Distilling Returns to the Birthplace of Scotch Whisky (Episode 654: August 13, 2017)20170812100858
Distilling Returns to the Birthplace of Scotch Whisky (Episode 654: August 13, 2017)
Mark GillespieAugust 12, 2017@whyterlayter, Allisa Henley, analyst, bespoke, bitters, Booker Noe, Bourbon, British Airways, Bruichladdich, Cairdeas, Chivas Brothers, cocktail, Connacht Whiskey Company, contract, crowdfunding, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Dumbarton, economic, economy, Elixir Distillers, Fife, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Friar John Cor, Graeme Eadie, Graham Casey, health, Heathrow, hold, Indiegogo, Irish Whiskey, Islay, IWSR, Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam, John Lunn, Johnnie Walker, Kilmalid, Kirby, Kyle Sigo, labor, labour, Laphroaig, Lindores Abbey, Lindores Abbey Distillery, Little Book, London, Lynchburg, milestone, Murray Whyte, My Edition, Nashville, negotiations, nicotine, Octomore, Paisley, personalisation, personalization, Popcorn Sutton Distillery, recipe, Red Dog Saloon, research, Robin Laing, sales, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Single Malts of Scotland, social media, Spade & Bushel, Speyburn, Stone Soup, strike, Tennessee, tincture, tobacco, Tormore, Treacle Chest, Twitter, union, Unite, vanilla, Vanilla Burst, wages, Wemyss Malts, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, White Rabbit Saloon, William Wallace, Wyoming, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
Lindores Abbey has a unique place in Scottish history. In 1494, the abbey’s Friar John Cor was responsible for the oldest known written referenc...
Episode 610: October 9, 201620161008235602
Episode 610: October 9, 2016
Mark GillespieOctober 8, 2016#GrabWhiskey, 1792 Bourbon, 50 of 5 Whisky Club, AIG, Allt a'Bhainne, Amrut, Austria, author, Barton 1792, Bill Lark, Bill Newlands, Blended Malt, Bonhams, book, Braeval, Brendan Coyle, Buena Vista, Buffalo Trace, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Colin Scott, Colorado, Compass Box, Constellation Brands, Corsair, David Perkins, Deerhammer, Dominic Roskrow, Donald Trump, Double Cask, Edinburgh, Edrington, Facebook, Glencairn, Glenfiddich, Hanshu, High West, Hudson Whiskey, Hurricane Matthew, India, insurance, Jane Perkins, Japan, Jimmy Russell, John Glaser, Lenny Eckstein, lewd, Limestone Branch, Longmorn, Macallan, Maple Cask Rye, maple syrup, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Nobel, Olympic Peninsula, Outryder, Peat Week, Petr Hosen, pussy, Richard Paterson, Rye, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac, Seattle, Select Reserve, Springbank, Strathisla, Stuart MacPherson, Suntory, Tasmania, Tormore, transparency, Twitter, Ultis, Utah, Vermont, Vienna, Washington, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Japan, Wild Turkey, Wyoming Whiskey, Yamazaki, Yellowstone, Yoichi0 comments
Japanese whiskies have become harder to find as worldwide demand grows for them, but books about them are even harder to find. Longtime whisky writer ...
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...
