Knockin’ Around with Knockdhu’s Gordon Bruce (Episode 764: April 21, 2019)20190421224252
Knockin’ Around with Knockdhu’s Gordon Bruce (Episode 764: April 21, 2019)
Mark GillespieApril 21, 2019@BrbnFellowship, @Misterpie, @TXWhiskeySocial, @wadewood, Aberdeenshire, AI, Alberta, anCnoc, Atlanta, Bacardi, Balblair, Barry Bernstein, Barry Stein, Booker Noe, Bottled in Bond, Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, C.M. Dedman, Calgary, Canada, Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Chris Morris, College of Agriculture, collusion, confiscated, contest, Cornwall, course, Coxs Creek, craft distillers, dingleberry, Dixon Dedman, Dmitry Efimov, DSP, education, Elijah Craig, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, Elixir Distillers, EU, European Union, expansion, Forgiven, Fred Minnick, Fred Noe, Georgia, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenfield, Gordon Bruce, Heaven Hill, Heriott-Watt, Holly Seidewand, Houston, infringement, Intellectual property office, Inver House, Ireland, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Institute for Distilling Studies, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Jim Beam Noe, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, Kensington Wine Market, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Owl, Kentucky Owl Park, Knappogue Castle, Knockdhu, Kristopher Hart, labeling, Lee Tatum, Lexington, logo, Macardo, Macduff, machine learning, MGP, Move On Up Mississippi, Mueller Report, Natasha Reid, No. 27 Gold, Northern Ireland, Old Fourth Distillery, Old Pulteney, Ontario, Oxford Bourbon Festival, Port Askaig, Prohibition, Pulteney, regulations, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seth DeBolt, socks, sourced, Stalk & Barrel, Still Waters Distillery, Stoli Group, Straight Malt, Stuart Harvey, Swiss, Swiss Bourbon, Switzerland, The Deveron, Thomas Hogue, Toronto, trade, trademark, transcripts, travel retail, treaties, Trump Administration, TTB, Twitter, U.S. Trade Representative, University of Kentucky, Vivek Anasane, Wade Woodard, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Wonderful World of Whisky Show, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Baccarat, Woodford Reserve Batch Strength, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments
The farming village of Knockdhu has 29 residents, 17 dogs, a bunch of sheep and cattle…and one distillery. Gordon Bruce has called Knockdhu home...
A Spirited Time in New Brunswick (Episode 668: November 19, 2017)20171118223040
A Spirited Time in New Brunswick (Episode 668: November 19, 2017)
Mark GillespieNovember 18, 2017"The Squirrel", 1792 Bourbon, 1960, Ace of Spades, alcohol abuse, Andy Watts, Aoife Keane, Ardgowan, Bacardi, Bain's, Bardstown, Barton 1792, Beam Suntory, Billy Leighton, Bluebell Wood, Blunden, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, brand ambassador, British Embassy, Bunnahabhain, burglary, Canada, Canadian Club Heritage Center, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, Caskers of Ottawa, chill filtering, Chinese, Consortium of Cards, Corby, counterfeit, cricket, Dair Ghaelach, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deanston, Deconstructed Series, Delta Fredericton, Distell, Distiller's Cut, Don Livermore, Douglas Laing & Co., Easter Elchies, Edrington, expedition, Food Processing Marketing and Cooperation, forests, Frank Scott, Fredericton, Fredericton Whisky Society, Grant, Grinnell's Wood, health, Heathrow Airport, Hotel, Inverclyde, Inverkip, Irish Distillers, Irish Oak, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Awards, J.P. Wiser's, Jackie Scott, Jameson, Jameson Round, Jerez, Jim Beam, Jim McEwan, Jim Stanski, Karen Betts, Karuizawa, Ken Grier, Kentucky, Kevin O'Gorman, La Maison du Whisky, LCBO, Ledaig, Lee Behar, legislation, London, Macallan, Marcio Ramos, Martin McGowan, Midleton, Mike Brisebois, minimum unit pricing, Morrison Bowmore, Mortlach, netsuke, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, Northern Border Collection, Old Particular, Ontario, Ontario Parliament, Ottawa, Paris, Park Lane, Pinotage, polar, police, Portugal, Robert Swan, Rue d'Anjou, Sazerac, Scotch Whiskey, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Government, South Pole, Spain, SWA, Switzerland, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Revival, theft, Three Ships, Tish Harcus, Tobermory, tourism, tours, Travel, travel retail, UK Supreme Court, Vancouver, visitors center, whiskey, whisky, whisky club, Windsor0 comments
This time around, we’re on location at the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick…and if you think we get around a l...
