Good Friends and a Dram of Whisky (Episode 763: April 14, 2019)20190414164633
Good Friends and a Dram of Whisky (Episode 763: April 14, 2019)
Mark GillespieApril 14, 2019"Mister Sam", @enternal_expanse, @mikeyjoedrum, @sailorretro, @ScotchTestDummies, @thehonorablej, @VinP27, @wessexwhisky, A.H. Hirsch, advertising, Advertising Standards Agency, AI, American Whiskey Convention, author, Bacardi, Bar 51, Blade & Bow, Bladnoch, Bob Dalgarno, Bob Dylan, Bomberger's, book, Bourbon, Brent Elliott, Captain's Reserve, charity, Chatham Imports, Chris Morris, Chuck Cowdery, Churchill Downs, commercial, Compass Box, court, Coxs Creek, Craigellachie, Diageo, Dick Stoll, dingleberry, distillery, distilling, Douglas Laing & Co. Big Peat, Dragon's Legend, Drew Mayville, Edrington, Elizabeth McCall, Elm Street Church, Everett Beam, expansion, Feis Ile, Four Roses, gallery, Game of Thrones, Georgie Bell, Glencairn, Glengoyne, Glenturret, Hans Offringa, Hansjörg Wyss, Heaven's Door, Highland Park, history, House Greyjoy, Ian MacMillan, Islay, John Asher, journalism, Ken Grier, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Lalique, Lawrenceburg, legal, Lew Bryson, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, Louisville, machine learning, Martin Duffy, Michter's, mint julep, Montreal, Nashville, Neil Bulloch, New York, Nick Savage, Penn Museum, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, reckless behavior, Sam Bronfman, Sazerac, Schafferstown, scholarships, Seagram's, Silvio Denz, Small Batch Select, spill, spires, Stitzel-Weller, Stoll & Wolfe, Talisker, Tasting Whiskey, Tennessee, The Beatrice Inn, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Story of the Spaniard, transcripts, Twisted Tattoo, University of Pennsylvania, waiter, Western Kentucky University, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Lew Bryson and Martin Duffy take their whisky seriously…but not much else! When they joined us at the recent American Whiskey Convention in Phil...
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)20190330215734
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)
Mark GillespieMarch 30, 2019@IrishLegs, accident, acidity, age statement, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, April Fool's Day, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Drum, Australia, author, Bagpiper, Balblair, Bardstown, Barley, bartender, Barton 1792 Distillery, beaver, beer well, BenRiach, biomass, blending, Bob Dalgarno, Bourbon, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, cancer, casks, castor sacs, castoreum, Celebrious, charring, Chicago, Chivas Regal, cocktail, Committee Edition, Compass Box, cooperage, de-char, Delilah's, Dewar's, Diageo, Distell, distiller, Double Double, dramming, Drum, Eau de Musc, Edition No. 4, farming, Fishky, Four Roses, Geert Bero, Geneva Conventions, Glaswegian, grasshopper, Gregg Glass, Hall of Fame, Heidi, herring, Hibiki, Ian Logan, Icons of Whisky Awards, Inver House, investigation, Islay, Jack's Lounge/Equus, Jamie Milne, Jim Swan, John Dewar & Sons, John MacDonald, John Rochfort, joke, Joy Perrine, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Peerless, King of Trees, Klaus Pinkernell, Lait de Romalea, Louisville, Mackmyra, maltings, Mark Reynier, Mclaren Vale, Michter's, New Hampshire, Nick Savage, obituary, Peerless, Perth, Peter Silver, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, planing, prank, Rachel Barrie, re-char, rejuvenated casks, renewable energy, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Shore House Croft, Smith & Wollensky, Speyside, spill, Stephanie Macleod, Stewart Buchanan, stillman, STR Cask, Strathisla, Suntory, Surstromming, Susan Riegler, Suzanna, Sweden, Tamworth Distilling, tank, Teeling Whiskey Company, tequila, The Lakes Distillery, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tommy Smith, travel retail, vintages, Weller, Weller Full Proof, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Works, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, wood, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Blending whiskies is both an art and a science, and Dewar’s could fairly be accused of focusing more on the science side in recent years with so...