Episode 572: January 17, 201620160118024549
Episode 572: January 17, 2016
Mark GillespieJanuary 18, 2016Aberlour, Adam McDowell, age statements, Alwynne Gwilt, Avril Scott, baby, baby name, Barack Obama, beer, Benromach, Beth Havers, bill, blender, Bourbon, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace. Col. E.H. Taylor, Canada, Canadian Rockies, Canadian Whisky, Caolila Scott, Chivas Brothers, Dalmunach, daughter, Distiller's Masterpiece, Don Livermore, Drew Mayville, dry hopping, exports, Founder's Reserve, Fountana Group, Graeme Macaloney, Guinness, Highwood Distillers, Hopped Whisky, hops, Ian Chapman, Ian Logan, IPA, Irish Whiskey, Islay, J.P. Wiser's, Jan Westcott, Jeremy Scott, Jim Beam, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Laphroaig, legislation, legislature, Liqueur, liquor by the drink, Longmorn, Miss Whisky, Nadurra, National Post, Pacific Rim, Parliament, Peak Oil, Peak Speyside Single Malt, PMA, President, samples, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Senate, Simon Brooking, Southern Comfort, Spirits Canada, stout, tariffs, The Balvenie, The Glenlivet, The Pacific Rim Hotel, theft, Thomas Chen, Tormore, tourism, TPP, trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Tuaca, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Caledonian Distillery, Victoria Whisky Festival, welly boots, whiskey, whisky, WhiskyFest New York, William Grant & Sons0 comments
One of the most-discussed topics at this weekend’s Victoria Whisky Festival was a National Post feature on whisky questioning the future of vint...
Episode 555: September 28, 201520150928165533
Episode 555: September 28, 2015
Mark GillespieSeptember 28, 2015@bethpaw, Ann Miller, anniversary, Anthony Wills, Arran, Bart Simpson, beer, Beth Flint, Big Peat, Bourbon, Bretagne, Breton, brewer, brewery, Brittany, Buffalo Trace, Cambus, Campbeltown, Caskmates, Chivas Brothers, Chris Maybin, Compass Box, Cork, Cotswolds, Creative Whisky Company, Daniel Szor, Dave Quinn, David Roussier, David Stirk, dispute, Distillerie Warenghem, Douglas Laing & Co., Duff Beer, Euan Mitchell, European Union, expansion. Dr. Jim Swan, Experimental Collection, Flaming Heart, Flotilla, France, Franciscan Well, Frank Sinatra, Fred Laing, geographical indicator, Girvan, Glann ar Mor, Glasgow Distillery Company, Glen Scotia, Glengarry, Hanyu, Homer Simpson, Ian Chang, Ichiro Akuto, Inchmurrin, Irish, Jack Daniel's, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, James Wills, Jameson, Jan Beckers, Jean Donnay, John Glaser, Kavalan, Kilchoman, King Car, Kyrö, La Maision du Whisky, law, Law360.com, legal, Littlemill, Loch Lomond Group, Machrie Moor, Magritte, maturation, Miltonduff, Old Pulteney, Paris, Peter Wills, Petr Hosek, Pierre Weydert, Scotch, Scott Dickson, Shane Long, Sinatra Century, single grain, Smugglers Series, Sour Mash, Space, Springbank, T.T. Lee, Taiwan, The Shed Distillery, The Simpsons, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tormore, trademark, Twentieth-Century Fox, vending machine, Vienna, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live, Whisky Live Paris, Wolfburn, works in progress, Y.T. Lee0 comments
In this special bonus episode from Whisky Live Paris, we’ll have more highlights from one of Europe’s top whisky festivals. We’ll lo...
Episode 540: June 20, 201520150621004452
Episode 540: June 20, 2015
Mark GillespieJune 21, 2015@bethpaw, Aberlour, Adam Slagell, age statement, Al Laws, anniversary, architect, Arkansas, Arran, Australia, Balcones, Ballindalloch, Baltimore, Bardstown, barrels, Beam Suntory, Bernheim, Billionaire, Blade and Bow, Bladnoch, bliss, blues, Bottled in Bond, Brisbane, Brown-Forman, Bulleit, cask strength, Castle Brands, CEO, Charles Maclean, childhood, Chivas Brothers, Chris Bauder, closing, Colorado, cooperage, Copperhead Distillery, craft distilling, Cystic Fibrosis, Dave Pickerell, Dave Tanton, Denny Potter, Denver, Diageo, Edinburgh, Edradour, Emiko Kaji, English Whisky Company, Euan Henderson, family, father, Father's Day, Forbes, Glasgow, Glenallachie, Glenlivet, Hakushu, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, Hibiki Japanese Harmony, Iain Henderson, Illinois, Islay, Jake Norris, Jan Mohr, Japan, Japanese, Jefferson's, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Kevin Plank, Kevin Smith, Kilmalid, Laphroaig, Larry Larson, Larry Schwartz, Laws Whiskey House, Little Rock. Rock Town Distillery, lottery, Macpherson-Grant, Maker's Mark, Maryland, Members Rooms, Mike Campbell, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Nikka From the Barrel, Nikka Super, Old Forester, Orphan Barrel, Phil Brandon, Pikesville Rye, Port Covington, President, Queen Street, relay, retire, Roger Wade, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scott Mansfield, Seagram, Secale Rye, shortage, son, song, Speyside, Stephen Thompson, Steve Ury, Stranahan's, sunset, Suntory, Takeshi Niinami, Taketsuru Pure Malt, Talisker, Texas, The Fox, The Pot Still, Tormore, Under Armour, video, Waco, Whisky Drinking Woman, Yoichi0 comments
It’s Father’s Day weekend, and we have two stories to share on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. Euan Henderson didn’t want to ...
