Making Whisky with Passion in Denmark (Episode 640: May 7, 2017)20170507163054
Making Whisky with Passion in Denmark (Episode 640: May 7, 2017)
Mark GillespieMay 7, 2017@canlgetaP, 1968, Aberlour, acquisition, ambassador, Anchor Distilling, Andretti Autosport, Antarctic Heritage Trust, Antarctica, Ardor, awards, Ben Herrera, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Birthday, Brabazon, Braunstein, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Campbell Brown, Chris Morris, Copenhagen, Cutty Sark, Dalmore, Danish, Dario Franchitti, Denmark, Destilleri Nyborg, director, donation, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Edrington, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ernest Shackleton, F1, Fernando Alonso, film, Formula 1, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant-Gordon, Hawaii, Heritage, Highland Park, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy 500, IndyCar, Ireland, Jacques Villeneuve, Johnnie Walker, Jura, Karen Betts, Keith Brown, Kim Møller-Elshøj, Kingsman, Kirkwall, Liberties, livery, Louisville, Luxco, Mannochmore, Mario Andretti, Martin Markvardsen, Matthew Vaughn, McLaren, Monique van Ensbergen, Morocco, motorsports, movie, Nyborg, Old Forester, Orkney, Pauly G, Rare Breed, Rebel Yell, rich list, Ronnie Cox, Sandy Herrera, Scallywag, Scotch Whisky Association, Shackleton, Single Cask Nation, Spirit of Speyside Festival, sponsor, St. Magnus Festival, Statesman, Stauning, surprise, SWA, Tamdhu, Teeling Whiskey, The Glenrothes, The Golden Circle, The Netherlands, The Secret Service, The Sunday Times, Times, U.S. Grand Prix, Valkyrie, Viking, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, Willem van Ensbergen, William Grant & Sons, Yvo van Ensbergen0 comments
Denmark is known for its beers and aquavit, but is starting to develop a reputation for whiskies as well with distilleries like Braunstein and Staunin...
Edrington Brings The Glenrothes Back Into Its Whisky Family20170502124403
Edrington Brings The Glenrothes Back Into Its Whisky Family
Mark GillespieMay 2, 2017Anchor Distilling, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Cutty Sark, Edrington, Edrington Americas, Gordon Motion, Highland Park, John Ramsay, London, Paul Ross, Ronnie Cox, The Famous Grouse, The Glenrothes, The Macallan0 comments
May 2, 2017 – After years of confusing cross-ownership deals and distribution agreements, The Glenrothes Scotch Whisky brand and the Speyside di...
Episode 561: November 7, 201520151108020549
Episode 561: November 7, 2015
Mark GillespieNovember 8, 2015@ScotchTestDummies, @talesofthegrape, age statements, Amaretto, Andrew Nelstrop, Angel's Envy, angel's share, anniversary, appeal, apple cider, Art of Auchentoshan, artists, Auchentoshan, Ballantine's, Baltimore Whiskey Company, bartenders, Baudonia, Benromach, Benromach 100º Proof, Benromach Imperial Proof, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blue Label, Braveheart, Brooklyn, Chapter 10, Christina Philburn, Clean Air Act, clothing, Clover Club, Colin Fultz, Compass Box, court, data, David and Goliath, Diageo, dick, Dry Fly, Dublin, Edrington, emissions, English Whisky Company, exports, family, Flaming Heart, fungus, Germany, glass blowing, Glenturret, Goa, Hard Fired, heavy cream, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Ian Newton, India, Islay, Ivy Mix, James Bond, James Espey, Jeff Weber, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker Oldest, Kentucky, Kentucky Mist, Kevin Plank, KREM-TV, label approval, lawsuit, lawyers, Leyenda, litigation, Louisville, Mark@Malt-Review.com, Marks & Spencer, Masters Collection, Mel Gibson, movies, O'Danagher's Hibernian Whiskey, opinion, Paul John, Peated Cask Reserve, Portlanc Institute of Contemporary Art, Revival, Robin Nance, Ronnie Cox, Rosemary Gallagher, Russia, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Spokane, Steffen Brauner, Stitzel-Weller, Stuart Cassells, SWA, t-shirts, Taiwan, Tales of the Cocktail, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Famous Grouse, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenrothes, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tim Danagher, trade, trademark, transparency, TTB, Under Armour, United Distillers, University of Kentucky, Urban Glass, vapors, Washington, whiskey, whisky, whisky fungus, Wildcats, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection 1838 Style White Corn0 comments
Scotland’s Glenturret Distillery celebrated its 240th anniversary this week by gathering 240 people at The Famous Grouse Experience for a toast,...
Compass Box’s Glaser: Transparency in Scotch Whisky “Sadly” Illegal20151103114127
Compass Box’s Glaser: Transparency in Scotch Whisky “Sadly” Illegal
Mark GillespieNovember 3, 2015age statement, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Compass Box, David Stewart, enforcement, European Union, Flaming Heart, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, John Glaser, law, legal, Magnus Cormack, Ronnie Cox, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Act, Scotch Whisky Association, single malt, SWA, The Balvenie, The Glenrothes, The Last Vatted Malt, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, transparency, Tun 1509, vintage, Vintage Reserve, whisky2 comments
November 3, 2015 – “I’m not clear on who in the world in our industry would be pushing for less transparency and why they might want...
A Peated Glenrothes? Amazing, But True!20151102125345
A Peated Glenrothes? Amazing, But True!