Whisky Knows No Gender…Why Don’t Some Men Get That? (Episode 758: March 10, 2019)20190309234619
Whisky Knows No Gender…Why Don’t Some Men Get That? (Episode 758: March 10, 2019)
Mark GillespieMarch 9, 2019@jacksonwharf, @odysseusunbound, #OurWhisky, acacia, accident, analysts, Aoife Keane, Austria, Bardstown, Barton 1792 Distillery, Beam Suntory, Becky Paskin, beer well, Benromach, bias, brand ambassador, Brexit, Brian Axelrod, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Bushmills, Cadenhead, Canada, China, collapse, Conor McGregor, Dialogos, distiller's beer, Dublin Liberties Distillery, earnings, Eire Born Spirits, environment, Essence of Suntory, EU, European Union, exports, Flaget Memorial Hospital, Fred Noe, gender, Georgie Bell, Glengoyne, Great Britain, hockey, how cute, Ian Macleod Distillers, import, Incompatible, International Women's Day, investigation, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Act, Japan, Joel, John Cashman, Kat Aagesen, Keeper's Coin, Kentucky, King of Hell, Klaus Doblmann, Kristopher Hart, Legent Bourbon, Leonard Russell, Los Angeles, mansplaining, Martin Daraz, Mexico, Mike Frank, Murder Lane, Octomore, Paddy, Paddy Flaherty, Paddy's, pricing, Proper No. Twelve, Rachel Barrie, regulations, Rick Edwards, Ross Salchow, sales, Sazerac, sexism, shares, Shinji Fukuyo, spill, St. Patrick's Day, storage tank, Suntory, Takeshi Niinami, Tamdhu, tariffs, trade, Trump Administration, Tyrconnell, warehouse, wash, whiskey, whisky, whisky specialty, women0 comments
Women are making whiskies, running whisky companies, and teaching people how to enjoy whiskies all over the world. So…why do many men still trea...
Two Hurt in Tank Failure at Barton 1792 Distillery20190305184641
Two Hurt in Tank Failure at Barton 1792 Distillery
Mark GillespieMarch 5, 2019Bardstown, Barton 1792 Distillery, beer well, collapse, distiller's beer, environment, Flaget Memorial Hospital, Kentucky, Nelson County, Sazerac, spill, storage tank, warehouse, WDRB, whiskey, whisky0 comments
March 5, 2019 – Two people suffered minor injuries today in the second accident in less than a year at Sazerac’s Barton 1792 Distillery in...
Speed Rack: Women Shaking Cocktails for a Cause (Episode 707: June 17, 2018)20180617131923
Speed Rack: Women Shaking Cocktails for a Cause (Episode 707: June 17, 2018)
Mark GillespieJune 17, 2018@neubiee, @snapsguy, #metoo, accident, agriculture, airport, Alabama, appeal, Arkansas, astronomer, Australia, Balcones, Barnabé Fillion, Bartender of the Year, bartending, Beam Suntory, Ben Nevis, Birmingham, blending, Bourbon, Brasil, Brazil, Breakthru, breast cancer, Bruichladdich, bulk, Bunnahabhain, Canada, Castle & Key, CEO, charity, Chicago, China, Chivas Brothers, Civil War, Clarkson Hine, Clint Sample, Col. E.H. Taylor, commute, competition, Copenhagen, Customs, definition, Deirdre Mahlan, Denmark, Diageo, Dirk Rybinski, Distilled Spirits Council, Donald Trump, Dufry, duty free, Einar, European Court of Justice, exports, fair use, Fawn Weaver, Finland, Fireball, Flask Collection, Fr. Oak, French Oak, Georgia, Germany, gin, Glen Breton, Glen Buchenbach, Hamburg, Harald, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, highway, Historic Royal Palaces, Hven, infringement, interim, Interstate 40, Islay, Ivy Mix, Jack Daniel's, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Jim Clerkin, Jouni Ritola, judge, Kalle Valkonen, Kentucky, Kew Palace, Kraig Naasz, Kyrö, Laura Newman, lawsuit, Liquor.com, London, loophole, Lynette Marrero, Lynn House, Marcus Christensson, mislead, Möet Hennessy USA, Nathan "Nearest"Green, Natu Nobilis, Nikka, Old Taylor Distillery, perfume, Peristyle, Pernod Ricard, podcast, Port Charlotte, President, Puerto Rico, Queen's Park, Rio de Janeiro, Royal Salute, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Law, Scotland, Sea Island, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, slave, Speed Rack, spill, Suntory, Svein, Swabia, Sweden, tariffs, technology, Tennessee, Texas, trade, trade war, trademark, travel retail, trucks, Trump Administration, Tycho Brahe, Tycho's Star, Uncle Nearest, USBG, Waco, Waldhirn Distillery, Wesly Murry, whiskey, whisky, Will Arvin, women, World Class0 comments
There are plenty of cocktail competitions for bartenders, but Speed Rack was one of the first to highlight women working behind the bar. Lynette Marre...
