New Distillery, Familiar Faces (Episode 733: June 23, 2019)20190623235959
New Distillery, Familiar Faces (Episode 733: June 23, 2019)
Mark GillespieJune 23, 2019@79bigpapi, @Andrew_leets, @smoke.before.fire, #FreeOurWhisky, adjudicator, Allura Fergie, Andrew Leets, appeal, Ardgowan, Ardgowan Estate, Ardnamurchan, Balcones, Bardstown, Barrel & Bottle, Barton 1792 Distillery, BC Liquor & Cannabis Regulation Branch, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, British Columbia, building codes, Bulleit Distilling Company, Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Canada, Caol Ila, Cardhu, CaskCartel.com, Cedar Ridge Distillery, cleanup, Clydebuilt, Clynelish, collapse, crane, Dave Mason, Dave Sweet, Day of Dark Barley, Diageo, Easter Elchies, Eden Mill, Edinburgh, Edrington, Elements of Islay, Elixir Distillers, Eric Fergie, expansion, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fife, Fife Council, fire, Forager's Keep, Geordie Moski, Glen Scotia, Glenfiddich, Glenkinchie, Heaven Hill Distillery, heavy metal, Highland Council, Highland Park, inspection, insurance, Inverkip. Martin McAdam, investigation, Iowa, Islay, Johnnie Walker Experience, Josh Quinn, Kelly Carpenter, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kingsbarns, liquor inspectors, Macallan, Max McFarlane, Morag Ralph, Moray Council, music, Nanaimo, Nerys Poole, No. 9 Iowa Whiskey, O.Z. Tyler Distillery, Orphan Barrel, Owensboro, Paul Miller, Pittyvaich, raid, retail, rickhouse, River Clyde, Rob Carpenter, ruling, Ryan A., Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Sean Fousheé, Shelbyville, Single Malts of Scotland, Slipknot, spending, Speyside, startup, structural engineers, Sweet Toast of American Oak, Terressentia, Texas, The Balvenie, The Macallan Estate, The Week of Peat, thunderstorm, tourism, Travel, Vancouver, Victoria, visitors centers, warehouse, weather, whiskey, Whiskey and Barrel Nite, whisky, William Grant & Sons, Willie Phillips0 comments
If you’re starting a new distillery from scratch, it helps to find some veteran whisky makers to join you on the journey. That’s just what...
WhistlePig Rye: Moving On Without the Master (Episode 767: May 12, 2019)20190511222642
WhistlePig Rye: Moving On Without the Master (Episode 767: May 12, 2019)
Mark GillespieMay 11, 2019@chris_london, @Drew7182, @MoeGriz, @MurphUSA1, @nicholaslmartin, @Sophia10onSA, @udkas123, #FreeOurWhisky, adjudicator, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Allura Fergie, Amburana, Amrut, Artisan Restaurant, attorney general, Australia, Bangalore, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, Beam, beer, Belgium, Benromach, Bob Dylan, Bootleg Series, bottling strength, Boynsmill, Braxil, British Columbia, cachaca, Calgary, California, Canada, Chris London, cognac, Dalbeallie, Dave Pickerell, David Eby, David Lukas Kuhn, David Taylor, Derek Mather, Diageo, dispute, Double Oak, Edinburgh, Elixir Distillers, Engagement of the Forty, Eric Fergie, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Forager's Keep, Forty Creek, Glen Grant, GlenDronach, Gouden Carolus, Guinness World Records, hearing, Heaven's Door, Het Anker, Hicken Report, Holy Dram, House of Fraser, India, investors, Israel, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Jeff Kozak, Johnnie Walker Experience, Jura, Jura Tide, Jura Time, Kilchoman, Lansdowne, Latin, licensing, liquor inspectors, Mizunara Oak, Neel Jagdale, Ontario, Orphan Barrel, Pennsylvania, Pittyvaich, pocket square, Princes Street, Raj Bhakta, Redbreast, Reddit, regulations, regulatory, Rick Jagdale, San Diego, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Shane, Shoreham, Shree Radakrishna Jagdale, SMWS, soccer coach, Spirit of Speyside Festival, succession, Tamdhu, Tasmania, teacher, The Glenesk Hotel, The Glenlivet, The Whiskey House, The Whisky Exchange, trademark, travel retail, Trippel, Vermont, visitors center, War of 1812, Washington, wedding, whiskey, whisky, whisky bar, Whistlepig Rye, Whyte & Mackay, Wishaw, Writers Tears0 comments
Of all the craft distilleries Dave Pickerell worked with before his sudden death last November, none was more identified with him than Vermont’s...
