Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)20190729035621
Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 29, 2019@BunkaiH, @ButlerB, @Tony_thompson_1, A Song of Fire, A Song of Ice, Agriculture Department, Airbus, alcohol, ALS, ALS Association, American Craft Spirits Association, Apollo, Ardbeg, Arvada, Baker's, bargaining, Beam Suntory, Boeing, Booker's, Bourbon, Brad Irwin, British Columbia, Cairdeas, Capitol Hill, carbon dioxide, Cardhu, Carrowdair, Cascade Hollow, charity, Chris Montana, Chris Swonger, classic malts, Col. Jim Beam, Colorado, Comic-Con, comics, Congress, contract, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, deductions, Denver, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillers, distillery, distilling, donation, Du Nord Craft Spirits, Dublin, electricity, Elizabeth McCall, EU, European Union, expansion, exports, Fawn Weaver, Federal Excise Tax, Frank Coleman, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Game of Thrones, Glen Campbell, Glen Ord, GMB, gravity, Greg Butler, Halle Berry, Heaven Hill, House, Huber's Starlight Distillery, imports, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, interest, International Space Station, investment, Ireland, Irene Lau, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Society, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distillery, James B. Beam Institute for Distilling Studies, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Josh Hafer, Kentucky, Kingsman, Knob Creek, labor, labour, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lobbying, Logan Miller, Lynchburg, Margie Lehrman, Market Acmes Program, Massachusetts, mayor, Meagan Miller, media, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mitch McConnell, moon, Mortlach, Nathan "Nearest"Green, negotiations, New Orleans, Nicole Austin, Oregon Spirit Distillers, Outlander, oxygen, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Pittyvaich, politician, politics, power outage, Promise of Hope Fund, Quora, Rand Paul, Reggie Mobley, Salida, San Diego, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Senate, Single Pot Still, Singleton of Glen Ord, Space, Special Releases, spirits, Spirits of the Apocalypse, strike, SWA, Tales of the Cocktail, Talisker, Talnua Distillery, tariffs, tax, Tax & Trade Bureau, tax reform, Ted Huber, television, Tennessee Whiskey, terpenes, The Walking Dead, thunderstorm, Time Magazine, Tony Thompson, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, Uncle Nearest, union, Unite, United States Trade Representative, University of Kentucky, upgrade, USDA, USTR, Victoria Eady-Butler, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, vote, walkout, Walsh Whiskey Company, Washington, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Wood's High Mountain Distillery, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection, World Trade Organization, Writers Tears, WTO0 comments
It takes a lot to drag distillers away from their stills, but when the stakes are as high as the current debate over extending a federal excise tax cu...
Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)20190715015549
Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 15, 2019@Andrew_leets, @Head_Stone, 1792 Aged Twelve Years, 1792 Bourbon, amaranth, Andrew Leets, bacteria, barrels, Beam Suntory, Bend, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Black Rock Bar, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brad Boswell, Buffalo Trace, Cambus, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., Colin Montgomerie, court, Delaware, Denver, Diageo, Don Julio, environment, Eric Rubin, fines, fire, fish, Gareth Moore, geographical indicators, George Remus, Ghost and Rare, Glenn's Creek, Glenury Royal, golf, governor, grain, Heaven Hill, Highland, Hotel, Independent Stave, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jane Bowie, Jim Beam, John Mura, Johnnie Walker, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Kentucky River, Lagavulin, law, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lawyers, legislation, legislature, Lexington, Loch Lomond, London, Loretto, Los Altos, Madison, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, McGinnis Wood Products, MGP, Michael Henry, Mike Parson, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Old Crow, Oregon Spirit Distillers, oxygen, Pittyvaich, private barrel, Private Select, Prohibition, Remus Volstead Reserve, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Portrush, Ryder Cup, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Rogers, Speyburn, sprinkler, sugar, SWA, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, tequila, The Open Championship, travel retail, Triple Triple, TTB, Versailles, Virginia Distillery Company, Virginia Highland, Volstead Act, WBRB, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Wisconsin0 comments
60 years ago, Bill and Marge Samuels dipped the first bottles of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in Loretto, Kentucky. They left the “e” out of...
