Winner Picked in Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project20150607154228
Winner Picked in Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project
Mark GillespieJune 7, 2015Buffalo Trace, Christopher Null, Chuck Cowdery, DrinkHacker.com, experiment, F. Paul Pacult, Gary Regan, Habamus Bourbon, Habamus Papum, Harlen Wheatley, Holy Grail, Jason Wilson, Jim Murray, Jim Myers, Lew Bryson, Liza Weisstuch, Mark Brown, Mark Gillespie, Pope, Ronnie Eddins, Single Oak Project, Spirit Journal, Sue Woodley, tasting panel, The Chuck Cowdery Blog, The Tennessean, Vatican, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Magazine0 comments
June 7, 2015 – Habamus Bourbon. That play on the Vatican’s traditional announcement of a new Pope was the way one whisky writer at the ta...
Episode 536: May 23, 201520150524000406
Episode 536: May 23, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 24, 2015anniversary, Anthony Bourdain, Ardbeg Perpetuum, Arran, arrest, artisan, barbecue sauce, Barrelhead, Barry Crockett, Benromach, Bill Lumsden, Brian Williams, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Caol Ila, Chivas Brothers, David Wood, Derek Mather, Douglas MacArthur, Eddie Russell, Ernest Hemingway, Errol Flynn, Experimental Collection, explosion, Facebook, fantasy, Feis Ile, fire, fire marshal, Forres, Frank Sinatra, French Oak, Gilbert Curtsinger, Gordon & MacPhail, grand jury, Hearach, Humphrey Bogart, Iain MacArthur, Ian Chang, indictment, investigation, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Harris, Jay Rogers, Jeffrey Lohr, Jimmy Russell, Julie Curtsinger, Justin Victor, Kavalan, Keith Cruickshank, Kilchoman, Kyle Rogers, Lagavulin, lawsuit, lawyer, Leslie Wright, Lucille Ball, Master's Keep, Michael Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Mike Farley, Mike Ross, Octomore, PappyGate, Revenoor Stills, Rodolfo Alvarado, Ron Burgundy, Rowan Atkinson, Sammy Hagar, Silver Trail Distillery, Spencer Balentine, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, steroids, Steve Gormley, tasting panel, Terry Wilhelm, theft, Urquhart, White Stags, Wild Turkey0 comments
Gordon & MacPhail reopened Benromach Distillery in Speyside in 1998 after 15 years of inactivity, and Keith Cruickshank has been there since the s...
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: August 201220120818233011
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: August 2012
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2012Aberfeldy, Brianna Gillespie, Donna Tedesco, Doug Stewart, Glenlivet, Macallan, Scotch, Scotland, single malt, tasting, tasting panel, Tim Tedesco0 comments
Year #2 of WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings begins with three very familiar whiskies. Our tasting panel of Doug Stewart, Tim and Donna Tedesco, and Brianna...
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: August 201120110826034918
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: August 2011
Mark GillespieAugust 26, 2011An Cnoc, Angelo Veneziano, Bill Ricker, Chivas Regal, Ireland, Irish, Jeff Steubben, Powers, Scotch, Scotland, Shelly Brisbin, tasting panel, whisky1 comment
Welcome to the debut of WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings. Each month, our volunteer tasting panel will sample three whiskies from around the world and offe...
Episode 299: January 22, 201120110122185954
Episode 299: January 22, 2011
Mark GillespieJanuary 22, 2011Antarctica, blind, British Columbia, can, Canadian Whisky, Dalmore, Davin de Kergommeaux, Elena Kanigan, events, Festival, Hotel Grand Pacific, Lawrence Graham, live, MacKinlay, New Zealand, Noel Buckley, Old Pulteney, Ross Hendry, Shackleton, SWA, tasting panel, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Vijay Mallya, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
This is the first live webcast of WhiskyCast, on location at the Victoria Whisky Festival in British Columbia. Our tasting panel and nosers from the a...
Episode 154: July 20, 200820080720115400
Episode 154: July 20, 2008
Mark GillespieJuly 20, 2008abuse, Aeneas MacDonald, Andrew Jefford, Auchentoshan, author, book, Braeval, British Columbia, Canada, chefs, Chivas Brothers, distillery, F. Paul Pacult, Famous Grouse, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Harrison, ice, Jimmy Bradley, Michael Beamish, Misako Udo, New York, Red Cat, report, responsibility, restaurant, sale, Shelter Point, Snow Grouse, Speyside, tasting panel, The Scotsman, Tullibardine, web site0 comments
Almost every whisky lover has dreamed of getting the call from a distillery to serve on an exclusive tasting panel to select a special release. Jimmy ...
Episode 88: April 22, 200720070422224500
Episode 88: April 22, 2007
Mark GillespieApril 22, 2007Baker's, Balvenie, Bayway, book, Bourbon, Brian Dvorat, Buffalo Trace, Canada, cancer, charity, conference, Convalmore, definition, dispute, distiller, distillery, Eagle Rare, Edinburgh, events, family, Festival, flavored, Glengoyne, Hibiki, history, India, Johanna Ngoh, Julian Van Winkle, Kentucky, LCBO, Mike Davis, Neil Boyd, Old Rip Van Winkle, Pappy Van Winkle, Pat McCarthy, Sally Van Winkle Campbell, Scott's Selection, Spirit of Toronto, St. Magdalene, Stitzel-Weller, storytelling, Taketsuru, Talisker, tariff, tasting panel, Toronto, trade, United Spirits, Vijay Rekhi, Whisky Live, World Trade Organization, World Whiskies Conference0 comments
The World Whiskies Conference has ended, with some unusual ideas that may spark some controversy…OK, a lot of controversy. But getting back to w...
Episode 80: February 25, 200720070225171600
Episode 80: February 25, 2007
Mark GillespieFebruary 25, 2007Bardstown, Bayway, Beam, Bernheim, Bourbon, Chicago, Claymore, Dalmore, distillery, Eagle Rare, economy, editor, expansion, Fettercairn, Gemini, Glayva, Heaven Hill, John Hansell, Jura, Kentucky, Larry Kass, Louisville, MacKinlay, Malt Advocate, New Jersey, Pat McCarthy, politics, retailer, single cask, tasting panel, WhiskyFest, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
Wonder just how differently casks from the same distillery, produced and stored under identical conditions, can turn out after years of maturation? We...