Whiskies From a Land Down Under (Episode 781: August 19, 2019)20190821111733
Whiskies From a Land Down Under (Episode 781: August 19, 2019)
Mark GillespieAugust 21, 2019abuse, acquisition, Alberta, allegations, assault, Australia, Baudonia, Bill Lark, black mold, Black Velvet, blog, Bonnybridge, brownies, Bulleit Bourbon, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Clay Whittaker, Conor McGregor, court, David Vitale, Diageo, distilling, Dublin, Edinburgh, fungus, Gail Chambers, Gary Harris-Newsham, Heaven Hill, Hellyers Road, Hobart, Hollis Bulleit, Hollis Worth, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Iron House, Josh Hafer, Lark Distillery, lawsuit, lawyer, Lethbridge, Levenmouth, Lexington Herald-Leader, Mark Littler, Melbourne, mixed martial arts, Nick Turner, Overeem, Patrick Maguire, podcast, police, Proper No. Twelve, pub, punch, Scotland, single malt, Starward, Sullivan's Cove, Tasman Whisky, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, Tasmanian Whisky Week, Tassie, Ted Matthews, The Spirits Business, Thomas Chambers, Tom Bulleit, UFC, video, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Waffle0 comments
This time around, we’re in Australia as Tasmania’s distillers wrap up the third annual Tasmanian Whisky Week. It’s been 27 years sin...
The Top Whisky Stories of 2016…And a Look Ahead20161230053102
The Top Whisky Stories of 2016…And a Look Ahead
Mark GillespieDecember 30, 20162016, acquisition, analysis, Australian Whisky Holdings, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Bernard Walsh, Booker's, boycott, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, Constellation Brands, County Carlow, Diageo, Donald Trump, DSP, Dublin, economy, European Union, exports, foreign policy, Great Northern Distillery, High West, imports, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Japan, Japan Society, Jim Beam, John Little, John Teeling, Lark, lifestyle venture, Mark Brown, Matt Shattock, Michael Collins, Nant Distillery, Old Jameson Distillery, Olympics, Overeem, Paddy, peak craft, Peak Oil, Peak Whisky, Pernod Ricard, Popcorn Sutton, premiumization, President, Prime Minister, private equity, Redlands, regulations, renovation, sales, Sazerac, Seattle, shakeout, Smooth Ambler, Sullivan's Cove, tariffs, Tasmania Distillery, Tax & Trade Bureau, taxes, Technavio, Tennessee, The Last Drop, Theresa May, Tokyo, tourism, trade, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Tullamore D.E.W., Utah, venture capital, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Westland Distillery, World Trade Organization, WTO, year in review0 comments
December 30, 2016 – Every year is defined by the stories that shape it, for better or worse. Here’s our look at the stories that shaped th...
Episode 621: December 25, 201620161224205805
Episode 621: December 25, 2016
Mark GillespieDecember 24, 2016#12DramsofChristmas, A Glass Part, Adam Sable, Allisa Henley, Andrew Jeffords, Annasach, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, author, Baltimore, Barbara Dozetos, Beam Suntory, Benoit Bailey, Bladnoch, Blended Malt, book, Booker's Bourbon, books, Brian Kinsman, Brian Treacy, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, capital projects, cellar, Chapel Gate, Charles Anderson, Christmas, classic malts, Dave Broom, David Daiches, David Prior, development, Diageo, Evan Williams Extra Aged, Fionnán O'Connor, Fireball, Fred Minnick, Gary Regan, Goldring, Goodness Nose, Heaven Hill, holidays, Houston, incentives, investors, Irish Whiskey, Jack Daniel's, John Lunn, Keith Batt, Kentucky, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Kevin Plank, Laphroaig, limestone, Linda Peterson, Loretto, Louise McGuane, Louisville Courier-Journal, Maker's 46, Maker's Mark, Malt Whisky Yearbook, Mark Brown, Maryland, Michael Collins, Michael Jackson, Michael McKenna, Nant, Newport, Patrick Maguire, Peat Smoke & Spirit, Pikesvile Rye, Popcorn Sutton, Port Covington, Port Ellen, Pure Scot, Rachel McCormack, rebates, Reserve 101, Richard Paterson, Rye Whiskey, Sagamore Development, Sagamore Farm, Sagamore Spirit, Sazerac, Special Releases, Sullivan's Cove, Tasmania Distillery, tax credits, Tennessee, Tennessee Rye, Tennessee Whiskey, The Baltimore Whiskey Company, Under Armour, whiskey, Whiskey Women, whisky, whisky library, Whisky Magazine, William Grant & Sons, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
The founders of Baltimore’s Sagamore Spirits could have chosen to buy a distillery anywhere they wanted to, but they wanted to help revive Balti...
