The Worst #@*$ Whisky I’ve Ever Tasted!20190328143946
The Worst #@*$ Whisky I’ve Ever Tasted!
Mark GillespieMarch 28, 2019Austria, Balblair, Berlin, Bowmore Hotel, Bruichladdich, Cadenhead's, Campbeltown, Edderton, finishing, fish, Fishky, Germany, Glencairn, herring, Inferno, Invergordon Distillers, Islay, Jim McEwan, John MacDonald, Klaus Pinkernell, Louisiana, Mark Reynier, Norwegian, pepper sauce, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, prank, recask, Salzburg, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Tabasco, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky0 comments
March 28, 2019 – “What have you done!” My mouth was puckering, trembling, and shivering all at the same time as a briny, fishy taste...
Living the Whiskey Life in Cascade Hollow (Episode 757: March 3, 2019)20190303210831
Living the Whiskey Life in Cascade Hollow (Episode 757: March 3, 2019)
Mark GillespieMarch 3, 2019@Food52, @mhanch, @Whisky_Consult, #Drams4Fams, Aberlour, agriculture, airport, Ajay, alcohol, American Craft Spirits Association, Aqua Collection, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Drum, Asahi Group Holdings, Autumn Nethery, Award, beer, Belgium, Bladnoch, Bloody Butcher, Bourbon, Brooklyn, Bunnahabhain, Campbeltown, Canada, Canadian, Cascade Blonde, Cascade Hollow, Char No. 4, Charleston, chemical engineering, clickbait, Clonakilty Distillery, Coffey Grain, Coffey Malt, competition, compression finishing, construction, cooperage, Cork, corn, craft distilling, Dave Worthington, Den Herberg, Derek Scott, Diageo, Distell, distillery, distilling, Drams for Fams, Edmonton Scotch Club, Edrington, Edrington Americas, Feis Ile, food, food bank, genetics, George Dickel, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, government, H. Clark Distillery, Halle, Heath Clark, High Wire Distilling, Highlands, horse, hunger, Ian MacMillan, Ireland, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Japan, Jeptha Creed Distillery, Jimmy Red, Joyce Nethery, Kings County Distillery, label approval, Liberty Pole Spirits, Lidl, Lowlands, Macallan, Mark Hancheroff, MGP, Miyagikyo, Nashville, New York, New York City, Nicole Austin, Nikka, Nikka 12, Nikka Tailored, Nikkei Asian Review, Noble Oak, peated rye, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, politics, Queen Margot, Rogue, Rolling Thunder, Scotland, shutdown, single malt, Soleo Collection, South Carolina, Speyburn, Speyside, spirits, Stefan Berggren, stout, stouted, Suntory, Tabasco, Tennessee, Tennessee Distillers Guild, Tennessee Whiskey, Tennessee Whiskey Trail, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, The Glenrothes, Toiteach a Dhà, Travis Watt, Tullahoma, Tullamore, Tullamore D.E.W., Two Brewers, Violet, visitors center, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey and Barrel Nite, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Maker's Dram, whisky regions, Whitehorse, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Awards, Yoichi, Yukon, Yukon Spirits0 comments
Nicole Austin made her mark on the American craft distilling movement at Brooklyn’s Kings County Distillery, then spent some time in Ireland wor...
