Nearest Green’s Legacy Gets a New Home (Episode 675: January 7, 2018)20180106214016
Nearest Green’s Legacy Gets a New Home (Episode 675: January 7, 2018)
Mark GillespieJanuary 6, 2018@WhiskyCanuck, #2017LastDram, #2018FirstDram, accelerated maturation, accident, African-American, airport, Alexander McGavin, Angie Ball, anniversary, aviation, B.J. Hooker, Balvenie, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bedford County, Beefeater Gin, Ben Nevis, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Board of Trade, Book & Bourbon, Bowmore, brandy, Bruichladdich, Burns, Cadboll, Canada, chairman, checkpoint, Christopher Winters, Civil War, Colin Ross, collaboration, Constellation Brands, Copper & Kings, Creative Whisky Company, Darryl Jones, David Stirk, Desmond Payne, Distillery District Marketplace, DOT, Douglas Laing & Co., Duthac, Elgin Classic, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, experiment, FAA, Fawn Weaver, Fettercairn, fire chief, flight, Fred Laing, generation, Glen Moray, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Great Britain, Heaven Hill, history, Honours List, Houston, Ian Harris, independent bottlers, Indiana, injury, investment, Island Beach Distillery, Jack Daniel, Jack Daniel's, Jamie Milne, Jeffrey Steubben, Karen Scott, KDA, KDKA-TV, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilchoman, Lakes Distillery, Laphroaig, Larry Kass, Legends Collection, Leslie Samuels, Louisville, Louisville International Airport, Lynchburg, Maker's Mark, Meredith Grelli, Mike York, minority stake, Mistelle, Montreal, Muscat, Nathan Nearest Green, National Archives, Nearest Green, New Jersey, New Year's, Nigel Mills, Paradies Lagardere, Pennsylvania, Pinotage, Pittsburgh, predictions, prices, pricing, Queen Elizabeth, Remarkable Regional Malts, retail, Rick Robinson, Roaming Man, Rob Bruce, Rob Samuels, Robert Burns, science, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SDF, Seattle, security, Shelbyville, shopping, slave, slavery, SMWS, Soledad O'Brien, Speciality Drinks, stake, Steve Nally, Sugarlands, Tailfire, Tarlogan, Tayne, Tennessee, Texas, The Singleton of Dufftown, The Whisky Shop, Three Ships, Timorous Beastie, To a Mouse, Top Ten Predictions, Travel, travel retail, TSA, Uncle Nearest 1856 Whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Whyte & Mackay, Wigle, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Wine & Spirit Education Trust, WSET, Zionsville0 comments
Last November, Fawn Weaver told us about her mission to spread the story of Nathan “Nearest” Green, the former slave who became Jack Danie...
Episode 510: December 8, 201420141208015758
Episode 510: December 8, 2014
Mark GillespieDecember 8, 2014A. Smith Bowman, affidavits, allegations, architects, Atholl Crescent, attorney, Balcones, BenRiach, Benromach, blender, Bob Dalgarno, Box, buyout, Cadenhead's, Caramel, chill filtering, Chip Tate, Ciroc, Colin Ross, construction, court, David Frost, Dewar's, Diageo, Dornoch, Edinburgh, Edrington, European Union, Evan Chapman, expansion, Famous Grouse Experience, Gaelic, Geoff Bell, Georgie Crawford, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenkeir Treasures, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Gordon & MacPhail, Greg Allen, Hall of Fame, Ian Curle, Ian Macleod Distillers, Icons of Whisky, imports, Inchgower, India, infused, Inver House, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Ken Grier, Lagavulin, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, lawyer, Little Bay, Macallan, Mackmyra, Madagascar, Mario Testino, Masters of Photography, mediation, memos, Michael Urquhart, Nate Arnold, negotiations, Oban, PE Investors II LLC, Pernod Ricard, Peter Gordon, Pierre Pringuet, PR agency, redacted, restraining order, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Royal Mile Whiskies, running, Sandy Coutts, Sandy McIntyre, Scotch Whisky Association, settlement, shopping, slander, Speyside, Stephen Marshall, Stuart Harvey, Susan Colville, SWA, Sweden, Tamdhu, tariffs, taxes, Texas, The Whisky Shop, trade, vanilla, Virginia, Waco, Wayne Kieswetter, Westminster, Whisky Magazine, wife, William Grant & Sons0 comments
As we reported on our last episode, Balcones Distilling founder Chip Tate has accepted a buyout agreement from the majority owners of the Waco, Texas ...