Diageo to Expand Distilling Operations in Kentucky with $130 Million Project20181213124320
Diageo to Expand Distilling Operations in Kentucky with $130 Million Project
Mark GillespieDecember 13, 2018Barry Becton, Bourbon, Bulleit Distilling Company, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, construction, Diageo, economic development, I.W. Harper, incentives, investment, Kentucky, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Lebanon, Limestone Branch Distillery, Loretto, Louisville, Maker's Mark Distillery, Marion County, Marion County Industrial Foundation, Orphan Barrel, Shelbyville, Stitzel-Weller Distillery, Stitzel-Weller Whiskey Experience, whiskey, whisky0 comments
December 13, 2018 – The world’s largest whisky producer is planning to expand yet again in Kentucky, as Diageo plans to invest $130 millio...
Whiskey & Music with Three Chord Bourbon’s Neil Giraldo (Episode 742: December 2, 2018)20181202200139
Whiskey & Music with Three Chord Bourbon’s Neil Giraldo (Episode 742: December 2, 2018)
Mark GillespieDecember 2, 2018@jotterface, 1926, Alaska, Allied Domecq, Anchorage, Anchorage Daily News, aqua vitae, Ari Sussman, auction, avian influenza, Beam, benefit, Bernheim, bidding, Blackened American Whiskey, Bladnoch, Bob Dylan, Bonhams, botanicals, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brian Canning, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Cask 88, CEO, Charles Whitfield, Charlie Whitfield, Chris Hennessy, Chris Swonger, Christie's, Cleveland, Clonakilty Distillery, Clynelish, collecting, collectors, Cork, Cutty Sark, Danny Winbourne, Dave Pickerell, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Distillery Series, Dry Fly Distilling, Dylan Whiskey Bar, earthquake, Edrington, eggs, Elixir Distillers, FAAR, Fionnán O'Connor, Fired Oak, Fortnum & Mason, Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, Game of Thrones, genever, gin, Glen Flagler, Glen Moray, Glenturret, Graham Coull, grappa, Heaven's Door, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, HIAS, Highland Park, Impex, Iowa, Ireland, Islay, John Waite, Johnnie Walker, Karuizawa, Keith Sanders, Kenny Loggins, Kentucky, Kilkenny, KTUU, La Martiniquaise, Level 5, London, Los Angeles, Mackmyra, Metallica, Michael Dillon, monks, music, musician, Neil Giraldo, New York City, Old Rip Van Winkle, Orphan Barrel, Pacific Rim, Pat Benatar, performer, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Plastic Oceans International, Port Askaig, producer, Prohibition, Quarter Cask, raffle, recipe, Red Book of Ossory, reporter, Rhetoric, Rick Springfield, rock, screenplay, Seven Seas Export, shooting, Smiths Group, South Korea, Speyside, Spokane, Stitzel-Weller, Sweden, television, Templeton Rye, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Macallan, The Macallan Genesis, The Scorpions, Three Chord Bourbon, Tim Matthews, Tree of Life Synagogue, United Distillers, Usquaebach, Valerio Adami, vibration, victims, Washington, whiskey, whisky, whisky.auction, White Walker, Winter is Coming, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Neil Giraldo is one of music’s “hit makers.” As a musician and producer, he’s worked with some of rock music’s legendary...
