Episode 581: March 19, 201620160319235701
Episode 581: March 19, 2016
Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2016A Glass Apart, Abraham Bowman, Alex Chasko, ambassador, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Arran, Ashok Chokalingam, Australia, author, Balcones, BenRiach, Bernheim Original, Bernie Lubbers, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker. Utah, Bourbon, Brenne, Brian Kinsman, budget, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Changi, Château Léoville Barton, cognac, Colorado, Cooley, corn Bourbon, Corn Whiskey, Craig Beam, Dark Cove, Denny Potter, Denver, DFS Group, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, duties, Exile Casks, Feis Ile, Fergal Murray, Fionnán O'Connor, France, Fuji-Gotemba, George Osborne, Gifted Horse, Glen Alba, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gooderham & Worts, Great Northern Distillery, Green Spot, Guinness, Hall of Fame, Harold Currie, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, High West, historian, Hudson Baby Bourbon, Icons of Whisky Awards, independent bottling, Inver House, Ireland, Irish, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Joel Harrison-Grier, John Quinn, John Teeling, Josh Hafer, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Knob Creek, Koichi Inatomi, Koichi Nishikawa, La Maison du Whisky, Lagg, Laphroaig, Legion D'Honneur, Lidl, light whiskey, Margaret Mary Clarke, Master of Malt, MGP, Neil Ridley, Nikka, Old Pulteney, Old Scout, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, Paul Currie, Pennsylvania, Pierre Weydert, Pikesville Rye, Pioneer Spirit, Sainsbury's, Sarah Mytych, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Smoked Maple, Smooth Ambler, Solist, sourced, Steve Ryan, Stuart Cassells, Suntory, SWA, Switzerland, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Lakes Distillery, Tom Diana, Tomatin, True Blue, Tullamore D.E.W., Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wick, William Grant & Sons, World War I, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
After two years of victories for Pacific Rim whiskies, a single malt Scotch is back on top of the World Whiskies Awards. Old Pulteney’s 1989 Vin...
Heaven Hill Named World Distiller of the Year in Icons of Whisky Awards20160318104018
Heaven Hill Named World Distiller of the Year in Icons of Whisky Awards
Mark GillespieMarch 18, 2016airport, Amrut, Ardbeg, Ashok Chokalingam, awards, Bernheim Original Wheat, Bernie Lubbers, Bill Lumsden, Brown-Forman, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Changi, Chris Morris, Cooley, Craig Beam, Denny Potter, DFS Group, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, global, Great Northern Distillery, Hall of Fame, Heaven Hill, Icons of Whisky, Ireland, John Quinn, John Teeling, Josh Hafer, Kentucky, Koichi Inatomi, Koichi Nishikawa, La Maison du Whisky, Laphroaig, Lifetime Achievement, London, Master of Malt, Max Shapira, New York City, Nikka, Paris, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pikesville Rye, Sainsbury's, Scotland, Seattle, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Stuart Cassells, Suntory, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Famous Grouse Experience, Tomatin, travel retail, Tullamore D.E.W., Westland, whiskey, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky, Whisky Live London, Whisky Magazine, Yoichi0 comments
March 18, 2016 – After winning the American round as “Distiller of the Year” last fall, Heaven Hill Distillers was named the global ...
Episode 565: December 5, 201520151206024606
Episode 565: December 5, 2015
Mark GillespieDecember 6, 2015Andrew Rankin, Ardbeg, artist, Australia, author, awards, Baiju, Ballindalloch, Bill Lumsden, book, Boone County, Bourbon, Bowmore, Cadenhead's, Campari, Canada, cancer, charity, Charlie Smith, cocktail, Colin Dunn, Corsair Artisan, Dad's Hat, David Urquhart, Deanston, death, Denmark, Dennis Malcolm, Devil's Casks, Diageo, Distell, Distill Ventures, Dorus Mor, drinks, Dufftown, Eddie Russell, editors, Edrington, expansion, family, Family Casks, Fiona Murdoch, food truck, footpath, French, Glen Grant, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gordon & MacPhail, grandmother, Haig Club, Hall of Fame, holiday, Iain McCallum, Ian Macleod Distillers, Icons of Whisky Awards, Indiegogo, International Wine & Spirits Competition, investment, Japan, Jeff Cioletti, Jeffrey Steubben, Jimmy Russell, John E. Fitzgerald Very Special Reserve, Joshua Quinn, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, labels, Lifetime Achievement Award, Mai Tai, Maker's Mark, Martin Vesterby, Martine Nouet, Massillon, Mike Drumm, Mizunara, moonshine, Moray Council, Neil Cameron, Nikka, nutters, Oatrage, Ohio, One Warm Coat, painting, perks, Peter Russell, Richard Urquhart, Rick Culver, road, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch, Scotch Whisky, shochu, soju, Speyside, spirits, Stauning, Strathearn, Stuart Cassells, Stuart Urquhart, Tempest, Tesco, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Shop Dufftown, The Year of Drinking Adventurously, Thomas William Foerster, tiki, Tomatin, tourism, tourists, tours, travel retail, tribute, venture capital, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Magazine, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve, World of Whiskies, Yoichi1 comment
Every once in a while, you might want to step outside of your comfort zone and try something besides whisky. A WhiskyCast listener asked for suggestio...
