A Critical Time for the Scotch Whisky Industry (Episode 734: October 21, 2018)20181021204453
A Critical Time for the Scotch Whisky Industry (Episode 734: October 21, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 21, 2018@QMWS-Redlands, Adam Spiegel, Advent Calendar, agriculture, Arizona, Australia, bar, Barley, Beam Suntory, beer, blending, border, Bourbon, Breaking and Entering, Brexit, Brisbane, Brooklyn, Brown-Forman, budget, Buena Vista, Caribbean Cask, Celtic Whiskey Club, ceremony, Chancellor, Charles Brown, Chris Fletcher, cider, Clermont, climate change, Colorado, construction, Cork Whiskey Society, Corn Whiskey, dam, Dave Smith, Deerhammer Distilling, Denver, Dick Mack's Pub, Dingle Distillery, duties, emissions, environment, EU, European Union, experimental, exports, fish, fish pass, flask, Fort Nelson, fossil fuels, Founder's Reserve, Fourth Avenue Live, France, Galway Whiskey Trail, Garry Oak, Garryana, Glen Moray, global warming, gossip, Graeme Littlejohn, Graham Coull, grain, greenhouse gases, hard border, High Angel's Share Barrels, High West, Ian Macleod Distillers, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Society, Jack Daniel's, Jameson 18 Bow Street, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, John Cashman, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, Kilbeggan Small Batch, Kilkenny Whiskey Guild, Knockando Burn, London, Louisville, Lynchburgh, Main Street, Marsha Hale, mash bill, mashbill, Michael Wilkinson, Michter's, microdistillery, Midleton Barry Crockett Legacy, Nathan Mueller, Nature, negotiations, New York, New York City, Northern Ireland, Pacific Northwest, Pam Heilmann, Parliament, Philip Hammond, poll, Prime Minister, protest, pub, Queensland Malt Whisky Society, recycling, Redbreast, referendum, regulations, research, River Spey, Rough & Tumble, Rye, sales, salmon, Sarah Mytych, Scarlet Barley, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, sea trout, Seattle, SEPA, Shively, single malt, Slane Castle, Slane Distillery, Smoked Hickory Finish, Sonoma Bourbon, Sonoma Cherrywood Bourbon, Sonoma Cherrywood Rye, Sonoma County Distilling Company, Sonoma Distilling Company, Spey Fishery Board, Speyside, St. George Spirits, SWA, Tamdhu, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, The Dead Rabbit, The Irishman, Theresa May, Thistly Cross, trade, Twitter, University of California Irvine, value, Vince Oleson, volume, vote, weir, West of Kentucky Bourbon, Westland, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whitehall, Widow Jane, WindyBore0 comments
You might think this would be a great time to be in the Scotch Whisky business, right? This week, the Scotch Whisky Association released a new report ...
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)20181014212011
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 14, 2018@LorenMoulder, @realsuwilliams, @ryeskeysamples, 1926, Angel's Envy, Appalachian Gap Distillery, appeal, Ardbeg, artist, auction, Auriverdes, Bad Guy Bourbon, barrels, bidding, Bourbon, Brewers Batch, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, bung, bunghole, Canada, Christie's, clearance, collecting, Colorado, Columbia, Columbus, Compass Box, Contradiction, cooper, cooperage, Cowie, Cowie's Blue Seal, DC, DEEP, development, Diageo, distillery, Distillery 291, Dixie Highway, Dornoch Firth, Edinburgh, environment, Fay Coull, FedEx, fishing, Fredericton, George Garvin Brown, Glen Moray, Glenburgie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Coull, Great American Whisky Fair, Guinness World Records, habitat, Heriot-Watt University, Hibiki, High West, Hotel Grand Pacific, Interstate, Ireland, Irish, Kentucky, Last Call, law, legal, London, Loren Moulder, Louisville, Lovingston, Michael Dillon, Middlebury, Mortlach, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New York City, oak, Ohio, Ohio Division of Liquor Control, Old Forester, oysters, Parker's Heritage Collection, poll, poplar, Prohibition, Raymond Loewy, recycling, research, Ridgeline Vermont Whiskey, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Shelter Point, shipping, Shively, Signatory, Sir Peter Blake, Smooth Ambler, Sotheby's, South Carolina, staves, Sue Williams, Supreme Court, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Macallan, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Three Stars Brewing, Total Wine & More, tour, Twitter, UPS, Valerio Adami, Vancouver Island, Vermont, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, W.L. Weller, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Ry @dramsofwhisky, William Hogg, wood, Woodford Reserve, world record, Yippee Ki-Yay0 comments
Old Forester released its final edition in the Whiskey Row series of limited-edition Bourbons this week, and the 1910 Old Fine Whiskey honors the bran...