30 Years of the Scotch Whisky Experience (Episode 698: May 17, 2018)20180517153600
30 Years of the Scotch Whisky Experience (Episode 698: May 17, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 17, 2018Andy Treinen, anniversary, Ardbeg, aroma, auto racing, awards, Balcones, Barb Helt, Beam Suntory, Big Level, Big Red Liquors, Blade & Bow, Blenders' Mash, Bourbon, Buddy Thompson, Bulleit, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, cancer, charity, Chita, Christopher Winters, Colorado State University, conductor, contest, Contradiction, Corryvreckan, Courtney Howard, Croftengea, Crown Royal, Cutty Sark Prohibition, Denis Lynch, Dewar's, Diageo, dogs, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Elijah Craig, English Whisky Company, exhibit, Final Reserve, Frazier History Museum, Glencadam, Grand Macnish, Hakushu, Heaven Hill, Henry McKenna, Hibiki, Highland Park, hospice, I.W. Harper, ice, Indiana, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy 500, Irish Whiskey, James Thompson & Brother, Jan Westcott, Japan, Jay Howard, Jeff Timi, Jim Beam, John Foster, Johnnie Walker, Jon Miller, Julie Trevisan Hunter, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Knob Creek, Laphroaig, Lauder's, LCBO, Loch Lomond Distillers, logo, Louisville, Macduff International, Mark McAlister, Matt Colglazier, motorsports, Nikka, oncology, One Cure, Ontario, Orphan Barrel, pizza, Powers John's Lane, research, Richard Paterson, Royal Mile, Royal Salute, Royal Wedding, Rye Whiskey, sales, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, senses, Shelbyville, shortages, Six Cask Edition, Smokey, Smooth Ambler, Spirits Canada, sponsorship, Stitzel-Weller Experience, Suntory, supply, Talisker, taste, Texas, The Dark, The Whisky Exchange, Tom Helt, tourism, Travel, Tyrconnell, visitors, visitors center, W. Brendan Waller, West Virginia, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Yamazaki0 comments
In May of 1988, the Scotch Whisky Experience opened its doors on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, next to Edinburgh Castle. Over the last 30 years, milli...
Sip, Sip, Sippin’ On Heaven’s Door… (Episode 695: May 6, 2018)20180505233924
Sip, Sip, Sippin’ On Heaven’s Door… (Episode 695: May 6, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 5, 2018@Mike_W_Williams, age, Alan Winchester, alcohol abuse, Angel's Envy, author, Barry Crockett, Bob Dylan, book, Bottled in Bond, Brexit, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, Captain's Reserve, Charles Maclean, cigar barrels, Clan Fraser, Cork, Dave Broom, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deborah Stewart, Diageo, distillery, duty free, English Whisky Company, EU, European Union, exports, Glenfarclas, Graeme Littlejohn, Great Britain, Haneda Airport, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, Howick, Immature Spirits Act of 1915, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Lower East Side, Maclean's Miscellany of Whisky, Marc Bushala, Meghan Markle, Mike Williams, minimum unit pricing, music, Nashville, Nikkei, Nobel, Old Fitzgerald, Omar Fitzell, Orphan Barrel, Peat Week, Prime Minister, Prince Harry, Rhetoric, Royal, Ryan Perry, Scotch Whisky Association, ScotchWhisky.com, Scotland, Scottish Borders, singer, songwriter, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirits Investment Partnership, Strath, Stuart Nickerson, Suntory, SWA, tariffs, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Borders Distillery, The Glenlivet, The Way of Whisky, Theresa May, Tim Carton, trade, travel retail, Two Brewers, Victoria, wedding, whiskey, whisky, Yamazaki, Yukon Spirits0 comments
Bob Dylan is known for many things, but slapping his name onto a product to make a quick buck is definitely not one of them. In fact, the new Heaven...
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 ...
Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)20180225005718
Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)
Mark GillespieFebruary 25, 2018@garretmalt, @kingrhinola, @nevillem, @sipologyblog, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Argyll & Bute Council, Arran Whisky, Athgarret Malt, barrel sales, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Boston, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Cairdeas, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cat, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, court, Crown Royal, Dave Pickerell, dog, Drew Mayville, Earth, Entrapment, EU, European Court of Justice, European Union, expansion, FarmStock, Feis Ile, fire, Five Virtues, Gimli, glen, Glen Buchenbach, Glen's Cask, Glencairn, GlenDronach, Glenturret, groovy, Hazlet Rye, Heaven Hill, induction, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Arran, J.J. Corry, John Campbell, Jon Kriedler, Josh Wright, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, King Rhino, Lagg, Laphroaig, lawsuit, legal, Louise McGuane, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Metal, Metallica, Mickey Heads, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Montreal, mouser, music, Nik, Obey Your Master, Old Fitzgerald, Old Montreal Distillery, Old Overholt, Old Overholt Bonded, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, partnership, peanuts, pet, photo, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, planning permission, post office, Quebec, rock, Sazerac, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Ritenbaugh, song, SWA, Tal, Tattersall Distilling, Tattersall Rye, The Glenmorangie Company, Tom Dean @meerkat1984, Tomatin, Towser, Turret, Vermont, Waldhorn, water, Westborough, whiskey, Whiskey in the Jar, whisky, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, wood0 comments
Distillers like to say they’re not making whisky for themselves, but laying it down for future generations. Part of that process is identifying ...
