Episode 476: April 26, 201420140426122507
Episode 476: April 26, 2014
Mark GillespieApril 26, 20141792 Barton, 21C Museum Hotel, Aberfeldy, acquisition, anCnoc, Australia, Award, Ballantine's, Balvenie Castle, Balvenie Single Barrel, bar, Bardstown, bass, bass player, Beam, Blackadder, Blairfindy, Booker Noe Distillery, Boston, budget, Buffalo Trace, Cat Spencer, CD, Charles Maclean, Clermont, competition, concert, contest, Copper Dogs, Cù Bòcan, Dave Broom, David Stewart, Dewar's, European Commission, expansion, Filson, Fireball, Flaughter, Frankfort, Glenburgie, Glenmorangie, Glenmore., Glentauchers, Halifax, Historic Scotland, Houston, Hunter Laing, Ian Chang, Indianapolis, Jim Beam, joke, Justin Cox, Kavalan, Kentucky Derby, King Car, Lossie Beach, maltings, Matt Wooler, merger, Mike Raymond, milestone, Miltonduff, Motown, music, My Girl, Nadurra, Neil Ridley, Nick Morgan, Owensboro, Patrick Maguire, pizza, Port Ellen, Purple Valley Imports, Raj Sabharwal, regulator, Reserve 101, Rob Allanson, Sam Simmons, Sazerac, Scapa, shutdown, Signature Distillery, Simon Roser, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stewart Laing, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Tasmania Distillery, Tax & Trade Bureau, Texas, The Balvenie, The Balvenie Maltings Sessions, The Glenlivet, Tom Helt, Tomatin, trivia, TTB, Tun 1401, Twitter, Whisky Magazine, World Whiskies Awards1 comment
Whisky has inspired many musicians over the years, but Copper Dogs is turning that around. Four whisky industry veterans have turned to performing, th...
Episode 458: December 29, 201320131228235611
Episode 458: December 29, 2013
Mark GillespieDecember 28, 2013Aberdeen University, aid, Arizona, arsenic, artist, Auchentoshan, awards, Bangladesh, barrel head, Belgian Owl, Benromach, Brian O'Neill, Canadian Whisky, Charles Gordon, Christmas, Cork, Dalmore, daughters, Davin de Kergommeaux, Diageo, DRAM, Edgar Bronfman, emergency, Etienne Bouillon, Fettercairn, filter, Forrest Kulwin, Four Roses, Girvan, Glenfiddich, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham MacKenny, Invergordon, Ireland, Irish, Johanne McInnis, Jura, Karnataka, Kavalan, Kilchoman, Kinsale, Leigh Cassidy, local, Martha Philburn, Mary O'Neill, Michael Urquhart, Midleton, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, NGO, Office of Fair Trading, Old Pulteney, organic, Pappy Van Winkle, pub, Redbreast, regulators, Seagram, Solist, stroke, Suntory, symptoms, Talisker, Tamnavulin, Tap Tavern, The Whisky Exchange, Tony McIntosh, trivia, Twitter, United Spirits, Vasari, Vivian Imerman, water, Whisky Advocate, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, Wiser's, yeast0 comments
The classic Irish pub is becoming an endangered species, thanks to a combination of progress and the economy. There are some pubs that still cling to ...
