Episode 608: September 25, 201620160925114827
Episode 608: September 25, 2016
Mark GillespieSeptember 25, 2016@JohnnieStumbler, @MaltReview, @smokshootr2, @whiskyexperts, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Spa, Aberfeldy, Acts of Union, age statement, age statements, airport, American Whiskey, Anki Ulvmane, Ardbeg, Ardbeg 21, Ardnahoe, Argyll & Bute Council, auction, Australia, auto racing, Baccarat, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Beam, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Black Bull, BMW, Bourbon Bill, British GT Championship, Buffalo Trace, burglary, Calum Fraser, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chuck Cowdery, Col. E.H. Taylor, Colin Scott, construction, crystal, Custodian Master Blender, Custodian's Club, Denmark, Diageo, Duncan Taylor, duty free, Ecurie Ecosse, Euan Shand, fakes, Frank McHardy, Fred Noe, Gavin Birnie, General Assembly, George Dickel, Glansa, Glen Garioch, GlenDronach, Gretzky Estates Winery & Distillery, Heaven Hill, hockey, Hunter Laing & Co., Islay, Jaguar, Justine Hazelhurst, Kevin Balmforth, Kilchoman, Kilkerran, King James VI, King of Scots, Knob Creek, lawmakers, LCBO, legislature, Mark@Malt-Review.com, McLaren, Meldrum House, Moji Shand, motorsports, mystery, New Brunswick, Niagara-by-the-Lake, Number 99 Red Cask, O.F.C., O.F.C. Distillery, Oldmeldrum, Ontario, Orkney, Orphan Barrel, Perth, photo, planning, Police Scotland, Port Askaig, raithrover, Redaktion, regulations, retired, retirement, Richard Paterson, Royal Salute, Rune Lauridsen, Russ Charity, Sandy Hyslop, Scapa, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, shit, Springbank, stolen, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Dalmore, theft, travel retail, Tullibardine, Union of the Crowns, vintage, Wayne Gretzky, West Cork Distillers, Whippersnapper, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Rover, Whoop & Holler, Whyte & Mackay, Willett, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies0 comments
We’re at a unique point in whisky history when it’s not unusual to see people celebrating 40, 45, or even 50 years of working in whisky an...
Episode 592: June 4, 201620160605000837
Episode 592: June 4, 2016
Mark GillespieJune 5, 2016@AlpacaJo, @Joshua_Spahr, @madmen76, @markofrespect, @Sister_Ratched, @slagell, @WhiskyRep, Adam Slagell, Alan Winchester, Altia, Arran, Auchentoshan, Award, barbecue sauce, Battle of Jutland, Beach Whiskey, BenRiach, Bernard Walsh, Billy Leighton, Billy Walker, Black Barrel, Brian Nation, Brown-Forman, Bruce Springsteen, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Carlow, Caskmates, Chivas Brothers, Christina Philburn, copper works, Copperworks Distillery, Crested Ten, Croke Park, Cù Bòcan, Diageo, Dublin, Edradour, English Whisky Company, entrepreneur, Finland, Ger Buckley, Gillian Howell, Gillian McDonald, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Gordon & MacPhail, Hafod Morfa Copperworks, Herald Scotland, Heritage Lottery Fund, Industrial Revolution, Iowa, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Jameson, Jameson Crested, Jeff Kanov, Jim Beam, Jo Lawson, Joshua Spahr, Jude, Klaus Doblmann, Laphroaig, Latitude, Laura Davies, makeover, MaltKlaus, Marcus Houlihan, Mark Jennings, MGP, music, mystery, Old Pulteney, Orkney, packaging, Penderyn, Pernod Ricard, pulled pork, Rare Vintage, recipe, Redbreast, River Tawe, RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sazerac, Scapa, Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Awards, Seattle, Speyside Cooperage, Springbank, Stephen Davies, Strathisla, Swansea, Teeling, Templeton Rye, The Blender's Dog, The Boss, The Cooper's Croze, The Distiller's Safe, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet Alpha, The Glenlivet Cipher, The Irishman, The Long Hall, The Welsh Whisky Company, Tomatin, Tormore, Wales, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Welsh, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Rep Mike, World War I, Writers Tears2 comments
Penderyn is the only whisky distillery in Wales, but may soon spin off a second distillery under its name in nearby Swansea. Local leaders want a seco...
