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 ...
Whisky is Too Important to be Taken Seriously (Episode 687: April 1, 2018)20180331230237
Whisky is Too Important to be Taken Seriously (Episode 687: April 1, 2018)
Mark GillespieMarch 31, 2018"The Amber Light", "The Angel's Share", @Omar_Fitz, @potstillwhiskey, #fridaynightdram, 1824 Collection, 1824 Series, Adam Park, ADI, Amber, American Distilling Institute, April Fool's, Arctic Circle, Ardnahoe, Ardor, Australia, author, awards, Big Peat, Billy Walker, blending, blind tasting, Bloody Butcher Red Corn Whiskey, blowback, Bluebell Forest, book, book tour, bottling, Bourbon, Box Distillery, British Isles, Buffalo Trace, California, Canada, Cara Laing, Charles Maclean, Chivas Brothers, Chris Leggett, Cornwall, Craft Your Perfect Bourbon, crime, crowdsourcing, CYPB Edition, Dair Ghaelach, Danish, Dave Broom, Davin de Kergommeaux, degenerate, Denmark, Destillerie Nyborg, Detroit, distillery, documentary, Double Cask Range, Douglas Laing & Co., Edrington, film, Fleurieu Distillery, Frank McDonald, Fred Douglas Laing, Fred Laing, fuckers, G.R. Andrews & Son, gang, Glasgow, Glenallachie, gold, Gotemba, Halewood, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Isle of Fionia, Jamie Johnson, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Karuizawa, Kentucky, Kickstarter, Kim Møller-Elshøj, Kyoto, Mark Bylok, Matt Hofmann, Mayor Pingree Blue Label, Midleton, movie, Myken Arctic Single Malt, Myken Island, Norway, Norwegian, Nyborg Distillery, Old Malt Cask, Old Particular, Ontario, Peaky Blinder, Peaky Blinders, podcast, Port Ellen, Portland, Pot Still Will, prank, Quercus II, Quest Collection, Remarkable Regional Malts, Roar Larsen, Rock Oyster, Ruby, Sadler's, San Diego, Scallywag, Scandinavian, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Shyamal Ramachandran, Sienna, Speyside, Sport Dram, Stewart Laing, Suntory, Sweden, That's Dram Good, The Gauldrons, The Macallan, The Way of Whisky, The Whisky Topic, Timorous Beastie, Tokyo, Travel, travel retail, Triple Cask Matured Range, Valentine Distilling, Virginia Distillery Company, W.L. Weller, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Wonderful World of Whisky Show, Wood Hat Spirits, workout, Xtra Old Particular0 comments
Scotland’s Douglas Laing & Co. is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2018, and for many of those years, the Laing family has taken a light-...
On the Road at the Victoria Whisky Festival (Episode 677: January 21, 2018)20180122015330
On the Road at the Victoria Whisky Festival (Episode 677: January 21, 2018)
Mark GillespieJanuary 22, 201811 Orphans, Adam Hannett, Alan Hansen, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Allura Fergie, Arctic, Australia, awards, Balblair, Balcones, BC Liquor Stores, beer, Belfast, BenRiach, Benromach, Black Art, Black Velvet, Bob Baxter, Brazil, Brexit, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, budget, Bushmills, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Canadian Whisky of the Year, Central City, charity, coffee, Corby, Crown Roya, Dave Mason, Dave Mitton, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deanston, Decennary, Diageo, disclaimer, Don Livermore, Douglas Laing & Company, Duncan Ayre, enforcement, Eric Fergie, EU, European Union, Eva Pang, excise taxes, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fine & Rare Series, First Minister, Forty Creek, Gibson's, Gooderham & Worts, Gordon & MacPhail, government, Heritage, Hiram Walker & Sons, Hyde, Irish Coffee, Irish Whiskey, J.P. Wiser's, Jan Westcott, Jane Walker, Jeremy Scott, Jim Stanski, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Bray, judging, Kelly Carpenter, Lawrence Graham, lawyer, legal, lifetime achivement award, Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, Liquor Distribution Branch, Little Jumbo, Little Trinity, Lohin McKinnon, Lot #40, Lot 40 Cask Strength, master class, Mike Brisebois, Ministry of the Attorney General, Miriam Karp, Nanaimo, Nicola Sturgeon, Northern Border Collection, OBA, Octomore, Ohishi, Parliament, Pike Creek, province, provincial, raid, refunds, regulators, Richard Urquhart, Rick Murphy, Rob Carpenter, Rock Oyster, Root & Branch, Rye, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Secret Spirits, single market, special orders, Spirits Canada, Springbank, Sullivan's Cove, Susie Sirri, SWA, tastings, taxes, Texas, The Grand Hotel, The Macallan, The Union Club, Tim Vickers, TMZ, trade, trademark, Trudeau, Two Brewers, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, undercover, Vancouver, Vicky Miller, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Waco, whiskey, whisky, Whitehorse, Yukon0 comments
This week, we’re in Victoria, British Columbia for the 13th annual Victoria Whisky Festival – just as the Canadian province’s liquor...