Australia’s Tasmania Distillery, Sullivan’s Cove Whisky Sold20161218192641
Australia’s Tasmania Distillery, Sullivan’s Cove Whisky Sold
Mark GillespieDecember 18, 2016Adam Sable, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, bankruptcy, Bladnoch, David Prior, Keith Batt, Lark, Nant Distillery, Nant Group, Overeem, Patrick Maguire, private equity, Pure Scot, Redlands, Sullivan's Cove, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
December 18, 2016 – Australia’s leading malt whisky distiller has been sold, with a family-controlled group acquiring the Tasmania Distill...
Episode 604: August 28, 201620160828095506
Episode 604: August 28, 2016
Mark GillespieAugust 28, 2016A.D. Rattray, Adalen, Adam Moore, Adelphi, Akkurat, Alex Bruce, Australia, Balblair, barrel, blending, Bonneville Salt Flats, Booker Noe. Bluegill Creek, Booker's, Box Distillery, Brown-Forman, bureaucracy, coopering, Coopers' Craft, Cross, customer casks, Dalvve, Douglas Laing & Co., Edinburgh, England, export, fishing, Flavour Behaviour, Ger Buckley, Glasgow. Clydeside, Glen Garioch, Glenglassaugh, Hanyu, High Coast, Holyrood Park Distillery, Inver House Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Kentucky, land speed record, laws, Longmorn, Matt Kleinman, Mizunara Oak, Mongolian Oak, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Morrison Glasgow Distillers, motorcycle, motorsports, Old Pulteney, Patrick Maguire, personality, Project 63, psychologist, pushrod, racing, Ralfy Mitchell, Red Head, Red Tape Follies, regulatons, research, retail, River Clyde, Roger Melander, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shipping, SMWS, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Sweden, Swedish, Systembolaget, Tasmania Distillery, test, The Cooper's Croze, The Glover, Thomas Larsson, Tim Morrison, Timorous Beastie, Tomatin, University of Edinburgh, Utah, Walsh Whiskey Company, Whiskey Makers Series, Whisky Fringe, Woodford Reserve, Writers Tears0 comments
This week, we’re in Sweden visiting Box Distillery for a follow-up to our 2014 visit, and Box is making some big changes six years after it open...
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 &...
Whisky Magazine Announces World Icons of Whisky Winners20150129163230
Whisky Magazine Announces World Icons of Whisky Winners
Mark GillespieJanuary 29, 2015Andrew Nelstrop, Andy Watts, awards, Bain's, Belgium, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Cape Mountain, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Compass Box, Dan Murphy's, Distell, Dublin, English Whisky Company, Etienne Bouillon, Hombo Shuzo, Ian Chang, Ichiro Akuto, Icons of Whisky, Ireland, Jack Teeling, James Sedgwick Distillery, Japan, Kavalan, Kensington Wine Market, King Car, La Maison du Whisky, Mary Hensey, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Nikka, Owl, Really Great Brand Company, South Africa, Sullivan's Cove, Tasmania Distillery, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Whisky Exchange, Three Ships, Tullamore Dew, Venture Whisky, Whisk-E, Whisky Magazine0 comments
January 29, 2015 – South African-based Distell has taken top honors as Distiller of the Year in the third round of Whisky Magazine’s 2015 ...
