Robin Wolf’s Night Gardens20190617113656
Robin Wolf’s Night Gardens
Mark GillespieJune 17, 2019bartender, California, cocktail, competition, drinks, jasmine, mixologist, Paso Robles, recipe, Robin Wolf, spirits, Suntory, Tales of the Cocktail, The Hatch Rotisserie & Bar, Toki0 comments
June 17, 2019 – Robin Wolf of The Hatch Rotisserie & Bar in Paso Robles, California won the 2019 cocktail competition for Tales of the Cockt...
Whiskey & Music with Three Chord Bourbon’s Neil Giraldo (Episode 742: December 2, 2018)20181202200139
Whiskey & Music with Three Chord Bourbon’s Neil Giraldo (Episode 742: December 2, 2018)
Mark GillespieDecember 2, 2018@jotterface, 1926, Alaska, Allied Domecq, Anchorage, Anchorage Daily News, aqua vitae, Ari Sussman, auction, avian influenza, Beam, benefit, Bernheim, bidding, Blackened American Whiskey, Bladnoch, Bob Dylan, Bonhams, botanicals, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brian Canning, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Cask 88, CEO, Charles Whitfield, Charlie Whitfield, Chris Hennessy, Chris Swonger, Christie's, Cleveland, Clonakilty Distillery, Clynelish, collecting, collectors, Cork, Cutty Sark, Danny Winbourne, Dave Pickerell, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Distillery Series, Dry Fly Distilling, Dylan Whiskey Bar, earthquake, Edrington, eggs, Elixir Distillers, FAAR, Fionnán O'Connor, Fired Oak, Fortnum & Mason, Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, Game of Thrones, genever, gin, Glen Flagler, Glen Moray, Glenturret, Graham Coull, grappa, Heaven's Door, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, HIAS, Highland Park, Impex, Iowa, Ireland, Islay, John Waite, Johnnie Walker, Karuizawa, Keith Sanders, Kenny Loggins, Kentucky, Kilkenny, KTUU, La Martiniquaise, Level 5, London, Los Angeles, Mackmyra, Metallica, Michael Dillon, monks, music, musician, Neil Giraldo, New York City, Old Rip Van Winkle, Orphan Barrel, Pacific Rim, Pat Benatar, performer, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Plastic Oceans International, Port Askaig, producer, Prohibition, Quarter Cask, raffle, recipe, Red Book of Ossory, reporter, Rhetoric, Rick Springfield, rock, screenplay, Seven Seas Export, shooting, Smiths Group, South Korea, Speyside, Spokane, Stitzel-Weller, Sweden, television, Templeton Rye, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Macallan, The Macallan Genesis, The Scorpions, Three Chord Bourbon, Tim Matthews, Tree of Life Synagogue, United Distillers, Usquaebach, Valerio Adami, vibration, victims, Washington, whiskey, whisky, whisky.auction, White Walker, Winter is Coming, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Neil Giraldo is one of music’s “hit makers.” As a musician and producer, he’s worked with some of rock music’s legendary...
High West’s Horse’s Neck and Rollin’ Ridge Cocktails20180803115439
High West’s Horse’s Neck and Rollin’ Ridge Cocktails
Mark GillespieAugust 3, 2018American Prairie Bourbon, bar, bartender, cocktail, Cynar, Double Rye!, drink, Fever Tree, ginger beer, High West, Horse's Neck, mixologist, recipe, Rollin' Ridge, Utah, whiskey, whisky0 comments
August 3, 2018 – Here are a couple of cocktail recipes provided by High West that use their “Double Rye!” and American Prairie Bourb...
The San Antonio Sour20180803113826
The San Antonio Sour
Mark GillespieAugust 3, 2018agave, bartender, cocktail, drink, mixologist, Ranger Creek, recipe, Rye, San Antonio, San Antonio Sour, Texas, The San Antonio Sour cocktail. Image courtesy JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, whiskey, whisky0 comments
August 3, 2018 – The Whiskey Sour is one of those classic cocktails that every good bartender knows how to make without thinking, but the bar te...
The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)20180701201402
The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)
Mark GillespieJuly 1, 2018"Explorer's Cask", @Mr_McW, #freethewhisky, affinity group, aluminum, ambassador, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Armorik, attorney general, Barton, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, Billy Walker, Birdhouse, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Bobby Parnell, Bonticou Crag, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bourbon Burnt Sugar, Bowmore, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Buzick Construction, Canada, Caol Ila, Catoctin Creek, Chad Anderson, China, collapse, cooking, Coppersea Distiling, corrosion, court, David Eby, David McDonald, Distillerie Warenghem, Diurachs, Donald Blincoe, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., Eddie Russell, Empire Rye, engineers, Eric Fergie, European Union, evidence, export, fan club, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fire, France, Franklin County, Georgia, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, Glasgow, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Islay Swim, grill, Hickory, High Road, Highland Park, hospitality license, ice cream, import, Inner Circle, Islay, Isle of Arran, Jason Johnstone-Yellin, Jeni's, Johnnie Mundell, judge, Jura, Justin Fornal, Justin Trudeau, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, LCLB, LDB, liquor agents, Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, Liquor Distribution Branch, Little Jumbo, Maker's Mark, McW, Mexico, Middle West Whiskey, ministry, Nanaimo, New York, New York City, One For All, One For the Road, One For You, open water swimming, Orlando, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pardon My Pappy, Port Dundas, Prime Minister, prosecutor, provincial, pub, raid, recipe, Redbreast, repairs, report, retailers, Reuters, ricks, Roundstone Rye, Russell's Reserve, rust, salmon, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, seizure, sentence, shock probation, Simon Brooking, Single Cask Nation, single grain, single malt, smoke, SMWS, sorghum, Speyside, Springbank, Springbank Society, steel, structural integrity, swimming, tariffs, tenderoin, The Dead Rabbit, theft, Thomas Wingate, trade, trade war, Triagoz, turkey, Union Club, Urban Bourbon, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, warehouse, water damage, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Xtra Old Particular, Zachary Becker0 comments
The rough, cold waters off Scotland’s Isle of Islay are a challenge for even the best sailors, and one might think it madness to try and swim ar...
