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Reviving One of Islay’s Legendary Distilleries (Episode 770: June 2, 2019)20190602203754

Reviving One of Islay’s Legendary Distilleries (Episode 770: June 2, 2019)

Mark GillespieJune 2, 2019@AllICanDo, @bozkurtkurasu, @MackmyraJon, administrator, Alberta, Alec Lee, Amrut, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, Balblair, Barley, barrels, beer, Belgium, Billy MacArthur, Brora, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, California, Callum Fraser, Canada, Chairman's Reserve, Charbay, climate, climate change, cooper, cooperage, crop, Diageo, distillery, Donald Trump, drought, Easter Elchies, Edmonton, Endless West, environment, farmers, Feis Ile, Finance Ministry, Georgie Crawford, Glenfarclas, Glyph, Greedy Angels, Iain MacArthur, immigration, India, investment, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, James Bond, Johan Van Dyck, John Manfreda, John Wendell, Jon Buscemi, Kim Jong Un, Lagavulin, LCBO, lifestyle, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Marko Karakasevic, Mexico, mezcal, migrants, Mike Simpson, mitering, molecular whisky, music, Neel Jagdale, Nick Morgan, North Korea, oak, Old Charter Oak, Ontario, planning approval, Port Ellen, President, privatization, Quebec, Quora, retaliatory tariffs, River Spey, Samilpo, sanctions, Scotch Whisky, Speyside, Spirit Drink, spirits, staves, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, tequila, Tesco, The Guardian, The Macallan, The Macallan Estate, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, water, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Wolves Whiskey0 comments

Construction could begin later this year on Diageo’s planned revival of the legendary Port Ellen Distillery on Islay, which was closed in 1983. ...

Talking Whiskey with the British Bourbon Society (Episode 746: December 23, 2018)20181223173405

Talking Whiskey with the British Bourbon Society (Episode 746: December 23, 2018)

Mark GillespieDecember 23, 2018@Mike_W_Simpson, 1863, Alan Winchester, Alan Wright, An Bord Pleanála, Andrew Watson, Angel's Envy, APB, Arbikie, Art & Terroir, atomic bomb, auction, Avon, barrels, Bladnoch, Blue Label, Bourbon, British Bourbon Society, budget, Carbon 14, carbon dating, Chinese New Year, Chrissy Lau, collecting, Congress, consulting, Corby, counterfeit, County Westmeath, Cream of Kentucky, Cutty Sark, David Robertson, Diageo, Donald Trump, Dublin, Ed Rosie, Edinburgh, Edrington, fake, France, Frasers, Glenturret, Gordon Cook, Gordon Dundas, Great Britain, Highland Rye, Highland Whisky Festival, Huddart, Ian Macleod Distillers, Ian MacMillan, investment, Ireland, J.W. Rutledge Distillery, Jim Rutledge, John's Lane, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky, La Martiniquaise, London, Lot #40, lunar calendar, maturation warehouse, Michael Carr, Minnesota, National College of Art & Design, Northern Border Collection, nuclear weapons, Old Pulteney, planning, Powers, President, Princes Street, professor, public comment, radiocarbon, rare whisky 101, regulations, Revival, Richard Hobbs, Rosebank, Schenley, Scotland, Scottish Canals, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, shutdown, Silvio Benz, single grain, Talisker, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Barrel Mill, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenlivet, Title 27, Tomatin, tourism, Treasury Department, TTB, Vault Whiskey Store, Washington, Westmeath County Council, whiskey, whisky, White House, Year of the Pig0 comments

One sign of the Bourbon boom worldwide can be found in Great Britain, where the British Bourbon Society was founded in 2016 by six whisky lovers. As 2...

On the Road at Louisville’s Bourbon & Beyond (Episode 727: September 23, 2018)20180923173116

On the Road at Louisville’s Bourbon & Beyond (Episode 727: September 23, 2018)