Mark GillespieNovember 2, 2015Alba Reserve, Bunnahabhain, Cutty Sark, Edrington Group, Highland Distillers, Islay, Marks & Spencer, Peated Cask Reserve, phenolic, Reserve Collection, Robur Reserve, Ronnie Cox, Rothes, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Sherry Cask Reserve, Speyside, The Glenrothes, Vintage Reserve, whisky, World War II1 comment
November 2, 2015 – Single malts from The Glenrothes released over the last two decades have been known for their sherries character, since the d...
Episode 552: September 12, 201520150912224908
Episode 552: September 12, 2015
Mark GillespieSeptember 12, 2015Abbey Whisky, aging, Alba Reserve, anniversary, Anon, Ardbeg, Arran, Ballantine's, BenRiach, Bladnoch, Bourbon Cask Reserve, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, Ceòbanach, Chivas Brothers, Circular Blending, Cooley, corrections, Deanston, Diageo, Douglas Laing, Eagle Rare, errado, experiment, extraction, Extraordinary Cask, Fred Laing, George T. Stagg, Gordon Motion, Hibernia Distillers, Hyde, Ian MacMillan, Illicit Stills, International Space Station, Ireland, Irish, Islay, John Campbell, Kiln Embers, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Latada, Ledaig, Luke Tegner, M.B. Roland, Madeira, maturation, maturity, MB Roland, Michter's, micro-gravity, NanoRacks, NASA, Norman Lao, Northern Ireland, nosing, Open Space Agency, Paul Tomaszewski, Port Dundas, Portugal, Portugese, primer, Rademon Estate Distillery, Reserve Collection, retirement, Richard Betts, Robur Reserve, Ronnie Cox, Royal Salute, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac Rye, science, Scott Rosenbaum, scratch and sniff, Seattle, Select Reserve, senses, Sherry Cask Reserve, Shortcross Gin, single grain, Smugglers Series, Space, space glass, Spain, Suntory, terpenes, The Antiquary, The Dalmore, The Eternal Reserve, The Glenrothes, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tomatin, US1, Vintage Reserve, webcast, Wemyss Malts, West Cork, Westland, William Larue Weller, zero gravity1 comment
The Glenrothes was one of the first Scotch Whisky distilleries to label its single malts with wine-style vintages instead of age statements. While the...
The Glenrothes Expands Extraordinary Cask Collection20150205150814
The Glenrothes Expands Extraordinary Cask Collection
Mark GillespieFebruary 5, 2015Berry Bros. & Rudd, Changhi, Extraordinary Cask Collection, Gordon Motion, Ronnie Cox, Singapore, The Glenrothes, travel retail0 comments
February 5, 2015 – Berry Bros. & Rudd is releasing the third expression in The Glenrothes Extraordinary Cask Collection series, a 1968 secon...
Episode 467: February 23, 201420140223020815
Episode 467: February 23, 2014
Mark GillespieFebruary 23, 2014actor, Alix Dunn, Alwynne Gwilt, Anchorman, app, Beam, Berry Bros. & Rudd, British Columbia, Bulleit, Canada, Caramel Delites, Caribbean, cirrhosis, coffin, cookies, Cooley, court, Creative Whisky Company, Dallas, Dean Ayotte, Diageo, Dublin, Ewan Morgan, exports, Extraordinary Cask, Fred Minnick, Gavin Ryan Thomson, Girl Scout, Glazer's, GlenDronach, Glenrothes, Grandeur, Infinium, Ireland, Irish, J.R. Ewing, Jack Teeling, Jacob's Ghost, Jan Petter Hoel, Jim Murray, judge, Larry Hagman, Latin America, lawsuit, legal, liver, London, Longmorn, Louisville, Mackmyra, Magnus Dandanell, Mark Rosauer, mere mortals, merger, Merle Giles, Michael Collins, Michter's, Miss Whisky, Monarq, Mossburn, Navigator, Neil Mathieson, Old Pulteney, Orphan Barrel, PR, press kit, regulatory, Ron Burgundy, Ronnie Cox, Samoas, Seattle, shareholders, Sidney Frank, Sir Ian Noble, Skye, Southfork, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory, Sweden, Teeling, television, Torabhaig, tourism, transplant, travel retail, trial, TV, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors center, vote, Westland, Whisky Bible1 comment
Alwynne Gwilt couldn’t stand whisky…hated it, in fact. That is, until a former boss in London dragged the Canadian expat to a media tastin...
The Glenrothes Releases 1969 Single Cask20140219144217
The Glenrothes Releases 1969 Single Cask
Mark GillespieFebruary 19, 2014Abe Rosenberg, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Duncan Taylor, Euan Shand, Extraordinary Cask, Glenrothes, Ronnie Cox0 comments
February 19, 2014 – The Glenrothes has released the second in its “Extraordinary Cask” series of single cask bottlings – a mal...
Golden Ticket for High Rollers in Monaco20130814172448
Golden Ticket for High Rollers in Monaco
Mark GillespieAugust 14, 2013auction, Balvenie, Bill Lumsden, Charles Maclean, collecting, David Robertson, Glenmorangie, investing, La Maison d'Ecosse, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Richard Paterson, Ronnie Cox, Sam Simmons, The Glenrothes, The Whisky Trading Company, Whyte & Mackay, Wonka0 comments
August 14, 2013 – Willy Wonka’s “golden tickets” promised chocolate lovers a peek inside the Wonka candy factory in the movies...