Method & Madness in Irish Whiskey (Episode 630: February 26, 2017)20170226091428
Method & Madness in Irish Whiskey (Episode 630: February 26, 2017)
Mark GillespieFebruary 26, 2017@ohmeohmy, @whiskeygate, @yerssot, airport, apprentice, apprenticeship, Aviation Edition, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Billy Walker, blending, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, ceremony, Chapel Gate Whiskey, cocktail, construction, cooper, digital, download, Dublin, Dublin Airport, duty free, EU, European Union, exports, Ger Buckley, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, GMB, handmade, hazing, Herald Scotland, HM Revenue & Customs, India, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Magazine, J.F. Jolicouer, Jameson Distillery Bow Street, Jerez, John Burke, John Carroll, John Jameson, Kentucky, Kevin O'Gorman, Killian O'Mahony, labor union, Louise McGuane, magazine, Master, master blender, Method And Madness, Midleton, molecules, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Mumbai, Old Jameson Distillery, Old Rip Van Winkle, Ontario, Pernod Ricard, Powers, publisher, Rachel Barrie, renovation, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Serghio Florides, Shively, single grain, Single Pot Still, Spain, Stitzel-Weller, tariffs, The Cask Magazine, The Irish Whiskey Collection, The Loop, tourism, trade, trade union, travel retail, trussing, Van Winkle, visitors, warehouse, whisky, whisky maker, Wild Atlantic Way, World Trade Organization0 comments
This week, we’re in Ireland for the debut of the new Method And Madness range of Irish Whiskies from Irish Distillers. The name comes from the c...
Lunn Leaves Diageo For Popcorn Sutton20150316123050
Lunn Leaves Diageo For Popcorn Sutton
Mark GillespieMarch 16, 2015arrest, bootlegger, Brown-Forman, Cocke County, convicton, Diageo, George Dickel, Jack Daniel's, Jamey Grosser, John Lunn, Louisville, Marianne Barnes, moonshine, Newport, Old Taylor, Peristyle, Popcorn Sutton, prison, Shively, Stitzel-Weller, suicide, Tennessee0 comments
March 16, 2015 – In a move that may be a sign of things to come, former George Dickel Master Distiller John Lunn turned up today as the new Mast...
Episode 524: March 7, 201520150308083429
Episode 524: March 7, 2015
Mark GillespieMarch 8, 2015Abbas Kazerouni, age statement, Alberta, Arran, attorney, babermac, Beam Suntory, Bob Lekan, Bomberger, Bomberger's, bottling line, Bourbon, Breckenridge Distillery, Brown-Forman, budget, cease and desist, Chicago, Chris Bauder, class action, Cleveland, Clipper, Colorado, competition, construction, consumer, containment, Cook County Chancery Court, craft, damages, defendant, Diageo, Dick Stoll, DISCUS, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, earnings, Edwin Vargas, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, entry form, environment, Evan Williams Single Barrel, Federal, Fireball, flavored, Fort Nelson, Founder's Reserve, Four Roses Limited Edition Single Barrel, fraud, Fred Minnick, Gentleman Jack, George Dickel, Green Label, hand-made, historic, Huber, Indiana, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James Allan, Jim Beam, Joe Magliocco, John Lunn, Johnnie Walker, Kazerouni Law Group, labeling, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, lawyer, liability, litigation, Louisville, Maker's Mark, MGP-I, Michter's, misrepresentation, misspoke, mystery, ocean, Old Pulteney, Orphan Barrel, pallets, Paul Varga, Pennsylvania, Peter Cressy, Pierre Weydert, plaintiff, premium, professor, Rebecca Sterritt, resignation, response, restoration, retraction, Ryan Engen, Ryan Irvine, safe harbor, sailing, sales, Sazerac, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotland, search, Shively, small batch, Society Insurance, spill, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Starlight, Stitzel-Weller, Switzerland, Templeton Rye, Tennessee Fire, The Glenlivet, Tito's, Tomatin, trademark, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, vodka, warehouse, Whiskey Row, whiskey seeker, whiskeyryan, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky club, Whisky Magazine, Woodford Reserve, World Whiskies Awards, Wyoming Whiskey, yacht, Yamazaki1 comment
Lawyers are circling around the whisky industry, much like sharks around a shipwreck. At least five different US distillers and bottlers have been hit...
