“PappyGate” Ringleader Released from Prison20180703192806
“PappyGate” Ringleader Released from Prison
July 3, 2018attorney, Buffalo Trace, court, evidence, Frankfort, Franklin County, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, grand jury, hearing, indictment, jail, judge, Kentucky, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, prison, prosecutor, sentence, shock probation, stolen, theft, Thomas Wingate, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Zachary Becker0 comments
July 2, 2018 – After serving just one month of the 15-year prison sentence he received for his role in the thefts of tens of thousands of dollar...
The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)20180701201402
The Great Islay Swim (Episode 711: July 1, 2018)
July 1, 2018"Explorer's Cask", @Mr_McW, #freethewhisky, affinity group, aluminum, ambassador, anniversary, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Armorik, attorney general, Barton, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, Billy Walker, Birdhouse, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Bobby Parnell, Bonticou Crag, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Bourbon Burnt Sugar, Bowmore, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Buzick Construction, Canada, Caol Ila, Catoctin Creek, Chad Anderson, China, collapse, cooking, Coppersea Distiling, corrosion, court, David Eby, David McDonald, Distillerie Warenghem, Diurachs, Donald Blincoe, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., Eddie Russell, Empire Rye, engineers, Eric Fergie, European Union, evidence, export, fan club, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fire, France, Franklin County, Georgia, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, Glasgow, Glenallachie, GlenDronach, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Islay Swim, grill, Hickory, High Road, Highland Park, hospitality license, ice cream, import, Inner Circle, Islay, Isle of Arran, Jason Johnstone-Yellin, Jeni's, Johnnie Mundell, judge, Jura, Justin Fornal, Justin Trudeau, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, LCLB, LDB, liquor agents, Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, Liquor Distribution Branch, Little Jumbo, Maker's Mark, McW, Mexico, Middle West Whiskey, ministry, Nanaimo, New York, New York City, One For All, One For the Road, One For You, open water swimming, Orlando, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pardon My Pappy, Port Dundas, Prime Minister, prosecutor, provincial, pub, raid, recipe, Redbreast, repairs, report, retailers, Reuters, ricks, Roundstone Rye, Russell's Reserve, rust, salmon, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, seizure, sentence, shock probation, Simon Brooking, Single Cask Nation, single grain, single malt, smoke, SMWS, sorghum, Speyside, Springbank, Springbank Society, steel, structural integrity, swimming, tariffs, tenderoin, The Dead Rabbit, theft, Thomas Wingate, trade, trade war, Triagoz, turkey, Union Club, Urban Bourbon, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, warehouse, water damage, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Xtra Old Particular, Zachary Becker0 comments
The rough, cold waters off Scotland’s Isle of Islay are a challenge for even the best sailors, and one might think it madness to try and swim ar...
The First American Single Malt Whiskey? (Episode 705: June 10, 2018)20180610213833
The First American Single Malt Whiskey? (Episode 705: June 10, 2018)
June 10, 2018@lwars85, @stonekettle, aluminum, anniversary, Anthony Bourdain, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Beam Suntory, bonding, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Cairdeas, California, Canada, Charbay, charity, chef, Chicago, Clear Creek Distillery, Commerce Secretary, Compass Box, contract, Cooley, culture, Dave Karraker, Delilah's, deliveries, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, Donald Trump, Douglas Taylor, Dublin, economy, Edrington, European Union, export, farmers, Feis Ile, food, Franklin County, G7 Summit, glass, Great Northern Distillery, Grooves, Hood River Distillers, import, Ira Seligman, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Islay Swim, Jeanine Racht, Jewish Whisky Company, John Glaser, John Teeling, Jörg Rupf, judge, Karakasevic, Kim Jong Un, Lance Winters, Laphroaig, Larry Neuringer, lifeboats, Market Street Spirits, McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt, Mexico, Midleton, Mike Miller, Multnomah Whiskey Library, negotiations, North Korea, obituary, Oregon, PappyGate, picket lines, Port Charlotte, Portland, Quebec, Rare Craft, RNLI, search and rescue, shipping, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Single Cask Nation, single malt, St. George's Spirits, steel, Steve McCarthy, strike, suicide, summit, tariffs, Teamsters, Temple Bar, The Balvenie, The Macallan, The Whisky Fairy, Thomas Wingate, Tom Clancy, trade, Trump Administration, Tullamore Dew, UPS, US, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Jewbilee, Wilbur Ross, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons0 comments
Historians aren’t sure who distilled the first Scotch-style single malt whiskey in the United States, but Oregon’s Clear Creek Distillery ...