Mark GillespieSeptember 23, 2018@BunkaiH, @jerrydmann, Address to the Haggis, African-American, Albert Blanton, Ancient Age, anniversary, Architectural Digest, architecture, AT&T, auction, Barrel Proof, bass, Beam Suntory, Belle Meade Bourbon, Bernie Lubbers, bidding, black, Boss Hog, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Bourbonism, brandy, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Calvados, Campbell Brown, Canada, Castle & Key, Champions Park, charity, chemistry, China, Chuck Cowdery, collectors, color, Companions of the Quaich, contract, Coxs Creek, Daily Dram, Danny Wimmer Presents, Dave Pickerell, Deanson, disability, Distell, Donald Trump, economic development, Ed Patrick, education, elderly, Elijah Craig, exports, Ezra Brooks, Family Reserve, Festival, flood, food, Four Roses, Fred Minnick, Freddie Johnson, Freddie Noe, George Garvin Brown, Glenfarclas, Glenfarclas 105, Grace Jones, Greg Fischer, Heaven Hill, Hemphill, hertz, history, Hometown Rising, Houston, imports, investment, Jeff Royalty, Jerry Mann, Jimmie Johnson Sr., Jimmy Johnson, jobs, Kaveh Zamanian, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kirin, labor, Lawrenceburg, Ledaig, Little Book, Local 10D, Local 23D, Local 320, Louder than Life, Louisville, Luxco, Main Street, Marianne Eaves, Mark Brown, mayor, Metallica, Meyer Sound, molecules, mud, music, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, NCFO/SEIU, negotiations, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, network, Noe Simple Task, Ohio River, Old Ezra, Old Forester Distillery, organic, Pappy Van Winkle, patent, picket, picket line, playlist, President, President's Choice, Rabbit Hole Distillery, race, racism, rain, research, restoration, Robert Burns, rock, science, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, sick leave, sound, sound waves, speakers, Speed Art Museum, strike, tariffs, Texas, The Art of Bourbon, The Famous Grouse, The Spirit of Mauve, Tobermory, tourism, trade, transducer, Trump Administration, UFCW, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, vibrations, visitors, water, weather, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Live Paris, Whistlepig Rye0 comments

Severe weather forced Louisville’s annual Bourbon & Beyond music, food, and whiskey festival to end a day earlier than planned, but the heav...

The Speed Art Museum’s “Art of Bourbon” Auction (Episode 725: September 16, 2018)20180916182607

The Speed Art Museum’s “Art of Bourbon” Auction (Episode 725: September 16, 2018)

Mark GillespieSeptember 16, 2018@The_Jage, @turnipwhiskery, #fermentationfriday, A. Smith Bowman, Aberfeldy, airport, Alltech, Amrut, Angel's Share Glass, art, auction, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Beam Suntory, benefits, bicycle, Bill Lumsden, Bill Samuels Jr., Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Caol Ila, Carlow Brewing Company, Chambers Bay Distillery, charity, Chicken Cock Whiskey, China, Coastal Collection, collaborative distilling, Colorado, Conor McGregor, contract, contract distilling, Coxs Creek, Distillery Select, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., education, Emmy Cox, EU, European Union, export, exports, Festival, FEW American Whiskey, Few Spirits, Four Roses, Frazier History Museum, Fred Minnick, Freddie Johnson, Fredericksburg, Glen Garioch, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Grain & Barrel Spirits, Grain Surfboards, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, horse racing, Hunter S. Thompson, import, intellectual property, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey, Isaac Bowman, Isaac Bowman Pioneer Spirit, Jeff Royalty, Jim Beam, Jimmy Russell, Joe Dangler, Julian Van Winkle III, Justify, Karen Somerville, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kirin, Lawrenceville, Littlemill, Littlemill Celestial Edition, local, Loch Lomond, London, Louisville, Maine, Maker's Mark, Matt Shattock, Max Shapira, MGP, Michael Bendavid, mixed martial arts, MMA, music, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, negotiations, Notorious, Pappy Van Winkle, Parker Beam, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Parkinson's disease, Paul Hletko, Pearse Lyons, Pioneer Spirit, Port Cask, President, Prohibition, provenance, Puget Sound, Repeal Batch, research, Sazerac, Seamus O'Hara, Shriners Hospital for Children, Skye, Speed Art Museum, staves, Stephen Reily, Stitzel-Weller, strike, surfboard, Tacoma, Taiwan. Ian Chang, Talisker, tariffs, Town Branch Distillery, trade, trademark, travel retail, Triple Crown, Truman Cox, two-tier, UFC, UFCW, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, Virginia, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, Wild Turkey, Woody Creek, Woody Creek Distillers, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies, XOP, Xtra Old Particular0 comments

Bourbon & Beyond gets underway this Friday night in Louisville with a charity Bourbon auction to benefit the Speed Art Museum. The whiskies going ...

Trade Disputes Lead to a “Whisky Summit” in Louisville (Episode 716: July 29, 2018)20180729211127

Trade Disputes Lead to a “Whisky Summit” in Louisville (Episode 716: July 29, 2018)