Episode 497: September 21, 201420140921175209
Episode 497: September 21, 2014
Mark GillespieSeptember 21, 2014additive, age statement, Alex Salmond, Amontillado, Ardmore, Ardmore Legacy, Balcones, Bardstown, baseball bat, Beam Suntory, Bill Samuels Jr., Binny's, Bourbon Hall of Fame, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Bulleit, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience, Cairdeas, Chicago, Chip Tate, Christopher McNair, class action, Cork, court, Dave Montalvo, David Cameron, David Clouston, David Williamson, devolution, Diageo, Drew Kulsveen, Eagle Rare, Edelson, Edinburgh, Elijah Craig, Eric Burke, Explorer's Club, exports, First Minister, flavoring, Formula 1, Formula One, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Gordon Motion, Greg Allen, Greg Davis, Hall of Fame, Harlen Wheatley, hearing, Heaven Hill, Holyrood, Icons of Whisky Awards, independence, Iowa, Ireland, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Black, John Ramsay, Johnnie Walker, Julie Gorham, Julio's, KDA, Keith Kerkhoff, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Distillers Association, Knob Creek, Laphroaig, Larry Schwartz, lawsuit, lawyers, Limestone Branch, Lisa Wicker, London, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, mayor, McLaren, MGP, Michter's, microdistillery, Midleton, Mirror, motorsports, Oklahoma City, Orphan Barrel, Pappy Van Winkle, Paul Beam, Pernod Ricard USA, plaintiff, Precinct No. 6, Prime Minister, racing, referendum, restraining order, Rick Edwards, Robin Burke, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scott Bush, Scottish National Party, Sherry Conner, Shively, St. George Spirits, Steve Beam, Stitzel-Weller, sugar whiskey, SWA, talks, Tax & Trade Bureau, taxes, Templeton Rye, Texas, The Glenrothes, The Whisky Show, Tom Bulleit, tourism, trade, trademark, Traditional Cask, Travel, Treasury Department, TTB, Tullamore, Tullamore Dew, US1, Victoria MacRae-Samuels, visitors, vote, Waco, Westminster, Whisky Magazine, Willett, William Grant & Sons, Willie Pratt0 comments
It’s Kentucky Bourbon Festival week, and there’s a lot of news coming out of Bourbon Country these days. Thousands of Bourbon lovers desce...
Construction Work Begins This Week At Stitzel-Weller20140825164404
Construction Work Begins This Week At Stitzel-Weller
Mark GillespieAugust 25, 2014bottling, Bulleit, Bulleit Experience, Diageo, Louisville, Shively, Stitzel-Weller1 comment
August 25, 2014 – Put this story in the category of rumor control. Diageo’s groundbreaking ceremony last week for the new Bulleit Distilli...
Diageo’s Kentucky Distillery Gets Planning Approval20140618140303
Diageo’s Kentucky Distillery Gets Planning Approval
Mark GillespieJune 18, 2014court, Diageo, economic development, Federal, fungus, Guy Smith, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, lawsuit, Lexington, Louisville, Shelby County, Shelbyville, Shively, Stitzel-Weller, WAVE-TV0 comments
June 18, 2014 – Diageo’s planned $115 million dollar Bourbon distillery has received approval from the Shelby County Planning Commission f...
Battle Over “Tennessee Whiskey” Turning Ugly20140317205606
Battle Over “Tennessee Whiskey” Turning Ugly
Mark GillespieMarch 17, 2014Brown-Forman, Diageo, Early Times, Early Times 354, George Dickel, Jack Daniel's, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky Whisky, legislature, Louisville, Mark Green, Mike DaRe, Nashville, news release, Old Forester, Phil Lynch, PR, press release, rejuvenated casks, Shively, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, Woodford Reserve1 comment
March 17, 2014 – In a public relations war, the news release is often the simplest, yet one of the deadliest ways to strike back at an opponent....
Michter’s To Release $4,000 Kentucky Whiskey20131130140712
Michter’s To Release $4,000 Kentucky Whiskey
November 30, 2013 – $4,000 for a Kentucky whiskey — that’s not even a Bourbon? Michter’s will release on Monday what may well ...