Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)20190715015549
Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 15, 2019@Andrew_leets, @Head_Stone, 1792 Aged Twelve Years, 1792 Bourbon, amaranth, Andrew Leets, bacteria, barrels, Beam Suntory, Bend, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Black Rock Bar, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brad Boswell, Buffalo Trace, Cambus, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., Colin Montgomerie, court, Delaware, Denver, Diageo, Don Julio, environment, Eric Rubin, fines, fire, fish, Gareth Moore, geographical indicators, George Remus, Ghost and Rare, Glenn's Creek, Glenury Royal, golf, governor, grain, Heaven Hill, Highland, Hotel, Independent Stave, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jane Bowie, Jim Beam, John Mura, Johnnie Walker, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Kentucky River, Lagavulin, law, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lawyers, legislation, legislature, Lexington, Loch Lomond, London, Loretto, Los Altos, Madison, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, McGinnis Wood Products, MGP, Michael Henry, Mike Parson, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Old Crow, Oregon Spirit Distillers, oxygen, Pittyvaich, private barrel, Private Select, Prohibition, Remus Volstead Reserve, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Portrush, Ryder Cup, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Rogers, Speyburn, sprinkler, sugar, SWA, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, tequila, The Open Championship, travel retail, Triple Triple, TTB, Versailles, Virginia Distillery Company, Virginia Highland, Volstead Act, WBRB, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Wisconsin0 comments
60 years ago, Bill and Marge Samuels dipped the first bottles of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in Loretto, Kentucky. They left the “e” out of...
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...
Episode 533: May 2, 201520150502203644
Episode 533: May 2, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 2, 2015Aberlour, Award, BenRiach, Billy Walker, Birthday, Burn Stewart Distillers, Canadian, Carole King, Charlie McCarron, community, concert, Dave Greene, Dave Worthington, David Bowie, Dennis Malcolm, Douglas Laing & Co., dramming, Dunder, Dùsgadh, Elgin, Embassy, Feis Ile, festival bottling, fiddle, Fleming Hall, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, GlenDronach, Glenfiddich, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Coull, Ian Millar, Joel Harrison, Johanne McInnis, John Campbell, Johnny Cash, Laphroaig, Ledaig, Linda Mellis, Martine Nouet, Mull, music, Neil Ridley, Old Particular, Robb Report, Sam Speers, Scotch Test Dummies, Scott Rogers, service, Spirit of Speyside Festival, The Who, theft, Tobermory, Washington0 comments
Lots of people try to pair whiskies with foods, but pairing whiskies with music? That’s the challenge Neil Ridley and Joel Harrison took on when...
Episode 505: November 8, 201420141109013129
Episode 505: November 8, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 9, 2014air freshener, Alexander Grant Gordon, Andy Nash, Angus MacRaild, Ardmore, Ardmore Traditional, Ardshiel Hotel, Award, bar, Barack Obama, Bere, Boss Hog, Bourbon Summit, Box, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Bushmills, cabinets, camp out, Campbeltown, Canada, Casa Cuervo, Ceòbanach, charity, Charles Brown, Charles Gordon, Cincinnati, Coffey, collapse, Colum Egan, critic, Dave Pickerell, Diageo, disclosure, Don Julio, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Drumnadrochit, election, environment, Fiddlers Inn, fish, Fishky, flavorings, fundraiser, Glenfiddich, habitat, Herno, Ian MacMillan, Inver House, Isle of Arran, Jello, Jim McEwan, Jon Beach, Justin Victor, Keith Kerkhoff, label, Legacy, lines, Loch Ness, loss, Louisville, Macallan, Mackmyra, Mario Testino, Masters of Photography, Meta, Mitch McConnell, Mortimer, Newport, Nikka, opinion, Orkney, Pappy Fever, Pappy Van Winkle, Party Source, Peter Grant Gordon, Phil Thompson, photo, politics, Polly Burns, print, provincial, Republican, River Spey, Scott Bush, Scott Rogers, Scottish Field, Scottish Licensed Trade News, Senate, shelving, Simon Thompson, Spey Foundation, Speyburn, Stockholm, Sweden, Templeton Rye, The Ardmore, Tullamore Dew, Velvet Fig, visit, Wemyss Malts, Whisky Sponge, Whistlepig, Whitehorse, wildlife, William Grant & Sons, WindyBore, Yukon0 comments
This episode marks the end of our 9th year, and we’ll hear from two of the more outspoken voices in the whisky world on this week’s Whisky...
