@dramgoodwhisky, @IrishLegs, @MarlynnL, @muzzman78, anniversary, aroma, bastard child, blending, Bob Dixon, Bowmore, brandy, Brewdog, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Campfire, Canada, Cascades Whiskey Bar, CBC News, charity, Colorado, consultant, Diageo, Dr. McGillicuddy's, Dunyvaig Castle, Estes Park, final dram, Finlaggan Trust, first dram, fundraising, Germain-Robin, Greg Lipin, High West, highway sign, Hunter S. Thompson, Hunter Smith, Ironroot Republic, Islay, Islay Heritage, J. Henry & Sons, James Watt, Jody Miall, Joseph A. Magnus & Co., Kildalton, Lagavulin, lawsuit, LCBO, Linda Peterson, Loch Lomond, logo, Lone Wolf Distillery, Marlynn Luhrsen, Martin Dickie, master blender, McTaggart Lesiure Center, MGP, Ministry of Transportation, Murray Hassan, Nancy Fraley, Nic Stilton-Massey, North of 7 Distillery, nosing, O.F.C. Vintages, Ontario, Ottawa, Outryder, Peter Grasson, Port Ellen Maltings, Red Tape Follies, Richard Lewis, RSPB, Sam Mead, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, smell, Stanley Hotel, Suzanna, SWA, The Whisky Exchange, Tim Meushaw, trademark, Uncle Duke's, whiskey, whisky, whisky bar, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
Blending is part art and part science, and unless you’re drinking a single cask whisky, every dram you try has been tweaked by the nose of an ex...
Episode 552: September 12, 201520150912224908
Episode 552: September 12, 2015
Mark GillespieSeptember 12, 2015Abbey Whisky, aging, Alba Reserve, anniversary, Anon, Ardbeg, Arran, Ballantine's, BenRiach, Bladnoch, Bourbon Cask Reserve, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, Ceòbanach, Chivas Brothers, Circular Blending, Cooley, corrections, Deanston, Diageo, Douglas Laing, Eagle Rare, errado, experiment, extraction, Extraordinary Cask, Fred Laing, George T. Stagg, Gordon Motion, Hibernia Distillers, Hyde, Ian MacMillan, Illicit Stills, International Space Station, Ireland, Irish, Islay, John Campbell, Kiln Embers, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Latada, Ledaig, Luke Tegner, M.B. Roland, Madeira, maturation, maturity, MB Roland, Michter's, micro-gravity, NanoRacks, NASA, Norman Lao, Northern Ireland, nosing, Open Space Agency, Paul Tomaszewski, Port Dundas, Portugal, Portugese, primer, Rademon Estate Distillery, Reserve Collection, retirement, Richard Betts, Robur Reserve, Ronnie Cox, Royal Salute, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac Rye, science, Scott Rosenbaum, scratch and sniff, Seattle, Select Reserve, senses, Sherry Cask Reserve, Shortcross Gin, single grain, Smugglers Series, Space, space glass, Spain, Suntory, terpenes, The Antiquary, The Dalmore, The Eternal Reserve, The Glenrothes, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tomatin, US1, Vintage Reserve, webcast, Wemyss Malts, West Cork, Westland, William Larue Weller, zero gravity1 comment
The Glenrothes was one of the first Scotch Whisky distilleries to label its single malts with wine-style vintages instead of age statements. While the...
Episode 532: May 1, 201520150502091551
Episode 532: May 1, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 2, 201560 Minutes, Alastair Milligan, angel's share, Austria, Bob Simon, CBS News, competition, Customs, dogs, Dufftown, Elgin, excise, Frank Scott, Glenfiddich, Gordon & MacPhail, Ian Millar, Islay, Jackie Scott, James Campbell, Klaus Doblmann, Minneapolis, Mortlach, Norway, nosing, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, plumbers, Scotchology, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Svein Hageroud, theft0 comments
We’re kicking off this weekend’s special coverage of the Spirit of Speyside Festival in Scotland this time around! Thousands of people fro...
Second Saturday Single Malt Tastings at Atlantic City’s Best Whisky Bar20130818082214
Second Saturday Single Malt Tastings at Atlantic City’s Best Whisky Bar
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2013Atlantic City, bar, Barbara Townsend, Bob Townsend, First Friday, Miner's Delight Inn, New Jersey, nosing, pub, Second Saturday Single Malt Tasting, tasting, Travel, Wyoming0 comments
Whisky lovers travel to Atlantic City from all over the U.S. for the monthly Second Saturday Single Malt Tastings at the Miner’s Delight Inn. Bo...
Episode 409: January 26, 201320130126005233
Episode 409: January 26, 2013
Mark GillespieJanuary 26, 201312 Grain, Age of Discovery, awards, Balvenie, Beam, blooper, Brian Glenn, Brown-Forman, Calvert, China, Cooper's Choice, Corsair, counterfeit, Daniel Olofsson, Darek Bell, David Stewart, Diageo, dissertation, environment, George Dickel, Georgina Bell, Glenfiddich, Glenn Todd, Hotel Grand Pacific, Insane in the Grain, Jack Daniel's, John Hansell, John Lunn, Karuizawa, Kensington Wine Market, lawsuit, Lochside, Louisville, Luxco, nose, nosing, Number One Drinks Company, Rebel Yell, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky Association, SMWS, Stitzel-Weller, SWA, tasting, The Whisky Exchange, Tun 1401, Victoria, Whisky Advocate0 comments
Georgina Bell is part of a new generation of whisky connoisseurs, and is already making her place in the whisky industry as an ambassador for the Scot...
Episode 374: June 17, 201220120617002100
Episode 374: June 17, 2012
Mark GillespieJune 17, 2012Alabama, Andrew Derbidge, Australia, Belgium, Bourbon, Breckenridge, Brown-Forman, Colorado, Compass Box, competition, cooperage, Deanston, Dominic Roskrow, Jack Daniel's, John Glaser, Kilchoman, Legionnaire's Disease, Mark Dermul, movie, North British, nosing, Scotch, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, Spokane Whisky Club, Star Wars, Stranahan's, tasting, Tomatin, Tunisia, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Whisky lovers tend to be passionate about other things as well. For Mark Dermul of Belgium, it’s whisky and “Star Wars”. Mark and hi...