Episode 546: August 1, 201520150801232210
Episode 546: August 1, 2015
Mark GillespieAugust 1, 2015Abbas Kazerounian, Aberlour, accelerated, administration, Alltech, Andrew Purslow, appellation, Armstrong, Arthur Dobrucki, Australia, Bali, Baroda, Beam Suntory, Bladnoch, boiler, Breton Whisky, Brittany, building code, California, Charles Medley Distillery, Château Léoville Barton, chipotle, Christos Koulizakis, cider cask, class action, consumer, Contrasts, court, Cù Bòcan, Cuatro Series, daughter, Dave Pickerell, David Prior, dismissal, Dueling Barrels, entrepreneur, Eric Gregory, explosion, fatality, fire code, five:am, Florida, food, France, Gavin Hewitt, Glann ar Mor, Glen Garioch, Graham Eunson, Green Spot, Greg Metze, handmade, INAO, Indiana, Indonesia, initiative, inspectors, investigation, Ivan Stoler, James Espey, Jay Rogers, Jean Donnay, Jim Beam, John Houston, John Quinn, judge, Kazerouni Law Group, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kyle Rogers, Last Drop Distillers, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lexington Brewing & Distilling, Lowlands, Maker's Mark, Martine Donnay, Melbourne, Metze's Select, MGP, MGP Ingredients, O.Z., Old Pogue, Old World, Oregon, Orkney, Owensboro, oxygenation, peppers, Peter Pogue, Pikesville, pony, pressure relief valve, prosecutors, protected geographical indicator, recording, regulators, Revenoor Stills, Rogue, ruling, safety, San Diego, Scapa, Silver Trail Distillery, Skiren, Spencer Balentine, Spey Foundation, State Fire Marshal, surfing, Terrepure, Terresentia, Terry Wilhelm, The Last Drop, The Pogues, Tom Jago, Tomatin, Town Branch, trademark, travel retail, trilogy, Tullamore D.E.W., Tullamore Dew, ultrasonic waves, Vermont, vintage, vinyl, water heater, West Cork Distillers, Whisky Breton, Whistlepig, Wigtown0 comments
Scotland’s Bladnoch Distillery will be 200 years old in 2017, but for more than a year, it was fair to question whether one of the oldest Lowlan...
Episode 544: July 19, 201520150719155447
Episode 544: July 19, 2015
Mark GillespieJuly 19, 2015@DSMBourbonClub, @Zeech, acting, Alexander Hamilton, Artesian, Australia, author, Bacardi, bar, Bonnie Rose, book, Bourbon Empire, Bronfman, Buffalo Trace, bullshit, Canon, Chicago, Chivas Brothers, class action, cocktail, Col. E.H. Taylor, Compton MacKenzie, consumer, corruption, Dandelyan, Dave Broom, Edrington, Evan Williams, Evan Williams Single Barrel, extras, film, First Minister, Four Roses, fraud, Garrison Brothers, George T. Stagg, George Washington, Gordon Motion, Heaven Hill, Herald Scotland, history, Holyrood, Hood River Distillers, Hotel Michael, Hudson Four Grain Bourbon, Hudson Whiskey, humidity, insurance, Iowa, Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Strength, Joan Gotschall, judge, Keith Kerkhoff, knucklehead, labeling, lawsuit, legalized stealing, Lew Rosenstiel, litigation, London, Matt Rosenfeld, Mellow Gold, MGP Ingredients, MGP-I, Mount Vernon, movie, multinational, myth, New York City, Nicola Sturgeon, novel, OFC, Orkney, Pendleton, Pendleton Midnight, Portsoy, Press and Herald, protected geographical indicator, refunds, Reid Mitenbuler, Revolutionary War, Richard Paterson, Robert Mark, Samuel Bronfman, Scapa, Schenley, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish National Party, Seagram, Seattle, settlement, shipwreck, Singapore, Skiren, snakes, SNP, Spirited Awards, SWA, Tales of the Cocktail, task force, Tasmania, Tasmanian Whisky, taxes, Templeton Rye, The Black Grouse, The Dalmore, The Dalmore Affinity, The Dead Rabbit, The Famous Grouse, Thomas Jefferson, TTB, Tuthilltown Spirits, Tyler Allison, Wade Woodward, Whiskey Rebellion, Whiskey Ring, Whiskey Trust, Whisky Galore, William Grant & Sons, writer, Zack Schrock0 comments
Bourbon has a unique place in American history, but as with other elements of American history…many of the stories of Bourbon are based more on ...
The Alan Winchester Interview20150513225745
The Alan Winchester Interview
Mark GillespieMay 13, 2015Alan Winchester, Brian Macaulay, Chivas Brothers, George Smith, interview, Jim Cryle, Scapa, Spirit of Speyside Festival, The Glenlivet, Tormore0 comments
Alan Winchester is Master Distiller for The Glenlivet, along with overseeing distilling operations at all of the Chivas Brothers distilleries in Scotl...