Episode 490: August 1, 201420140801225852
Episode 490: August 1, 2014
Mark GillespieAugust 1, 2014Adam Shepherd, Adelphi, Alex Bruce, Angus MacDonald, Ar4, Ardbeg, Ardnamurchan, Arran, Australia, Baiju, Balblair, Barclays, Bardstown, barrels, Beam, Bernheim, Bill Sheckles, Black Widow Bourbon, blog, Bluestill, Bourbon, Bourbon Capital, Bowmore, casks, cat, Chiapas, China, cooper, cooperage, Coppersea, craft distillers, Daniel Durham, Dave Greene, Dave Liberman, Devil's Punch Bowl, Diageo, DISCUS, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, earnings, economy, Elements of Islay, Elijah, Elijah Craig, environment, Eric Felton, European Union, feud, Fiendish Finale, finance, Financial Times, forests, Frank Coleman, Gordon MacKenzie, Graeme Bowie, Greg Fischer, Heaven Hill, Hudson River Valley, Hudson Valley, income, independence, Inver House, Ivan Menezes, John MacDonald, KDA, Ken Goldenberg, Kenneth Sundby, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kristin Meadors, local, Louisville, Mark Armin Giesler, mayor, MGP-I, Missouri, Napa Valley, New York, Norway, oak, Oslo, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pernod Ricard, referendum, sales, San Francisco, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Rogers, Scottish, small batch, sourced, stocks, summit, Suntory, SWA, taxes, tequila, The Daily Beast, tourism, trade, trademark, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Scotland’s newest distillery has opened on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula along the western coast, and the first casks of spirit were filled on Thur...
Episode 489: July 25, 201420140725234001
Episode 489: July 25, 2014
Mark GillespieJuly 25, 2014Aberfeldy, academics, ACC, Anchor Distilling, Ardbeg, athletes, Atlantic Coast Conference, auction, auctions, Australian, Balvenie, Barley, Belgrove, Black Bowmore, Bonhams, Bourbon, Bowmore, Brora Rover, Bunnahabhain, Cardinals, cat, collecting, Commonwealth Games, contest, copper, Distant Thunder Whisky Club, distillery cat, Douglas Laing, Dublin, Dufftown, Elijah, Eric Gregory, Evolution, farmer, giveaway, Glasgow, Glasgow 2014, Glen Scotia, Glenfiddich, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, Glenturret, golf, grain, Hobart, Invergordon, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Jameson, John's Lane, Kate Kellen, KDA, Kempton, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, King of Scots, Kininvie, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Select, Lexington, Lexington Restaurant Week, Maker's Mark, Matt Wooler, McTears, Midleton, mourning, National College of Art & Design, New York, Oliver Klimek, Open Championship, peated rye, Peter Bignell, planners, Powers, profits, research, Revival, Robert Theakston, Rye, sale, scientists, Scott Rogers, Select, sports, Sydney, Taiwan, Tasmania, Taylor Made, The Famous Grouse, Tom Jurich, Torfa, tourism, tourist, travel retail, University of Louisville, University of Tasmania, Vaughan James, visitors, warehouses, Wemyss Malts, William Grant & Sons, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Tasmania’s distillers have been making some unusual and incredible whiskies in recent years, but many of them are flying under the radar of whis...
Episode 487: July 11, 201420140712000358
Episode 487: July 11, 2014
Mark GillespieJuly 12, 2014Alabama, Alex Salmond, Angus Robertson, Antony Barnett, Ardbeg, basketball, battle, Battle of Bannockburn, Bill Lumsden, birth rate, Bourbon barrels, Brown-Forman, campaign, Channel 4, chef, Clipper, Clipper Round the World Race, Colorado, Commonwealth, cooperage, court, cuisine, David Frost, dinner, Dispatches, donation, Double Diamond, Downslope Distilling, Duke Bourbon, Duke Spirits, Duke University, Electoral Commission, England, Eric Burke, fact check, First Minister, Flatiron Room, Gavin Hewitt, Gavin McLachan, Glenmorangie, headache, Heather Greene, independence, International Paper, Islay, Jack Daniel Cooperage, Jack Daniel's, James Beard Foundation, James Beard House, jobs, John Wayne, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, LaSanta, lawsuit, lawyers, Louisville, Lynchburg, Macallan, movie, Old Pulteney, pairing, population, Pride 1978, quote, Ranald Watson, referendum, rifle, Robert the Bruce, Robin Burke, rums, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Rogers, Scottish National Party, Sherry Cask Reserve, skier, skiiing, SNP, Spirit of Freedom, Springbank, Stagecoach, Stephen Schulte, Susan Burdian, SWA, Tennessee, The Glenrothes, The Scotsman, trademark, Trinity, Twitter, war, Western, William Grant & Sons, yacht, Yes Argyll0 comments
Glenmorangie’s Dr. Bill Lumsden wanted to push the envelope 16 years ago when he got his hands on some French Oak barriques from an undisclosed ...
