Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)20190722035536
Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)
July 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...
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)20190330215734
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)
March 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...
Whiskey On the Water: Jefferson’s Journey (Episode 754: February 10, 2019)20190210205429
Whiskey On the Water: Jefferson’s Journey (Episode 754: February 10, 2019)
February 10, 2019@BunkaiH, airlines, Allta, backlog, Beam, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker, Blended Malt, Bourbon, Brent Elliott, Brexit, Buffalo Trace, Celestial, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, China, Congress, Conor O'Driscoll, Craigellachie, Darryl McNally, deadline, Double Eagle Very Rare, Douglas Fischer, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dufftown, duty free, Eagle Rare, economic impact, economy, Egan's, Elijah Craig, EU, European Union, exports, fermentation, fire, flatboat, flight crew, Flintlock, Fort Lauderdale, Fortitude, Four Roses, General Assembly, Glenallachie, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, government, Great Britain, Harvey MacNair, Heaven Hill, Indiana, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, James Campbell, Jefferson's, Jefferson's Journey, jobs, Karen Lentz, Kentucky, Kentucky Association of Beverage Retailers, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kevin Smith, Key West, label approval, lawmakers, legislature, Liberty Pole Spirits, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, Lum Reek, MacNair's, Michael Lord, microbiologist, Mike Lord, Mississippi River, Morrison & Mackay, New Orleans, New York City, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Old Particular. Elements, Pfizer, pilot, Popular Mechanics, Prime Minister, Quintessential Brands, Quora.com, river, Robin Laing, safety, Scotch Whisky, Shanghai, shutdown, Small Batch Select, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Steel Bonnets, Tampa, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tennessee Whiskey, Terre Haute, The Dubliner, The Lakes Distillery, The Macallan, The Whisky Shop Dufftown, Theresa May, Thomas Hogue, tickets, trade, travel retail, Treasury Department, Trey Zoeller, tropical storm, Trump Administration, TTB, University of Louisville, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Colours Festival, yeast0 comments
Long before highways crossed North America, flatboats with barrels of whiskey were a common sight along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers bound for New ...
Your Tax Dollars…Not at Work! (Episode 749: January 13, 2019)20190113220906
Your Tax Dollars…Not at Work! (Episode 749: January 13, 2019)
January 13, 2019@seriousabtplay, @SML917, @thewhiskymaker, Alberta Distillers, Andy Watts, Ardmore, Ardnahoe Distillery, Argyll & Bute Council, Beam Suntory, Bobby Parnell, Brian Canning, Brown-Forman, budget, Bunnahabhain, Canada, cannabis, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, chemistry, Chita, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, COLA, Colorado, Congress, Cooley, Craigellachie, Cumria, David Monahan, David Ozgo, Dewar's, DISCUS, Distell, Distilled Spirits Council, Douglas Laing & Co., expansion, Flintlock, Germany, Glen Garioch, Glengoyne, government, Hakushu, Highland Park, Hunter Laing & Co., Ireland, Irish Whiskey Awards, Islay, Israel, Jameson, Japan, Jim Beam, Jim Hough, job opening, Johnnie Walker, label approval, labeling, Liberty Pole Spirits, Louise McGuane, Lunar New Year, marijuana, Milk & Honey, Mizunara, Moine, Old Particular, Oregon, Orkney, packaging, Pennsylvania, politics, Reverie, Ruth Kirkpatrick, Scott Laing, Scott Lowery, Seattle, shutdown, Slane Distillery, South Africa, Suntory, Suntory AO, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tel Aviv, The Lakes Distillery, The Last One, Three Chord Bourbon, travel retail, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Twelve Bar Reserve, Washington, Washington State, Westland, whiskey, Whiskey Rebellion, whisky, XOP, Xtra Old Particular, Yamazaki, Year of the Pig0 comments
The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government is now the longest on record, and it is having an impact on the whisky business. Two whisky makers...