Episode 591: May 28, 201620160528221657
Episode 591: May 28, 2016
Mark GillespieMay 28, 2016@Scalias_boner, Academy of Podcasters, accident, Andrew McGinnis, Ardbeg, Award, Beach Whiskey, Bill Lumsden, Billy Bush, Bon Appetit's Foodcast, Booker Noe, Booker's Rye, Bozzy Karasu, Brendan McCarron, Brent Elliott, Bulleit Bourbon, Campari, Caribbean, chemical, Chivas Brothers, Christopher Evison, Club Car, Colombia, country music, court, Dark Cove, Dave Pickerell, David Porter, Delaware, Dinner Party Download, directors, Elliott's Select, flavored whiskey, Flavorman, food, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Gastropod, George T. Stagg, Glen Grant, Glenfiddich, Goa, Gran Reserva, Gregor Heine, heir apparent, Ian Palmer, InchDairnie, India, investor, Ireland, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Italy, Jake Owen, Jeffrey David, Jura, Kentucky, Kevin Reilly, Kevin Turner, label approval, Las Vegas, lawsuit, Longmorn, Lucas Hepburn, music, NBC, Nitric acid, nitrous acid, Paul John, podcast, Pullman, Pullman Train Collection, Pullman Water Level Route, Radico Khaitan, Raj Peter Bhakta, Rampur, Rob Dyrdek, Rome, rum, Sangeev Banga, Santo Domingo, Scotland, Smoke Wallin, spill, Tastival, Tax & Trade Bureau, television, The Glenlivet, The Press & Journal, The Splendid Table, Today Show, tours, Travel, TTB, Twentieth Century Limited, Vermont, Whistlepig, Wilco Faessen, Willie Cochrane, Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America0 comments
This weekend usually marks the beginning of summer, and many people will be heading for the beach – either for real or in their dreams. The entr...
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...
Tanker Truck of Whisky Flips & Burns in New Jersey Neighborhood20130605113956
Tanker Truck of Whisky Flips & Burns in New Jersey Neighborhood
June 5, 2013 (Updated June 13) – Police in Woodbridge, New Jersey are trying to figure out what caused a tanker truck hauling 6,000 gallons of ...
Chivas Brothers Flushes Whisky Down the Drain20130228111244
Chivas Brothers Flushes Whisky Down the Drain
Mark GillespieFebruary 28, 2013accident, Ballantine's, Chivas Brothers, Dumbarton, environment, Scottish Water, sewage, spill0 comments
Chivas Brothers is investigating an incident at its Dumbarton bottling plant in Scotland after a mixup led to thousands of liters of whisky being flus...
Episode 143: May 4, 200720080503220900
Episode 143: May 4, 2007
Mark GillespieMay 3, 2008accident, Alistair Longwell, Ardmore, awards, Balvenie, barrels, Beam, blog, casks, Clydeside, distillery, Double Barrel, Duncan Taylor, Euan Shand, exports, Forty Creek, Glasgow, Glen Grant, Glenlivet, Highland, Huntly, John Hall, John Hansell, Kevin Stanton, Malt Advocate, Marc Foner, Nadurra, Portwood, Scotch Whisky Association, shipping, spill, Spirit of Speyside Festival, staves, SWA, Teacher's, tourism, trade, traditional, Travel, truck, visitors0 comments
Good things take time, and after 109 years, Ardmore is finally being released as a single malt. Until now, all of the Aberdeenshire distillery’s...