Episode 507: November 22, 201420141123021818
Episode 507: November 22, 2014
Mark GillespieNovember 23, 2014Aberfeldy, Andy Nelson, Annandale, Anthony Dias Blue, Aultmore, Bacardi, Ballantine's, Barack Obama, Ben Nevis, Bill Ricker, blog, Borders, Bourbon Summit, Buffalo Trace, Charles Maclean, Charlie Nelson, Chivas Brothers, comedy, Craigellachie, Craigellachie Hotel, Dave Broom, David Thomson, Deveron, Dewar's, Diageo, farm, Fishky, Fred Minnick, George T. Stagg, Glen Deveron, Gordon & MacPhail, independent bottlers, John Dewar & Sons, Ken Goldenberg, Kevin Smith, landmark, Last Great Malts, lawyers, legal, Lost Prophet, Lyndsey Gray, Macduff, Mitch McConnell, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Nashville, NBC, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Oregon, Orphan Barrel, parody, Phil Lynch, Phil Thompson, Piers Adam, politics, Prohibition, Quaich Bar, renovation, Rogue, Royal Brackla, Saturday Night Live, Sazerac, Senate, Simon Thompson, single blend, Single Oak Project, Speciality Drinks, Spey, Speyside, Stephen Marshall, Tennessee, Teresa Church, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Shop, trademark, UDV, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Dewar’s has focused on its Blended Scotch whiskies for generations, with the limited exception in recent years of single malts from Aberfeldy. H...
Interview: The Craigellachie Hotel’s Kevin Smith & Lyndsey Gray20141122200314
Interview: The Craigellachie Hotel’s Kevin Smith & Lyndsey Gray
Mark GillespieNovember 22, 2014Charles Maclean, Craigellachie Hotel, Dave Broom, Dewar's, Friends of the Quaich, Gordon & MacPhail, Hotel, Kevin Smith, Lyndsey Gray, Piers Adam, Quaich Bar, Speyside, The Whisky Shop, tourism, Travel0 comments
November 22, 2014 – Speyside’s historic Craigellachie Hotel has been a fixture in the town of Craigellachie for 120 years. Last year, Pier...
Beckham & Fuller’s Haig Club Debuts in London20140714173910
Beckham & Fuller’s Haig Club Debuts in London
Mark GillespieJuly 14, 2014Cameronbridge, David Beckham, Diageo, Edinburgh, Haig Club, London, Selfridge's, Simon Fuller, The Whisky Shop0 comments
July 14, 2014 – Haig Club, the single grain Scotch Whisky brand being launched by Diageo in partnership with soccer star David Beckham and enter...
Episode 484: June 20, 201420140620225502
Episode 484: June 20, 2014
Mark GillespieJune 20, 201424 Hours of Whisky, accounting, acquisition, Andrew Mackay, anniversary, Asia, Auchentoshan, auction, Austin, beer keg, Bill Samuels, Bonhams, Bowmore, Brianna Bailey, Canada, Catoctin Creek, charcoal., collectors, commercial, Compass Box, construction, Crown Royal, David Perkins, Diageo, distillery, dock, Doug Clement, explosion, Fife, film, fire, fungus, Galway, Germany, Glenfiddich, High West, horses, Iain McCallum, India, Jack Daniel's, Jeff Thurmon, Jewish Whisky Company, Jim Beam Rye, Joshua Hatton, Jr., Kentucky, Kingsbarns, Laimrig, Lawrenceburg, LDI, Lexington, light whiskey, Lincoln County Process, Loretto, Louisville, Ludwigshafen, Macallan, Maker's Mark, McTears, MGP-I, Millennium, Monarch, Moore, New York City, Nun's Island, Oklahoma, Old No. 27, Park City, Peat Monster, Persse's, Peter Holroyd, Preussischer, Rob Samuels, safety, Scott Harris, sexism, shares, Shelby County Planning Commission, Shelbyville, Simon Marshall, Single Cask Nation, St. Andrew's, stillhouse, stock, Strathhaven Ales, The Oklahoman, The Whisky Shop, Tito's, Tomatin, Twister Distillery, United Spirits, Utah, video, Vijay Mallya, Virginia, visitors center, vodka, Wemyss Malts, Whisky Jewbilee, William Wemyss, women0 comments
Distilling is serious business, and safety is paramount. Brianna Bailey of The Oklahoman can testify to that…she was an eyewitness to an explosi...
