Jeff Arnett: 10 Years as Master Distiller at Jack Daniel’s (Episode 718: August 5, 2018)20180805102501
Jeff Arnett: 10 Years as Master Distiller at Jack Daniel’s (Episode 718: August 5, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 5, 2018acacia, activists, American Craft Spirits Association, Angel's Envy, Antrim, Australia, Bardstown, bass, Belle Meade, Blended Malt, Boot Hill, Bottled in Bond, Brian Lee, Brian Treacy, Buchanan's Select, Bushmills, Carlow Brewing Company, Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, Collinstown, Cork, demand, Diageo, distiller, Douglas Laing & Co., Dubai, Dublin, Dublin Airport, duty free, Eddie Russell, environment, EU, European Union, expansion, Fraunces Tavern, Heaven Hill, Ireland, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, Jeff Arnett, Jimmy Bedford, Jimmy Russell, Kansas, Lincoln Henderson, Longbranch, Louise McGuane, Lynchburg, Mark Shilling, Mark Vierthaler, master distiller, Matthew McConaughey, mesquite, music, Nearest Green, Neil Giraldo, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, New York City, Northern Ireland, Old Fitzgerald, Parker Beam, Pearse Lyons, Pearse Lyons Distillery, planning, Ralph Erenzo, Rock Oyster, Sagamore Spirit, Save Our Causeway Coast, Single Barrel Select, sound, St. James's Church, Supervalu, tariffs, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Three Chord Bourbon, tone, trade, travel retail, Tuthilltown Spirits, Wes Henderson, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey0 comments
Jeff Arnett became the Master Distiller for Jack Daniel’s in 2008, joining a small club of distillers that began with Jack Daniel and Nathan ...
Making the Numbers Add Up for Craft Distillers20171219173930
Making the Numbers Add Up for Craft Distillers
Mark GillespieDecember 19, 2017ACSA, ADI, American Craft Spirits Association, American Distilling Institute, Balcones Distilling, banks, Big Bottom Distilling, bonds, Bourbon, Brian Lee, Canada, capital, celebrity, Chip Tate, collateral, control state, country music, craft distilling, Dad's Hat, debt, disclosure, distribution, distributors, Eastside Distilling, equity, financial, financing, Form 8-K, Form S-1, forum, gristmill, Grover Wickersham, Herman Mihalich, John Cooper, John Little, John Rich, KGW-TV, Las Vegas, Lenny Gotter, licensing, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Mackmyra, marijuana, marketing, markets, Melissa Heim, MotherLode, Nashville, NBV Investments, Nevada, OLCC, Ontario, Oregon, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, over the counter, Pennsylvania, Pernod Ricard, Pia Carusone, Portland, privately held, Prohibition, provincial, publicly-traded, Rachel Gardner, Ralph Erenzo, Redneck Riviera, Republic Restoratives, risk, rock climbing, Rye, Securities & Exchange Commission, shares, Smooth Ambler, Steven Earles, stock, Sweden, Tate & Company, Ted Pappas, Tennessee, Texas, ticker, Travis Schoney, Tuthilltown, Waco, Washington, whiskey, whisky, World Health Organization0 comments
December 19, 2017 – The stories of friends deciding to open their own distilleries are almost legendary. For John Cooper and Herman Mihalich of ...