A New Riff on Bourbon (Episode 712: July 8, 2018)20180708172755
A New Riff on Bourbon (Episode 712: July 8, 2018)
July 8, 2018@JohnnietheScot, @laurieinseattle, @pleddy, @RealWhiskyDave, #freethewhisky, #GreatIslaySwim, Alaska, Amir Peay, Anthony Gismondi, Aultmore, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, auto racing, Bardstown, barrels, Barton 1792, Beam Suntory, Border Marches, bottles, Bourbon, Brad Halpin, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buggalo Trace, Caribbean Cask Finish, Carn Mor, Catoctin Creek, Chairman's Reserve Rum, charring, Chicago, China, Chivas Regal, Chivas XV, Chocolate Edition, Cincinnati, Col. E.H. Taylor Tornado Surviving Bourbon, collapse, Compass Box, construction, contestant, cooperage, cowboy, Czech Republic, damage, Dario Franchitti, Dave Kearns, David Stewart, debris, Delilah's, Delilah's XXV, Denali, Department of Environmental Protection, Distilled Spirits Council, Double Oaked, Douglas Laing & Co., Duns, environment, exports, Family Reserve, fire, firefighters, fish, flame, Formula 1, Founder's Reserve, Gal Granov, Glenfiddich, Glenmore., Goodwood Festival of Speed, Grande Champagne Cognac, Grant's, Great Islay Swim, heat, Heaven Hill, Hickory, High West, Hockenheim, horse, Independent Stave Company, Indianapolis 500, inspection, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Israel, Jack McLaughlin, James E. Pepper Distillery, Jay Erisman, Jim Clark, Jim Clark Trust, John Glaser, Johnnie Mundell, Kelly Carpenter, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, labels, Lark Distillery, Larry Ebersold, Laurie van Thiel, Lexington, limerick, Mairtin Seoighe, Mark Brown, Mark Hicken, Mark Reynier, Marriage 0962, MGP, Michter's, Mike Miller, Morrison & Mackay, museum, Nant Distillery, NDP, New Democratic Party, New Riff Distilling, New York City, Newport, NPR, O.K.I., Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery, Overeem Distillery, Paul Leddy, Petr Hosek, photography, province, radio, recovery, regulation, rickhouse, Rob Carpenter, Roundstone Rye, Rye, sample, Sazerac, Scallywag, Seppeltsfield Estate, Simon Brooking, Smokey Triple Reserve, SMWS Canada, Snow Phoenix, St. Lucia Distillers, Steamboat, Steel Bonnets, structural engineers, Sun Phoenix, swimming, tariffs. imports, Tasmania, The Balvenie, The Barber of Figaro, The Dead Rabbit, The Irishman, The Lakes Distillery, The Party Source, Toasted Barrel Finish, toasting, tourists, tours, trade secret, trade war, Triple Wood, Trump Administration, University of Wyoming, Vancouver, voice mail, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me, Walsh Whiskey, Warren Randall, water, Waterford Distillery, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons, Woodford Reserve, World Chocolate Day, Wyoming Whiskey, Yippie-Ki-Yay0 comments
Ken Lewis has accomplished a lot of things in his life, from climbing Alaska’s Denali to owning one of Kentucky’s largest chains of liquor...
A Whisky Trade War on the Horizon? (Episode 703: June 3, 2018)20180603182226
A Whisky Trade War on the Horizon? (Episode 703: June 3, 2018)
June 3, 2018airport, Alberta, aluminum, Andrew Ferguson, Anthony J. Bakker, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Arran, Australia, Ben Nevis, Bobby Parnell, border, Bourbon, Brexit, Brussels, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Cask 88, Chris Morris, Commonwealth, court, Craftwork Spirits, crime, Cumbria, Customs, decanter, Distilled Spirits Council, Donald Trump, Drykkrsvell, economist, economy, EU, European Union, excise tax, export, Faith, Feis Ile, Franklin County, Genesis, Geordie Moski, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, gleaming sword of drink, Golden Eagle, grand jury, Greg Butler, Grooves, hammer, Hope, import, importer, indictment, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, judge, Justin Trudeau, KDA, Kensington Wine Market, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Love, luck, Mark Sean Searcy, Marvel, Melbourne, Mexico, Midleton, Millstone, Mjolnir, Mjølner, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Ontario, PappyGate, Paul Hansen, Prime Minister, proof gallons, prosecutor, public health, Quatrefoil Collection, Scotch, Scottish Folklore Series, sentencing, Sinn Fein, steel, Straight Malt, sword, tariff, tax, The Lakes Distillery, theft, Thor, Tim Matthews, trade, Trump Administration, valinch, Van Winkle, whiskey, whiskey thief, whisky, Wild Turkey, William Lavelle, Woodford Reserve, Zach Becker, Zuidam0 comments
Canada and the European Union are planning retaliatory tariffs on imports of Bourbon and other American whiskies after this week’s move by the T...
