Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)20190722035536
Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)
Mark GillespieJuly 22, 2019@Mike_W_Simpson, @pogues1977, @TheTracerBullet, age statement, Alan Winchester, Amrut, Atlas Bar, auction, Bartender at Large, Blackadder, Bladnoch, Bonhams, breast cancer, Brian Treacy, Cairdeas, Cards Series, Chivas Brothers, Christina Philburn, Code of Federal Regulations, construction, contract, control state, Dante, David Prior, Diageo, distillery, distributor, Edinburgh, English Whisky Company, Enigma, Feis Ile, fruits, Glass Revolution Imports, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Global Travel Retail, GMB, Hammer Head, Hanyu, Holyrood Distillery, Hong Kong, Huntly, Ian Stewart, Ichiro Akuto, importer, India, instructors, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Ivy Mix, J. Rieger & Co., Jameson, Japan, Jerry O'Sullivan, Julio's Liquors, Kansas City, Kavalan, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, Knockdhu, La Maison du Whisky, label approvals, labor, labour, Laphroaig, LaSanta, Lebanon, Lynette Marrero, Massachusetts, Missouri, mystery, Nectar D'Or, negotiations, New Orleans, New Riff, New York City, Nikka Whisky, Norfolk Wine & Spirits, palate, Philadelphia, Philanthropy, photo, Portomento, produce, Prohibition, Purple Valley Imports, Quinta Ruban, R&D, Raj Sabharwal, retailer, Royal Salute, Ryan Maloney, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Singapore, single malt, sommelier, Speed Rack, spices, Spirited Awards, stained glass, strike, Sullivan's Cove, Taiwan, Tales of the Cocktail, tariffs, tasting, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Glenlivet, The Lakes Distillery, The Lost Blend, The Malts Blend, The One, The Party Source, The Signature Blend, three-tier, tied house, Title 27, Triple Triple, TTB, unions, Unite, vegetables, visitors center, visitors centre, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, whisky classes, Wigtown, Woodford Reserve, workers0 comments
Raj Sabharwal doesn’t make whiskies, but his role is critical in making sure you get to drink them. He’s one of the band of independent im...
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)20190106165051
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 6, 2019Aberfeldy, Abhainn Dearg, acquisition, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, Andy Watts, application, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Argyll & Bute Council, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, Bain's, Beam Suntory, Bicentenary, Big Five Duty Free, Black Prince, Booker Noe Distillery, Bourbon, Brent Stewart, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Calgary, Cambus, Canada, Canadian Club, Chicago, Christopher Winters, competition, construction, Daniel Marlowe, Dave Pickerell, DC, Diageo, District of Columbia, Donegal, Douglas Laing & Co., East Lothian Council, Edinburgh, Elixir Distillers, Feis Ile, first dram, Freddie Johnson, Freddie Noe, Fritz Farm, Gaja Capital, Georgie Crawford, Glen Elgin, Glen Grant, Glenkinchie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, hockey, Imperial. @lawschooldrunk, India, Indiana, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Lewis, James Sedgewick Distillery, Jim Beam Distillery, Johannesburg, John Distilleries, John Newfry, Johnnie Walker, Kent Crittenden, Kentucky, Kentucky for Kentucky, Kilchoman, Laddie Classic, Lagavulin, Last Dram, Lexington, liquor agency, Little Book, lottery, Macduff, Madeira, Maker's Mark, Maryland, moonshine, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New Year's, NHL, nosing, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Ohio, palate, Palmetto Distillery, Pappy Van Winkle, Paul John, planning approval, planning permission, Port Ellen, R.J. Hodges, Raj Singh, Ryan Campbell, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky. expansion, Scotland, shares, single grain, South Africa, South Carolina, Special Releases, Speciality Drinks, stake, Stanley Cup, Star Industries, Sukhinder Singh, tasting, The Balvenie, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Deveron, The Whisky Exchange, Three Chord Bourbon, Tim Knittel, Timorous Beastie, Tish Harcus, travel retail, Virginia, visitors centers, Washington, Washington Capitals, whiskey, Whiskey Bear, whisky, world champions, Zionsville0 comments
There are plenty of competitions to find the best whiskies, but what about competitions to find the best whisky tasters? Those are few and far between...
