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...
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. ...
Poking the Bourbon Bear (Episode 766: May 5, 2019)20190505223554
Poking the Bourbon Bear (Episode 766: May 5, 2019)
Mark GillespieMay 5, 2019@BrandZ77, @doctorfate77, @rcampbell919, @scotchology1, acquisition, age statement, Alberta, Alumni Whisky Series, Andy Nelson, archives, auction, Award, Balcones, Baltimore, Bill Newlands, billboard, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bow Street, Brian Treacy, Bulleit Rye, Canada, Centre for Business & Economic Research, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, charity, Charles Maclean, Charlie Nelson, Churchill Downs, Compass Box, competition, Constellation Brands, contest, Corby, Dalbeallie, Darryl Sittler, Dennis McBain, Diageo, distilling, Don Livermore, Dr. Jim Swan, E4C, economic impact, economy, Edmonton, Elgin, Eva Pang, George Washington's Distillery, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graeme Littlejohn, Grand Old Parr, Great Britain, Guy LaFleur, history, hockey, honor, honour, horse racing, Ian Millar, impact, Interstate 65, investment, Ireland, Islay, J.J. Corry, J.P. Wiser's, Jameson, jobs, juniper, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kilchoman, Lanny McDonald, Larry Robinson, Lifetime Achievement, Louisville, Mackmyra, malting, Maryland, mesquite, mezcal, MGP, Michael Urquhart, mint julep, monocle, Nashville, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, New Riff, Newport, NHL, NHL Alumni Association, No Name, Paul Coffey, peat, peaty, Pimlico, playoffs, pocket square, Preakness, PunchDrink.com, quilt, Quinta Ruban, Quora, Redbreast, Reggie Mobley, Ryan Campbell, Rye, Sagamore Farm, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky Association, smoke, smoking jacket, smoky, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stanley Cup, STR Casks, SWA, Sweden, t-shirt, Tamdhu, Tennessee, tequila, Texas, The Balvenie, The Battalion, The Netherlands, too hat, UK, venture, Wendel Clark, whiskey, Whiskey.Wiki, whisky, Whisky Belles, WhiskyBase, William Grant & Sons, wood0 comments
Let’s face it. When you think of American Whiskey, Bourbon is probably top of mind. After all, Congress declared it “America’s Nativ...
There’s Whisky History Behind That Wall! (Episode 676: January 14, 2018)20180114175122
There’s Whisky History Behind That Wall! (Episode 676: January 14, 2018)
Mark GillespieJanuary 14, 2018@ninja_padrino, @yerssot, A Chorus Line, additive, Alistair Reavey, anCnoc, arrest, aserone, Astil Dotonbori Hotel, auto racing, Ballantine's, Barbados, Bardstown, Ben-Burk, biobutanol, biofuel, Blair Athol, Blender's Batch, Blood Oath, Blue Label, bootleggers, bottle dipping, bottling workshop, Bourbon, Bourbon Country, Brent Hocking, Bruichladdich, building, calamus oil, calamus root, carcinogen, Cardhu, Carl Reavey, Catoctin Creek, Celtic Renewables, China, Chinese New Year, Claive Vidiz, cocaine, Cork, Dan Castellano, David Nicholson, Deanston, Diageo, diesel, distillery waste, Double Cask, draft, Drake, drugs, Dublin, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, elastic, extradition, Ezra Brooks, F1, farmland, flavorings, Fodors, Force India, Foreign Office, Formula One, Four In One, fraud, gasoline, Glencairn, Glentauchers, Grangemouth, Greg Trainor, H.C. Berkowitz, Hakushu, Heathrow, Hibiki, Highland Park, Honours List, Ileach, India, initial public offering, inmates, IPO, Ireland, Irwin Benjamin, Islay, Jameson, Jan Reavey, Japan, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, job training, Johnnie Walker, Joseph Magliocco, Justin Victor, Kelly Magyarics, Kentucky, Kingfisher Airlines, lanyard, London, Louisville, Lux Row Distillers, Luxco, magistrate, Maine, Maker's Mark, marijuana, Mark Dzindsio II, Martin Tangney, medicinal whiskey, MGP Ingredients, Michter's, money laundering, motorsport, Mount Gay, Mr. Boston, music, newspaper, OBE, obituary, Old Overholt, Old Pulteney, opium, Order of the British Empire, Osaka, Peatheart, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Community Corps, Philly Reclaim, Port Charlotte Hotel, pot ale, prescription, prison, Prohibition, Queen Elizabeth II, Quora, Rebel Yell, Royal Mile, Rye, salvage, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Experience, Scotland, sedative, severance, Springfield, stock market, Strathmill, Suntory, Sweden, The Dark, The Drinks Business, The Ileach, The Macallan, Tim Matthews, tourism, toxic, tranquilizer, Travel, travel retail, United Spirits, Urban Bourbon Trail, vending machine, Vijay Mallya, Virginia, Virginia Black, warrant, weed, whiskey, whisky, whisky club, Whyte & Mackay, Wiggly Bridge Distillery, Yamazaki, Year of the Dog0 comments
You never know what might be found behind the walls or under the floors of old houses and other buildings, especially those built during the Prohibiti...