A Double Whammy for US Whisky Distillers (Episode 706: June 14, 2018)20180614233948
A Double Whammy for US Whisky Distillers (Episode 706: June 14, 2018)
Mark GillespieJune 14, 2018@RoamerDC, @whisky_pete, #dadjokes, #Drams4Fams, A. Lambert Willett, Adam Spiegel, airport, aluminum, American Craft Spirits Association, Baltimore, Baltimore Whiskey Company, Bardstown, beaver, Becle, Ben Nevis, Black Label Triple Cask, Blair Athol, Bob Corker, Booker Noe, Booker's, Bourbon, Britt Kulsveen, Brown-Forman, Bruce Russell, Bushmills, butt crack, Campbell Brown, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Cardhu, Casa Cuervo, Cask 88, castor sacs, castoreum, champagne, Chivas Brothers, Chris Morris, Code of Federal Regulations, conflict, construction, dad jokes, David Gosnell, Dekantā, Diageo, Dom Pérignon, Donald Trump, Drew Kulsveen, Dufry, Dumbarton, Eau de Musc, economy, Eddie Russell, Edmonton, Edmonton Scotch Club, Eigashima, Epoch Rye, EU, European Union, export, Father's Day, Federal Excise Tax, Few Spirits, Fishky, flavored whiskies, food banks, Fort Nelson, Frazier History Museum, Fred MacAulay, free trade, George Dickel, George Garvin Brown, Glenmorangie, Hennessy, Honours List, Hotaling & Co., import, Irish Whiskey, Japan, Japanese, Jeff Adams, Jim Beam, Jimmy Russell, Joe Magliocco, Johnnie Walker, Jura, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Ki, Kilmalid, Klaus Pinkernell, Lawson Whiting, Lee Younger, lobbying, Louisville, majority leader, Margie Lehrman, Mark Hoellinger, Martha Kulsveen, Master's Keep, Maurice Chevalier IV, Max Lents, Mexico, Michter's, Mitch McConnell, Möet & Chandon, Moet Hennessy, NAFTA, New Hampshire, Nikka, Nikka From the Barrel, North American Free Trade Agreement, OBE, Old Forester, Old Pulteney, Order of the British Empire, Paisley, Paul Hletko, Pernod Ricard, Port Ellen, President's Choice, Queen Elizabeth, Revival, Russell's Reserve, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotch Whisky, Scottish Folklore, Senate, senator, Seven Wood, Sonoma County Distilling Company, Spirit Drink, standards of identity, steel, Strathmill, Tabasco, tail, Tamworth Distilling, tariffs, tax reform, Tennessee, The WhiskyCast Story, Thomas Moradpour, Title 27, Tomatin, trade, travel retail, Travis Watt, Trump Administration, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, Willett, Woodford Reserve, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies0 comments
Tax cuts that took effect at the start of 2018 encouraged many US whisky distillers to expand their facilities. Now, they’re caught in the middl...
Becoming a Bourbon Badass (Episode 702: May 31, 2018)20180531220856
Becoming a Bourbon Badass (Episode 702: May 31, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 31, 2018@bulldoghobbit, @ButlerB, @scotch-scones, @urs16875, #Drams4Fams, 72, 75, airport, aluminum, April Fool's, Australia, author, badass, bar, Benromach, bird poo, blending, Bonded, bonded warehouse, book, Bottled in Bond, Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, bottling, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Cairmgorms National Park, Canada, CEO, charity, Chris Leggat, Chris Morris, comics, Craggan, David DeFazio, decanter, distilling seasons, distribution, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., Edmonton Scotch Club, EU, European Union, exports, food bank, Fred Laing, George Dickel, Gordon & MacPhail, Grantown-on-Spey, Greg Butler, hammer, Hazelburn, Highland Park, Highlands Council, hunger, imports, incentives, Indiana, Inferno, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, Ken Grier, Kentucky, Knob Creek, Knob Creek Rye, Lalique, Lawson Whiting, Linda Ruffenach, Lord of the Rings, Louisville, Marvel, Melbourne, Mexico, Mjølner, Mortlach, moth balls, movies, New Albany, Orkney, Paul Varga, planning, police, prop, retirement, Sazerac, Scotch Test Dummies, Speymalt, Springbank, Steamboat, steel, Steve Hawley, Straight Malt, Tabasco, Tammy Spencer, tariffs, taxes, The Balvenie, The Light, The Macallan, theft, Thor, Tim Wilson, trade, Travis Watt, Trump Administration, Urquhart, Ursula Mueller, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Chicks, William Lavelle, women, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection, Wyoming Whiskey, YouTube0 comments
Bourbon scares some people away…at first. Often, those who approach Bourbon gingerly develop a true passion for it, and become what Linda Ruffen...
Port Charlotte and Islay’s “Middle Child Syndrome” (Episode 701: May 27, 2018)20180526213217
Port Charlotte and Islay’s “Middle Child Syndrome” (Episode 701: May 27, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 26, 2018@mikeyjoedrum, @R_Moore, @whiskygirl6, air pressure, airlines, airport, aluminum, April Fool's, attorney general, Austria, baggage, Bill Haslam, Billy Leighton, bottle, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Cascade Blonde, Cascade Hollow, Cecelia Malmstrom, chili pepper sauce, construction, Crown Royal, Diageo, Douglas Taylor, European Union, Ewan Gunn, exports, Feis Ile, George Dickel, Georgie Crawford, Glen Scotia, Glenegedale Airport, governor, Ilay Barley, imports, Inferno, Interstate 24, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Ken Grier, Klaus Doblmann, Lagavulin, legislation, legislature, LiDestri, Loch Indaal, maltings, Matt Hofmann, McIlhenny, mesquite, Method And Madness, Midleton, Moore County, Murfreesboro, Octomore, Ontario, Ottawa, packing, planes, Port Charlotte, Port Ellen, property tax, quota, Remy Cointreau, Rhonda Moore, road, Sazerac, Scotland, Seattle, security, Simon Coughlin, steel, suitcase, Tabasco, Tennessee, Texas, The Macallan, trade, Travel, trip, Trump Administration, Westland, whiskey, whisky, zoning0 comments
Bruichladdich’s Port Charlotte single malt lies in between the distillery’s namesake unpeated whiskies and its Octomore heavily peated mal...