“PappyGate” Ringleader Sentenced to 15 Years20180604142741
“PappyGate” Ringleader Sentenced to 15 Years
June 4, 2018Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Commonwealth, crime, deputies, Eagle Rare, evidence, Frankfort, Franklin County, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, investigation, judge, Kentucky, Mark Brown, Mark Sean Searcy, Old Rip Van Winkle, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pardon My Pappy, prosecutor, Sheriff, theft, Thomas Wingate, tip, Van Winkle, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Zachary Becker0 comments
June 2, 2018 – Gilbert “Toby” Curtsinger, the admitted ringleader of Kentucky’s most infamous whiskey thefts since Prohibition...
Ringleader Pleads Guilty in “Pappygate” Bourbon Thefts20170921161329
Ringleader Pleads Guilty in “Pappygate” Bourbon Thefts
September 21, 2017Alford plea, attorney, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, charges, crime, criminal, deputies, Eagle Rare, Franklin Circuit Court, Franklin County, Georgetown, Gilbert Curtsinger, Greg Reeves, guilty, investigators, judge, Julie Curtsinger, lawyer, Leslie Wright, Lexington Herald-Leader, Mark Sean Searcy, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, plea, plea agreement, police, prosecutor, Robert McKinney, Sean Searcy, Sheriff, softball, steroids, Thomas Wingate, Toby Curtsinger, Van Winkle, whiskey, whisky, Whitney Lawson, Wild Turkey, Zach Becker0 comments
September 21, 2017 – And then there was one…one remaining defendant left in Kentucky’s “Pappygate” scandal involving the...
Episode 570: January 9, 201620160110012932
Episode 570: January 9, 2016
January 10, 2016advice, Allied Lomar. trademark, argument, arrest, assassination, author, Barton, book, Brechin, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, California, Canada, candidate, chairman, Chivas Brothers, Chris Morris, Ciaran Mulgrew, Cooper Spirits, Cordelia Toy, Craigslist, crime, Dan Greenwood, David Stewart, Derry, Diageo, Distiller's Select, Donald Trump, Douglas Fitchett, Drinking in America, Dungourney, evidence, festivals, flooding, Four Roses, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glencadam, Graeme Macaloney, guilty, High West, history, Honours List, indictment, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Israel, JFK, John Rhea, judge, KDA, Kennedy, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, law, Law360.com, lawsuit, license, Lock Stock & Barrel, Longmorn, Luxco, Maker's Mark, Manitoba, MBE, MGP, Michael Bendavid, Midleton, Niche Drinks, officer, Old Forester, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pat Melton, Pennsylvania, President, Queen Elizabeth, Richard Nixon, Rob Samuels, ruling, Scotland, Secret Service, Sheriff, Signature, St. Brendan's, state, Stitzel, Stitzel-Weller, Susan Cheever, Tel Aviv, The Balvenie, The Quiet Man, theft, Thomas Wingate, Toby Curtsinger, trial, Ulysses S. Grant, Utah, Victoria, Victoria Caledonian Distillery, Warren Commission, Warren G. Harding, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Yippie-Ki-Yay0 comments
America has a love-hate relationship with alcohol, and it’s fair to say that drinking has changed the course of American history – for bet...
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,...