Celebrating the World’s Whiskies in Dublin (Episode 653: August 6, 2017)20170806120633
Celebrating the World’s Whiskies in Dublin (Episode 653: August 6, 2017)
Mark GillespieAugust 6, 2017"Bourbon Pompeii", Anchor Brewing & Distilling, Anchor Distilling, Anchor Steam, archaeology, beer, Bib & Tucker, Bourbon, Brexit, Brian Lopina, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Canadian Whisky Awards, Cher, Christina Philburn, Col. E.H. Taylor, construction, contract, Cooper's Choice, Dave Broom, David Mundell, DC, Dennis Carr, Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, Diageo, discrimination, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Dublin Whiskey Festival, equality, exports, Facebook, family, Frankfort, gay, Glencadam, Glencairn, historical, Hollis Bulleit, Hunter Smith, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, John Burke, Kavalan, Keith Greggor, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, lesbian, LGBT, Littlemill, Loch Lomond, Lochside, magazine, Masterson's Rye, medicine, Meredith Moody, National Register of Historic Places, negotiations, New Zealand Whisky Company, Nikka, nominations, O.F.C., Old Potrero, Pittyvaich, Podcast Awards, Potrero Hill, ratings, Re-Awakening, Rock Oyster, San Francisco, Sapporo, scoring, Scotch Whisky, Scott Rogers, Scottish Secretary, Seagram, Sebastiani, tariffs, Tasmanian Whisky Week, tasting notes, The Cask, Three Badge Beverage, Tom Bulleit, Tony Foglio, tour, tourism, trade, Travel, Virginia, visitors, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Wisconsin0 comments
Whiskies are celebrated at festivals all over the world these days, but there’s no place quite like Ireland when it comes to whisk(e)y. The inau...
Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)20170604143251
Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)
Mark GillespieJune 4, 20171792 Bourbon, Al Young, American Epic Sessions, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, auction, Austria, author, auto racing, Bardstown, Barton, Bernie Taupin, bill, blogger, blues, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, British Airways, Carla Carlton, debate, Douglas Laing & Co., Elton John, experiment, farm, Feis Ice, festival bottling, foam, Four Roses, Garryana, governor, Heaven Hill, heirloom corn, Houston, Indianapolis 500, International Space Station, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack White, Japan, Jill-Ann Stolley Vick, Jim Murray, Joel Harrison, Karuizawa, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Distillers Association, Klaus Doblmann, Kwikpac, legislation, legislature, Limited Edition Small Batch, Louisville, Lydia Calhooligan, Marquess Series, Matt Bevin, Matt Hofmann, motorsports, music, Neil Ridley, Noh, Number One Drinks Company, Pacific Northwest. Scotch Whisky, packaging, PBS, plant, recording, Remarkable Regional Malts, Reserve 101, retailers, Robert Mark, Rock Oyster, Sazerac, Seattle, Sir Douglas Murray, song, Space, statehood, Takuma Sato, tasting, The Bourbon Babe, The Murray, The Sun, Timorous Beastie, Tullibardine, Two Fingers of Whiskey, Voice O Graph, Washington, weather balloon, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, Wilderness Trail1 comment
Bourbon’s growing global profile is at its highest in decades, and that’s good news in Kentucky. Even though Bourbon can be made anywhere ...
Episode 576: February 14, 201620160214171541
Episode 576: February 14, 2016
Mark GillespieFebruary 14, 2016@williamberryiii, Ailsa Bay, Alasdair Day, Alaska, Alaska Highway, ambassador, Andy Simpson, auction, Ayrshire, Big Peat, Bonhams, Bozzy Karasu, Brian Kinsman, Buffalo Trace, Burn Stewart Distillers, Canada, Château Léoville Barton, code, collecting, correction, David Robertson, Douglas Laing, forests, Girvan, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, gold, Green Spot, Hudson Baby Bourbon, Ian Millar, index, investing, investment, Irish Distillers, Irish Oak, Isle of Raasay, Jack Daniel's, Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Rye, Johnny Mitchell, Kevin Abrook, Kevin O'Gorman, Kilchoman, Kilted Whisky Man, Koval, Ledaig, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, McTears, Michter's, Midleton Dair Ghaelach, Mikkeller, Milsean, oil, palate, Prestige Whisky, Private Edition, R&B Distillers, rare whisky 101, Remarkable Regional Malts, Rested Rye, Rock Oyster, Ross Salchow, Rye, Scallywag, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, stocks, Tennessee, Timorous Beastie, Tobermory, Tomintoul, Tuthilltown, Two Brewers, Unaged Rye, value, Vision Wine & Spirits, whiskey, whisky, Whitehorse, William Berry, William Grant & Sons, Willie Pratt, Yukon Brewing0 comments
With oil prices in the doldrums, stocks sagging, and other forms of investments losing value, a number of investors are turning to rare whiskies as a ...