Episode 423: May 4, 201320130504181224
Episode 423: May 4, 2013
Mark GillespieMay 4, 20131824 Series, ABV, Alpha, ALS, Ancient Ancient Age, Andrew Laing, Basil Hayden, Beam, Benjamin Herrera, Big Peat, Bob Dalgarno, Bonhams, Buffalo Trace, Canadian Club, Cara Laing, Colorado, craft distillers, Denver, Douglas Laing, family, Four Roses, Fred Laing, George Washington, Glenkeir, Glenlivet, Heaven Hill, horse, horse racing, Hunter Laing & Co., Ian Macleod Distillers, India, Jim Beam, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilbeggan, Knob Creek, Lalique, Laphroaig, Larry Kass, Loch Fyne Whiskies, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Macallan, Maker's Mark, marathon, Matt Shattock, Michael Blaum, Millennium, Mount Vernon, Old & Rare, Old Grand-Dad, Old Malt Cask, Parker Beam, Parker's, provenance, Richard Joynson, Scott Laing, Single Oak Project, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Spirit of Toronto, Stewart Laing, Stuart MacPherson, Tamdhu, tea, The Glenlivet, The Macallan, The Whisky Shop, valinch, Wall Street, whisky thief0 comments
Family-owned businesses often face obstacles that other companies don’t, and the whisky business is no exception. This week, Fred and Stewart La...
Loch Fyne Whiskies Sold20130501124220
Loch Fyne Whiskies Sold
Mark GillespieMay 1, 2013Glenkeir Whiskies, Inverary, Loch Fyne Whiskies, Richard Joynson, The Whisky Shop0 comments
May 1, 2013 – Loch Fyne Whiskies, the Inverary-based retailer known as much for its wide variety of Scotch whiskies as for its irreverent nature...
Episode 422: April 28, 201320130428001740
Episode 422: April 28, 2013
Mark GillespieApril 28, 2013ABV, Amrut, Ballantine's, bone, Bourbon, Brian Struyk, Canada, Chattanooga, Churchill Downs, Clem Ryan, Cork, crime, Dennie Hammer, Dewar's, Dilbert, Dublin, Four Roses, George Dickel, Gerry Tosh, Glen Deveron, GlenDronach, Glenliver, golf, Greedy Angels, Heather McGregor, Highland Park, horse racing, Ian Chang, Irish Distillers, Jack Daniel's, Jagdale, Jameson, Jim Rutledge, John Ryan, John's Lane, Justin Victor, Kavalan, Kentucky Derby, King Car, Laphroaig, LCBO, legislature, luge, Macduff, marrow, Midleton, moonshine, Ontario, Paddy, Pennsylvania, Penny Chenery, Philadelphia, police, Port Ruighe, Powers, Quercus, Redbreast, regulators, restaurant, Rob Allanson, Sandy Hyslop, Secretariat, Sir John Power, South Korea, St. Magdalene, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Whisky Shop, theft, Toronto, Triple Crown, violation, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, Whistlepig, white whiskey, World Duty Free, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
When Ireland’s distillers joined forces in 1966 to merge their struggling distilleries into one company, they placed their bet on Jameson as the...
Episode 488: July 18, 2014