The Tale of “Uncle Nearest” and a Whiskey Legacy (Episode 666: November 5, 2017)20171105214430
The Tale of “Uncle Nearest” and a Whiskey Legacy (Episode 666: November 5, 2017)
Mark GillespieNovember 5, 2017@donaldhanna, @Eric_Howell, @miwilliams283, @theweedramgirl, ACSA, airport, American Craft Spirits Association, anCnoc, Ardbeg, Bourbon, Brett Ratner, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Brussels, budget, Canada, Chambers Bay Distillery, Chancellor, Civil War, Classic Cut, Clay Risen, Colin Dunn, Collectivum, Colorado, Compass Box, Confederation of British Industry, Congress, Copper Dog Whisky, Cork, counterfeit, craft distillers, Craft Spirits Data Project, Craigellachie Hotel, Dan Coll, data, David Robertson, Denzel Washington, Diageo, Donald Hanna, duties, duty free, economic, Emancipation Proclamation, Empire Rye, Eric Howell, EU, European Union, exchange rates, excuse, exports, fake, Fawn Weaver, film, Fort Collins, Franciscan Well Brewery, Fred Minnick, Fredericton, Full Volume, George Washington's Distillery, Greg Metze, Highland Park, HM Revenue & Customs, Hollywood, Huber's Starlight Distillery, Idris Elba, Indiana, IPA Edition, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Pale Ale, IWSR, J.D. Tolley, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jameson Caskmates, John Glaser, Latvia, Lawrenceburg, Lem Tolley, Lynchburg, Margie Lehrman, MGP, Michael Williams, Mount Vernon, movie, Nathan Green, Nathan Nearest Green, Nearest Green, Nearest Green Foundation, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New York, New York Times, No Name, note, Old Elk, Oxford, Park Street, Peatheart, Phenomenology, Philip Hammond, rare whisky 101, Riga, Roseisle, Rosemary Gallagher, Russia, sanctions, scandal, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, sexual harassment, slavery, Special Releases, Speyside, Stuart Morrison, SWA, Swiss, Switzerland, taxes, Ted Huber, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Blender's Dog, The Cooper's Croze, The Distiller's Safe, The Guardian, The Hilhaven House, The Macallan, trade, Travel, travel retail, Waldhaus am See Hotel, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey Makers Series, whisky0 comments
In 2015, Brown-Forman acknowledged what had been an open secret around Lynchburg, Tennessee for generations – that Jack Daniel’s distillin...
Episode 594: June 18, 201620160619002026
Episode 594: June 18, 2016
Mark GillespieJune 19, 201628/10 Whisky Club, Aberlour, Adam Spiegel, airport, Alasdair Day, Allisa Henley, Australia, Benoit Bailey, Bill Lark, Black Truffle Rye, blending, Busch Gardens, California, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Cherry wood, Colonial Williamsburg, Copper Fox, Creative Whisky Company, David Stirk, Diageo, Distillery Reserve, Douglas Laing & Co., Eddie Russell, Extra Old Particular, frequent flyer, Garryana, Geoff Regan, George Dickel, Girvan, Glasgow, Grant's, Hellyers Road, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Hobart, House of Commons, Invergorden, Isle of Raasay, J.C. Phaneuf, Jane Overeem, Jewish Whisky Company, John Lunn, Joshua Hatton, Ken Goldenberg, lab, Lark, Matt Hofmann, Miles & More, moving, Nova Scotia, Old Particular, Overeem, Patrick Maguire, Perigord, politics, Port Dundas, R&B Distillers, Richard Paterson, Rick Wassmund, samples, Scotland, senator, Single Cask Nation, single grain, Sonoma County Distilling, Speaker's Selection, Sperryville, Star Alliance, storage, Swiss Airlines, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, Tasmania Whisky Week, Travel, truffle, Virginia, Westland, whisky bar, Whisky Jewbilee, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, Williamsburg, Zurich0 comments
Moving is one of those things that no one really enjoys…let alone when one has to move hundreds of rare whisky samples to a new home. Whyte &...
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...
Episode 528: April 4, 201520150405000206
Episode 528: April 4, 2015
Mark GillespieApril 5, 20152 Gingers, Aarhus, acquisition, airport, Angel's Envy, Angel's Share Brands, Ann Griese, Ardbeg, Austria, Bacardi, Baillie Nicol Jarvie, Benetton, Bermuda, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, China, Compass Box, Denmark, Dewar's, Diageo, Dufry, duty free, economy, Edizione, exports, George Dickel, Glasgow Distillery Company, Glenmorangie, Half Barrel Bar, Handcraft Festival, Highlanders Bar, HM Revenue & Customs, House, inventory, investors, Islay, Jack Daniel's, John Glaser, Karl Maynard, Kyle Henderson, lawmakers, legislation, legislature, Lincoln Henderson, Loretto, Louisville Distilling Company, Maker's Mark, merger, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Octomore, Paul Miles, peat, Petr Hosek, Prometheus, Rochester, sale, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky Association, Seattle, Senate, shares, Singapore, Spirit of Speyside Festival, SWA, Switzerland, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Glenmorangie Company, The Vaults, trade, travel retail, value, Vienna, volatility, volume, Wes Henderson, Westland, whisky bars, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies0 comments
Bacardi took a step into the Bourbon business this week with its acquisition of Angel’s Share Brands, the parent company of Angel’s Envy B...
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 514: January 3, 201520150103221243
Episode 514: January 3, 2015
Mark GillespieJanuary 3, 2015Anne Marsden, anniversary, Asahi, Balcones, Ben Nevis, birth, Brian Nation, British Columbia, buyout, Chip Tate, Christina Philburn, construction, dispute, distillery, Dublin, Facebook, financing, Friends of Laphroaig, Glencairn, GlenDronach, Green Spot, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jameson, John Campbell, Jon Birkbeck, Kamloops, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Laurie Harder, likes, Little Bay, Masataka Taketsuru, meeting, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Mitchell & Son, Miyagikyo, New Year's, Nikka, Oban, obituary, Pierre Weydert, Rhode Island, Rita Taketsuru, Robert Chesney, Robert Mitchell, Rose Blackmore, Scott Mansfield, social media, South Wales Whisky Interest Group, Spokane Whisky Club, Stockholm, Switzerland, Takeshi Taketsuru, Tate & Company, Twitter, Waco, whisky clubs, whiskytalks, Yellow Spot, Zurich0 comments
Irish whiskey will take another step in 2015 with the first exports of Yellow Spot to the US market, still the strongest market in the world for Irish...
Episode 614: November 6, 2016