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...
No Port Ellen, Brora In Diageo’s 2018 Special Releases20180413103618
No Port Ellen, Brora In Diageo’s 2018 Special Releases
Mark GillespieApril 13, 2018Brora, Caol Ila, Carsebridge, classic malts, DCL, Diageo, Donald Colville, Glen Ord, Inchgower, Lagavulin, Oban, Pittyvaich, Port Ellen, Singleton, Special Releases, Talisker, whiskey, whisky0 comments
April 13, 2018 – Diageo has unveiled nine of the ten whiskies that will be released later this year in its annual Special Releases series of lim...
Snowflakes in the Forecast … and Whiskey Lovers in Line (Episode 670: December 3, 2017)20171204191254
Snowflakes in the Forecast … and Whiskey Lovers in Line (Episode 670: December 3, 2017)
Mark GillespieDecember 4, 2017@jgromer, @MeasureofWhisky, @tcotie, @WhiskyWhistle, audit, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Barrel Proof, Barrell, Barrell Rye, Ben Wives, BenRiach, Blue Label, Bourbon, Bowmore, Brora, Cambus, camper, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Cash Moore, Caskmates, Colorado, Comcast, Congress, content providers, crowdfunding, Crown Royal, Dave Broom, Dave Smith, Deloitte, Denver, Derek Haydn, Dingwall, Duncan Tait, Eddie McAffer, election, Elijah Craig, English Whisky Company, Entrapment, Ewan Morgan, excise taxes, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Florida, Fort Walton Beach, Ghost and Rare, Gimli, Glen Wyvis, Glenglassaugh, Glenskiach, Halifax, Heaven Hill, House, Indiana, insolvent, Internet, investigation, investment, investors, IPA, Irish Pale Ale, Irish Whiskey, Isetan, Jameson, Janesville, Japan, Jenna Rhodes, Jess Graber, Jim Beam Signature, Joe Beatrice, John Gromer, John McKenzie, Johnnie Walker, Kalamath Street, Keith Batt, legislation, line, liquidation, Liquor Mountain, liquor store, Liquors Hasegawa, Lynn Kirchhoff, Malcolm Waring, Manitoba, Margaret Batt, Mark's Whisky Whistle, mayor, MGP, Mike Kirchhoff, Mortlach, Nant, Net Neutrality, Nova Scotia, Old Pulteney, opossum, Orphan Barrel, P.T. Wood, Pittyvaich, Poland, police, Proximo Spirits, Quandary Peak, Quandary Point, Quora, receivership, Richard Hughes, Rob Dietrich, Russell Condin, RV, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Senate, Shinanoya, single malt whiskey, Snowflake, Stranahan's, Tasmania, tax, taxes, Tennessee, The Mercury, Tokyo, transactions, travel retail, Tullahoma, Tyrone Cotie, Vault Editions, Verizon, whiskey, whisky, whisky shops, wildlife refuge, Wisconsin, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Colorado’s ski resorts wish they had lift lines as long as the one that stretched down Kalamath Street in Denver Saturday morning, when hundreds...
Celebrating the World’s Whiskies in Dublin (Episode 653: August 6, 2017)20170806120633
Celebrating the World’s Whiskies in Dublin (Episode 653: August 6, 2017)
Mark GillespieAugust 6, 2017"Bourbon Pompeii", Anchor Brewing & Distilling, Anchor Distilling, Anchor Steam, archaeology, beer, Bib & Tucker, Bourbon, Brexit, Brian Lopina, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Canadian Whisky Awards, Cher, Christina Philburn, Col. E.H. Taylor, construction, contract, Cooper's Choice, Dave Broom, David Mundell, DC, Dennis Carr, Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, Diageo, discrimination, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Dublin Whiskey Festival, equality, exports, Facebook, family, Frankfort, gay, Glencadam, Glencairn, historical, Hollis Bulleit, Hunter Smith, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, John Burke, Kavalan, Keith Greggor, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, lesbian, LGBT, Littlemill, Loch Lomond, Lochside, magazine, Masterson's Rye, medicine, Meredith Moody, National Register of Historic Places, negotiations, New Zealand Whisky Company, Nikka, nominations, O.F.C., Old Potrero, Pittyvaich, Podcast Awards, Potrero Hill, ratings, Re-Awakening, Rock Oyster, San Francisco, Sapporo, scoring, Scotch Whisky, Scott Rogers, Scottish Secretary, Seagram, Sebastiani, tariffs, Tasmanian Whisky Week, tasting notes, The Cask, Three Badge Beverage, Tom Bulleit, Tony Foglio, tour, tourism, trade, Travel, Virginia, visitors, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Wisconsin0 comments
Whiskies are celebrated at festivals all over the world these days, but there’s no place quite like Ireland when it comes to whisk(e)y. The inau...
