Knockin’ Around with Knockdhu’s Gordon Bruce (Episode 764: April 21, 2019)20190421224252
Knockin’ Around with Knockdhu’s Gordon Bruce (Episode 764: April 21, 2019)
Mark GillespieApril 21, 2019@BrbnFellowship, @Misterpie, @TXWhiskeySocial, @wadewood, Aberdeenshire, AI, Alberta, anCnoc, Atlanta, Bacardi, Balblair, Barry Bernstein, Barry Stein, Booker Noe, Bottled in Bond, Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, Bourbon, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, C.M. Dedman, Calgary, Canada, Causeway Coast and Glens Council, Chris Morris, College of Agriculture, collusion, confiscated, contest, Cornwall, course, Coxs Creek, craft distillers, dingleberry, Dixon Dedman, Dmitry Efimov, DSP, education, Elijah Craig, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, Elixir Distillers, EU, European Union, expansion, Forgiven, Fred Minnick, Fred Noe, Georgia, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenfield, Gordon Bruce, Heaven Hill, Heriott-Watt, Holly Seidewand, Houston, infringement, Intellectual property office, Inver House, Ireland, Jack Daniel's, James B. Beam Institute for Distilling Studies, Jim Beam American Stillhouse, Jim Beam Noe, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, Kensington Wine Market, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Owl, Kentucky Owl Park, Knappogue Castle, Knockdhu, Kristopher Hart, labeling, Lee Tatum, Lexington, logo, Macardo, Macduff, machine learning, MGP, Move On Up Mississippi, Mueller Report, Natasha Reid, No. 27 Gold, Northern Ireland, Old Fourth Distillery, Old Pulteney, Ontario, Oxford Bourbon Festival, Port Askaig, Prohibition, Pulteney, regulations, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seth DeBolt, socks, sourced, Stalk & Barrel, Still Waters Distillery, Stoli Group, Straight Malt, Stuart Harvey, Swiss, Swiss Bourbon, Switzerland, The Deveron, Thomas Hogue, Toronto, trade, trademark, transcripts, travel retail, treaties, Trump Administration, TTB, Twitter, U.S. Trade Representative, University of Kentucky, Vivek Anasane, Wade Woodard, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, Wonderful World of Whisky Show, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Baccarat, Woodford Reserve Batch Strength, World Trade Organization, WTO0 comments
The farming village of Knockdhu has 29 residents, 17 dogs, a bunch of sheep and cattle…and one distillery. Gordon Bruce has called Knockdhu home...
Just Call Him “Mr. Bourbon” (Episode 735: October 25, 2018)20181025021027
Just Call Him “Mr. Bourbon” (Episode 735: October 25, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2018"The Beast", @ezemcgee, @tmaher103, 1816 Cask, A. Smith Bowman, age verification, Al Young, Alberta, author, Bank & Bourbon, Belgium, benefit, book, border, bottles, Bourbon, Brexit, Brian Elliott, Bruichladdich, Bushmills, Calgary, California, Canadian Whisky Awards, Chattanooga, Chivas Regal, Code of Responsible Practices, Corby, Cork, Distilled Spirits Council, Don Livermore, Dublin, Dungourney, Edgar Bronfman, EU, European Parliament, European Union, expansion, Fort McMurray, Four Roses, Fox & Geese, Friends of Fort McMurray Firefighters, Gatwick, Golden Carolus, Gooderham & Worts, Great Britain, Guy LaFleur, Guy Verhofstadt, hard border, Heathrow, Hiram Walker Distillery, hockey, Indiana, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, J.P. Wiser's, Jameson, Japan, Jim Rutledge, Ken Goldenberg, Kentucky, Kentucky Peerless Distillery, Lanny McDonald, Larry Ebersold, Lawrenceville, Lot #40, Louisville, marketing, Midleton, Mizunara Oak, NHL, NHL Alumni, Northern Border Collection, Octomore, Octomore Farm, Ontario, Paul Wickman, Peerless Rye, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Magazine Whiskey & Fine Spirits Festival, Pike Creek, Prime Minister, Quebec, recycling, Redbreast, Ryan MacLaughlin, Sagamore Spirit, Samuel Bronfman, Seagram, tattoo, Tennessee, The Glenlivet, Theresa May, Tim Maher, Toronto, travel retail, Twitter, Ultimate Cask Collection, underage, Wendell Clark, whiskey, whisky, wildfires, Wiser's, Wood Buffalo Brewing Company0 comments
Kentucky’s Four Roses Bourbon is marking its 130th anniversary this year, and while Al Young hasn’t been there the whole time…he com...