New Tricks for an Old Elk (Episode 672: December 17, 2017)20171217142214
New Tricks for an Old Elk (Episode 672: December 17, 2017)
Mark GillespieDecember 17, 2017@BDP514AM, @budducci, @chocomeditator, @realsuwilliams, 12 Minute Conversations, acquisition, Adam Minihan, Adam Schwartz-Lowe, adjudicator, airport, Alena Wren, Amazon, Angus, Angus Dundee, Artisan Restaurant, Asia, Asia-Pacific, author, Ayrshire, Ballantine's, bar, Beckmann, Becle, Blade and Bow, Blue Label Miami Edition, Bobby Parnell, book, bottling, Bulleit, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, Bushmills, Campari, Canada, Canadian, Charles Medley Distillery, Chivas Brothers, chocolate, Colorado, consulting, Curt Richardson, David Niles, Davin de Kergommeaux, Derek Mather, Diageo, Dylan Wren, Engel Jones, excuse, Finland, Fort Collins, Forty Creek, Full Volume, George Remus Bourbon, George Washington's Distillery, George Washington's Rye, Glenesk Hotel, Greg Metze, Grimsby, Guinness World Records, Heritage, holidays, Hood River Distillers, I.W. Harper, incentives, Indiana, interview, inventory, investment, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Jeff Parrott, Johnnie Walker, Jose Cuervo, Kalle Valkonen, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority, Kyrö, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, LDI, Lexington Herald-Leader, licensing fee, Matt Hofmann, medicine, membership, Mexico, MGP, Miami, Millionaire's Casino, misogyny, Mount Vernon, Nancy Richardson, New York Times, O.Z. Tyler, office, Old Elk, Ontario, Oregon, Orphan Barrel, Otterbox, Owensboro, Pappy Van Winkle, Pendleton Whisky, playlist, podcast, PR agency, production, Proximo Spirits, R.M. Peluso, Ralph Erenzo, regulations, Republic Restoratives, Robert Fleming, Samuel Allen, Saul Davies, Scotland, Seagram, Seagram's 7 Crown, sexism, Shelbyville, shipping laws, Signature Oak, single malt rye whisky, Spotify, Stephen Hawking, Steve Bashore, Stitzel-Weller, Stitzel-Weller Experience, Stranahan's, Terressentia, The Catholic Man, The Drinks Business, The Sexton, Tin Cup, Tincup, Tom Bulleit, tourism, trademark, travel retail, Virginia, visitors, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Will Drucker, Wishaw, women, world record0 comments
Greg Metze spent years making whisky near the banks of the Ohio River, but he never really got the recognition he deserved because his distillery was ...
Empire State Distillers Create New Empire Rye Category20171025131511
Empire State Distillers Create New Empire Rye Category
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2017Black Button Distilling, Bottled in Bond, Brooklyn, Christopher Briar Williams, Coppersea Distilling, Dave Pickerell, Empire Rye, Empire Rye Whiskey Association, Empire State, farm distillers, Finger Lakes Distilling, Hillrock Estate, King Kong, Kings County Distillery, legislation, license, mash bill, New York, New York Distilling Company, Ralph Erenzo, Rye, Taconic, Tuthilltown Spirits, Van Brunt Stillhouse, whiskey, whisky, Yankee Distillers0 comments
October 22, 2017 – New York’s nickname is the Empire State, and of course, that is where New York City’s landmark Empire State Build...
What You Need to Know About the Tuthilltown Spirits Sale20170423164602
What You Need to Know About the Tuthilltown Spirits Sale
Mark GillespieApril 23, 2017Australia, Brian Lee, Catoctin Creek, Constellation Brands, consultant, Denmark, Diageo, Distill Ventures, Domaine des Hautes Glaces, engineer, Europe, export, Gardiner, Glenfiddich, High West, Hudson Whiskey, Jonathan Yusen, New York, Pernod Ricard, Popcorn Sutton, Prohibition, Ralph Erenzo, Remy Cointreau, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Smooth Ambler, Starward, Stauning, The Balvenie, tourism, Tuthilltown Spirits, visitors, Westland, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons0 comments
April 23, 2017 – “Brian and I had always had it in our minds that we weren’t going to die on the distillery room floor, and eventual...
