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Tariffs, Tide Pods, and a Bootlegger’s Troubled Life (Episode 787: October 6, 2019)20191007014806

Tariffs, Tide Pods, and a Bootlegger’s Troubled Life (Episode 787: October 6, 2019)

Mark GillespieOctober 7, 2019@mhanch, @odinsleftnut, @whiskyranker, @zamoose, A Song of Fire, A Song of Ice, Adam Hannett, Airbus, alcohol poisoning, American Oak Reserve, Andy Mansinne, Ardbeg, arse, Auchentoshan, author, Bardstown, Beam Suntory, Black Art, Blue Label, Boeing, book, Booker Noe, Booker's, bootlegger, Brexit, bribery, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, butt chugging, Chris Swonger, Cincinnati, cocktail, Comic-Con, ComicCon, Country Ham, Dark Oak, Dave Kühn, Diageo, DISCUS, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Dr. Phillip Lee, Drew Mayville, Drinks Ireland, Dubai, Edrington, Elizabeth Valenzuela, environment, EU, European Union, export, Franklin Dodge, Fred Noe, funding, Game of Thrones, George Remus, Ghost and Rare, Glencairn, Glenmorangie, Glenury Royal, Heartwood, Highland Park, Hong Kong, Imogene Remus, import, Indiana, intoxication, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Islay, Javits Center, Johnnie Walker, Karen Abbott, Karen Betts, Kentucky, Kirsteen Campbell, Klaus Doblmann, Lawrenceburg, Liqueur, Llandudno, London Cocktail Week, Mabel Walker Willebrandt, MaltKlaus, Mark Hancheroff, MGP, Michael Veach, Mike Pompeo, mucous membrane, New Orleans, New York, Northern Ireland, nostril, Octomore, Octomore Farm, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Ooho, OrganizedChaos, packaging, Penderyn, plastic, prison, Prohibition, Proximo Spirits, Rasmus Just, rectal, Remus Volstead Reserve, Sarah Burgess, Sazerac, Sazerac House, Schenley, Scotch Whisky Association, Seagram, seaweed, Secretary of State, Skipping Rocks Labs, Springwood, Squibb, Stephen Davies, Storm King, Stuart MacPherson, Supernova, suppositories, SWA, tampon, tariff, tax evasion, The Accord, The Elementa, The Famous Grouse, The Ghosts of Eden Park, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Sexton, The Tribute, The Walking Dead, Tide Pod, trade, travel retail, Trump Administration, University of Tennessee, USTR, Volstead Act, Wales, waste, whiskey, whisky, whisky capsule, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments

George Remus could never have conceived of the idea of edible “whisky capsules,” but if he had, the “King of the Bootleggers” ...

Your Tax Dollars…Not at Work! (Episode 749: January 13, 2019)20190113220906

Your Tax Dollars…Not at Work! (Episode 749: January 13, 2019)

Mark GillespieJanuary 13, 2019@seriousabtplay, @SML917, @thewhiskymaker, Alberta Distillers, Andy Watts, Ardmore, Ardnahoe Distillery, Argyll & Bute Council, Beam Suntory, Bobby Parnell, Brian Canning, Brown-Forman, budget, Bunnahabhain, Canada, cannabis, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, chemistry, Chita, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, COLA, Colorado, Congress, Cooley, Craigellachie, Cumria, David Monahan, David Ozgo, Dewar's, DISCUS, Distell, Distilled Spirits Council, Douglas Laing & Co., expansion, Flintlock, Germany, Glen Garioch, Glengoyne, government, Hakushu, Highland Park, Hunter Laing & Co., Ireland, Irish Whiskey Awards, Islay, Israel, Jameson, Japan, Jim Beam, Jim Hough, job opening, Johnnie Walker, label approval, labeling, Liberty Pole Spirits, Louise McGuane, Lunar New Year, marijuana, Milk & Honey, Mizunara, Moine, Old Particular, Oregon, Orkney, packaging, Pennsylvania, politics, Reverie, Ruth Kirkpatrick, Scott Laing, Scott Lowery, Seattle, shutdown, Slane Distillery, South Africa, Suntory, Suntory AO, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tel Aviv, The Lakes Distillery, The Last One, Three Chord Bourbon, travel retail, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Twelve Bar Reserve, Washington, Washington State, Westland, whiskey, Whiskey Rebellion, whisky, XOP, Xtra Old Particular, Yamazaki, Year of the Pig0 comments

The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government is now the longest on record, and it is having an impact on the whisky business. Two whisky makers...