Scapa Distillery Finally Opens To Visitors20150428105856
Scapa Distillery Finally Opens To Visitors
Mark GillespieApril 28, 2015Brian Macaulay, Chivas Brothers, Lomond, Orkney, Peter Prentiss, Scapa, Scapa Flow0 comments
April 28, 2015 – Orkney’s Scapa Distillery is one of the most remote distilleries in Scotland, yet whisky lovers have made many attempts t...
Episode 476: April 26, 201420140426122507
Episode 476: April 26, 2014
Mark GillespieApril 26, 20141792 Barton, 21C Museum Hotel, Aberfeldy, acquisition, anCnoc, Australia, Award, Ballantine's, Balvenie Castle, Balvenie Single Barrel, bar, Bardstown, bass, bass player, Beam, Blackadder, Blairfindy, Booker Noe Distillery, Boston, budget, Buffalo Trace, Cat Spencer, CD, Charles Maclean, Clermont, competition, concert, contest, Copper Dogs, Cù Bòcan, Dave Broom, David Stewart, Dewar's, European Commission, expansion, Filson, Fireball, Flaughter, Frankfort, Glenburgie, Glenmorangie, Glenmore., Glentauchers, Halifax, Historic Scotland, Houston, Hunter Laing, Ian Chang, Indianapolis, Jim Beam, joke, Justin Cox, Kavalan, Kentucky Derby, King Car, Lossie Beach, maltings, Matt Wooler, merger, Mike Raymond, milestone, Miltonduff, Motown, music, My Girl, Nadurra, Neil Ridley, Nick Morgan, Owensboro, Patrick Maguire, pizza, Port Ellen, Purple Valley Imports, Raj Sabharwal, regulator, Reserve 101, Rob Allanson, Sam Simmons, Sazerac, Scapa, shutdown, Signature Distillery, Simon Roser, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stewart Laing, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Tasmania Distillery, Tax & Trade Bureau, Texas, The Balvenie, The Balvenie Maltings Sessions, The Glenlivet, Tom Helt, Tomatin, trivia, TTB, Tun 1401, Twitter, Whisky Magazine, World Whiskies Awards1 comment
Whisky has inspired many musicians over the years, but Copper Dogs is turning that around. Four whisky industry veterans have turned to performing, th...
The Glenlivet Adds New Nadurra Expression20140424134357
The Glenlivet Adds New Nadurra Expression
Mark GillespieApril 24, 2014Ballantine's, Frankfurt, Gebr. Heinemann, Glenburgie, Glentauchers, Heathrow, Heinemann, Miltonduff, Nadurra, Scapa, Signature Distillery, The Glenlivet, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies1 comment
April 24, 2014 – Chivas Brothers has added a new permanent expression to The Glenlivet’s Nadurra range of single malts that has the unique...
Episode 469: March 8, 201420140308222841
Episode 469: March 8, 2014
Mark GillespieMarch 8, 2014A95, apprentice, Arran, bottles, Bozeman, Brad Halpin, brothers, Brown-Forman, Bulloch, Cardiff, Chivas Brothers, Christopher Winters, Churchill Downs, Daftmill, Danny Williamson, David Lavin, David O. Schuster, Diageo, Donna Nally, Douglas Campbell, Dufftown, earnings, Elizabeth Serage, Exponent, Flower Show, Four Roses, Gaelic, Glen Catrine, Glen Scotia, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Graham Eunson, Harris, Harris Distillery, Hearach, High Commissioner, Highland Park, Highlands & Islands, Isle of Harris, Jack Daniel's, Jim Rutledge, Jon Birkbeck, Kentucky Derby, Kevin Lavin, Lexington, Llanfrechfra, Loch Lomond, luxury, Montana, Mortlach, Nick Morgan, Old Forester, Orkney, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PLCB, Portvadie, private equity, profits, Raison Pure, sales, Sandy Bulloch, Scapa, Scottish Government, Scottish Investment Bank, Seattle, Simon Erlanger, Singleton, Sir Albert Richardson, Speyburn, Speyside, Stephanie Buchert, Steve Nally, Sunray, Tailfire, Talisker, Talisker Storm, Tomatin, Tormore, Town Branch, Wales, Washington, Welsh, Westland, Woodford Reserve, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
Graham Eunson has seen a lot during his career in the Scotch whisky industry. He shed a tear or two when he was assigned to close Scapa and Glendronac...
Episode 614: November 6, 2016