Tariffs, Tide Pods, and a Bootlegger’s Troubled Life (Episode 787: October 6, 2019)20191007014806
Tariffs, Tide Pods, and a Bootlegger’s Troubled Life (Episode 787: October 6, 2019)
October 7, 2019@mhanch, @odinsleftnut, @whiskyranker, @zamoose, A Song of Fire, A Song of Ice, Adam Hannett, Airbus, alcohol poisoning, American Oak Reserve, Andy Mansinne, Ardbeg, arse, Auchentoshan, author, Bardstown, Beam Suntory, Black Art, Blue Label, Boeing, book, Booker Noe, Booker's, bootlegger, Brexit, bribery, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, butt chugging, Chris Swonger, Cincinnati, cocktail, Comic-Con, ComicCon, Country Ham, Dark Oak, Dave Kühn, Diageo, DISCUS, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Dr. Phillip Lee, Drew Mayville, Drinks Ireland, Dubai, Edrington, Elizabeth Valenzuela, environment, EU, European Union, export, Franklin Dodge, Fred Noe, funding, Game of Thrones, George Remus, Ghost and Rare, Glencairn, Glenmorangie, Glenury Royal, Heartwood, Highland Park, Hong Kong, Imogene Remus, import, Indiana, intoxication, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Islay, Javits Center, Johnnie Walker, Karen Abbott, Karen Betts, Kentucky, Kirsteen Campbell, Klaus Doblmann, Lawrenceburg, Liqueur, Llandudno, London Cocktail Week, Mabel Walker Willebrandt, MaltKlaus, Mark Hancheroff, MGP, Michael Veach, Mike Pompeo, mucous membrane, New Orleans, New York, Northern Ireland, nostril, Octomore, Octomore Farm, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Ooho, OrganizedChaos, packaging, Penderyn, plastic, prison, Prohibition, Proximo Spirits, Rasmus Just, rectal, Remus Volstead Reserve, Sarah Burgess, Sazerac, Sazerac House, Schenley, Scotch Whisky Association, Seagram, seaweed, Secretary of State, Skipping Rocks Labs, Springwood, Squibb, Stephen Davies, Storm King, Stuart MacPherson, Supernova, suppositories, SWA, tampon, tariff, tax evasion, The Accord, The Elementa, The Famous Grouse, The Ghosts of Eden Park, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Sexton, The Tribute, The Walking Dead, Tide Pod, trade, travel retail, Trump Administration, University of Tennessee, USTR, Volstead Act, Wales, waste, whiskey, whisky, whisky capsule, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments
George Remus could never have conceived of the idea of edible “whisky capsules,” but if he had, the “King of the Bootleggers” ...
Whisky Industry Cries Foul Over Becoming Collateral Damage in Aviation Trade Dispute20191003133651
Whisky Industry Cries Foul Over Becoming Collateral Damage in Aviation Trade Dispute
October 3, 2019Airbus, aviation, Boeing, Bushmills, Chris Swonger, County Antrim, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Donald Trump, Drinks Ireland, economy, EU, European Union, Finland, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Karen Betts, Liqueur, Northern Ireland, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Patricia Callan, Proximo Spirits, Robert Lighthizer, Sauli Niinisto, Scotch Whisky Association, subsidies, SWA, tariffs, The Sexton, trade, Trump Administration, United States, Washington, whiskey, whisky, William Lavelle, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments
October 3, 2019 – Whisky industry leaders on both sides of the Atlantic have one key question about the 25% tariff on some Scotch and Irish whis...
U.S. Hits Scotch & Irish Whiskies with 25% Tariffs in Trade Dispute20191002183219
U.S. Hits Scotch & Irish Whiskies with 25% Tariffs in Trade Dispute
October 2, 2019Airbus, aluminum, Boeing, Bushmills, Castle Brands, Chris Swonger, Clonakilty Distillery, DISCUS, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, EU, European Union, export, Glendalough, HM Revenue & Customs, import, Irish, Irish Whiskey Association, Jameson, Knappogue Castle, merger, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Pernod Ricard, Proximo Spirits, resolution, Robert Lighthizer, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, steel, subsidies, SWA, tariffs, Teeling Whiskey Company, trade, Trump Administration, Tullamore D.E.W., USTR, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments
October 2, 2019 – The popular Christmas gift of a bottle of expensive Single Malt Scotch whisky could become more expensive this holiday season ...
