Episode 617: November 27, 201620161128000621
Episode 617: November 27, 2016
Mark GillespieNovember 28, 2016@erikclancydub, @J1mbo7, 101 Whiskies, A'Bunadh, Aberlour, actor, Advent, Anchor Brewing, Anchor Distilling, Anchor Steam, Ardgowan Estate, Ardross Estate, Atom Supplies, author, Award, Balblair, Ballantine's, Ballindalloch, basement, Beam Suntory, beer, BenRiach, Birthday, Black Bull, book, brewing, Brora, Brown-Forman, Bruce Joseph, calendar, California, Classic Cask, classic malts, competition, Connemara, Cooley, craft distilling, Crown Royal, Crown Royal Vanilla, Diageo, Dingle, Doublewood, Drinks by the Dram, Duncan Taylor, Elf on the Shelf, Erik Clancy, estate, Fargo, Fireball, flavored whiskies, Fred Minnick, Fritz Maytag, Glen Breton, Glen Fargo American Malt Whiskey, GlenDronach, Glenora Distillers, Gordon & MacPhail, Grandeur, Highland Council, Hotaling's, Ian Buxton, International Wine & Spirits Competition, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Islay, IWSC, Jack Daniel's, Japan, Jim Beam, Joel Kath, Kavalan, Kensington Wine Market, Kilbeggan, Kilchoman, Knob Creek, Lagavulin, lawsuit, lawyers, legal, Lidl, Loch Dhu, lyne arm, Mark Brown, Mark Reynier, Master of Malt, Miltonduff, Miyagikyo, mothballed, Napa Valley, Nick Morgan, Nick Offerman, Nikka, North Dakota, Old Potrero, Oliver Hughes, Paddy, Pernod Ricard, Pierre Weydert, Potrero Hill, Proof Artisan Distillers, San Francisco, Sanaig, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, shortage, Signature Oak, Supreme Court, SWA, Teeling, Tennessee Fire, The Balvenie, The Golden Age Blend, The Singleton of Glendullan, travel retail, trophy, Turf Mor, vent pipe, Wall Street Journal, Waterford, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, William Grant & Sons, Yoichi, York Creek Vineyards0 comments
What we think of today as the boom in craft distilling started 20 years ago this year, when San Francisco brewer Fritz Maytag bottled the first batch ...
Episode 612: October 23, 201620161023212057
Episode 612: October 23, 2016
Mark GillespieOctober 23, 2016@chicagobars, airport, Alan Winchester, Alberta, Alfred Barnard, An Ard Ri, appeal, Ardbeg, Arran, auction, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Beam Suntory, Benrinnes, Bill Newlands, Black Velvet, Booker Noe, Booker Noe Distillery, Booker's Rye, Boston, Brian Neely, British Columbia, Bunnahabhain, Canada, Celtic Whiskey, charity, Chris Ratliff, Christie's, classic malts, Clermont, Clootie Dumpling, Constellation Brands, contest, contract, Court of Session, Crown Royal, David Frost, Denmark, dessert, Dick Mack's Pub, Dingle, Distiller's Edition, Dublin, Dugas, Dunville's, European Court of Justice, Feis Ile, Fred Noe, Georgie Crawford, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Harrod's, High West, Hotel Grand Pacific, Hugh Jones, Hunter Laing & Co., Iain McArthur, Ileach, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Collection, Irish Whiskey Society, Islay, James Shanks, Japan, Japan/America Society, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Distillery, Jim Murray, Kentucky, Knappogue Castle, labor, Lagavulin, Ledaig, Lethbridge, Lexington, Local 111-D, Loch Lomond, Malt Mill, Master of Malt, Midleton Very Rare, minimum pricing, Nate Darling, negotiations, New York City, Nick Morgan, Northern Harvest Rye, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, overtime, Paris, Patrick's Bar, Peat Chimney, Peter Mackie, Port Charlotte Hotel, Port Ellen, prize, Redbreast, Rune Lauridsen, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Government, Simon Jones, Single Cask Nation, Smugglers Series, Special Releases, Speciality Drinks, Speyburn, Spice King, Stewart Laing, Sticky Toffee Pudding, strike, Suntory Holdings, Supreme Court, SWA, Takeshi Niinami, Teeling, The Crafts Council, The Glenlivet, The High Seas, The Hive, The Irishman, The Strath, The Whisky Exchange, Time Series, Tullamore, UFCW, Usquaebach, Victoria Whisky Festival, walkout, Walsh Whiskey Company, Wemyss Malts, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, William Larue Weller, Winchester Collection, wine0 comments
Lagavulin Distillery is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, and the Islay distillery hasn’t changed all that much over the years –...
