The Tale of “Uncle Nearest” and a Whiskey Legacy (Episode 666: November 5, 2017)20171105214430
The Tale of “Uncle Nearest” and a Whiskey Legacy (Episode 666: November 5, 2017)
Mark GillespieNovember 5, 2017@donaldhanna, @Eric_Howell, @miwilliams283, @theweedramgirl, ACSA, airport, American Craft Spirits Association, anCnoc, Ardbeg, Bourbon, Brett Ratner, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Brussels, budget, Canada, Chambers Bay Distillery, Chancellor, Civil War, Classic Cut, Clay Risen, Colin Dunn, Collectivum, Colorado, Compass Box, Confederation of British Industry, Congress, Copper Dog Whisky, Cork, counterfeit, craft distillers, Craft Spirits Data Project, Craigellachie Hotel, Dan Coll, data, David Robertson, Denzel Washington, Diageo, Donald Hanna, duties, duty free, economic, Emancipation Proclamation, Empire Rye, Eric Howell, EU, European Union, exchange rates, excuse, exports, fake, Fawn Weaver, film, Fort Collins, Franciscan Well Brewery, Fred Minnick, Fredericton, Full Volume, George Washington's Distillery, Greg Metze, Highland Park, HM Revenue & Customs, Hollywood, Huber's Starlight Distillery, Idris Elba, Indiana, IPA Edition, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Pale Ale, IWSR, J.D. Tolley, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jameson Caskmates, John Glaser, Latvia, Lawrenceburg, Lem Tolley, Lynchburg, Margie Lehrman, MGP, Michael Williams, Mount Vernon, movie, Nathan Green, Nathan Nearest Green, Nearest Green, Nearest Green Foundation, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New York, New York Times, No Name, note, Old Elk, Oxford, Park Street, Peatheart, Phenomenology, Philip Hammond, rare whisky 101, Riga, Roseisle, Rosemary Gallagher, Russia, sanctions, scandal, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, sexual harassment, slavery, Special Releases, Speyside, Stuart Morrison, SWA, Swiss, Switzerland, taxes, Ted Huber, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Blender's Dog, The Cooper's Croze, The Distiller's Safe, The Guardian, The Hilhaven House, The Macallan, trade, Travel, travel retail, Waldhaus am See Hotel, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey Makers Series, whisky0 comments
In 2015, Brown-Forman acknowledged what had been an open secret around Lynchburg, Tennessee for generations – that Jack Daniel’s distillin...
The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)20170820174609
The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)
Mark GillespieAugust 20, 2017An Cladach, Angarna, Astar, auction, baby, Baring, Ben Dean, Birthday Bourbon, Black Bowmore, Bonhams, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bunnahabhain, Camus, Canton, Caol Ila, Carl Reavey, Chivas Brothers, cognac, collecting, Collectivum, contract, Cyril Camus, Dalmore, Diageo, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Dumbarton, Dunedin, duty free, Edinburgh, Europe, European Union, Evelyn Drumm, exports, Federation of Food & Drink, Food & Drink Federation, football, Glasgow, Glen Moray, Glen Scotia, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, goalkeeper, Gordon Casey, Hanyu, Heaven Hill, Hong Kong, Ian Chang, Irish Whiskey, IVF, Jackie Zykan, James Eadie, Jim Swan, Julio's Liquors, Karuizawa, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kilmalid, King Car, labor, labour, Lalique, Lambay, Lambay Island, Laurent Lacassagne, Lindores Abbey Distillery, Macallan, Manzanilla, Massachusetts, McTears, Megan Drumm, Michael Williams, Mike Drumm, Missouri, negotiations, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Octomore, Ohio, Old Forester, Old Rip Van Winkle, Oldham, Otago, Ozark, Paisley, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, pound, Revelstoke Trust, Robin Laing, Roseisle, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, second-fill virgin cask, soccer, Solist, Special Releases, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sweden, T.T. Lee, Taipei, Taiwan, Talisker, Tomatin, trade, travel retail, union, Unite, Victoriana, Virgin Oak, Walsall FC, Westborough, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fringe, Y.T. Lee0 comments
Since our first visit to Taiwan’s King Car Distillery in 2011, its Kavalan single malts have arguably become some of the most-acclaimed whiskies...
Brendan McCarron: The Heir Apparent20160526133305
Brendan McCarron: The Heir Apparent
Mark GillespieMay 26, 2016Ardbeg, Ardbeg Night, Astor Center, Bill Lumsden, Brendan McCarron, Brent Elliott, Brian Kinsman, Burghead, Caol Ila, Dark Cove, David Stewart, Diageo, Feis Ile, Four Roses, Glasgow, Glenmorangie, Highlands, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jim Rutledge, Lagavulin, Mickey Heads, New York City, Oban, Port Ellen Maltings, Private Edition, retirement, Roseisle, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Speyside, succession, University of Strathclyde, William Grant & Sons0 comments
May 25, 2016 – Most businesses have succession plans in place, and the whisky business is no exception. At Kentucky’s Four Roses Distiller...