Australian Whiskies and the “Roo Flu” (Episode 782: September 1, 2019)20190902131844
Australian Whiskies and the “Roo Flu” (Episode 782: September 1, 2019)
September 2, 2019"Roo Flu", @brainsnap1000, @BunkaiH, @eamonhegarty, @Geoff_Edgar, @jeffcioletti, @jeffpappone, @kevinabrook, @reshelto, @thewhiskyninja, acquisition, Adam Pinkard, Adam Saunders, Adams Distillery, aging, Airbus, aircraft, analysts, Archie Rose Distilling, Australia, beer, Bill Lark, Blue Ribbon, Boeing, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Canada, Canberra, Castle Brands, China, Chinese, Clontarf, construction, contest, contract, Courage & Conviction, Dave Withers, David Vitale, definition, demand, Diageo, Distill Ventures, distilling, Eamon Hegarty, earnings, Essendon Fields, export, Firestone & Robertson, five seconds, flu, Fort Worth, France, Frederick Pabst, Gareth Moore, Geoff Edgar, geographical indicator, Gosling's, haiku, Highland, Highland Hill, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Hobart, importer, India, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Iron House Distillery, Isle of Arran, Jack Daniel's, Jacob Best, Jared Stern, Jeff Cioletti, Jeff Pappone, Jefferson's Bourbon, John McCheyne, Kentucky, Kevin Abrook, Knappogue Castle, Lark Distillery, lawsuit, legal, Leith, limerick, Machrie Moor, Malindra Distillery, Malted Rye, Mark Andrews, Matt Bruhn, maturation, Melbourne, Michigan, Milwaukee, moonshine, New Holland Distilling, New South Wales, Nova, Pabst, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Paddy, Paul Skipworth, PBR, Pernod Ricard, Perth, poem, Port Bombay, Port Melbourne, Rabbit Hole Distilling, Redbreast, regulations, Robert Burns, Rosebery, sales, scalability, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, settlement, Sichuan, single malt, SMWS, Solera, standard, Starward, SWA, Sydney, tariffs, Tasmania, Tax & Trade Bureau, Texas, The Gathering, The Vaults, Toronto, trade, trade war, Trump Administration, TTB, Two-Fold, value, Victoria, Virginia Distillery Company, virus, volume, Wall Street, whiskey, whisky, white whiskey, Wisconsin, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments
We’re back after spending eight days in Australia and a week in bed fighting the “Roo Flu” virus, and there’s a lot to talk ab...
Virginia Distillery Settles Lawsuit Over “Highland” Branding20190829114023
Virginia Distillery Settles Lawsuit Over “Highland” Branding
August 29, 2019Courage & Conviction, Gareth Moore, Highland, lawsuit, legal, litigation, Scotch Whisky Association, SWA, Virginia Distillery Company, Virginia Highland, whiskey, whisky0 comments
August 29, 2019 – A Virginia distillery has settled a lawsuit filed last month by the Scotch Whisky Association over its use of the word “...
Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)20190729035621
Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)
July 29, 2019@BunkaiH, @ButlerB, @Tony_thompson_1, A Song of Fire, A Song of Ice, Agriculture Department, Airbus, alcohol, ALS, ALS Association, American Craft Spirits Association, Apollo, Ardbeg, Arvada, Baker's, bargaining, Beam Suntory, Boeing, Booker's, Bourbon, Brad Irwin, British Columbia, Cairdeas, Capitol Hill, carbon dioxide, Cardhu, Carrowdair, Cascade Hollow, charity, Chris Montana, Chris Swonger, classic malts, Col. Jim Beam, Colorado, Comic-Con, comics, Congress, contract, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, deductions, Denver, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillers, distillery, distilling, donation, Du Nord Craft Spirits, Dublin, electricity, Elizabeth McCall, EU, European Union, expansion, exports, Fawn Weaver, Federal Excise Tax, Frank Coleman, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Game of Thrones, Glen Campbell, Glen Ord, GMB, gravity, Greg Butler, Halle Berry, Heaven Hill, House, Huber's Starlight Distillery, imports, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, interest, International Space Station, investment, Ireland, Irene Lau, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Society, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distillery, James B. Beam Institute for Distilling Studies, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Josh Hafer, Kentucky, Kingsman, Knob Creek, labor, labour, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lobbying, Logan Miller, Lynchburg, Margie Lehrman, Market Acmes Program, Massachusetts, mayor, Meagan Miller, media, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mitch McConnell, moon, Mortlach, Nathan "Nearest"Green, negotiations, New Orleans, Nicole Austin, Oregon Spirit Distillers, Outlander, oxygen, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Pittyvaich, politician, politics, power outage, Promise of Hope Fund, Quora, Rand Paul, Reggie Mobley, Salida, San Diego, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Senate, Single Pot Still, Singleton of Glen Ord, Space, Special Releases, spirits, Spirits of the Apocalypse, strike, SWA, Tales of the Cocktail, Talisker, Talnua Distillery, tariffs, tax, Tax & Trade Bureau, tax reform, Ted Huber, television, Tennessee Whiskey, terpenes, The Walking Dead, thunderstorm, Time Magazine, Tony Thompson, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, Uncle Nearest, union, Unite, United States Trade Representative, University of Kentucky, upgrade, USDA, USTR, Victoria Eady-Butler, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, vote, walkout, Walsh Whiskey Company, Washington, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Wood's High Mountain Distillery, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection, World Trade Organization, Writers Tears, WTO0 comments
It takes a lot to drag distillers away from their stills, but when the stakes are as high as the current debate over extending a federal excise tax cu...
