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Whisky As a Political Football (Episode 786: September 29, 2019)20190929192731

Whisky As a Political Football (Episode 786: September 29, 2019)

Mark GillespieSeptember 29, 2019@minter, @pintsandpoetry, @stuloosemore, Academy Awards, Airbus, Al Pacino, Alumni Whisky Series, announcer, Ardbeg, auction, Belfour Spirits, Benromach, Bernard Walsh, Blair Castle, Boeing, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brexit, Cannes, Carolina Hurricanes, charity, Chivas Brothers, Chris Swonger, Christie's, comic book, correction, Dave Keon, David DeFazio, David Stewart, DCS Compendium, Deatsville, Diageo, Dingle Distillery, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Donna Nally, Ed Belfour, Edrington, EU, European Union, fire, France, Frank Coleman, Glen Moray, Gordon & MacPhail, Gotham Hall, Graham Coull, H. Wade Minter, Highland Park, hockey, Hollywood, induction, Ireland, J.P. Wiser's, Joe Pesci, Kathleen DiBenedetto, Katrina Egbert, Keepers of the Quaich, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Owl, lobbying, Lot #40, Mark Messier, Martin Scorsese, Michael Deresynski, movie, My Old Kentucky Home Dinner Train, Neal Pyle, Nelson County, New York City, New York Film Festival, NHL, NHL Alumni, North Carolina, Old Pulteney, Oscars, Outryder, Peggy Noe Stevens, PNC Arena, politics, public address, railroad, Raleigh, Rebecca Jago, Rittenhouse Rye, Robert DeNiro, Rosemary Walsh, Royal Salute, Sam Heughan, Scottish Ballet, Speyside, Stone of Destiny, T.W. Samuels Distillery, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, Tax Free World Association, television, TFWA, The Balvenie, The Irishman, The Last Drop, The Walking Dead, Tilda Swinton, trade, Traigh Bhan, travel retail, Tribeca Productions, Trump Administration, TTB, Tun 1509, Walsh Whiskey, Washington, whiskey, whisky, WLKY, World Trade Organization, WTO, Wyoming Whiskey, Yvan Cournoyer0 comments

Whisky has been a part of politics since the monks were working their stills in medieval times, helping opposing sides bridge their differences over a...

Australian Whiskies and the “Roo Flu” (Episode 782: September 1, 2019)20190902131844

Australian Whiskies and the “Roo Flu” (Episode 782: September 1, 2019)

Mark GillespieSeptember 2, 2019"Roo Flu", @brainsnap1000, @BunkaiH, @eamonhegarty, @Geoff_Edgar, @jeffcioletti, @jeffpappone, @kevinabrook, @reshelto, @thewhiskyninja, acquisition, Adam Pinkard, Adam Saunders, Adams Distillery, aging, Airbus, aircraft, analysts, Archie Rose Distilling, Australia, beer, Bill Lark, Blue Ribbon, Boeing, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Canada, Canberra, Castle Brands, China, Chinese, Clontarf, construction, contest, contract, Courage & Conviction, Dave Withers, David Vitale, definition, demand, Diageo, Distill Ventures, distilling, Eamon Hegarty, earnings, Essendon Fields, export, Firestone & Robertson, five seconds, flu, Fort Worth, France, Frederick Pabst, Gareth Moore, Geoff Edgar, geographical indicator, Gosling's, haiku, Highland, Highland Hill, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Hobart, importer, India, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Iron House Distillery, Isle of Arran, Jack Daniel's, Jacob Best, Jared Stern, Jeff Cioletti, Jeff Pappone, Jefferson's Bourbon, John McCheyne, Kentucky, Kevin Abrook, Knappogue Castle, Lark Distillery, lawsuit, legal, Leith, limerick, Machrie Moor, Malindra Distillery, Malted Rye, Mark Andrews, Matt Bruhn, maturation, Melbourne, Michigan, Milwaukee, moonshine, New Holland Distilling, New South Wales, Nova, Pabst, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Paddy, Paul Skipworth, PBR, Pernod Ricard, Perth, poem, Port Bombay, Port Melbourne, Rabbit Hole Distilling, Redbreast, regulations, Robert Burns, Rosebery, sales, scalability, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, settlement, Sichuan, single malt, SMWS, Solera, standard, Starward, SWA, Sydney, tariffs, Tasmania, Tax & Trade Bureau, Texas, The Gathering, The Vaults, Toronto, trade, trade war, Trump Administration, TTB, Two-Fold, value, Victoria, Virginia Distillery Company, virus, volume, Wall Street, whiskey, whisky, white whiskey, Wisconsin, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments

We’re back after spending eight days in Australia and a week in bed fighting the “Roo Flu” virus, and there’s a lot to talk ab...

Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)20190729035621

Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)

Mark GillespieJuly 29, 2019@BunkaiH, @ButlerB, @Tony_thompson_1, A Song of Fire, A Song of Ice, Agriculture Department, Airbus, alcohol, ALS, ALS Association, American Craft Spirits Association, Apollo, Ardbeg, Arvada, Baker's, bargaining, Beam Suntory, Boeing, Booker's, Bourbon, Brad Irwin, British Columbia, Cairdeas, Capitol Hill, carbon dioxide, Cardhu, Carrowdair, Cascade Hollow, charity, Chris Montana, Chris Swonger, classic malts, Col. Jim Beam, Colorado, Comic-Con, comics, Congress, contract, craft distilling, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, deductions, Denver, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillers, distillery, distilling, donation, Du Nord Craft Spirits, Dublin, electricity, Elizabeth McCall, EU, European Union, expansion, exports, Fawn Weaver, Federal Excise Tax, Frank Coleman, Fred Noe, Freddie Noe, Game of Thrones, Glen Campbell, Glen Ord, GMB, gravity, Greg Butler, Halle Berry, Heaven Hill, House, Huber's Starlight Distillery, imports, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, interest, International Space Station, investment, Ireland, Irene Lau, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Society, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Distillery, James B. Beam Institute for Distilling Studies, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Josh Hafer, Kentucky, Kingsman, Knob Creek, labor, labour, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lobbying, Logan Miller, Lynchburg, Margie Lehrman, Market Acmes Program, Massachusetts, mayor, Meagan Miller, media, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mitch McConnell, moon, Mortlach, Nathan "Nearest"Green, negotiations, New Orleans, Nicole Austin, Oregon Spirit Distillers, Outlander, oxygen, P.T. Wood, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Pittyvaich, politician, politics, power outage, Promise of Hope Fund, Quora, Rand Paul, Reggie Mobley, Salida, San Diego, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Senate, Single Pot Still, Singleton of Glen Ord, Space, Special Releases, spirits, Spirits of the Apocalypse, strike, SWA, Tales of the Cocktail, Talisker, Talnua Distillery, tariffs, tax, Tax & Trade Bureau, tax reform, Ted Huber, television, Tennessee Whiskey, terpenes, The Walking Dead, thunderstorm, Time Magazine, Tony Thompson, trade, Trump Administration, TTB, Uncle Nearest, union, Unite, United States Trade Representative, University of Kentucky, upgrade, USDA, USTR, Victoria Eady-Butler, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, vote, walkout, Walsh Whiskey Company, Washington, wheat whiskey, whiskey, whisky, Wood's High Mountain Distillery, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection, World Trade Organization, Writers Tears, WTO0 comments

It takes a lot to drag distillers away from their stills, but when the stakes are as high as the current debate over extending a federal excise tax cu...

Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)20190722035536

Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)

Mark GillespieJuly 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...

Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)20190715015549

Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)

Mark GillespieJuly 15, 2019@Andrew_leets, @Head_Stone, 1792 Aged Twelve Years, 1792 Bourbon, amaranth, Andrew Leets, bacteria, barrels, Beam Suntory, Bend, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Samuels Sr., Black Rock Bar, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Brad Boswell, Buffalo Trace, Cambus, Col. E.H. Taylor Jr., Colin Montgomerie, court, Delaware, Denver, Diageo, Don Julio, environment, Eric Rubin, fines, fire, fish, Gareth Moore, geographical indicators, George Remus, Ghost and Rare, Glenn's Creek, Glenury Royal, golf, governor, grain, Heaven Hill, Highland, Hotel, Independent Stave, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Jane Bowie, Jim Beam, John Mura, Johnnie Walker, Keeneland, Kentucky, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Kentucky River, Lagavulin, law, Laws Whiskey House, lawsuit, lawyers, legislation, legislature, Lexington, Loch Lomond, London, Loretto, Los Altos, Madison, Maker's Mark, Marge Samuels, McGinnis Wood Products, MGP, Michael Henry, Mike Parson, Missouri, Missouri Bourbon, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Old Crow, Oregon Spirit Distillers, oxygen, Pittyvaich, private barrel, Private Select, Prohibition, Remus Volstead Reserve, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Portrush, Ryder Cup, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Rogers, Speyburn, sprinkler, sugar, SWA, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, tequila, The Open Championship, travel retail, Triple Triple, TTB, Versailles, Virginia Distillery Company, Virginia Highland, Volstead Act, WBRB, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, Wisconsin0 comments

60 years ago, Bill and Marge Samuels dipped the first bottles of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in Loretto, Kentucky. They left the “e” out of...

Virginia Distillery Faces SWA Lawsuit Over “Virginia-Highland” Whisky20190709135558

Virginia Distillery Faces SWA Lawsuit Over “Virginia-Highland” Whisky

July 9, 2019 – When is a “Highland” whisky not a “Highland” whisky? That’s the crux of a federal lawsuit filed Mon...

Whiskey’s High Wire Act (Episode 775: July 7, 2019)20190708030028

Whiskey’s High Wire Act (Episode 775: July 7, 2019)

Mark GillespieJuly 8, 2019@derbycityphil, @ionosaurus, @whiskyranker, 1792 Bourbon, 6'5" Rye, Airbus, Alan Winchester, Alberta, Alberta Distillers, alcohol, ambulance, American Brands, Ann Marshall, Bardstown, Basil Hayden's, Beam Suntory, Bear Republic Brewing, BevCon, Black Label Origin Series, Bodega Series, Boeing, bottle size, Bottled in Bond, building codes, Bunnahabhain, California, Canada, Caribbean Reserve Rye, Charbay, Charleston, Chivas Brothers, Colorado, David DeFazio, Deanston, Delgado Zuleta, Denver, Diageo, Distell, Distilled Spirits Council, distillery, distilling, Drew Chandler, economic incentives, educational distillery, El Paso, Elixir Distillers, environment, EU, European Union, expansion, exports, FarmStock, fire, firefighters, Firehouse Whiskey, fish, found_art_whisky, George Washington's Distillery, Glenallachie, Glenmorangie, Glenn's Creek, Glentauchers, Global Travel Retail, Grand Vintage Malt 1991, heat, High Wire Distilling, hops, imports, insurance, investment, Irish Whiskey, Jim Beam, Jimmy Red, jobs, Johnnie Walker, Karl Von Rimkus, Kentucky, Kentucky River, Koval, Laws Whiskey House, Ledaig, Lux Row Distillers, McCracken Pike, medics, Mount Vernon, No. #1 Bond House, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, O.Z. Tyler Distillery, Ohio River, Old Crow, Old Overholt, Outryder, Overholt, Owensboro, Pennsylvania, Phil Kollin, photo, Prohibition, public comment, R5, Racer 5 IPA, rickhouse, Robert Maron, safety, Sagamore Spirit, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scott Blackwell, Single Malts of Scotland, South Carolina, Spain, spirit safe, sprinkler, standards of fill, Steve Nally, subsidies, supply shortage, Sweden, Talisker, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, Texas, The Glenlivet, The Glenlivet 12, The Glenlivet Enigma, Tobermory, trade, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, U.S. Trade Representative, Versailles, West Overton Village, whiskey, whisky, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, wildfire, Woodford County, Woodford County Emergency Management, World Trade Organization, WTO, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments

The husband and wife team of Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall opened High Wire Distilling six years ago in Charleston, South Carolina to make whiskey,...

TTB Moves Forward with Proposed Deregulation of Whisky Bottle Sizes20190703181605