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 ...
Waiting for Waterford’s Whiskey (Episode 685: March 18, 2018)20180318132954
Waiting for Waterford’s Whiskey (Episode 685: March 18, 2018)
Mark GillespieMarch 18, 2018@WhiskyNeighbour, @WWWTwinCities, accident, agriculture, Alberta, Alltech, aluminum, An Gardaí Síochána, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Austin, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, ballot, Bardstown, Baring, Barley, barrels, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, biodynamics, Blood Oath, Bluebell Forest, bonding, Booker Noe, Booker Noe Distillery, Booker's Bourbon, Boston, botas, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, buyout, Camus, Canada, Capitol Hill, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, chill filtering, CIL, Clermont, cognac, crashed, Dair Ghaelach, death, Deirdre Lyons, dispute, Dominic Hughes, Donal O'Gallachoir, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Dungourney, e-commerce, Edmonton, Elijah Craig, EU, European Union, exports, farmers, farming, fatality, fertilizers, forestry, forklift, Fred Noe, Glasgow, Glendalough, Glenmorangie, grand opening, Grenada, Grinnell's Wood, Grooves, Health & Safety Authority, Heaven Hill, imports, investigation, investors, Ireland, Ireland's Ancient East, Irish Distillers, Irish Oak, Irish Whiskey, Islay, J. Rieger & Co., J.J. Corry, Jameson, Jean-Christophe Coutures, Jim Beam, John Moriarty, John Rempe, Kansas City, Kathleen DiBenedetto, Kentucky, Lambay Island, Lambay Whiskey, Lark Distillery, Leo Varadkar, Lexington, Louise McGuane, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, Mark Reynier, Midleton, milestone, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota Spirits Fest, Monogram, nature sanctuary, organic, Pact No. 4, Pearse Lyons, Pearse Lyons Distillery, pesticides, Philadelphia, police, Prime Minister, provenance, Remy Cointreau, Renegade Rum, Renegade Spirits, Revelstoke Trust, Sabine Sheehan, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, servers, shareholders, shares, Single Pot Still, South by Southwest Festival, Spain, Spotify, steel, stock, Super Bowl, sustainable, Taoiseach, tariffs, Texas, The Coastal Collection, The Gael, The Glasgow Distillery Company, Town Branch Distillery, trade, Trinity Well, Washington, Waterford, Waterford Distillery, whiskey, whisky, White House, Wild Atlantic Way, Williams & Humbert, Women Who Whiskey0 comments
It’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend, and while we cover Irish Whiskey all year-round, it’s worth paying special attention to the fastest-...
Malting Barley the Old School Way (Episode 641: May 14, 2017)20170514193411
Malting Barley the Old School Way (Episode 641: May 14, 2017)
Mark GillespieMay 14, 2017@cocktail_maven, @SuprCityIndyFan, #saveourscotch, #supportscotch, Abhainn Dearg, Alan Eunson, Ardbeg, auction, Austin, Bali, Balvenie, Bardstown, Barley, Bernheim, Big Peat, Big Peat's Pals, Bill Lumsden, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Bourbon & Rye Cask Finish, Bonhams, Boston, bottling, Bowmore, Brattzoo, Brora, Brothership, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, camp, campaign, candidate, chariot, Charles Doig, chimney, collectors, Crown Royal, Darek Linklater, Deep Eddy, Denny Potter, Diageo, Douglas Laing & Co., duty, election, Elijah Craig, Experimental Collection, exports, Fargo, Feis Ile, floor maltings, geology, glen, Glen Fargo, Glenfiddich, GNS, Graham Garriock, grain neutral spirits, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Hobbister Moor, Hong Kong, Indianapolis, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indonesia, Irish Whiskey, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, It's the Liquor Talking, jobs, Joel Kath, Johnnie Walker, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Julio's Liquors, Jura, Kilchoman, kiln, labor union, Laphroaig, Liqueur, Macallan, Malt, malting, maltman, Manifesto, Marie Stanton, Mark Kleinman, Massachusetts, Millstone Spirits, New Hampshire, Noble Collection, North Dakota, Organic Six Grain Whiskey, Orkney, pagoda, Parliament, party, Paul Manson, peat, Philadelphia, platform, podcast, Prizefight, promotion, Proof Artisan Distillers, provenance, radio, rake, Randall Bird, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB, RV, Ryan Maloney, Rye, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, shovel, single malt, Southern Comfort, Spencer Jacobsen, Springbank, SWA, Tamworth Distilling, Tastival, taxes, Texas, The Balvenie, The Cocktail Maven, Tracie Franklin, trademark, tradition, union, Unite, vodka, weather, West Cork Distillers, Westborough, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Most Scotch Whisky distilleries source their malted barley from large commercial maltsters today, but a handful of distilleries still maintain their o...