British Columbia Liquor Regulators Crack Down on Scotch Malt Whisky Society20180120190234
British Columbia Liquor Regulators Crack Down on Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Mark GillespieJanuary 20, 2018agents, Alberta, Allura Fergie, attorney, BC Liquor Stores, British Columbia, Calgary, Canada, enforcement, Eric Fergie, Festival, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Hotel Grand Pacific, Hyde, Jonathan Bray, Kelly Carpenter, lawyer, legislators, Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, Liquor Distribution Branch, Little Jumbo, Mark Gillespie, master class, Ministry of the Attorney General, Nanaimo, Ohishi, protest, province, Rob Carpenter, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Secret Spirits, seizure, SMWS, tasting, The Grand Hotel, The Union Club, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, whiskey, whisky0 comments
January 20, 2018 – British Columbia regulators are drawing fire from whisky lovers following a crackdown on Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottlings...
Three Wise Men Tasting Whiskies for the Holidays20171223215810
Three Wise Men Tasting Whiskies for the Holidays
Mark GillespieDecember 23, 2017Angelo Veneziano, Ballantine's, broken nose, Chivas Brothers, duty free, Full Volume, Glenburgie, Glenfarclas, Glenfarclas 105, Highland Park, holidays, It's Just the Booze Dancing, Mike Farley, nosing, Oban, Orkney, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Sam Speers, single malt, Speyside, Taiwan, tasting, travel retail, whiskey, whisky, ZZ Top0 comments
With the holiday season in full swing, we turned to three “wise men” for this month’s Tasting Panel and gave them three single malt ...
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)20170723021823
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (Episode 651: July 23, 2017)
Mark GillespieJuly 23, 2017.36 Small Caliber Bourbon, .36 Texas Straight Bourbon, ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Angus Dundee, artisan, Balcones, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bernheim Distillery, Bill Samuels Jr., board, Bourbon, Bourbon Women, brewery, Brown Hotel, bucket list, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Whisky, CEO, charity, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, cocktail, Colorado, Communist, Credit Suisse, Crown Royal, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Dallas Dhu, Deatsville, debate, Dennis Oetinger, Denny Potter, Denver, Derek Mather, Diageo, director, distiller, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dublin Liberties Whiskey, Evan Chapman, expansion, Firestone & Robertson, Gimli, Glen Alba, Glencadam, governor, Hammer Head, Heaven Hill, Historic Environment Scotland, Houston, Hunter Stacks, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jim Boyko, John Hickenlooper, John Mack, Kentucky, Lidl, London, Louisville, Manitoba, Marge Samuels, mayor, Michael McKenna, Moray, Morgan Stanley, museum, Not a Pink Drink, Ontario, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Parliament, politics, Pradlo Distillery, Quintessential Brands, Quora, Ranger Creek, Reserve 101, retired, Rhône, Richard Lochhead, Salida, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, Sean Murray, Sip-osium, Sir Douglas Murray, Speyside, Stock Spirits, Susan Riegler, tasting, Texas, The Dubliner, The Murray, The Reawakening, The Scotsman, Tomatin, Tullibardine, Warehouse 6, Waterloo, Westword, whiskey, whisky, Wishaw, women, Wood's High Mountain Distillery0 comments
Jim Boyko’s career took him from the old Seagram’s distillery in Waterloo, Ontario to the Canadian prairie in Gimli, Manitoba, and eventua...
