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...
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...
Malting Barley the Old School Way (Episode 641: May 14, 2017)20170514193411
Malting Barley the Old School Way (Episode 641: May 14, 2017)
Mark GillespieMay 14, 2017@cocktail_maven, @SuprCityIndyFan, #saveourscotch, #supportscotch, Abhainn Dearg, Alan Eunson, Ardbeg, auction, Austin, Bali, Balvenie, Bardstown, Barley, Bernheim, Big Peat, Big Peat's Pals, Bill Lumsden, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Bourbon & Rye Cask Finish, Bonhams, Boston, bottling, Bowmore, Brattzoo, Brora, Brothership, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, camp, campaign, candidate, chariot, Charles Doig, chimney, collectors, Crown Royal, Darek Linklater, Deep Eddy, Denny Potter, Diageo, Douglas Laing & Co., duty, election, Elijah Craig, Experimental Collection, exports, Fargo, Feis Ile, floor maltings, geology, glen, Glen Fargo, Glenfiddich, GNS, Graham Garriock, grain neutral spirits, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Hobbister Moor, Hong Kong, Indianapolis, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indonesia, Irish Whiskey, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, It's the Liquor Talking, jobs, Joel Kath, Johnnie Walker, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Julio's Liquors, Jura, Kilchoman, kiln, labor union, Laphroaig, Liqueur, Macallan, Malt, malting, maltman, Manifesto, Marie Stanton, Mark Kleinman, Massachusetts, Millstone Spirits, New Hampshire, Noble Collection, North Dakota, Organic Six Grain Whiskey, Orkney, pagoda, Parliament, party, Paul Manson, peat, Philadelphia, platform, podcast, Prizefight, promotion, Proof Artisan Distillers, provenance, radio, rake, Randall Bird, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB, RV, Ryan Maloney, Rye, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, shovel, single malt, Southern Comfort, Spencer Jacobsen, Springbank, SWA, Tamworth Distilling, Tastival, taxes, Texas, The Balvenie, The Cocktail Maven, Tracie Franklin, trademark, tradition, union, Unite, vodka, weather, West Cork Distillers, Westborough, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Most Scotch Whisky distilleries source their malted barley from large commercial maltsters today, but a handful of distilleries still maintain their o...
The Week’s New Whiskies – Coming To a Store Near You20170429092049
The Week’s New Whiskies – Coming To a Store Near You
Mark GillespieApril 29, 2017Blair Athol, Brora, Caol Ila, Convalmore, Copenhagen, Dark Origins, Denmark, Diageo, Earl of Orkney, Full Volume, Glen Elgin, Gordon Motion, Highland Park, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jennifer Nickerson, Jim Lyngvild, Knockmealdowns, Lagavulin, Liam Ahearn, Magnus, New Hampshire, Nick Morgan, Orkney, Port Ellen, Prizefight, Pugilist Spirits, Scotch Whisky, Special Releases, Stuart Nickerson, Tamworth Distilling, Teaninich, Valhalla, Valkyrie, Viking, Viking Honour, Viking Pride, Viking Scars, Watershed, West Cork Distillers, West Cork Distilling, whiskey, whisky0 comments
April 28, 2017 – It’s been a big week for announcements of new whiskies from around the world, and even a rare sneak preview of DiageoR...