Episode 592: June 4, 201620160605000837
Episode 592: June 4, 2016
Mark GillespieJune 5, 2016@AlpacaJo, @Joshua_Spahr, @madmen76, @markofrespect, @Sister_Ratched, @slagell, @WhiskyRep, Adam Slagell, Alan Winchester, Altia, Arran, Auchentoshan, Award, barbecue sauce, Battle of Jutland, Beach Whiskey, BenRiach, Bernard Walsh, Billy Leighton, Billy Walker, Black Barrel, Brian Nation, Brown-Forman, Bruce Springsteen, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Carlow, Caskmates, Chivas Brothers, Christina Philburn, copper works, Copperworks Distillery, Crested Ten, Croke Park, Cù Bòcan, Diageo, Dublin, Edradour, English Whisky Company, entrepreneur, Finland, Ger Buckley, Gillian Howell, Gillian McDonald, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Gordon & MacPhail, Hafod Morfa Copperworks, Herald Scotland, Heritage Lottery Fund, Industrial Revolution, Iowa, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Jameson, Jameson Crested, Jeff Kanov, Jim Beam, Jo Lawson, Joshua Spahr, Jude, Klaus Doblmann, Laphroaig, Latitude, Laura Davies, makeover, MaltKlaus, Marcus Houlihan, Mark Jennings, MGP, music, mystery, Old Pulteney, Orkney, packaging, Penderyn, Pernod Ricard, pulled pork, Rare Vintage, recipe, Redbreast, River Tawe, RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sazerac, Scapa, Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Awards, Seattle, Speyside Cooperage, Springbank, Stephen Davies, Strathisla, Swansea, Teeling, Templeton Rye, The Blender's Dog, The Boss, The Cooper's Croze, The Distiller's Safe, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet Alpha, The Glenlivet Cipher, The Irishman, The Long Hall, The Welsh Whisky Company, Tomatin, Tormore, Wales, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Welsh, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Rep Mike, World War I, Writers Tears2 comments
Penderyn is the only whisky distillery in Wales, but may soon spin off a second distillery under its name in nearby Swansea. Local leaders want a seco...
Old Pulteney Takes Top Honors at World Whiskies Awards20160318094614
Old Pulteney Takes Top Honors at World Whiskies Awards
Mark GillespieMarch 18, 2016Abraham Bowman Pioneer Spirit, Award, Balcones, Ben Bracken, Bernheim Original, Canada, Cardhu, Château Léoville Barton, competition, Corby, Fuji-Gotemba, Glen Alba, Glen Scotia, Glenkinchie, Gooderham & Worts, Green Spot, Hakushu, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, International Beverage, Inver House, Ireland, judges, Jura, Kavalan, King Car, Knob Creek Smoked Maple, Lidl, London, Malcolm Waring, Margaret Mary Clarke, North America, Old Pulteney, Old Scout, Pikesville Rye, Pulteney, Sazerac, Scotland, Smooth Ambler, Solist, Stuart Harvey, Suntory, Taiwan, Teeling, True Blue, whiskey, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wick, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
March 18, 2016 – Inver House’s Pulteney Distillery never uses peated malt to make its single malt whiskies, but the distillery at the nort...
Episode 566: December 13, 201520151213185700
Episode 566: December 13, 2015
Mark GillespieDecember 13, 2015Amateur Drammer, Ardbeg, Award, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Barley, BBC News, Beckmann, Billy Walker, Box Distillery, Box Early Days, brewery, Bruce Willis, Bruichladdich, Bushmills, California, catchphrase, Coppersea Distillery, Demolition Dave, Diageo, Die Hard, Dumbarton, Excelsior Bourbon, expansion, Ezra Brooks, farmers, Finger Lakes Distilling, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenglassaugh, Guinness, High West, Icons of Whisky, incentives, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Japan, Jeff Cioletti, Jim Beam, John McLellan, Jose Cuervo, Kavalan, Ken Goldenberg, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Kilchoman, King Car, Limestone Branch, Lisa Ryan, Luxco, Macallan, Mal;t Maniacs Awards, Malt Maniacs, Mark Reynier, Maureen Reynier, McKenzie, Neist Point, Nelson County, Nelson County Gazette, New York, New York State, packaging, Paul McCusker, Peter Grasso, Pure Pot Still, Rebel Yell, remix, Remy Cointreau, Renegade Spirits, Ruari Reynier, single malt, Single Pot Still, soju, Solist, Supernova, Sweden, Syrah, Taiwan, Talisker, Teeling, The Year of Drinking Adventurously, Tomatin, travel retail, Tullamore Dew, Utah. Yippie-Ki-Yay, vermouth, Waterford, Waterford Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Magazine, Yellowstone0 comments
This week, we’ll give you a glimpse at something rarely seen…the very first still run at a new distillery. This week, the stills at Irelan...