Straight Shooting with Bulleit Bourbon’s Tom Bulleit (Episode 645: June 11, 2017)20170611004819

Straight Shooting with Bulleit Bourbon’s Tom Bulleit (Episode 645: June 11, 2017)

Mark GillespieJune 11, 2017@Audible_Feast, @GCPepperGuy, 004, 005, 4 stars, A.D. Laws, ads, advertising, airport, Amrut, anniversary, Arkansas, Augustus Bulleit, Balcones, ban, Barrell Bourbon, beer, Betsy Bulleit, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Bulleit, Bullet Barrel Strength, Changhi, charity, Chivas Brothers, cognac, Colorado, Compass Box, counterfeit, Craigellachie, currency, Denver, Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, Diageo, dollar, Double Single, Dr. McGillicuddy's, duty free, dyes, earnings, election, Elton John, European Union, exports, fake, federal court, Feis Ile, festival bottlings, George Remus, Germany, gin, Girvan, Glen Elgin, Gloucestershire, Grant Cummings, Great Britain, health, Heidelberg, home bar, Houston, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay festival, Jack Daniel's, Jack White, Jim McEwan, Jo Lawson, Kelly Walshe, Kilkerran, Larry Schwartz, Lawrenceburg, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lawyer, Little Rock, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, market share, MGP, Minister, molecular, music, National Football League, NFL, packaging, PBS, Pernod Ricard, Polo, Polo Edition, pound, Prime Minister, Redemption, Remy Cointreau, Renton, Rescued Pets Movement, Reserve 101, review, Rock Town Distillery, Royal Salute, sales, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac, Science Magazine, scientists, Seagram, shares, Singapore, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, song, Southern Comfort, Spectrum, spirits, tasting, television, Texas, The Botanist, Theresa May, Tom Bulleit, trade, trademark, trading, travel retail, Tuaca, Two Fingers of Whisky, University, Waco, Washington, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Woodford Reserve, World Duty Free, YouTube0 comments

Tom Bulleit wasn’t born into the Bourbon business, but even as a successful Kentucky lawyer, he knew there was something calling him to whiskey....

Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)20170604143251

Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)

Mark GillespieJune 4, 20171792 Bourbon, Al Young, American Epic Sessions, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, auction, Austria, author, auto racing, Bardstown, Barton, Bernie Taupin, bill, blogger, blues, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, British Airways, Carla Carlton, debate, Douglas Laing & Co., Elton John, experiment, farm, Feis Ice, festival bottling, foam, Four Roses, Garryana, governor, Heaven Hill, heirloom corn, Houston, Indianapolis 500, International Space Station, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack White, Japan, Jill-Ann Stolley Vick, Jim Murray, Joel Harrison, Karuizawa, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Distillers Association, Klaus Doblmann, Kwikpac, legislation, legislature, Limited Edition Small Batch, Louisville, Lydia Calhooligan, Marquess Series, Matt Bevin, Matt Hofmann, motorsports, music, Neil Ridley, Noh, Number One Drinks Company, Pacific Northwest. Scotch Whisky, packaging, PBS, plant, recording, Remarkable Regional Malts, Reserve 101, retailers, Robert Mark, Rock Oyster, Sazerac, Seattle, Sir Douglas Murray, song, Space, statehood, Takuma Sato, tasting, The Bourbon Babe, The Murray, The Sun, Timorous Beastie, Tullibardine, Two Fingers of Whiskey, Voice O Graph, Washington, weather balloon, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, Wilderness Trail1 comment

Bourbon’s growing global profile is at its highest in decades, and that’s good news in Kentucky. Even though Bourbon can be made anywhere ...