Episode 457: December 21, 201320131221004439
Episode 457: December 21, 2013
Mark GillespieDecember 21, 2013ad, American Stillhouse, Angus, Arkansas, Bacardi, Balblair, bankers, barrel sales, beer, Belgium, Benromach, Canadian Whisky, capacity, carols, Chancellor, Chris Killilea, Christmas, Claire Forlani, classic malts, Clermont, Code of Responsible Practices, Colton Smith, competition, court, creditors, Dalmore, David Fenkell, Davin de Kergommeaux, Dewar's, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distilling, duty, Easter Elchies, escalator, Etienne Bouillon, Fred Noe, Gavin Hewitt, George Osborne, Georgie Bell, Gordon & MacPhail, Gordon Dundas, Graham MacKenny, Iain Kerr, Iain McCallum, investment, Ireland, Irish, Jim Beam, Johanne McInnis, Karnataka, Kingfisher, Knappogue Castle, Lalique, lawsuit, Liege, Macallan, Matt Rosenfeld, Meet the Baron, Morrison Bowmore, Mortlach, New York, Office of Fair Trading, online, Opperman Weiss, Owl, Pappy, Powers Gold Label, regulators, Rock Town, Royal Lochnagar, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky Association, Sean McMillan, sexism, Shane Fraser, Sid Lee, singing, single barrel, SMWS, SWA, Taipei, Talisker, Tamnavulin, taxes, Thurso, trivia, Tweet, Twin Wood, Twitter, United Breweries, United Spirits, Van Winkle, video, Vijay Mallya, Whisky Lassie, Whyte & Mackay, Wolfburn, women, Writers Tears, yeast0 comments
Think of Belgium and drinks, and beer is usually the first thing that comes to mind. However, Belgians are quite fond of whisky as well, and Etienne B...
Episode 351: January 7, 201220120106220300
Episode 351: January 7, 2012
Mark GillespieJanuary 6, 2012Clynelish, contest, Cooley, Dublin, Grant's, Greenore, Highland Park, Ireland, Ireland Whiskey Trail, Irish, Irish Whiskey Society, Jameson, Kilbeggan, Leo Phelan, Masterson's, Midleton, Monkey Shoulder, Redbreast, Rye, The Whisky Exchange, tourism, Travel, trivia, Vijay Mallya, Villeroy & Boch, whiskey, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
Irish whiskey is enjoyed around the world, but perhaps not with as much passion as in Dublin. Leo Phelan is the president of Dublin’s Irish Whis...
Episode 349: December 24, 201120111223150200
Episode 349: December 24, 2011
Mark GillespieDecember 23, 2011Balblair, Balvenie, Beam, BenRiach, Bill Ricker, Blended Malt, computers, Cooley, Dalmore, Festival, Glen Garioch, Glen Grant, history, India, Internet, Johnnie Walker, Mike Padlipsky, Portwood, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside, storytelling, Teacher's, Teeling, The Whisky Exchange, trivia, Villeroy & Boch, whisky, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
Mike Padlipsky had two loves…software and whisky. He also had one mission…to find what he thought of as the world’s best single malt...
Episode 348: December 17, 201120111217125200
Episode 348: December 17, 2011
Mark GillespieDecember 17, 2011acquisition, auction, bar, Beam, BenRiach, Black Barrel, Blended Malt, Bonhams, Bunnahabhain, charity, collecting, Compass Box, Cooley, craft distilling, Dave Broom, distillery, Edinburgh, education, Frank Murphy, Glasgow, Glenfiddich, Gordon & MacPhail, Ireland, Jameson, John Glaser, Ken Storrie, Macallan, Mackmyra, pub, record, Rikard Lundborg, single malt, Sweden, Teeling, The Pot Still, trivia, Vatted Malt, Villeroy & Boch, whisky school0 comments
This is a big weekend for the eight founders of Sweden’s Mackmyra Distillery. Their initial dream of building Sweden’s first whisky distil...
Episode 296: January 2, 201120110102000017
Episode 296: January 2, 2011
Mark GillespieJanuary 2, 2011accident, Black Bowmore, book, Bowmore, Catoctin Creek, Chris Bunting, competition, contest, Dewar Rattray, distillery, Duncan Taylor, family, Hakushu, history, Ian Buxton, Icons, Islay, Japan, Jura, Karuizawa, Lonach, Morrison Bowmore, Nonjatta, photography, Ralph Erenzo, Shinsu, single malt, storytelling, Strathisla, Tim Morrison, trivia, Tuthilltown, Virginia, Whisky Magazine0 comments
We’ll start off the New Year with a rare interview with Tim Morrison, managing director of A. Dewar Rattray and the son of Morrison Bowmore foun...