British Columbia’s Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019)20190121022653
British Columbia’s Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 21, 2019@BrandZ77, 1948, ABV, Alasdair Stevenson, alcohol by volume, Allura Fergie, Arran, attorney general, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, Billy Walker, book, boyfriend, Brandi, British Columbia, British Proof, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canada, Canadian, cannabis, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, commissioning, Competition Bureau, Concept No. 1, David Eby, David Ferguson, David Marra, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deanston, duty free, Eric Fergie, expedition, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fire, France, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenallachie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Stevenson, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Islay Swim, Hicken Report, Hotel Grand Pacific, Ireland, Islay, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, Johnnie Mundell, labor union, labour, Lagg Distillery, Leila Wright, lifeboats, liquor inspectors, Little Jumbo, London, Louise McGuane, Mark Reynier, Marsala, Matt Hofmann, MC-01 2009, Mendy Berkowitz, Ministry of the Attorney General, Normandy Rye, Old Forester, Old Forester Rye, Ontario, Peat Week, Port Charlotte, Private Collection, proof, raid, RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Rye, Seattle, seizure, Sicilian, Single Cask Nation, Spanish Oak, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, taxes, terroir, The Macallan, tickets, tourism, travel retail, Tricia Savage, Trillium, Union Club, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors center, visitors centre, Waterford Distillery, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Yves Cosentino0 comments
In our second of two episodes from this week’s Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia, we’ll talk with Eric and Allura Fer...
Her Whisky Love Becomes a Career (Episode 728: September 27, 2018)20180928161819
Her Whisky Love Becomes a Career (Episode 728: September 27, 2018)
Mark GillespieSeptember 28, 2018@SinglePotMike, @viciousvinifera, Aberfeldy, ABV, ACSA, Adam Rogers, Alan Wolstenholme, alcohol by volume, American Craft Spirits Association, anCnoc, auction, Aultmore, Bacardi, Baltimore, border, Bottled in Bond, brand ambassador, Brexit, British Proof, Brown-Forman, Brown-Forman Cooperage, Bushmills, Castle & Key, Chancellor, Chancellor of the Exchequer, charity, Charles Maclean, Congress, Conor McGregor, craft distilling, Craft Spirits Data Project, Craigellachie, David Elder, Dewar's, distilling, Dublin, duty, duty paid day, Eire Born Spirits, election, England, EU, European Union, excise, Federal Excise Tax, FET, fighter, Fred Minnick, geographical indicator, Glen Deveron, Glenfarclas 105, Gordon Bruce, Great Britain, Heaven Hill, Heritage Barrel, Highland Park, Holly Seidewand, Inver House, Ireland, Isabel Graham-Youll, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, Jamieson Cobleigh, John Dewar & Sons, Jos. A. Bank, Karen Betts, Kentucky, Knockdhu, label, London, Louisville, Lynchburg, Maclean's Miscellany of Whisky, Margie Lehrman, Marianne Eaves, Mark Reynier, Maryland, Mike Horton, MMA, Nearest Green, Northern Ireland, ocean, Park Street, Philip Hammond, Plastic Oceans International, pollution, Prime Minister, proof, Proper No. Twelve, R.M. Peluso, Royal Brackla, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scottish Craft Distillers Association, Scottish Distillers Association, shit, shite, skepchicks.org, specific gravity, Speyburn, study, SWA, tariffs, tax reform, taxes, Tennessee, The IWSR, The Whisky Show, Theresa May, trade, travel retail, TTB, UK, Valhalla, Valknut, Valkyrie, Viking Series, Waterford, whiskey, whisky, whisky.auction, World Trade Organization0 comments
In 2016, Holly Seidewand started a journey that would change her life by traveling to Scotland to learn more about whisky. That journey later took her...
Episode 482: June 6, 201420140606203741
Episode 482: June 6, 2014
Mark GillespieJune 6, 2014acquisition, Adam Rogers, Alliance Global, analysts, antitrust, Art Antiques London, Atlanta, auction, Australia, author, biology, book, Bourbon Hunter, Box Distillery, brain, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Cambridge, Campari, Canada, Canadian, cat, charity, chemistry, Children In Crisis, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, coolbottlecaps, crane, Diageo, distillation, Duke of York, earnings, education, Elijah, Emperador, Experimental Collection, fermentation, flavored whiskey, flavored whisky, Forty Creek, Glasgow, Glenmorangie, Grimsby, hangover, Hovenia, Ivo Fanotti, Jack Daniel's, John Hall, lab, Lauren Walles, Lion's Clyde Pub, markets, Markham, medicine, Office of Fair Trading, Ontario, Pasteur, Patrick Maguire, Paul Varga, Pioneer, Prince Andrew, proof, regulators, Richard Awbrey, River Clyde, science, scientists, Sullivan's Cove, Sweden, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, Tennessee Honey, tourism, Whiskey Apostles, Whyte & Mackay, Wired, Woodford Reserve, World Whiskies Awards, yeast0 comments
Humans have been drinking alcohol for centuries, but there are still many things we don’t understand about it…basic things like the chemis...
Maker’s Mark Changes Course20130219104017
Maker’s Mark Changes Course
Mark GillespieFebruary 19, 2013ABV, Ambassadors, Bill Samuels, Bill Samuels Jr., controversy, Kentucky, Loretto, Maker's Mark, proof, protests, Rob Samuels0 comments
After a week of controversy surrounding plans to lower the bottling strength (ABV) of its flagship bourbon, Maker’s Mark has reversed the decisi...
Maker’s Mark Cuts Its Proof20130215152407
Maker’s Mark Cuts Its Proof
Mark GillespieFebruary 15, 2013ABV, Beam, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., controversy, distillery, Kentucky, Loretto, Maker's Mark, proof, Rob Samuels0 comments
For the first time since Bill Samuels Sr. introduced Maker’s Mark Bourbon more than 50 years ago, the whisky is being changed. Supply shortages ...