Episode 453: November 23, 201320131123170539
Episode 453: November 23, 2013
Mark GillespieNovember 23, 2013@DrinkBC, @IgnoreMePleaz, @SweMaltMafia, 3D, 7 Crown, A. Smith Bowman, A9, Abraham Bowman, age statement, ALS, bartenders, BBC, Beam, Blade & Bow, Booker Noe Distillery, Brandy Library, Brian Prewitt, Brooks Brothers, Brora, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Buster Keaton, CaskStrength, charity, Charles McEwan, clingfilm, Compass Box, construction, Crown Royal, Cutty Sark, Dailuane, Dalwhinnie, David Frost, Dewar's, Diageo, Doctor Who, donation, Dufftown, English Whisky Company, experimental, exports, Facebook, Ferintiosh, Four Roses, Gavin Hewitt, George Dickel, Glen Breton, Glenmorangie, Glenora, Glenrothes, hashtag, Highland Council, Highlander Honey, Ivan Menezes, Jason Craig, Jimmy Russell, Joel Harrison, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, Karuizawa, Kennetpans, Lavinia Turnbull, light, Lindores, Malt Mill, Manse Reserve, Matthew Crow, Michael Deresynski, Michter's, Neil Ridley, Old Pulteney, Orphan Barrel, Pam Heilemann, Parker Beam, planning, Prohibition Edition, Promise of Hope, regulators, Repeal, road, Rye, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Rogers, Shively, St. Magdalene, Stitzel-Weller, survey, SWA, Swedish Malt Mafia, Tain, Tardis, The General, Transport Scotland, Truman Cox, Virginia, Warehouse X, Wild Turkey, Willie Pratt0 comments
Gavin Hewitt is stepping down next month after ten years as the chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, balancing the needs of member whisky...
WhiskyCast Episode 432: July 7, 201320130706212939
WhiskyCast Episode 432: July 7, 2013
Mark GillespieJuly 6, 2013Aberdeenshire, Alberta, Angels & Devils, Arran, Bobby Gleason, BoldSky.com, Brugal, California, Cameronbridge, Canada, cocktail, cocktails, Devil's Punch Bowl, Diageo, Director's Cut, Douglas Laing, Douglas of Drumlanrig, Duncan Taylor, duty free, Edrington, Edward Snowden, Euan Shand, flooding, Forty Creek, Glen Garioch, GlenDronach, grain whisky, Highland Park, Highwood Distillers, Huntly, Imperial, India, Invergordon, Isle of Arran, John Hall, Larry Rice, Levi Beckley, Maxim, Moscow, North British, NSA, Pasadena, regulators, Samaroli, Scott Rogers, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
Duncan Taylor’s Euan Shand is in the middle of what he calls the company’s busiest year in its 75-year history. He’s just started wo...
Episode 428: June 8, 201320130609005115
Episode 428: June 8, 2013
Mark GillespieJune 9, 2013Alan Winchester, Alistair Walker, Alpha, Andrew Colville, Arran, Beam, BenRiach, Bill Lumsden, Casey O'Neill, Cask of Dreams, Chivas Brothers, Colorado, Cooley, coronation, crash, Dave Pickerell, Denver, Diamond Tribute, Duncan Taylor, Fred Minnick, George Washington's Distillery, Glen Moray, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, golf, Graham Coull, Graham Eunson, Hebrew, Hillrock Estate, Jack Teeling, Jason Johnstone-Yellin, Jewish, Jewish Whisky Company, Joshua Hatton, Kilchoman, Kingsbarns, Kosher, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, Matt Wooler, Merion, Mike Walsh, Mount Vernon, Muirfield, New Jersey, New York Times, Open Championship, Proximo, Queen Elizabeth, Rachel Barrie, Rick Pitino, Robert Simonson, Royal Salute, Scott Rogers, Seth Klaskin, Single Cask Nation, Snowflake, St. Andrew's, Stephen Teeling, Stranahan's, Stuart McCallum Minto, tanker, Teeling, truck, U.S. Open, University of Louisville, Wemyss Malts, Whisky Jewbilee, Woodbridge0 comments
Joshua Hatton and Jason Johnston-Yellin started out as whisky bloggers, and are now bottling their own whiskies for a unique audience. Single Cask Nat...