Episode 482: June 6, 201420140606203741
Episode 482: June 6, 2014
Mark GillespieJune 6, 2014acquisition, Adam Rogers, Alliance Global, analysts, antitrust, Art Antiques London, Atlanta, auction, Australia, author, biology, book, Bourbon Hunter, Box Distillery, brain, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Cambridge, Campari, Canada, Canadian, cat, charity, chemistry, Children In Crisis, competition, Competition & Markets Authority, coolbottlecaps, crane, Diageo, distillation, Duke of York, earnings, education, Elijah, Emperador, Experimental Collection, fermentation, flavored whiskey, flavored whisky, Forty Creek, Glasgow, Glenmorangie, Grimsby, hangover, Hovenia, Ivo Fanotti, Jack Daniel's, John Hall, lab, Lauren Walles, Lion's Clyde Pub, markets, Markham, medicine, Office of Fair Trading, Ontario, Pasteur, Patrick Maguire, Paul Varga, Pioneer, Prince Andrew, proof, regulators, Richard Awbrey, River Clyde, science, scientists, Sullivan's Cove, Sweden, Tasmania, Tasmania Distillery, Tennessee Honey, tourism, Whiskey Apostles, Whyte & Mackay, Wired, Woodford Reserve, World Whiskies Awards, yeast0 comments
Humans have been drinking alcohol for centuries, but there are still many things we don’t understand about it…basic things like the chemis...
Tasmania Distillery Expands To Meet Demand20140603112528
Tasmania Distillery Expands To Meet Demand
Mark GillespieJune 3, 2014Australia, Cambridge, expansion, Patrick Maguire, relocation, Sullivan's Cove, Tasmania Distillery, visitors, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
June 3, 2014 – Australia’s award-winning Tasmania Distillery in Cambridge is in the middle of a month-long relocation project that will qu...
Episode 476: April 26, 201420140426122507
Episode 476: April 26, 2014
Mark GillespieApril 26, 20141792 Barton, 21C Museum Hotel, Aberfeldy, acquisition, anCnoc, Australia, Award, Ballantine's, Balvenie Castle, Balvenie Single Barrel, bar, Bardstown, bass, bass player, Beam, Blackadder, Blairfindy, Booker Noe Distillery, Boston, budget, Buffalo Trace, Cat Spencer, CD, Charles Maclean, Clermont, competition, concert, contest, Copper Dogs, Cù Bòcan, Dave Broom, David Stewart, Dewar's, European Commission, expansion, Filson, Fireball, Flaughter, Frankfort, Glenburgie, Glenmorangie, Glenmore., Glentauchers, Halifax, Historic Scotland, Houston, Hunter Laing, Ian Chang, Indianapolis, Jim Beam, joke, Justin Cox, Kavalan, Kentucky Derby, King Car, Lossie Beach, maltings, Matt Wooler, merger, Mike Raymond, milestone, Miltonduff, Motown, music, My Girl, Nadurra, Neil Ridley, Nick Morgan, Owensboro, Patrick Maguire, pizza, Port Ellen, Purple Valley Imports, Raj Sabharwal, regulator, Reserve 101, Rob Allanson, Sam Simmons, Sazerac, Scapa, shutdown, Signature Distillery, Simon Roser, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stewart Laing, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Tasmania Distillery, Tax & Trade Bureau, Texas, The Balvenie, The Balvenie Maltings Sessions, The Glenlivet, Tom Helt, Tomatin, trivia, TTB, Tun 1401, Twitter, Whisky Magazine, World Whiskies Awards1 comment
Whisky has inspired many musicians over the years, but Copper Dogs is turning that around. Four whisky industry veterans have turned to performing, th...