Diageo Opens Vaults for Rare Travel Retail Single Malt Whiskies20151026162653
Diageo Opens Vaults for Rare Travel Retail Single Malt Whiskies
Mark GillespieOctober 26, 2015Brora, Caledonian, Caol Ila, Clynelish Select Reserve, Cragganmore, Dailuane, Dalwhinnie, Diageo, Dubai Duty Free, Lagavulin, Peter Fairbrother, Pittyvaich, Port Ellen, Royal Lochnagar, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, single malt, Special Releases, The Cally, travel retail, whiskey, whisky0 comments
October 26, 2015 – Diageo rarely opens its vaults of vintage single malts for the travel retail market, preferring instead to focus on a handful...
Episode 559: October 24, 201520151025021719
Episode 559: October 24, 2015
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2015@ScotchBlog, Amber Rock, Andrew Buchanan, Andrew Smith, Andy Cant, Baccarat, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Bourbon, Bourbon County, Bowmore, Brian Kinsman, Brora, Brown-Forman, Bruce Jardine, Caledonian, Cannes, Caol Ila, Cardhu, CBC, cease and desist, chemistry, Chris Morris, clothing, Colin Fultz, conflict of interest, crystal, Dailuane, Dalwhinnie, Deconstructed Series, Devil's Casks, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Double the Devil, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Elementary, Elements, expansion, First Chapter, France, Fred Minnick, Gentleman Jack, George Washington's Distillery, gift, Girvan, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenora, Golden Age of Travel, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant's, Greg Metze, groin punch, Gus Griffin, Hartfield & Company, Hartfield and Company, Heaven Hill, House of Hazelwood, Iain MacArthur, Indiana, infringment, IPO, Islay, Israel, Jameson, Janet Sheed Roberts, Jardine Reserve, John Campbell, John E. Fitzgerald Very Special Reserve, John MacDougall, Kentucky Gentleman, Kentucky Mist, Kininvie, Kirsty Clarke, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Lauchie MacLean, law, Lawrenceburg, lawyers, legend, Lifehacker, Louis Royer, Lucy Doland, Masters Collection, media kit, Metze's Select, MGP, Mortlach, Mount Vernon, myth, Nordic, Norse, Nova Scotia, Old Fitzgerald, periodic table, Pittyvaich, Port Ellen, Rare Cask Black, samples, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, seal, shares, shirts, Solera, Special Releases, Speyside, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory Holdings, swag, Sweet Corn, Takeshi Niinami, The Cally, The Gentleman Distillery, The Macallan, Torii, trademark, travel retail, Tsingtao, University of Kentucky, Virginia, Virginia Gentleman, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, William Grant & Sons, WKYT, Woodford Reserve, Yoav Gelbfish, Yula1 comment
Andy Cant has been a Scotch Whisky nomad for nearly four decades, working at distilleries and maltings all over Scotland. He’s done everything f...
Bringing Whisky to Ballindalloch20150616122207
Bringing Whisky to Ballindalloch
Mark GillespieJune 16, 2015Ballindalloch, Brian Robinson, Cardhu, Charlie Smith, Cragganmore, estate, Glenfiddich, golf, Macpherson-Grant, Oliver Russell, Pittyvaich, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Talisker0 comments
The Macpherson-Grant family has owned Scotland’s Ballindalloch Estate for 469 years, so short-term thinking isn’t in their DNA. The family...