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...
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)20170723021823
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)
Mark GillespieJuly 23, 2017.36 Small Caliber Bourbon, .36 Texas Straight Bourbon, ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Angus Dundee, artisan, Balcones, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bernheim Distillery, Bill Samuels Jr., board, Bourbon, Bourbon Women, brewery, Brown Hotel, bucket list, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Whisky, CEO, charity, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, cocktail, Colorado, Communist, Credit Suisse, Crown Royal, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Dallas Dhu, Deatsville, debate, Dennis Oetinger, Denny Potter, Denver, Derek Mather, Diageo, director, distiller, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dublin Liberties Whiskey, Evan Chapman, expansion, Firestone & Robertson, Gimli, Glen Alba, Glencadam, governor, Hammer Head, Heaven Hill, Historic Environment Scotland, Houston, Hunter Stacks, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jim Boyko, John Hickenlooper, John Mack, Kentucky, Lidl, London, Louisville, Manitoba, Marge Samuels, mayor, Michael McKenna, Moray, Morgan Stanley, museum, Not a Pink Drink, Ontario, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Parliament, politics, Pradlo Distillery, Quintessential Brands, Quora, Ranger Creek, Reserve 101, retired, Rhône, Richard Lochhead, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, Sean Murray, Sip-osium, Sir Douglas Murray, Speyside, Stock Spirits, Susan Riegler, tasting, Texas, The Dubliner, The Murray, The Reawakening, The Scotsman, Tomatin, Tullibardine, Warehouse 6, Waterloo, Westword, whiskey, whisky, Wishaw, women, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Jim Boyko’s career took him from the old Seagram’s distillery in Waterloo, Ontario to the Canadian prairie in Gimli, Manitoba, and eventua...
I Spy a Bourbon (Episode 650: July 16, 2017)20170716173250
I Spy a Bourbon (Episode 650: July 16, 2017)
Mark GillespieJuly 16, 2017A.H. Hirsch, airline, airport, Alness, Alps, Anchor Distilling, anCnoc, arrests, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bags, Balblair, Beam Suntory, Beggar's Bush, BenRiach, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker, Birthday Bourbon, Booker Noe, Booker's, bottling, Bourbon, Bourdega, Brett Carlile, Brianna Gillespie, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Campbell Brown, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Champ, Chapter 17, China, Chivas Brothers, Clark Butler, cognac, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., commerce, Congress, construction, Craigellachie, Craigslist, Crown Royal, Customs, Cyril Camus, Dan Cigno, Dave Pickerell, DCigno, dissertation, dogs, Don Livermore, Donald Trump, Dublin, duties, English Whisky Company, European Union, Evan Chapman, expansion, Facebook, family, film, France, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, FTI Consulting, Girvan, Glen Grant, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Graham Stevenson, Hankey Bannister, honeymoon, imports, Inver House, Italy, Jack Ryan, Jackie Zykan, Jeff Bridges, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim Beam, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, Kingsman, Lidl, Little Book, lottery, Louisville, luggage, LVHM, Margaret Batt, Martin Leonard, Matthew Vaughn, McNair's, MGP, Moet Hennessy, movie, Nant Distillery, Nant Group, Nero, Obama Administration, Old Forester, Old Pulteney, Ontario, Orlin Sorenson, Pappy Van Winkle, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, Pernod Ricard, PLCB, Podcast Awards, Poppy, President, pub, Puni, Quentin Olde, Quora, quotas, rescue, Rescued Pets Movement, Reserve 101, retailer, Ryan Tarkowski, Ryan's Malt, Schafferstown, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Single Cask Nation, single grain, Sole, Speyburn, Speyside, spies, state police, Statesman, steel, subsidies, tariff, Tasmania, taxes, The Dalmore, The Glenrothes, Tom Clancy, Toronto, trade, Trisha Savage, Trump Administration, warehouse, Washington, Washington Post, Westland, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, White Heather, Wilbur Ross, Wild Turkey, wine, Wiser's, Woodinville Whiskey Company0 comments
We’ve seen whisky and movie tie-ins before, but Old Forester’s new Statesman Bourbon is a bit different. It’s featured in the upcomi...