Tomatin Takes Top Honors in Scotland’s Icons of Whisky Awards20151204164953
Tomatin Takes Top Honors in Scotland’s Icons of Whisky Awards
Mark GillespieDecember 4, 2015Aberlour, Alan Winchester, Ardbeg, awards, Ballindalloch, Ben Nevis, Benromach, Bill Lumsden, Bruichladdich, Cadenhead's, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Charlie Smith, Colin Dunn, Diageo, Douglas Laing & Co., Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Ian Macleod Distillers, Icons of Whisky, Independent Bottlers Challenge, James MacTaggart, Jan Beckers, John Carmichael, Keith Cruickshank, Malts of Scotland, Master of Malt, Neil Cameron, Peter Russell, Rikki Scott, Royal Mile Whiskies, Rupert Wheeler, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scott Adamson, Strathearn, Stuart Cassells, Tesco, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenlivet, The Whisky Shop Dufftown, Tomatin, whisky, Whisky Magazine, World of Whiskies0 comments
December 4, 2015 – Tomatin Distillery was named Distiller of the Year in the second round of Whisky Magazine’s annual Icons of Whisky Awar...
Episode 564: November 29, 201520151130000339
Episode 564: November 29, 2015
Mark GillespieNovember 30, 20151969, Aberfeldy, academics, Advent, Adwords, alert, Andrew Madderson, anniversary, Ansgar Speller, Apollo 11, app, Belgium, brewing, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, calendar, career, certificate, Chicago, Christmas, collectors, college, College of Agriculture, Corsair Artisan Distillery, crowdfunding, Dave Sweet, degree, Depaul, Diageo, distillation, distillery, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Dornoch Distillery Company, Drinks by the Dram, Emerson Lamb, engineering, Eric Gregory, Extraordinary Cask, Festival, finance, Fireball, Gartbreck, Geert Biro, Glenfarclas, Glenturret, Google, Hachette, Heriot-Watt, holiday, India, Indiegogo, Islay, Italy, Jack Daniel's, James Fairlie, Jean Donnay, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Distillers Association, lawsuit, Lindores Whisky Fest, Lindores Whisky Society, litigation, London School of Economics, Louisville, Martine Donnay, Martine Nouet, Master of Malt, Matt Hofmann, Michael Tortorich, moon, Mull, Nashville, Netherlands, Oostende, Ostend, Phil Thompson, Puni, Raimund Leussink, Sazerac, science, Seattle, Seth DeBolt, shareholders, Simon Thompson, Springbank, Stuart Cassells, students, Tennessee, Tennessee Fire, terrorism, The Glenrothes, Tobermory, tourism, trademark, UK, United Spirits, University, University of Kentucky, Vijay Mallya, Wedgwood-Houston, Westland, Whisky Live, wine0 comments
This week, we’ll be talking about whisky and education. Not teaching people how to drink whisky, but how to make it! There aren’t many uni...
Episode 561: November 7, 201520151108020549
Episode 561: November 7, 2015
Mark GillespieNovember 8, 2015@ScotchTestDummies, @talesofthegrape, age statements, Amaretto, Andrew Nelstrop, Angel's Envy, angel's share, anniversary, appeal, apple cider, Art of Auchentoshan, artists, Auchentoshan, Ballantine's, Baltimore Whiskey Company, bartenders, Baudonia, Benromach, Benromach 100º Proof, Benromach Imperial Proof, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blue Label, Braveheart, Brooklyn, Chapter 10, Christina Philburn, Clean Air Act, clothing, Clover Club, Colin Fultz, Compass Box, court, data, David and Goliath, Diageo, dick, Dry Fly, Dublin, Edrington, emissions, English Whisky Company, exports, family, Flaming Heart, fungus, Germany, glass blowing, Glenturret, Goa, Hard Fired, heavy cream, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Ian Newton, India, Islay, Ivy Mix, James Bond, James Espey, Jeff Weber, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker Oldest, Kentucky, Kentucky Mist, Kevin Plank, KREM-TV, label approval, lawsuit, lawyers, Leyenda, litigation, Louisville, Mark@Malt-Review.com, Marks & Spencer, Masters Collection, Mel Gibson, movies, O'Danagher's Hibernian Whiskey, opinion, Paul John, Peated Cask Reserve, Portlanc Institute of Contemporary Art, Revival, Robin Nance, Ronnie Cox, Rosemary Gallagher, Russia, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Spokane, Steffen Brauner, Stitzel-Weller, Stuart Cassells, SWA, t-shirts, Taiwan, Tales of the Cocktail, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Famous Grouse, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenrothes, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tim Danagher, trade, trademark, transparency, TTB, Under Armour, United Distillers, University of Kentucky, Urban Glass, vapors, Washington, whiskey, whisky, whisky fungus, Wildcats, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection 1838 Style White Corn0 comments
Scotland’s Glenturret Distillery celebrated its 240th anniversary this week by gathering 240 people at The Famous Grouse Experience for a toast,...