A Peek Inside the Irish Whiskey Archive (Episode 674: December 31, 2017)20180101010623
A Peek Inside the Irish Whiskey Archive (Episode 674: December 31, 2017)
January 1, 2018@jotterface, @JRR1234, @outofdoors, @snagsy1980, @Violent_Bob, 12K Giveaway, archives, Ardbeg, Beefeater Gin, bottles, Bourbon, brewers, Bruichladdich, Carol Quinn, CBEW, Christmas Eve, Congress, consumption, Cork, Corryvreckan, Cumbria, Desmond Payne, Distilled Spirits Council, distillers, Dublin, Federal Excise Tax, Final Reserve, followers, Frazier History Museum, Glenmorangie, Glenmore Distillery, Grand Vintage Malt 1990, Green Spot, health, history, Honours List, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Archive, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, James "Buddy" Thompson, James Thompson & Brother, Jameson, John Jameson, John Robertson, Kentucky, Kinclaith, labels, Louisville, Mark Gorman, Matt Covington, MBE, Midleton, Mitchell & Son, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Nigel Mills, No. #1 Bond House, Old Midleton Distillery, Order of the British Empire, Owensboro, Powers, preservation, Queen Elizabeth II, Redbreast, Ryan Campbell, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Single Malts of Scotland, Speciality Drinks, Strathclyde, tax reform, The Lakes Distillery, Tomatin, Twitter, veterans, Washington, whiskey, whisky, winemakers0 comments
Much of whisky’s early history is documented only in tales, with few written records that have survived the centuries. In some cases, though, th...
Episode 581: March 19, 201620160319235701
Episode 581: March 19, 2016
March 19, 2016A Glass Apart, Abraham Bowman, Alex Chasko, ambassador, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Arran, Ashok Chokalingam, Australia, author, Balcones, BenRiach, Bernheim Original, Bernie Lubbers, Bill Lumsden, Billy Walker. Utah, Bourbon, Brenne, Brian Kinsman, budget, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Changi, Château Léoville Barton, cognac, Colorado, Cooley, corn Bourbon, Corn Whiskey, Craig Beam, Dark Cove, Denny Potter, Denver, DFS Group, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, duties, Exile Casks, Feis Ile, Fergal Murray, Fionnán O'Connor, France, Fuji-Gotemba, George Osborne, Gifted Horse, Glen Alba, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gooderham & Worts, Great Northern Distillery, Green Spot, Guinness, Hall of Fame, Harold Currie, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, High West, historian, Hudson Baby Bourbon, Icons of Whisky Awards, independent bottling, Inver House, Ireland, Irish, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Joel Harrison-Grier, John Quinn, John Teeling, Josh Hafer, Kavalan, Kentucky, King Car, Knob Creek, Koichi Inatomi, Koichi Nishikawa, La Maison du Whisky, Lagg, Laphroaig, Legion D'Honneur, Lidl, light whiskey, Margaret Mary Clarke, Master of Malt, MGP, Neil Ridley, Nikka, Old Pulteney, Old Scout, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, Paul Currie, Pennsylvania, Pierre Weydert, Pikesville Rye, Pioneer Spirit, Sainsbury's, Sarah Mytych, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Smoked Maple, Smooth Ambler, Solist, sourced, Steve Ryan, Stuart Cassells, Suntory, SWA, Switzerland, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Lakes Distillery, Tom Diana, Tomatin, True Blue, Tullamore D.E.W., Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Wick, William Grant & Sons, World War I, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
After two years of victories for Pacific Rim whiskies, a single malt Scotch is back on top of the World Whiskies Awards. Old Pulteney’s 1989 Vin...
Episode 558: October 17, 201520151018022113
Episode 558: October 17, 2015
October 18, 2015A.M. Swope, Adam Hannett, Allan Logan, Andy Cant, anonymous, Ardbeg, Ardmore, Arran, attorney general, auction, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Billy Leighton, Boston, bottling plant, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Campari America, caption, Carl Reavey, charity, Col. E.H. Taylor, collectors, Compass Box, crash, Cumbria, Dave Pickerell, David Frost, David Stewart, Dick Mack's, Dingle, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Elgin, Elijah Craig, English Whisky Company, Family Reserve, George Washington, Gerald Glavota, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glenmorangie, GNS, grain neutral spirits, Heaven Hill, history, Houston, indictment, Irish Whiskey Awards, Jack Conway, James Anderson, Jim Beveridge, Jim McEwan, Joe Hyman, John Campbell, Joseph Hyman, judge, Julian Van Winkle III, Kansas, kilt, Laphroaig, lawyer, Lee Behar, Mark Williams, Matthijs van den Nouland, MGP, Michael Deresynski, Midleton Very Rare, Mike Raymond, Mount Vernon, Nikka, O.F.C., Old Rip Van Winkle, overturn, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Peter Cressy, prosecutors, Redbreast, Reserve 101, retirement, Richard Paterson, Royal Brackla, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, shortage, single malt, Skinner, Spirit of Mount Vernon, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Steve Bashore, Susann Estle-Cronau, tanker, text, The Balvenie, The Bothy, The DCS Compendium, The Lakes Distillery, The One, The Whisky Show London, theft, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Thomas Wingate, tip, Tullamore Dew, vintage, vodka, Volkswagen, whiskey, Whyte & McKay, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons0 comments
George Washington’s Scottish distiller never made single malt whisky at Mount Vernon in the 18th Century, but Scottish distillers John Campbell,...