A Critical Time for the Scotch Whisky Industry (Episode 734: October 21, 2018)20181021204453
A Critical Time for the Scotch Whisky Industry (Episode 734: October 21, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 21, 2018@QMWS-Redlands, Adam Spiegel, Advent Calendar, agriculture, Arizona, Australia, bar, Barley, Beam Suntory, beer, blending, border, Bourbon, Breaking and Entering, Brexit, Brisbane, Brooklyn, Brown-Forman, budget, Buena Vista, Caribbean Cask, Celtic Whiskey Club, ceremony, Chancellor, Charles Brown, Chris Fletcher, cider, Clermont, climate change, Colorado, construction, Cork Whiskey Society, Corn Whiskey, dam, Dave Smith, Deerhammer Distilling, Denver, Dick Mack's Pub, Dingle Distillery, duties, emissions, environment, EU, European Union, experimental, exports, fish, fish pass, flask, Fort Nelson, fossil fuels, Founder's Reserve, Fourth Avenue Live, France, Galway Whiskey Trail, Garry Oak, Garryana, Glen Moray, global warming, gossip, Graeme Littlejohn, Graham Coull, grain, greenhouse gases, hard border, High Angel's Share Barrels, High West, Ian Macleod Distillers, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Society, Jack Daniel's, Jameson 18 Bow Street, Jeff Arnett, Jim Beam, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, John Cashman, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, Kilbeggan Small Batch, Kilkenny Whiskey Guild, Knockando Burn, London, Louisville, Lynchburgh, Main Street, Marsha Hale, mash bill, mashbill, Michael Wilkinson, Michter's, microdistillery, Midleton Barry Crockett Legacy, Nathan Mueller, Nature, negotiations, New York, New York City, Northern Ireland, Pacific Northwest, Pam Heilmann, Parliament, Philip Hammond, poll, Prime Minister, protest, pub, Queensland Malt Whisky Society, recycling, Redbreast, referendum, regulations, research, River Spey, Rough & Tumble, Rye, sales, salmon, Sarah Mytych, Scarlet Barley, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, sea trout, Seattle, SEPA, Shively, single malt, Slane Castle, Slane Distillery, Smoked Hickory Finish, Sonoma Bourbon, Sonoma Cherrywood Bourbon, Sonoma Cherrywood Rye, Sonoma County Distilling Company, Sonoma Distilling Company, Spey Fishery Board, Speyside, St. George Spirits, SWA, Tamdhu, taxes, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, Tennessee Tasters' Selection, The Dead Rabbit, The Irishman, Theresa May, Thistly Cross, trade, Twitter, University of California Irvine, value, Vince Oleson, volume, vote, weir, West of Kentucky Bourbon, Westland, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whitehall, Widow Jane, WindyBore0 comments
You might think this would be a great time to be in the Scotch Whisky business, right? This week, the Scotch Whisky Association released a new report ...
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)20181014212011
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 14, 2018@LorenMoulder, @realsuwilliams, @ryeskeysamples, 1926, Angel's Envy, Appalachian Gap Distillery, appeal, Ardbeg, artist, auction, Auriverdes, Bad Guy Bourbon, barrels, bidding, Bourbon, Brewers Batch, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, bung, bunghole, Canada, Christie's, clearance, collecting, Colorado, Columbia, Columbus, Compass Box, Contradiction, cooper, cooperage, Cowie, Cowie's Blue Seal, DC, DEEP, development, Diageo, distillery, Distillery 291, Dixie Highway, Dornoch Firth, Edinburgh, environment, Fay Coull, FedEx, fishing, Fredericton, George Garvin Brown, Glen Moray, Glenburgie, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Coull, Great American Whisky Fair, Guinness World Records, habitat, Heriot-Watt University, Hibiki, High West, Hotel Grand Pacific, Interstate, Ireland, Irish, Kentucky, Last Call, law, legal, London, Loren Moulder, Louisville, Lovingston, Michael Dillon, Middlebury, Mortlach, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, New York City, oak, Ohio, Ohio Division of Liquor Control, Old Forester, oysters, Parker's Heritage Collection, poll, poplar, Prohibition, Raymond Loewy, recycling, research, Ridgeline Vermont Whiskey, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Shelter Point, shipping, Shively, Signatory, Sir Peter Blake, Smooth Ambler, Sotheby's, South Carolina, staves, Sue Williams, Supreme Court, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Macallan, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Three Stars Brewing, Total Wine & More, tour, Twitter, UPS, Valerio Adami, Vancouver Island, Vermont, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, Virginia Distillery Company, visitors center, W.L. Weller, Washington, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Ry @dramsofwhisky, William Hogg, wood, Woodford Reserve, world record, Yippee Ki-Yay0 comments
Old Forester released its final edition in the Whiskey Row series of limited-edition Bourbons this week, and the 1910 Old Fine Whiskey honors the bran...