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)
July 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...
Virginia Distillery Faces SWA Lawsuit Over “Virginia-Highland” Whisky20190709135558
Virginia Distillery Faces SWA Lawsuit Over “Virginia-Highland” Whisky
July 9, 2019Battle of the Glens, Brett Ferencz, Canada, civil, complaint, Delaware, Dr. George Moore, Edinburgh, federal court, Gareth Moore, Glen Breton, Glenora Distillers, Highland, label approval, lawsuit, lawyers, litigation, Lovingston, regulations, Scotch Trooper, Scotch Trooper Cask, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Star Wars, Supreme Court, SWA, Tax & Trade Bureau, TTB, U.S. District Court, Virginia Distillery Company, Virginia Highland, whiskey, whisky0 comments
July 9, 2019 – When is a “Highland” whisky not a “Highland” whisky? That’s the crux of a federal lawsuit filed Mon...
U.S. Threatens New Tariffs On Scotch, Irish Whiskies in Aviation Trade Dispute20190702120343
U.S. Threatens New Tariffs On Scotch, Irish Whiskies in Aviation Trade Dispute
July 2, 2019Airbus, arbitrator, aviation, Boeing, Bourbon, Distilled Spirits Council, economic impact, EU, European Union, HM Revenue & Customs, Irish Whiskey Association, jobs, Robert Maron, Scotch Whisky Association, SWA, tariffs, trade, Trump Administration, U.S. Trade Representative, whiskey, whisky, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments
July 2, 2019 – When the European Union imposed punitive tariffs on Bourbon and other American-made whiskies a year ago in the ongoing trade disp...
The Future of Whisky? (Episode 769: May 26, 2019)20190526203736
The Future of Whisky? (Episode 769: May 26, 2019)
May 26, 2019@dgriffinchess, @ScientistMel, @seanwhiter, AI, Alec Lee, aluminum, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, aqua vitae, Ardnahoe, Armorik, Bourbon, Canada, chemistry, chess, China, conference, construction, Cooley, Dad's Hat, data, David Stewart, Day of Dark Barley, Denmark, Distillerie Warenghem, Douglas Griffin, Dublin, eau de vie, Edinburgh, Endless West, European Union, expansion, exports, Feis Ile, Fercullen, Finland, FourKind, France, Future of Everything Festival, Glyph, GNS, grain neutral spirits, grandmaster, Highland Park, Hunter Laing & Co., imports, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Society, Islay, J. Rieger & Co., Kansas City, Karen Betts, laboratory, Latin, Lindores Abbey, machine learning, Mackmyra, Mexico, Microsoft, molecular whisky, molecules, monasteries, monks, Noel Sweeney, Pennsylvania, photography, Powerscourt, Scarabus, science, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sean White, Simon Pagenaud, Søren Solkaer, spirit whisky, Spirited Science, steel, stories, SWA, Sweden, Sweet Toast of American Oak, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Balvenie, The Week of Peat, trade, Triagoz, TTB, Tuath, turkey, United States, Usquaebach, Wall Street Journal, water, whiskey, whisky, white dog0 comments
This week’s episode is certain to arouse the ire of whisky purists. We’re looking at Glyph, a “molecular whiskey” that’s...