Episode 616: November 20, 201620161120195716
Episode 616: November 20, 2016
Mark GillespieNovember 20, 2016@Neuro_Kellie, @pkhtex, @Whisky_Jean, @WomenWhoWhiskey, addiction, airport, Anchor Distilling, appeal, art, auction, author, Aviation Gin, bartender, binge drinking, Bobby G, Bobby Gleason, book, Bourbon, Canada, Celebration Sour Mash, cocktail, Compass Box, court, Court of Session, Davos Brands, Diageo, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Distiller's Edition, donation, Douglas Laing & Co., drink, European Union, Extra Old Particular, Fred Minnick, Hotaling, House Spirits, Jasper Spears, Jewish Whisky Company, Julia Ritz Toffoli, Kellie Jaremko, LCBO, Magic Cask, Manhattan, marijuana, medical, medicine, Michter's, minimum pricing, minimum unit pricing, Monarch of the Glen, National Galleries of Scotland, National Museum of Scotland, Old Particular, Old Potrero, Ontario, opioid, painting, Parliament, Paul Hansen, Portland, Prohibition, provenance, recovery, retirement, San Francisco, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, shaken, Single Cask Nation, Sir Edwin Landseer, slavery, stirred, substance abuse, Supreme Court, Surgeon General, SWA, Talisker, taxes, The Irishman, The Singleton of Glendullan, Tom Mooney, Toronto, Vivek Murthy, vodka, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Willie Pratt, Writers Tears, Xtra Old Particular0 comments
Bourbon’s history is as murky as a fermenter full of mash, and questions about the origins of Bourbon have led to more than a few arguments over...
Episode 423: May 4, 201320130504181224
Episode 423: May 4, 2013
Mark GillespieMay 4, 20131824 Series, ABV, Alpha, ALS, Ancient Ancient Age, Andrew Laing, Basil Hayden, Beam, Benjamin Herrera, Big Peat, Bob Dalgarno, Bonhams, Buffalo Trace, Canadian Club, Cara Laing, Colorado, craft distillers, Denver, Douglas Laing, family, Four Roses, Fred Laing, George Washington, Glenkeir, Glenlivet, Heaven Hill, horse, horse racing, Hunter Laing & Co., Ian Macleod Distillers, India, Jim Beam, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilbeggan, Knob Creek, Lalique, Laphroaig, Larry Kass, Loch Fyne Whiskies, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Macallan, Maker's Mark, marathon, Matt Shattock, Michael Blaum, Millennium, Mount Vernon, Old & Rare, Old Grand-Dad, Old Malt Cask, Parker Beam, Parker's, provenance, Richard Joynson, Scott Laing, Single Oak Project, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirit of Toronto, Stewart Laing, Stuart MacPherson, Tamdhu, tea, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Whisky Shop, valinch, Wall Street, whisky thief0 comments
Family-owned businesses often face obstacles that other companies don’t, and the whisky business is no exception. This week, Fred and Stewart La...