Viking Soul & Whisky in Denmark (Episode 639: April 30, 2017)20170429172000

Viking Soul & Whisky in Denmark (Episode 639: April 30, 2017)

Mark GillespieApril 29, 2017@GCPepperGuy, @whiskyadventurer, #toasttodads, Bernheim, Blair Athol, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Bourbon & Rye Cask Finish, bottles, Bourbon District, Brexit, Brora, Call Ila, cancer, Charles Maclean, chemicals, classic malts, Colonial Williamsburg, comment, Convalmore, cooperage, coopers, Copenhagen, currency, Cutty Sark, dads, Danish, Dark Origins, Davey McKenzie, Denmark, design, Diageo, Edrington, environment, EU, European Union, exports, fathers, fracking, fracturing, Full Volume, gas, George Washington's Distillery, Gordon Motion, Grant Cummings, Greg Fischer, groundwater, Guinness, Highland Park, historical, history, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jason Craig, Jennifer Nickerson, Jim Beveridge, Jim Lyngvild, Johnnie Walker, Ken Goldberg, Kentucky, Knockmealdowns, Lagavulin, Liam Ahearn, Louisville, Louisville Business First, Louisville Business Journal, Magnus, Main Street, marketing, mayor, Mount Vernon, Nick Morgan, Norway, oil, Orkney, Orphan Barrel, packaging, pollution, Port Dundas, Port Ellen, pound, preview, protests, Raunsborg, Ravnsborg, Rhetoric, Scotch Whiskey, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Government, Special Releases, Speyside Cooperage, Spirit of Speysid Festival, Stitzel-Weller, Stuart Nickerson, Teaninich, The Scotsman, Tipperary, trade, travel retail, tribute, United States, vacation, Valhalla, Valknut, Valkyrie, Viking, Viking Soul, Virginia, water, Watershed, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, world record0 comments

This week, we’re in Copenhagen, Denmark for the launch of Highland Park’s new Valkyrie single malt and new packaging for its core range th...

Episode 592: June 4, 201620160605000837

Episode 592: June 4, 2016

Mark GillespieJune 5, 2016@AlpacaJo, @Joshua_Spahr, @madmen76, @markofrespect, @Sister_Ratched, @slagell, @WhiskyRep, Adam Slagell, Alan Winchester, Altia, Arran, Auchentoshan, Award, barbecue sauce, Battle of Jutland, Beach Whiskey, BenRiach, Bernard Walsh, Billy Leighton, Billy Walker, Black Barrel, Brian Nation, Brown-Forman, Bruce Springsteen, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Carlow, Caskmates, Chivas Brothers, Christina Philburn, copper works, Copperworks Distillery, Crested Ten, Croke Park, Cù Bòcan, Diageo, Dublin, Edradour, English Whisky Company, entrepreneur, Finland, Ger Buckley, Gillian Howell, Gillian McDonald, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Gordon & MacPhail, Hafod Morfa Copperworks, Herald Scotland, Heritage Lottery Fund, Industrial Revolution, Iowa, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Jameson, Jameson Crested, Jeff Kanov, Jim Beam, Jo Lawson, Joshua Spahr, Jude, Klaus Doblmann, Laphroaig, Latitude, Laura Davies, makeover, MaltKlaus, Marcus Houlihan, Mark Jennings, MGP, music, mystery, Old Pulteney, Orkney, packaging, Penderyn, Pernod Ricard, pulled pork, Rare Vintage, recipe, Redbreast, River Tawe, RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sazerac, Scapa, Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Awards, Seattle, Speyside Cooperage, Springbank, Stephen Davies, Strathisla, Swansea, Teeling, Templeton Rye, The Blender's Dog, The Boss, The Cooper's Croze, The Distiller's Safe, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet Alpha, The Glenlivet Cipher, The Irishman, The Long Hall, The Welsh Whisky Company, Tomatin, Tormore, Wales, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Welsh, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Rep Mike, World War I, Writers Tears2 comments

Penderyn is the only whisky distillery in Wales, but may soon spin off a second distillery under its name in nearby Swansea. Local leaders want a seco...

Episode 566: December 13, 201520151213185700