The Mint Julep – Not Just for Derby Day20180516200509
The Mint Julep – Not Just for Derby Day
Mark GillespieMay 16, 2018Arabic, Churchill Downs, cocktail, gholab, Heaven Hill, Henry Clay, history, horse racing, julepe, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Lynn House, mint julep, recipe, Spain0 comments
May 3, 2018 – The Mint Julep is as much a part of the Kentucky Derby as fancy hats and ripped-up betting slips, but many people associate the De...
Whyte & Mackay’s World Whisky Day Cocktails20180514185002
Whyte & Mackay’s World Whisky Day Cocktails
Mark GillespieMay 14, 2018absinthe, Amontillado, Arctic Seas, Baccarat Hotel, bartender, Blue Curacao, Cappelletti, cocktail, drinks, Grand Marnier, Jura, La dame de Coeur, Laphroaig, Logan Ronkaiken, Montanaro Rosso, Patrick Smith, Punch And Pie, recipe, Scotch Whisky, Shackleton, The Dalmore, The Dead Ringer, The Modern at The MOMA, vermouth, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, World Whisky Day0 comments
May 14, 2018 – Whyte & Mackay shared these three cocktails created by noted New York City bartenders in time for World Whisky Day on Saturda...
Challenging Whisky’s Norms at Eden Mill (Episode 694: May 3, 2018)20180503011500
Challenging Whisky’s Norms at Eden Mill (Episode 694: May 3, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 3, 2018@luvthemstillers, #winwinsituation, American Whiskey, Angel's Envy, auctions, Balblair, bar, Big Peat, Black Barrel, boat tour, Bob Dylan, Bodega Series, Boulevardier, Bourbon, Bowmore, Brandy Library, brewery, Buffalo Trace, Canoe Kentucky, Char No. 4, Chattanooga Whiskey Company, chocolate malt, Churchill Downs, cocktail, crystal malt, Curtis Grant, Dalbeallie, Deborah Stewart, Diageo, Distilled Spirits Council, Douglas Laing & Co., Dufftown, Eden Mill, Feis Ile, Fife, Glen Ord, Glendullan, Glenfarclas, golf, Gordon Dundas, H. Hemphill, Haig, Heaven Hill, Heaven's Door, HMS Pappyfore, horse racing, Hot Toddy, Ian Macleod Distillers, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jameson, Jason Horn, John Grant, Just Whisky, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky River, Kingsbarns, Kraig Naasz, Lynn House, Marc Bushala, minimum unit pricing, mint julep, music, Nashville, New York City, Nobel, Old Course, Old Pulteney, Paul Miller, Pete Coors, Peter Cressey, recipe, Rhonda Moore, River Eden, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Ferguson, Scott Ritenbaugh, Scottish Government, Seggie, small batch, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirits Investment Partnership, St. Andrew's, SWA, Talisker, Tamdhu, Tennessee, The Dandy, The Flatiron Room, The Singleton of Dufftown, The Whisky Exchange, Thoroughbred, University of St. Andrews, Vintner's Series, Ward III, whiskey, Whiskey McWhiskeyFace, whisky, Zac DeLong0 comments
The area around St. Andrews was home to Scotch Whisky’s Haig family and their Seggie Distillery, but after it closed in 1850, the whisky industr...
Heaven Hill’s Mint Julep20180502125038
Heaven Hill’s Mint Julep
Mark GillespieMay 2, 2018bartender, Bourbon, cocktail, drink, drinks, Elijah Craig, Heaven Hill, horse racing, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Lynn House, mint julep, mint leaves, mixology, recipe0 comments
While the Mint Julep is most often thought of in connection with horse racing, particularly the Kentucky Derby, the history behind the drink goes back...
Heaven Hill’s The Dandy20180502124351
Heaven Hill’s The Dandy
Mark GillespieMay 2, 2018bar, bartender, bitters, cocktail, drinks, Dubonnet, Elijah Craig, Heaven Hill, Lynn House, mixologist, Prohibition, recipe, The Dandy0 comments
The Dandy is one of those Prohibition-era cocktails that’s making a comeback, and Heaven Hill National Brand Educator Lynn House shared her reci...