A Tale of Texas Whiskey at Balcones (Episode 646: June 18, 2017)20170618153921
A Tale of Texas Whiskey at Balcones (Episode 646: June 18, 2017)
Mark GillespieJune 18, 2017@jefflincicome, @lphd, ALS, angels, anniversary, backset, Balcones, Bear Creek Distilling, Ben Nevis, Black Art, Bordeaux, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, cat, Charbay, charity, Chicago Cubs, Chip Tate, Clyde May's, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., Colorado, Colorado Whiskey Collaboration Project, commemorative, Consortium of Cards Series, Cork, Corsair Artisan Distillery, craft distilling, David Stewart, Deatsville, distilling, divorce, Douglas Laing & Co., Dr. James Crow, Dublin, duty free, eclipse, Elixir Distillers, expansion, Famous Grouse Experience, fermentation, Few Spirits, Forsyths, Four Kings, France, Fred Noe, G. Rozelieures, Game 7 Batch, Glen Moray, GlenDronach, Glenturret, Graham Coull, Heaven Hill, Ian Millar, Independent Stave, inner smartass, Ireland, Islay, Jack Teeling, Jared Himstedt, Jeff Lincicome, Jenni Karakasevic, Jim Beam, Journeyman Distillery, Karuizawa, Kentucky, King of the Hills, Knob Creek, Knockmealdowns, La Martiniquaise, Label 5, Larry Kilbourne, Liberties, litigation, Lorraine, Mark Reynier, Marko Karakasevic, MGP, Miles Karakasevic, Mississippi River Distilling Company, mouser, O.F.C., Old Pulteney, Otto Radio, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, patent, peated, Quora, Rachel Barrie, Redemption Whiskey, Richard Forsyth, Sam Mead, Sam Simmons, Scotch Whisky, Snow Leopard Trust, solar eclipse, Speciality Drinks, spent mash, spiritual retreat, State 38 Distilling, Stephen Teeling, storage, Stuart Nickerson, Susan Karakasevic, T.W. Samuels Distillery, Teeling Whiskey Company, Texas, The Balvenie, The Whisky Exchange, Tipperary Distillery, Tom Bulleit, Tourbe Collection, Towser, travel retail, Vaios Vlahotasios, Victoria Whisky Festival, Vinexpo, Waco, Watershed, whiskey, whisky, Wood's High Mountain Distillery, Woody Creek Distillers, World Series, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
Last year, Balcones Distilling left behind its original distillery – hand-built in an old welding shop underneath the 17th Street bridge in Waco...
Scotch Whisky Pioneer Maureen Robinson (Episode 632: March 12, 2017)20170312003902
Scotch Whisky Pioneer Maureen Robinson (Episode 632: March 12, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 12, 2017@DecadentDram, @fr1day, #trypod, afrikaans, alcohol, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Day, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Balblair, Banshee, Birthday, Black Sea, blender, Blood Oath, Boys and Girls Club, breath test, breathalyser, Breathalyzer, Brora, Brothership, budget, Bushmills, Caledonian MacBrayne, CalMac, Caol Ila, Casa Cuervo, Cecil Corbett, Chancellor, Chris Malcolm, classic malts, Clynelish, community service, Connacht Whiskey Company, court, Cragganmore, crew, crime, development, Diageo, dog show, Double Double Oaked, Dublin, duties, Edinburgh, Ellie Tam, Exchequer, Feis Ile, ferries, ferry, Five Virtues, Grangemouth, Green Spot, Harbor, Harlem, Harlem Whiskey Renaissance, HR, Ian Stirling, inflation, International Women's Day, investors, Ireland, Irish Wolfhound, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jameson Distillery Bow Street, Jim Beveridge, John Carroll, John Rempe, Johnnie Walker, Kak, Keith Batt, Kelpie, Kennacraig, Kenneth Maclean, Lagavulin, landlord, lawyer, Leith, Lustau, Luxco, Margaret Batt, Mark @ WTF, Maureen Robinson, Mickey Heads, Mitchell & Sons, Nant, New Liberty, New York City, Northern Ireland, Ocean Terminal, passengers, Patrick Fletcher, Philadelphia, Philip Hammond, planning, podcasts, police, Port Ellen, Port of Leith, Quora, Red Bush, Redbreast, Redbreast Lustau Edition, rent, Robert Cassell, Rosemary Gallagher, Scotch & Scribes, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, solicitor, St. Patrick's Day, stolen property, SWA, Swanson Vineyards, Tanya Robinson, Tasmania, taxes, Todd Haberkorn, Tomatin, Twitter, whiskey, whisky, Woodford Reserve, Writer's Bone, writers0 comments
Whisky was historically thought of as a “man’s drink” – but today, not only are more women drinking whisky, but women make up ...
The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 760: March 24, 2019)