Memories of an Irish Whiskey Legend (Episode 699: May 20, 2018)20180519204831
Memories of an Irish Whiskey Legend (Episode 699: May 20, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 19, 2018@ChristinaCSM, @donaldhanna, @stonekettle, @whiskyslayer, 1926, alembic, Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport, Angel's Fare, auction, auto racing, Balcones, Barb Helt, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, barrels, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blair Athol, Bonhams, Bourbon Heritage Center, breakfast whisky, Brown-Forman, Bunnahabhain, butt, cancer, Castlemartyr Resort, charity, Chris Morris, Christina Philburn, Colin Keegan, Colkegan, collecting, coopering, coopers, Cork, Crown Royal, Daniel Lam, David Fenkell, definitons, dictionary, Dominic Roskrow, Donald Hanna, Douglas Laing & Co., Dream Cask, Dubai, Dublin, Eddie Russell, Evan Williams, fill in, Flaget Memorial Hospital, Fr. Oak, Fred Laing, Fred Minnick, Fred Noe, French Oak, George Dickel, Heaven Hill, history, hogshead, Hong Kong, hospice, Indianapolis 500, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jameson, Jason Hauser, Jim Beam, Jimmy Russell, job description, John Clement Ryan, John Power & Sons, John Ryan, Kansas City, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Le Clos, Legends Series, Louise Schiavone, Louisville, mesquite, Midleton, Missouri, monks, motorsports, New Mexico, Philadelphia, Play-Doh, port pipe, Powers, Redbreast, refill, Rolling Standard, Santa Fe Spirits, Scallywag, Scotch Whisky, Shayne, Sir Peter Blake, sponsor, Staoisha, staves, Steve Nally, Tabasco, Texas, The Birdhouse, The John Milroy Selection, The Macallan, Tom Helt, Union Horse Distilling, Valerio Adami, Virgin Oak, Waco, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Quarterly, Wild Turkey, wood0 comments
Irish Whiskey lost one of its longtime champions this past week with the passing of John Clement Ryan. He was the 7th – and final generation of ...
A Big Boost for Scotch Whisky Tourism (Episode 697: May 13, 2018)20180513130251
A Big Boost for Scotch Whisky Tourism (Episode 697: May 13, 2018)
Mark GillespieMay 13, 2018@Drew7182, @Mike_W_Simpson, 50cl, ACSA, American Craft Spirits Association, April Fool's, Baltimore, Baltimore Whiskey Company, Beam Suntory, beer, Binny's, bottle size, Bourbon, Brett Pontoni, Bruichladdich, budget, cancer, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Caskmates, Chancellor, Chicago, chili pepper, Clynelish, collecting, Cooper Spirits, Cork, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Croftengea, Dave Broom, Dave Pickerell, DHL, Diageo, Dream Cask, duty, economic impact, Edinburgh, Eight Degrees Brewing, Epoch Rye, Ewan Gunn, Excheqeur, excise tax, FarmStock, Federal, FedEx, Four Corners, Franciscan Well Brewery, George Dickel, Graeme Littlejohn, Great Britain, horse racing, hospice, Illinois, Indianapolis, Inferno, Interstate, investment, Irish Distillers, Islay Barley, Jameson, Japanese Whisky, Jim Cook, jobs, Johnnie Walker, Kentucky Derby, lobbying, Loch Lomond, Lock Stock & Barrel, Louisiana, Margie Lehrman, Maryland, McIlhenny, O'Hare Airport, oncologist, Pennsylvania, Pernod Ricard, Philip Hammond, Pimlico, Pittsburgh, policy, politics, Port Charlotte, Port Charlotte Scottish Barley, Port Rye, Preakness, Redbreast, regulations, Revenue, rumor, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Scottish Barley, Seattle, shipping, standards of fill, Suntory, SWA, Tabasco, tax cut, Tennessee Whiskey, The Whisky Exchange, Tom Helt, tourism, UPS, Vermont, Vintner's Reserve, visitor centers, visitor centres, visitors, Washington, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whistlepig, WhistlePig Farm, Wigle, Yamazaki0 comments
Scotland’s distilleries have been investing millions of pounds over the last several years to upgrade their visitor experiences as more tourists...