Billy Walker’s Back in the Whisky Business with The GlenAllachie (Episode 690: April 19, 2018)20180418233735
Billy Walker’s Back in the Whisky Business with The GlenAllachie (Episode 690: April 19, 2018)
Mark GillespieApril 18, 2018@miwilliams283, @n1vux, ancestry, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Ann Miller, Atom Brands, Atom Group, auction, Barbara Bush, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Bill Ricker, Billy Walker, Bladnoch, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Box Distillery, Brandy Library, Brown-Forman, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Chivas Brothers, Clynelish, Compass Box, Connoisseurs Choice, Craft Beverage Corporation, Craigellachie, Declaration of Independence, Diageo, Discovery Range, Distiller's Cut, Distillery Labels, Dublin, Earl Hewlette, Edinburgh, English Whisky Company, First Lady, Founding Fathers, Fredericton, fundraiser, Generations, George Urquhart, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenkinchie, Gordon & MacPhail, Guinness, Haddonfield, Henry Overholt, High Coast, Holyrood Distillery, Holyrood Park Distillery, Ian MacMillan, Indian King Tavern, investment, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Jessica Kadie-Barclay, Jim Beam, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, judgingf, Lum Reek, Lunar Rogue Pub, Mark Norman, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, McNair's, Michael Williams, Miyagikyo, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York City, Nikka, O.Z. Tyler, obituary, Old Overholt, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, portfolio, Private Collection, Pure Scot, Rebel Yell, Revolution, Rob Carpenter, San Diego, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Shyamal Ramachandran, Spencer Jacobsen, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Awards, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stephen Rankin, Sweden, Terrepure, Terressentia, The Glenallachie Consortium, tourism, treason, venture capital, visitors centers, West Overton, West Overton Village & Museum, whiskey, whisky, White Heather, Yoichi, ZX Ventures0 comments
Billy Walker could have walked away from the Scotch Whisky business last year after he and his partners sold the BenRiach, GlenDronach, and Glenglassa...
Bladnoch’s Back in Business (Episode 636: April 9, 2017)20170409133557
Bladnoch’s Back in Business (Episode 636: April 9, 2017)
Mark GillespieApril 9, 2017@BetheneC, Adela, ADI, Alioth, American Distilling Institute, auction, Australia, Award, Belgium, Ben & Jerry's, benefit, Benromach, best of class, Bethene Campbell, bidding, Bill Ricker, Bladnoch, Bonnaroo Buzz, Boston, Bourbon, Bourye, Box Distillery, Brexit, Brora, Burn Stewart Distillers, Candela, Cedar Ridge Distillery, charity, Chris Zaborowski, competition, construction, coopers, cows, Dartmoor National Park, David Prior, Denmark, Devon, Diageo, Donald Tusk, Dr. Jim Swan, editor, Edrington, EU, European Council, European Parliament, European Union, farm, Fred Minnick, Generations, Glenn Hubbuch, Gordon & MacPhail, High West, Hong Kong, Hunmanby, Ian MacMillan, ice cream, Iowa, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, J. Henry & Sons, James Campbell, John Hansell, Kelly Hubbuch, Ken Grier, Lalique, Limeburners, Linda Ruffenach, Louisville, Lowlands, M. Shanken Communications, Malt Advocate, March for Babies, March of Dimes, MGP, Michael Moore, Michael Veach, Mortlach, Myrna Jensen, Nantucket, Northern Ireland, Patton Road Reserve, Paul Neave, Podblasts, Portland, premature birth, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Princetown Distillers, publisher, Pure Scot, Reese Hubbuch, Samsara, Scotch Whiskey, Scotland, Second Step, Seven Stars, Six Pillars, Sotheby's, Special Releases, Speyside Cooperage, Spirit of Hven, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirit of Yorkshire, Stefaan Lesage, Strait of Öresund, Sweden, Systembolaget, Talia, Templeton Rye, The Dalmore, The Macallan, The Notch, Theresa May, Tim Davis, Tom Mellor, Triple Eight Distillery, Urban Bourbon, Westport Whiskey & Wine, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Chicks, Wigtown, world record0 comments
Scotland’s Bladnoch Distillery celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, but the Lowlands distillery almost never made it to that milestone. W...