Kavalan Takes Top Single Malt Honors in World Whiskies Awards20150319191737
Kavalan Takes Top Single Malt Honors in World Whiskies Awards
Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2015Al Young, Ardbeg, Balcones, BenRiach, Bill Lark, Bill Samuels, Black Mountain, Colin Ross, Glenmorangie, Hall of Fame, Hibiki, Highand Harvest, Iskristall, Jim Beveridge, Jr., Kavalan, Kildalton, King Car, Ledaig, London, Longrow, Mackmyra, Master of Malt, Michael Urquhart, Nikka, North British, Pappy Van Winkle, Phoenix, Redbreast, Seiichi Koshimizu, Solist, Steve Beal, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Teeling, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Three Ships, Tullamore Dew, Wemyss, Whisky Live, Whisky Magazine, World Whiskies Awards, Yamazaki2 comments
March 19, 2015 – For the second consecutive year, a “world” whisky has taken top honors as the “World’s Best Single Malt...
Episode 508: November 29, 201420141130005910
Episode 508: November 29, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 30, 2014Allen key, audio, bad jokes, Balcones, Bardstown, barrel, Beam, Benromach, Bill Ricker, Booker Noe, Booker's, Bordeaux, Box, Bruichladdich, Bushmills, Campbeltown, cask, Chinese, Chip Tate, Cissac, dispute, Dublin, Fiddlers Inn, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, French Oak, Gal Granov, GlenDronach, Gordon & MacPhail, Haut-Médoc, Hebrew, Hermitage, Herno, Ikea, independence, investors, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey Association, Israel, Jameson, Janne Groth, Jared Himstedt, Jim Lynch, Johnny, Jon Beach, judge, Loch Ness, loyalty, Lyndsey Gray, Mark Reynier, Mattias Johanneson, organic, Peter Morehead, pun, Rachel MacNeill, Redbreast, referendum, Remy Cointreau, restraining order, Rhône, Sauternes, Scottish, Spirit of Freedom, Springbank, square, startup, Sweden, Systembolaget, Teeling, The Challenger, The Pioneer, Tullamore Dew0 comments
Irish Whiskey has been leading the global growth in whisky sales for the last several years, posting double-digit gains every year. That growth is bei...
Redbreast 21 Takes Irish Whiskey Of The Year Honors20141025084225
Redbreast 21 Takes Irish Whiskey Of The Year Honors
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2014Barry Crockett Legacy, Celtic Cask Naoi, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Coole Swan, Cooley, Dingle Dick Mack's Pub, Franciscan Well, Irish Whiskey Society, Jack Ryan's, Jameson, Kilbeggan, Midleton, Powers, Redbreast, Teeling0 comments
October 24, 2014 – Redbreast 21 Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey took overall top honors at the second annual Irish Whiskey Awards presented by th...
Episode 502: October 18, 201420141019023114
Episode 502: October 18, 2014
Mark GillespieOctober 19, 2014advertising, anniversary, appeal, approval, auction, Balcones, Bill Clinton, Birthday Bourbon, blending lab, bloggers, censor, charity, Chip Tate, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chivas Regal Extra, COLA, Columbus Barrel Company, Compass Box, contempt, court, crowdfunding, custom, Cutty Sark, Dalmunach, Daniel Weber, defense fund, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, donations, Dublin, English Whisky Company, European Court of Justice, fashion, Festival, Finland, Finnish, Generic Surplus, George Washington's Rye, Glasgow Blend, Glen Grant, Go Fund Me, Great King Street, Gregg Glass, Haig Club, Hanyu, Hedonism, Helsinki, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malts, interview, investors, Ireland, Japan, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim Meyer, John Glaser, Joker, Jubilee, judge, Knob Creek, Kyrö, labeling, Lahti, lawsuit, legal, London, Louisville, Luke Winter, Mikko Koskinen, minimum pricing, Mount Vernon, Ohio, Old Forester, Party Mart, Poppy Appeal, President, Queen Elizabeth, recycling, regulators, regulatory, restraining order, River Spey, Robert Mondavi, Royal British Legion, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Seattle, shoes, Single Cask Nation, sneakers, Speyside Way, sunglasses, SWA, Teeling, Teeling Whiskey Company, Teerenpeli, Texas, The Balvenie, The Glenlivet, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, throne, Timo Kuorahjarvi, TTB, Tun 1509, Waco, Washington, waste, Westland, Whiskey Live, Woodzee, World War I, Wounded Warriors Family Support0 comments
Finland has a love-hate relationship with whisky. Finns love it, and the Finnish government hates it. Distilled spirits advertising is banned, and reg...
Dublin To Get Second Distillery20140902122344
Dublin To Get Second Distillery
Mark GillespieSeptember 2, 2014Dublin, Dublin Whiskey Company, Edmond O'Flaherty, Ireland, Jim Swan, Marie Byrne, Mill Street, Newmarket Square, Pat O'Brien, Teeling0 comments
September 2, 2014 – Planning permission has been granted for Dublin’s second new whiskey distillery this year, with the Dublin Whiskey Com...