Episode 535: May 16, 201520150517002023
Episode 535: May 16, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 17, 2015age statement, Alan Winchester, Albert Einstein, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Day, art, Atlantic City, Austin Powers, author, bacon roll, Balmenach, Ben Nevis, Bernard Walsh, Bill Lumsden, Bill Ricker, book, Burn Stewart, Burns, Carlow, charity, comic, Compass Box, con, council, crash, Creative Whisky Company, Deanston, death, demand, design, dispute, Dornoch, Duthac, Eddie Russell, Eric Gregory, Ernest Hemingway, explosion, export, fantasy, fire, fundraiser, future, Gandalf, Gillian McDonald, Glenmorangie, goal, Hamish Torrie, Hardin, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, Hedonism, Hedonism Quindecimus, history, Hunter S. Thompson, infection, interview, Invergordon, Ireland, Irish Water, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Jackson Pollack, Jay Rogers, Jeffrey Lohr, Jimmy Russell, Kevin Smith, Kyle Rogers, La Santa, labels, Laphroaig, Ledaig, Master's Keep, Merlin, Mike Lord, Mini-Me, Nashville, Noah Rothbaum, overload, pairing, Peat Chimney, permit, Perpetuum, Philip Eagleton, Prohibition, projection, Quinta Ruban, science fiction, server, sewer, Signet, Silver Trail Distillery, Spice King, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stephen Hawking, support fund, The Glenlivet, The Hive, The Whisky Shop Dufftown, The White Knight, travel retail, Ulysses S. Grant, Vanderbilt, Verne Troyer, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, wastewater, water, web site, Wemyss Malts, Wild Turkey, William Shatner0 comments
The labels on whisky bottles often give us more than just the legal description of what’s inside the bottle. Good ones convey the character and ...
Episode 452: November 16, 201320131117174539
Episode 452: November 16, 2013
Mark GillespieNovember 17, 2013anniversary, Antarctica, author, Balblair, Bardstown, blending, book, Bourbon Heritage Center, Bourbon Row, Buffalo Trace, Chase, Commonwealth, Compass Box, Dark Storm, Diageo, Diamond Jubilee, Double Black, Drummuir Castle, editor, Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, expedition, GlenDronach, Glenfiddich, Glengoyne, Heaven Hill, Ingvar Ronde, Jeff Berlat, Jim Beveridge, Jim Ely, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Louisville, Malt Whisky Yearbook, Matthew Crow, military, Mission Main Street, Peat Monster, PhilCon, Port Ruighe, Queen Elizabeth, Rob Wallace, science fiction, Shapira, Single Oak Project, soldiers, South Pole, Spirit of a Nation, Talisker, Talisker Storm, tourism, Virgin Oak, visitors, Walking With The Wounded, Whiskey Row0 comments
Dr. Matthew Crow of Diageo is one of Scotch Whisky’s up-and-coming blenders. Working under Dr. Jim Beveridge, he helped create Johnnie Walker Do...
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: November 201320131116210113
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: November 2013
Mark GillespieNovember 16, 2013Bill Ricker, Deanston, Dennis McCunney, Ealanta, Glen Garioch, Glenmorangie, Mark Richards, PhilCon, science fiction, Virgin Oak, Wrenn Simms0 comments
This month, our tasting panel is sacrificing Virgins at the annual PhilCon science fiction convention in Philadelphia…Virgin Oaks, that is. Bill...
Iain Banks: 1954-201320130609224521
Iain Banks: 1954-2013
Mark GillespieJune 9, 2013Adele Hartley, author, book, cancer, Iain Banks, Iain M. Banks, Little Brown, Raw Spirit, science fiction0 comments
June 9, 2013 – Noted Scottish author Iain Banks has died of cancer at the age of 59. While writing both mainstream novels and science fiction (a...
Episode 50: July 22, 200620060721221900
Episode 50: July 22, 2006
Mark GillespieJuly 21, 2006Ardbeg, Aultbea, Dave Broom, Drumchork Lodge, Escape Pod, Hotel, John Clotworthy, lesson, Loch Ewe, Loch Fyne Whiskies, Martine Nouet, nosing, Quaich, science fiction, Scotch Whisky Review, Steven Eley, still, Stuart Thomson, tasting, tourism0 comments
It’s a milestone for WhiskyCast, and we’ll mark the occasion by going back to basics with a lesson on whisky tasting and nosing for beginn...