New Tricks for an Old Elk (Episode 672: December 17, 2017)20171217142214
New Tricks for an Old Elk (Episode 672: December 17, 2017)
Mark GillespieDecember 17, 2017@BDP514AM, @budducci, @chocomeditator, @realsuwilliams, 12 Minute Conversations, acquisition, Adam Minihan, Adam Schwartz-Lowe, adjudicator, airport, Alena Wren, Amazon, Angus, Angus Dundee, Artisan Restaurant, Asia, Asia-Pacific, author, Ayrshire, Ballantine's, bar, Beckmann, Becle, Blade and Bow, Blue Label Miami Edition, Bobby Parnell, book, bottling, Bulleit, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, Bushmills, Campari, Canada, Canadian, Charles Medley Distillery, Chivas Brothers, chocolate, Colorado, consulting, Curt Richardson, David Niles, Davin de Kergommeaux, Derek Mather, Diageo, Dylan Wren, Engel Jones, excuse, Finland, Fort Collins, Forty Creek, Full Volume, George Remus Bourbon, George Washington's Distillery, George Washington's Rye, Glenesk Hotel, Greg Metze, Grimsby, Guinness World Records, Heritage, holidays, Hood River Distillers, I.W. Harper, incentives, Indiana, interview, inventory, investment, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Jeff Parrott, Johnnie Walker, Jose Cuervo, Kalle Valkonen, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority, Kyrö, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, LDI, Lexington Herald-Leader, licensing fee, Matt Hofmann, medicine, membership, Mexico, MGP, Miami, Millionaire's Casino, misogyny, Mount Vernon, Nancy Richardson, New York Times, O.Z. Tyler, office, Old Elk, Ontario, Oregon, Orphan Barrel, Otterbox, Owensboro, Pappy Van Winkle, Pendleton Whisky, playlist, podcast, PR agency, production, Proximo Spirits, R.M. Peluso, Ralph Erenzo, regulations, Republic Restoratives, Robert Fleming, Samuel Allen, Saul Davies, Scotland, Seagram, Seagram's 7 Crown, sexism, Shelbyville, shipping laws, Signature Oak, single malt rye whisky, Spotify, Stephen Hawking, Steve Bashore, Stitzel-Weller, Stitzel-Weller Experience, Stranahan's, Terressentia, The Catholic Man, The Drinks Business, The Sexton, Tin Cup, Tincup, Tom Bulleit, tourism, trademark, travel retail, Virginia, visitors, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Will Drucker, Wishaw, women, world record0 comments
Greg Metze spent years making whisky near the banks of the Ohio River, but he never really got the recognition he deserved because his distillery was ...
Women in Whiskey, Sisters in Suds (Episode 671: December 10, 2017)20171210180404
Women in Whiskey, Sisters in Suds (Episode 671: December 10, 2017)
Mark GillespieDecember 10, 2017@177MilkStreet, @aantommaria, @PhilCatelinet, A Midwinter Night's Dram, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Anchor Distilling, Armand Antommaria, Basil Hayden's, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blenders Pride, border, brewing, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Buena Vista, Calgary, Campbeltown, Canada, Cash Moore, Colorado, Cotswolds Distillery, Crown Royal, crystals, Customs, Dark Rye, DC, Deerhammer, Denizens Brewing, Denver, dessert, Diageo, discussion, distilling, earnings, England, Entrapment, EU, European Union, Ewan Morgan, exports, Florida, Fort Walton Beach, Garrett Peck, Great Britain, Haig, High West, Imperial Blue, India, investment, Ireland, Ivy City, Jack Daniel's, Jennifer Steinhauer, Jim Beam, Julie Verratti, Kensington Wine Market, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Las Vegas, Len Eckstein, local barley, Lot #40, Manitoba, Master of Malt, Nevada, New York Times, Northern Border Collection, Northern Ireland, Old Forester, opossum, organized crime, Orphan Barrel, Pernod Ricard, port, Prohibition, Rachel Gardner, Redbreast, Republic Restoratives, Royal Stag, Rye, San Francisco, Sapporo, shares, Shayne Holden, Snowflake, solution, speakeasy, Springbank, Sticky Toffee Pudding, stock, Stranahan's, The Mob Museum, trade, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Wiser's, women, Woodford Reserve0 comments
This week, the New York Times marked the anniversary of the end of Prohibition with a special event at one of America’s few women-owned distille...