Laing Brothers Go Their Separate Ways20130501121702
Laing Brothers Go Their Separate Ways
Mark GillespieMay 1, 2013Andrew Laing, Big Peat, Cara Laing, Clan Denny, Director's Cut, Double Barrel, Douglas Laing, Douglas of Drumlanrig, Fred Laing, Hunter Laing, Old & Rare, Old Malt Cask, Premier Barrell, provenance, Scott Laing, Stewart Laing0 comments
May 1, 2013 – The second-generation brothers of Douglas Laing & Co. have split the company in what Fred and Stewart Laing are both calling a...
Episode 394: October 20, 201220121020004901
Episode 394: October 20, 2012
Mark GillespieOctober 20, 2012Alyssa Henley, Arran, Auchentoshan, Blended Malt, Bowmore, Buffalo Trace, Chivas Brothers, Col. E.H. Taylor, David Stewart, Diageo, distillery, Douglas Laing, fire, Firestone & Robertson, Freddy May, Gable Erenzo, George Dickel, Glen Garioch, Glen Ord, Glenfiddich, Glengoyne, Iain McCallum, Imperial, Indiana, James Mac, Janet Sheed Roberts, Marty Kari, McGibbon's, Michael Deresynski, Monkey Shoulder, Morrison Bowmore, Port Ellen, provenance, Rye, Speyside, Steve Nally, Tennessee, Texas, The Balvenie, Toronto, Tun 1401, Tuthilltown, Wyoming0 comments
The pre-holiday rush of new whiskies is in full swing, and we’ll sit down with Iain McCallum of Morrison Bowmore to taste and talk about new sin...
Episode 127: January 13, 200820080112232600
Episode 127: January 13, 2008
Mark GillespieJanuary 12, 20081792, Astor Center, Auchentoshan, auction, Bardstown, Barton, Black Bowmore, Bourbon, Bowmore, carbon dating, Christie's, Clipper, collecting, counterfeit, Dave Broom, Diageo, fake, Glen Garioch, Gordon & MacPhail, Greg Davis, Ian Curle, Kentucky, Macallan, Malt Maniacs, Martin Green, McLelland's, McTears, Mutter, New York, Paul Walsh, provenance, race, Richard Brierly, Richard Burrows, Ridgemont, sailing, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Review, Serge Valentin, Skyy, SWA, Whisky Fun, Whisky Magazine, yacht0 comments
This time around, we’ll get the other side of the debate over the rare Bowmore that sold for more than $50,000 at McTear’s in Glasgow last...
Episode 126: January 6, 200820080105234100
Episode 126: January 6, 2008
Mark GillespieJanuary 5, 2008airport security, Ardbeg, auction, Bowmore, Campbeltown, collecting, Dave Broom, Davinia Small, Double Barrel, Edrington, Frankfurt, Geoff Mark, Glenglassaugh, Glenlivet, honors, Ian Good, John Rose, knighthood, Martin Green, McTears, Morrison Bowmore, Mutter, provenance, Queen Elizabeth, Rob Faix, Russia, Scotch Whisky Review, Springbank, Talisker, The Scotsman, Whisky Magazine, whisky school0 comments
The debate over whisky auctions and the provenance of some of the whiskies sold at those auctions continues with the saga of a Bowmore said to have be...
Episode 122: December 9, 200720071209003100
Episode 122: December 9, 2007
Mark GillespieDecember 9, 20071856, anniversary, auction, bar, bartender, Bobby Gleason, Bowmore, Christie's, cocktail, cocktails, competition, Dewar's, distillery, Edinburgh, fake, Garry Gray, Glen Moore, Justin Christoph, Ki, Macallan, Mike Miyamoto, Ned Duggan, New York, Prohibition, provenance, pub, recipe, Repeal, Richard Brierly, Scotch Whisky Experience, Shona Jensen, Suntory, theft, Toronto, truck, Whisky Live, Yamazaki0 comments
You may want to introduce your non-whisky drinking friends to the “water of life” during the holidays, but sometimes it takes a little som...