Whisky: It Starts with the Grain (Episode 638: April 23, 2017)20170423004710
Whisky: It Starts with the Grain (Episode 638: April 23, 2017)
Mark GillespieApril 23, 2017acquisition, agriculture, arrest, bail, Baltimore, banks, Bernheim, Blade & Bow, Brian Lee, Brian Treacy, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Canadian Whisky Awards, ceramic, charge, Cheri Reese, clay, commodities, consultant, crops, crystal, D. Wayne Lukas, Dave Pickerell, decanters, Dekalb, Diageo, diplomatic, dissertation, diversion, Don Livermore, EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, estate, extradition, Far North Distillers, farmers, farming, FDA, Food & Drug Administration, fraud, Gardiner, George T. Stagg, glazing, gold medal, grain, Grindstone, Hallock, Heriot-Watt University, hockey, horse, horse racing, Hudson Whiskey, Ian Macleod Distillers, Illinois, India, Indian, Irish Whiskey, J.P. Wiser's, Jameson, Jamie Walter, Jim Walter, Jonathan Yusen, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kilkerran, kiln, Kingfisher, LCBO, Le Bernardain, lead, lead crystal, lead poisoning, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, London, Mark Williams, Maryland, Michael Veach, Midwest, Mike Swanson, Mike Veach, Minnesota, New York, Nick Naegele, Ontario, Parliament, Pernod Ricard, PhD, Pig's Nose, planting, playoffs, porcelain, Port Covington, pottery, Ralph Erenzo, Rob Wallace, Røknar, Rye, Sagamore Spirit, seed, Sheep Dip, Shelter Point, Spencerfield Spirit Company, Springbank, Stanley Cup, Stitzel-Weller, swab, testing, Thoroughbred, tourism, trainer, Tuthilltown Spirits, United Spirits, Vancouver Island, Vijay Mallya, visitors, whiskey, Whiskey Acres, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, Winnipeg, Woodford Reserve, World Whisky Awards0 comments
The end of April has grain farmers in North America and Europe poised to get into the fields and start planting this year’s crops – and so...
William Grant & Sons Acquires Tuthilltown Spirits20170418131917
William Grant & Sons Acquires Tuthilltown Spirits
Mark GillespieApril 18, 2017acquisition, Brian Lee, Catoctin Creek, Constellation Brands, Gardiner, Gibson's, Glenfiddich, Grant's, grist mill, High West, Monkey Shoulder, New York, Pernod Ricard, Popcorn Sutton, Ralph Erenzo, Remy Cointreau, sale, Sazerac, Simon Hunt, Smooth Ambler, The Balvenie, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, Tuthilltown Spirits, Westland, William Grant & Sons0 comments
April 18, 2017 – Seven years after buying the Hudson Whiskey brand from Tuthilltown Spirits founders Ralph Erenzo and Brian Lee, William Grant &...
Interview: “American Spirit” Author James Rodewald20141012230048
Interview: “American Spirit” Author James Rodewald
Mark GillespieOctober 12, 2014American Spirit, author, book, Chip Tate, craft distilling, Dave Pickerell, Gable Erenzo, Gourmet, James Rodewald, Ralph Erenzo, The Dead Rabbit0 comments
October 12, 2014 – Veteran journalist and former Gourmet Magazine drinks editor James Rodewald spent more than a year visiting distillers around...
Episode 420: April 14, 201320130414002236
Episode 420: April 14, 2013
Mark GillespieApril 14, 2013ADI, American Craft Distillers Association, American Distilling Institute, Andrew Weber, Ard-bog, Ardbeg, author, Award, Balfour Castle, Balvenie, Bill Owens, Binny's, book, Brett Joyce, Brett Pontoni, Canadian Whisky, Chicago, Chip Tate, craft distilling, Davie Reid, Davin de Kergommeaux, Douglas Laing, Feis Ile, Festival, Fred Laing, Galileo, Georgie Bell, Glenfrarclas, Glenlivet, Graham Manson, Helgi's, Highland Park, India, International Association of Culinary Professionals, Islay, Joe Hyman, Kirkwall, Lynnfield Inn, Malcolm, Mickey Heads, Mumbai, Orkney, Penn Jensen, Ralph Erenzo, Rick Wassmund, Rory Donovan, Scapa, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS, Stewart Laing, Ted Huber, World Duty Free0 comments
When Magnus Eunson set up his illegal still on Orkney in 1798, the gaugers in the village of Kirkwall were a safe distance away. Graham Manson manages...
Episode 309: March 26, 201120110326095532
Episode 309: March 26, 2011
Mark GillespieMarch 26, 2011Antarctica, Blended Scotch, Bulleit, Bushmills, contest, disaster, distillery, earthquake, Glenlivet 70, Glenrothes, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant's, Ireland, Japan, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Ludo DuCroq, MacKinlay, Melbourne, Michael Urquhart, Phil Gillespie, Ralph Erenzo, Rye, Shackleton, Taiwan, taxes, Tuthilltown, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons0 comments
Five generations of the William Grant family have been making Grant’s Scotch whiskies, and we’ll look at the entire Grant’s range wi...