Episode 621: December 25, 201620161224205805
Episode 621: December 25, 2016
Mark GillespieDecember 24, 2016#12DramsofChristmas, A Glass Part, Adam Sable, Allisa Henley, Andrew Jeffords, Annasach, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, author, Baltimore, Barbara Dozetos, Beam Suntory, Benoit Bailey, Bladnoch, Blended Malt, book, Booker's Bourbon, books, Brian Kinsman, Brian Treacy, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, capital projects, cellar, Chapel Gate, Charles Anderson, Christmas, classic malts, Dave Broom, David Daiches, David Prior, development, Diageo, Evan Williams Extra Aged, Fionnán O'Connor, Fireball, Fred Minnick, Gary Regan, Goldring, Goodness Nose, Heaven Hill, holidays, Houston, incentives, investors, Irish Whiskey, Jack Daniel's, John Lunn, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Kevin Plank, Laphroaig, limestone, Linda Peterson, Loretto, Louise McGuane, Louisville Courier-Journal, Maker's 46, Maker's Mark, Malt Whisky Yearbook, Mark Brown, Maryland, Michael Collins, Michael Jackson, Michael McKenna, Nant, Newport, Patrick Maguire, Peat Smoke & Spirit, Pikesvile Rye, Popcorn Sutton, Port Covington, Port Ellen, Pure Scot, Rachel McCormack, rebates, Reserve 101, Richard Paterson, Rye Whiskey, Sagamore Development, Sagamore Farm, Sagamore Spirit, Sazerac, Special Releases, Sullivan's Cove, Tasmania Distillery, tax credits, Tennessee, Tennessee Rye, Tennessee Whiskey, The Baltimore Whiskey Company, Under Armour, whiskey, Whiskey Women, whisky, whisky library, Whisky Magazine, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
The founders of Baltimore’s Sagamore Spirits could have chosen to buy a distillery anywhere they wanted to, but they wanted to help revive Balti...
Australia’s Tasmania Distillery, Sullivan’s Cove Whisky Sold20161218192641
Australia’s Tasmania Distillery, Sullivan’s Cove Whisky Sold
Mark GillespieDecember 18, 2016Adam Sable, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bankruptcy, Bladnoch, David Prior, Keith Batt, Lark, Nant Distillery, Nant Group, Overeem, Patrick Maguire, private equity, Pure Scot, Redlands, Sullivan's Cove, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
December 18, 2016 – Australia’s leading malt whisky distiller has been sold, with a family-controlled group acquiring the Tasmania Distill...
Episode 584: April 10, 201620160410013645
Episode 584: April 10, 2016
Mark GillespieApril 10, 2016@AxisofWhisky, @Sister_Ratched, American Distilling Institute. ADI, Angus MacRaild, Angus MacWhisky, Anthony Wills, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Australia, Bardstown, Beatson Cancer Charity, binding arbitration, Bladnoch, blog, blogger, Blood Oath, Bob Bobert, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, cancer, cat, Chivas Regal, competition, construction, Crown Royal, Dark Cove, David Prior, Diageo, distillery, donations, Ezra Brooks, family, Four Roses, Gimli, Highland Park, House Spirits, Ian MacMillan, ice, Islay, John MacLellan, John Rempe, Joseph Magnus, Jude, judging, Kentucky, Kilchoman, labor, labour, Laphroaig, Local 832, Lore, Lux, Luxco, Manitoba, Manitoba Labour Board, mayor, mediator, memorial, Millstone, Mimi, Mimi Petro, Oban, Oregon, People's Republic of Portland, Pernod Ricard USA, pet, Peter Mendel, planning, Portland, Pure Scot, Rebel Yell, Redbreast, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Scotch Whisky, St. Louis, strike, Tom Mooney, UFCW, union, Vancouver, Washington, whisky, Whisky Sponge, Wigtown, Woodinville, Zuidam0 comments
The Whisky Sponge has been puncturing egos and tweaking the Scotch Whisky industry with impunity – and relative anonymity – for nearly thr...