Episode 575: February 6, 201620160206232107
Episode 575: February 6, 2016
Mark GillespieFebruary 6, 2016A. Hardy USA, accountant, age statements, allegations, Amrut, Ash Whitaker, Aston Martin, Auckland, Australia, Balblair, Baltimore, bankruptcy, Beaverton, Bourbon, budget, Bulleit, buyback, Campbeltown, Cardrona, cask sales, Cask Strength Collection, Chancellor, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chris Bator, Christchurch, construction, contract, Crown Royal, David Dowd, David Ozgo, Denny Potter, Desiree Whitaker, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Douglas Laing, Dunedin, duty, earthquake, economy, Elijah Craig, Exchequer, exports, F1, Few Spirits, finance, Force India F1, Formula 1, Frankenstein, George Osborne, Gimli, Glen Scotia, Heaven Hill, India, Jim Murray, joint venture, Keith Batt, Kentucky, labor, Larry Kass, lawyer, liquidation, Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond Group, Manitoba, Michael Fraser Milne, Mike Miyamoto, motorsports, Nant Distillery, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Nikka Whisky, Northern Harvest Rye, Oregon, paddock, Pappy, Pauline Rooney, Peter Wendel, recovery, Rock Oyster, sales, San Francisco, Sazerac, Scotch, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky Association, Shelby County, Shelbyville, Shelbyville Sentinel-Times, Sherry Cask 2016 Edition, Shinji Fukuyo, Spectrum, sponsorship, strike, Suntory, Sydney Morning Herald, taxes, Tim Meushaw, UFCW, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, walkout, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, Whisky Galore, Willowbank, Yamazaki0 comments
One of the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest whisky festivals is coming up later this month, and DramFest 2016 caps off a busy few weeks for Michael...
Episode 516: January 17, 201520150117211324
Episode 516: January 17, 2015
Mark GillespieJanuary 17, 2015Alberta Distillers, Alberta Premium, Alberta Rye Dark Batch, Allied Domecq, Award, Beam Suntory, Big Peat, Bond Street Whisky Appreciation Society, Brett Burnes, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Burns Night, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Mist, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Chairman's Select, Chase Stampe, competition, contract, Corby, crime, Crown Royal, Dan Tullio, Dark Horse, David Dobbin, Davin de Kergommeaux, Diageo, Douglas Laing & Co., Edinburgh, Forty Creek, Gbuschrist, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Harold Ferguson, Hiram Walker Distillery, hockey, holdup, Hotel Grand Pacific, ice, investigation, Jack Phillips, Jim Beam Rye, Jimmy Russell, Johanna Ngoh, John Hall, John Richardson, Las Vegas, Lawrence Graham, letsgojets, Lifetime Achievement, Masterson's, missedlitterbox, Montreal, negotiations, Neil Barrie, Ontario, Prohibition, R_E_Thomas, recommendation, robbery, Robert Burns, Rock Oyster, Roy Thomson Hall, Royal Mile Whiskies, SAQ, Scallywag, single barrel, skating, Spirit of Toronto, Stalk & Barrel, Still Waters, Taghta, Texas, The Balvenie, theft, Timorous Beastie, Tish Harcus, Torfa, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Walkerville, whisky bar, whisky club, Windsor, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Jets0 comments
We’re on the road for the first time in 2015 this weekend, with the first of two episodes from the 10th annual Victoria Whisky Festival in Victo...
Douglas Laing Goes On Island Time20150114113624
Douglas Laing Goes On Island Time
Mark GillespieJanuary 14, 2015Arran, Big Peat, Blended Malt, Douglas Laing & Co., Fred Laing, Islay, Jura, Orkney, Rock Oyster, Scallywag, Timorous Beastie0 comments
January 14, 2015 – “Island Time” may be a more appropriate expression for the Caribbean than Scotland, but Douglas Laing & Co. i...