The Alan Winchester Interview20150513225745
The Alan Winchester Interview
Mark GillespieMay 13, 2015Alan Winchester, Brian Macaulay, Chivas Brothers, George Smith, interview, Jim Cryle, Scapa, Spirit of Speyside Festival, The Glenlivet, Tormore0 comments
Alan Winchester is Master Distiller for The Glenlivet, along with overseeing distilling operations at all of the Chivas Brothers distilleries in Scotl...
Wemyss Malts Releases Latest Batch Of Single Casks20140929211731
Wemyss Malts Releases Latest Batch Of Single Casks
Mark GillespieSeptember 29, 2014Blair Athol, Bowmore, Caol Ila, Charles Maclean, Clynelish, Glen Garioch, Glen Grant, Invergordon, Tormore, Wemyss Malts, William Wemyss0 comments
September 29, 2014 – Edinburgh-based Wemyss Malts has released a new batch of single cask Scotch whiskies, with a dozen bottlings spanning the e...
Episode 469: March 8, 201420140308222841
Episode 469: March 8, 2014
Mark GillespieMarch 8, 2014A95, apprentice, Arran, bottles, Bozeman, Brad Halpin, brothers, Brown-Forman, Bulloch, Cardiff, Chivas Brothers, Christopher Winters, Churchill Downs, Daftmill, Danny Williamson, David Lavin, David O. Schuster, Diageo, Donna Nally, Douglas Campbell, Dufftown, earnings, Elizabeth Serage, Exponent, Flower Show, Four Roses, Gaelic, Glen Catrine, Glen Scotia, GlenDronach, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Graham Eunson, Harris, Harris Distillery, Hearach, High Commissioner, Highland Park, Highlands & Islands, Isle of Harris, Jack Daniel's, Jim Rutledge, Jon Birkbeck, Kentucky Derby, Kevin Lavin, Lexington, Llanfrechfra, Loch Lomond, luxury, Montana, Mortlach, Nick Morgan, Old Forester, Orkney, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PLCB, Portvadie, private equity, profits, Raison Pure, sales, Sandy Bulloch, Scapa, Scottish Government, Scottish Investment Bank, Seattle, Simon Erlanger, Singleton, Sir Albert Richardson, Speyburn, Speyside, Stephanie Buchert, Steve Nally, Sunray, Tailfire, Talisker, Talisker Storm, Tomatin, Tormore, Town Branch, Wales, Washington, Welsh, Westland, Woodford Reserve, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
Graham Eunson has seen a lot during his career in the Scotch whisky industry. He shed a tear or two when he was assigned to close Scapa and Glendronac...
Chivas Brothers Turns Up Steam on Tormore20140306131702
Chivas Brothers Turns Up Steam on Tormore
Mark GillespieMarch 6, 2014A95, Chivas Brothers, Long John, Neal Corbett, Schenley, Scotland, Sir Albert Richardson, Speyside, Tormore0 comments
March 6, 2014 – Since it opened in 1960, Tormore Distillery has been one of Speyside’s more unusual distilleries. Built originally by Sche...