Bourbon & Cuisine in Louisville’s Butchertown (Episode 731: October 11, 2018)20181012013014
Bourbon & Cuisine in Louisville’s Butchertown (Episode 731: October 11, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 12, 2018@cuffleman, Argyll & Bute Council, auction, Bobby Benjamin, Bonhams, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Bourbon and Beyond, Breaking and Entering, British Bourbon Society, Brora, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bunnahabhain, Butchertown, Butchertown Grocery, chef, Christie's, construction, cooking, cuisine, Dave Smith, DCS Compendium, Diageo, Distell, Edinburgh, food, H. Diaz, Health Minister, health warning, Highland Council, Ian Macleod Distillers, ice cream, Indiana, Invergordon, Ireland, Islay, Jim Murray, Kentucky, Lance Winters, Lawrenceburg, Lola, London, Louisville, Maker's Mark, MGP, minimum pricing, minimum unit pricing, minority, Morgan, Nathan Green 1870, Northern Ireland, Ohio River, Palo Cortado, Parliament, person of color, planning, poll. Chaney Uffelman, Port Ellen, private barrel, Private Select, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, Public Health Bill (Alcohol), rain, retailer, Rossville Union, Rye, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, shoplifting, Simon Harris, single grain, Sir Peter Blake, Sotheby's, speculators, St. George Spirits, store, surveillance, Tamdhu, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tennessee, The Balvenie, The Future of Whisky Series, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Twitter, Uncle Nearest, Valerio Adami, weather, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Bible, whisky nerd, William Larue Weller, world record0 comments
Louisville’s Butchertown got its name from the stockyards and meat processing plants that dominated the neighborhood a century or more ago. Toda...
The “Godfather of Rye Whiskey” (Episode 730: October 7, 2018)20181007162602
The “Godfather of Rye Whiskey” (Episode 730: October 7, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 7, 2018@Chris_F74, @irishwhiskeybc, @luvthemstillers, Albert Baladi, aluminum, American Select Oak, Amrut, angel's share, Angostura, Ardbeg, artist, Ashok Chokalingham, auction, Baccarat, Bangalore, Barrel Proof, Beam Global, Beam Suntory, bidding, Bonhams, bootleggers, Bourbon, Brian Nation, Brian Treacy, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Canada, Cannes, Cardhu, CEO, Chivas, Chris Farrell, Christie's, Cincinnati, CL Financial, Clynelish, cognac, collecting, Congress, Dail, Dalwhinnie, David Whitmer, Dekantā, distilling, Don Livermore, Donald Trump, Dubai Duty Free, Eagle Rare 17, Edinburgh, expansion, Fine & Rare Collection, football, Fortnum & Mason, Fortune Brands, France, Game of Thrones, George Remus, George Ross, Gibson's, Glendullan, Gordon & MacPhail, Greedy Angels, Guinness World Records, HBO, Health Minister, health warnings, Hong Kong, House Lannister, India, Indiana, induction, Intermediate Sherry Cask, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Barry, Jim McEwan, Jimmy Russell, Joe Hyman, Johnnie Walker, Kadhambam, Kavalan, Ken Lewis, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, labels, Lagavulin, Larry Ebersold, Lawrenceburg, LDI, legislature, Leo Varadkar, London, Longmorn, Louisville, Manchester United, Masters Collection, Matt Shattock, Mexico, MGP Ingredients, Michael Dillon, Midleton Very Rare, minimum pricing, molecules, NAFTA, New Riff, New York City, Newport, Nobel Prize, North American Free Trade Act, Oat Grain Edition, Oban, Parliament, Pernod Ricard, Portonova, Private Collection, Public Health Bill (Alcohol), Repeal Reserve, Richard Urquhart, Rob, Rossville, Royal Lochnagar, Rye, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Whisky, Scott Ritenbaugh, Seagram's, Seanad, Sir Peter Blake, Skinner, soccer, Solist, Sotheby's, sponsorship, sports, steel, Stuart Urquhart, Suntory, Talisker, Taoiseach, tariffs, television, The Macallan, Tom Flocco, trade, travel retail, Trinidad & Tobago, Trump Administration, Twenty-Something, Twentysomething, Twitter, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, USMCA, Valerio Adami, value, Vinho Barrique, vintage, W9 Summit, warehouse, Westeros, whiskey, Whiskey Summit, whisky, White Walker, Winter is Coming, Woodford Reserve, world record0 comments
The largest single distiller of Rye Whiskey isn’t in Kentucky, but just along the other side of the Ohio River in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. For nea...