Episode 358: February 26, 201220120226010015
Episode 358: February 26, 2012
Mark GillespieFebruary 26, 2012Andy McDonald, Arran, Artein, Bill Lumsden, Bourbon, Campari, Chivas Brothers, chocolate, Christchurch, Christian Porta, Chuck Cowdery, Cutty Sark, Dewar Rattray, Diageo, Ferdinando Fiori, Gillian Howell, Glen Keith, Glenburgie, Glenmorangie, Italy, Kentucky, New Zealand, Rachel Barrie, Red Stag, Roseisle, Sassicaia, Scapa, Scotch, Scotland, Speyside, Tam O'Shanter, Tarlogie Springs, Tuscany, water, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Galore, Wild Turkey, wine0 comments
Each year, Glenmorangie releases a special edition finished in fine wine casks. This year’s edition is Artein, and takes the flavors of Sassicai...
Episode 323: July 3, 201120110702235600
Episode 323: July 3, 2011
Mark GillespieJuly 2, 2011Amrut, auto racing, Black Bull, Canada, Christchurch, Colorado, Crown Royal, Diageo, disaster, distillery, DramFest, Duncan Taylor, earthquake, European Union, expansion, Festival, Glenfarclas, Highland Park, Ian MacLeod, India, Jake Norris, Leonard Russell, Michael Fraser Milne, NASCAR, New Zealand, retail, Roseisle, Scotch Whisky Association, South Korea, Speyside, Stranahan's, SWA, Tamdhu, trade, Tweeddale, Whisky Galore, Wiser's0 comments
It’s been a little over four months since a massive earthquake destroyed much of Christchurch, New Zealand and claimed 181 lives. Today, the cit...
Episode 283: October 3, 201020101003105400
Episode 283: October 3, 2010
Mark GillespieOctober 3, 2010Android, app, Ballantine's, Benromach, blend, Blended Scotch, blending lab, Bruichladdich, charity, Charity: Water, Chivas Brothers, Diageo, Double Black, expedition, Gerry Tosh, Gordon & MacPhail, grain, Highland Park, Jeffrey Topping, Jim Murray, John Hansell, Johnnie Walker, Kilmarlid, Malt Advocate, Michael Urquhart, new make, nosing, Old Pulteney, pole, ratings, Roseisle, Sandy Hyslop, scores, Speyside, test, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Bible, Wild Scotsman0 comments
No journalist has ever been allowed inside the Chivas Brothers blending lab in Kilmarlid, Scotland…which means whisky lovers have never gotten a...
Episode 159: August 24, 200820080824092800
Episode 159: August 24, 2008
Mark GillespieAugust 24, 2008bartenders, Beam, Blended Scotch, Bruichladdich, conventions, Diageo, election, James Espey, Mark Reynier, Peter Fleck, politics, Roseisle, Speyside, survey, The Last Drop, The Scotsman, tipping, Tom Jago0 comments
Unless you work in the whisky industry, you’ve probably never heard of James Espey or Tom Jago. However, I’ll bet that you’ve had on...
Episode 113: October 14, 200720071013224600
Episode 113: October 14, 2007
Mark GillespieOctober 13, 2007Ardbeg, auction, Balvenie, Bible, Blended Malt, book, Bruichladdich, Cask No. 16, cask sales, Christie's, collecting, Crown Royal, Diageo, distillery, editor, exports, Gavin Hewitt, Islay, Jim Murray, John Hansell, Justin Christoph, Lochindaal, Malt Advocate, New York, Old Pulteney, Parliament, politics, regulation, Roseisle, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Law, Speyside, SWA, taxes0 comments
It’s a good time to be in the whisky business. Scotch whisky exports are growing by 4 percent a year, and added up to $5 billion last year world...
Episode 101: July 22, 200720070722105900
Episode 101: July 22, 2007
Mark GillespieJuly 22, 2007Benromach, Bladnoch, Buffalo Trace, Chardonnay, Diageo, Edradour, Edrington, England, English Whisky Company, expansion, experiment, finish, Gordon & MacPhail, Harlen Wheatley, Iain Henderson, Laphroaig, Macallan, Michael Urquhart, Nelstrop, organic, Roseisle, warehouses, Wired Magazine, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Iain Henderson’s CV includes everything from sailing the seas as an engineer on oil tankers to managing the stills at Laphroaig, Bladnoch, and E...
Episode 79: February 18, 200720070218143900
Episode 79: February 18, 2007
Mark GillespieFebruary 18, 2007Angostura, Beam, Booker Noe, Burn Stewart Distillers, CL Financial, Dave Pickerell, Diageo, distillery, expansion, George Washington's Distillery, Greendale, Indiana, Jim Beam, Just-Drinks.com, Ken Robertson, law, Lawrenceburg, license, Maker's Mark, Mount Vernon, Pernod Ricard, Peter Smith, President, regulation, Roseisle, The Scotsman, Vijay Mallya, Vivian Imerman, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
The whisky business is growing by leaps and bounds worldwide, and distillers are responding with millions of dollars in new investments. This past wee...