Mark GillespieJuly 29, 2018. Life Without Bars, @drmattdreamboat, @yerssot, American Craft Spirits Association, Aoife Clarke, Australia, Basil Hayden's. 2X2 Rye, Beam Suntory, Belgium, Blue Label, Bourbon, Brexit, Brian Kinsman, Brussels, Bushmills, Canada, cancer, Casa Cuervo, China, Chris Liro, Cowie's Blue Seal, Craft Spirits Bill, Dail, David Wondrich, Denmark, Diageo, Distiller's Dram, Donald Trump, Dublin, Eddie Russell, Edinburgh, Edrington, Einar, Elsie Escobar, Eric Gregory, EU, European Commission, European Union, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, Evan Williams Master's Blend, Experimental Series, export, Fire and Cane, Frazier History Museum, Ghost & Rare, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenrothes, Gordon Motion, Grant, Guinness, Harald, health labels, High West, Highland Park, import, Ireland, Irish Spirits Association, Jan Westcott, Japan, Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Producers Makers Association, Jason Craig, Jean-Claude Juncker, Jim Beveridge, Johnnie Walker, Jun Tanaka, Karen Betts, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, lawyer, Life Behind Bars, Louisville, Loyalty of the Wolf, Margie Lehrman, Master's Keep 1894, Matt Baglole, Mexico, Mike Joachim, Mitch Bechard, Mortlach, New Orleans, Noah Rothbaum, Old Overholt, Philadelphia, Pikesville Rye, podcast movement, podcasters, Port Ellen, President, prison, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, resolution, Roe & Co., Royal Mile Whiskies, Rye, Sarah Dickson, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, Sean MacCready, souvenir, Spirit of Collaboration Summit, Spirit of the Bear, Spirits Canada, SpiritsEUROPE, St. James's Gate, summit, Svein, Tales of the Cocktail, Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, tariffs, The Last Drop, trade, trade war, travel retail, turkey, Valkyrie, W.L. Weller, W9, warning label, Warrior Series, Washington, Wee Witchie, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, White House, Wild Turkey, Wings of the Eagle, Yippee Ki-Yay0 comments

Global trade has helped the whisky industry expand massively over the last two decades. With the ongoing trade dispute between the US and its key trad...

China Joins Whiskey Trade War With New Tariffs on US Exports As Distillers Pay the Price20180618164534

China Joins Whiskey Trade War With New Tariffs on US Exports As Distillers Pay the Price

Mark GillespieJune 18, 2018Adam Spiegel, aluminum, America, American, Bob Corker, Bourbon, Brexit, Canada, China, Congress, construction, currency, dollar, Donald Trump, economy, European Union, Evanston, farmer, Federal Excise Tax, Few Spirits, Illinois, jobs, lobbying, Margie Lehrman, Mexico, Mitch McConnell, Paul Hletko, pound, President, Senate, senator, Sonoma County Distilling Company, stainless steel, tariffs, tax reform, Tennessee Whiskey, trade, trade war, truck driver, Trump Administration, Washington Examiner, welder, whiskey, whisky0 comments

June 18, 2018 – The list of countries scheduled to impose import tariffs on Bourbon and other American-made whiskies has grown again, with China...

Speed Rack: Women Shaking Cocktails for a Cause (Episode 707: June 17, 2018)20180617131923

Speed Rack: Women Shaking Cocktails for a Cause (Episode 707: June 17, 2018)

Mark GillespieJune 17, 2018@neubiee, @snapsguy, #metoo, accident, agriculture, airport, Alabama, appeal, Arkansas, astronomer, Australia, Balcones, Barnabé Fillion, Bartender of the Year, bartending, Beam Suntory, Ben Nevis, Birmingham, blending, Bourbon, Brasil, Brazil, Breakthru, breast cancer, Bruichladdich, bulk, Bunnahabhain, Canada, Castle & Key, CEO, charity, Chicago, China, Chivas Brothers, Civil War, Clarkson Hine, Clint Sample, Col. E.H. Taylor, commute, competition, Copenhagen, Customs, definition, Deirdre Mahlan, Denmark, Diageo, Dirk Rybinski, Distilled Spirits Council, Donald Trump, Dufry, duty free, Einar, European Court of Justice, exports, fair use, Fawn Weaver, Finland, Fireball, Flask Collection, Fr. Oak, French Oak, Georgia, Germany, gin, Glen Breton, Glen Buchenbach, Hamburg, Harald, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, highway, Historic Royal Palaces, Hven, infringement, interim, Interstate 40, Islay, Ivy Mix, Jack Daniel's, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Jim Clerkin, Jouni Ritola, judge, Kalle Valkonen, Kentucky, Kew Palace, Kraig Naasz, Kyrö, Laura Newman, lawsuit, Liquor.com, London, loophole, Lynette Marrero, Lynn House, Marcus Christensson, mislead, Möet Hennessy USA, Nathan "Nearest"Green, Natu Nobilis, Nikka, Old Taylor Distillery, perfume, Peristyle, Pernod Ricard, podcast, Port Charlotte, President, Puerto Rico, Queen's Park, Rio de Janeiro, Royal Salute, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Law, Scotland, Sea Island, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, slave, Speed Rack, spill, Suntory, Svein, Swabia, Sweden, tariffs, technology, Tennessee, Texas, trade, trade war, trademark, travel retail, trucks, Trump Administration, Tycho Brahe, Tycho's Star, Uncle Nearest, USBG, Waco, Waldhirn Distillery, Wesly Murry, whiskey, whisky, Will Arvin, women, World Class0 comments

There are plenty of cocktail competitions for bartenders, but Speed Rack was one of the first to highlight women working behind the bar. Lynette Marre...

Whisky By the Generations (Episode 704: June 7, 2018)20180607191540