Straight Shooting with Bulleit Bourbon’s Tom Bulleit (Episode 645: June 11, 2017)20170611004819
Straight Shooting with Bulleit Bourbon’s Tom Bulleit (Episode 645: June 11, 2017)
Mark GillespieJune 11, 2017@Audible_Feast, @GCPepperGuy, 004, 005, 4 stars, A.D. Laws, ads, advertising, airport, Amrut, anniversary, Arkansas, Augustus Bulleit, Balcones, ban, Barrell Bourbon, beer, Betsy Bulleit, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Bulleit, Bullet Barrel Strength, Changhi, charity, Chivas Brothers, cognac, Colorado, Compass Box, counterfeit, Craigellachie, currency, Denver, Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, Diageo, dollar, Double Single, Dr. McGillicuddy's, duty free, dyes, earnings, election, Elton John, European Union, exports, fake, federal court, Feis Ile, festival bottlings, George Remus, Germany, gin, Girvan, Glen Elgin, Gloucestershire, Grant Cummings, Great Britain, health, Heidelberg, home bar, Houston, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay festival, Jack Daniel's, Jack White, Jim McEwan, Jo Lawson, Kelly Walshe, Kilkerran, Larry Schwartz, Lawrenceburg, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lawyer, Little Rock, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, market share, MGP, Minister, molecular, music, National Football League, NFL, packaging, PBS, Pernod Ricard, Polo, Polo Edition, pound, Prime Minister, Redemption, Remy Cointreau, Renton, Rescued Pets Movement, Reserve 101, review, Rock Town Distillery, Royal Salute, sales, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac, Science Magazine, scientists, Seagram, shares, Singapore, Slane Castle, Slane Irish Whiskey, song, Southern Comfort, Spectrum, spirits, tasting, television, Texas, The Botanist, Theresa May, Tom Bulleit, trade, trademark, trading, travel retail, Tuaca, Two Fingers of Whisky, University, Waco, Washington, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Woodford Reserve, World Duty Free, YouTube0 comments
Tom Bulleit wasn’t born into the Bourbon business, but even as a successful Kentucky lawyer, he knew there was something calling him to whiskey....
Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)20170604143251
Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)
Mark GillespieJune 4, 20171792 Bourbon, Al Young, American Epic Sessions, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, auction, Austria, author, auto racing, Bardstown, Barton, Bernie Taupin, bill, blogger, blues, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, British Airways, Carla Carlton, debate, Douglas Laing & Co., Elton John, experiment, farm, Feis Ice, festival bottling, foam, Four Roses, Garryana, governor, Heaven Hill, heirloom corn, Houston, Indianapolis 500, International Space Station, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack White, Japan, Jill-Ann Stolley Vick, Jim Murray, Joel Harrison, Karuizawa, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Distillers Association, Klaus Doblmann, Kwikpac, legislation, legislature, Limited Edition Small Batch, Louisville, Lydia Calhooligan, Marquess Series, Matt Bevin, Matt Hofmann, motorsports, music, Neil Ridley, Noh, Number One Drinks Company, Pacific Northwest. Scotch Whisky, packaging, PBS, plant, recording, Remarkable Regional Malts, Reserve 101, retailers, Robert Mark, Rock Oyster, Sazerac, Seattle, Sir Douglas Murray, song, Space, statehood, Takuma Sato, tasting, The Bourbon Babe, The Murray, The Sun, Timorous Beastie, Tullibardine, Two Fingers of Whiskey, Voice O Graph, Washington, weather balloon, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, Wilderness Trail1 comment
Bourbon’s growing global profile is at its highest in decades, and that’s good news in Kentucky. Even though Bourbon can be made anywhere ...
Life On The Road With Whisky’s Wanderers20140206175305
Life On The Road With Whisky’s Wanderers
Mark GillespieFebruary 6, 2014Aer Lingus, airlines, airports, ambassador, Amsterdam, British Airways, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian Club, Customs, Dallas, Dublin, Edinburgh, event, Festival, Flybe, Glasgow, Gordon & MacPhail, Heathrow, Iain McCallum, Ireland, Islay, John Cashman, Kilbeggan, Kilchoman, KLM, Laphroaig, London, luggage, Michael Urquhart, Morrison Bowmore, Newark, O'Hare, Orlando, Peter Wills, police, Ranald Watson, Ryanair, Schipohl, Simon Brooking, Springbank, tasting, Tish Harcus, Travel, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival0 comments
Being a brand ambassador for a major whisky brand sounds like a lot of fun…and it is, but it’s also a job with perks like jet lag, lost lu...
Second Saturday Single Malt Tastings at Atlantic City’s Best Whisky Bar20130818082214
Second Saturday Single Malt Tastings at Atlantic City’s Best Whisky Bar
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2013Atlantic City, bar, Barbara Townsend, Bob Townsend, First Friday, Miner's Delight Inn, New Jersey, nosing, pub, Second Saturday Single Malt Tasting, tasting, Travel, Wyoming0 comments
Whisky lovers travel to Atlantic City from all over the U.S. for the monthly Second Saturday Single Malt Tastings at the Miner’s Delight Inn. Bo...
Episode 518: January 24, 2015