Whiskey on the Willamette (Episode 719: August 12, 2018)20180812172056
Whiskey on the Willamette (Episode 719: August 12, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 12, 2018Aber Falls, airport, American Single Malt, aquavit, Arran, Aviation Gin, Bardstown, Barton 1792 Distillery, Bergstrom Vineyards, Birthday Bourbon, Black Dirt Bourbon, Black Dirt Distillery, Bowmore, Brodick Bay, Bunnahabhain, Casa Magdalena, Christian Krogstad, cleanup, collapse, construction, Corrie Hanna, counterfeit, cranes, Deanston, definition, Distell, distilling, Donald Hanna, Euan Mitchell, Explorers Series, exports, George Garvin Brown, Guatemala, guild, House Spirits, Hudson Valley, Ian Macleod Distillers, Iowa, Ireland, Islay, Jake Holshue, James MacTaggart, Jeneen Bell, John Drake, Julia Ritz Toffoli, Kaveh Zamanian, Kaveh Zamarian, Kentucky, Kentucky.com, Lagg, Ledaig, livery, Louisville, Magnum, mansplaining, Mark Reynier, master distiller, Masters of Photography Series, MGP, Miles Munroe, Multnomah Whiskey Library, New York, ninja, Old Forester, Omar Fitzell, Oregon, photographers, photography, pinot noir, poll, Portland, Portland International Airport, Rabbit Hole Distilling, rickhouse, rum, Ryan Reynolds, salvage, Sarah Burgess, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Sheep Dip, single malt, South Africa, Speyside, tasting room, Templeton, Templeton Rye, The Macallan, Tobermory, tourism, tours, trademark, Twitter, visitors, Wales, Waterford Distillery, Westward, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, whisky club, Willamette River, Women Who Whiskey, Worshipful Company of Distillers0 comments
This week, we’ll visit House Spirits Distillery – part of Portland’s “Distillery Row” along the eastern banks of the Wil...
A Peek Inside the Irish Whiskey Archive (Episode 674: December 31, 2017)20180101010623
A Peek Inside the Irish Whiskey Archive (Episode 674: December 31, 2017)
Mark GillespieJanuary 1, 2018@jotterface, @JRR1234, @outofdoors, @snagsy1980, @Violent_Bob, 12K Giveaway, archives, Ardbeg, Beefeater Gin, bottles, Bourbon, brewers, Bruichladdich, Carol Quinn, CBEW, Christmas Eve, Congress, consumption, Cork, Corryvreckan, Cumbria, Desmond Payne, Distilled Spirits Council, distillers, Dublin, Federal Excise Tax, Final Reserve, followers, Frazier History Museum, Glenmorangie, Glenmore Distillery, Grand Vintage Malt 1990, Green Spot, health, history, Honours List, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Archive, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, James "Buddy" Thompson, James Thompson & Brother, Jameson, John Jameson, John Robertson, Kentucky, Kinclaith, labels, Louisville, Mark Gorman, Matt Covington, MBE, Midleton, Mitchell & Son, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Nigel Mills, No. #1 Bond House, Old Midleton Distillery, Order of the British Empire, Owensboro, Powers, preservation, Queen Elizabeth II, Redbreast, Ryan Campbell, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Single Malts of Scotland, Speciality Drinks, Strathclyde, tax reform, The Lakes Distillery, Tomatin, Twitter, veterans, Washington, whiskey, whisky, winemakers0 comments
Much of whisky’s early history is documented only in tales, with few written records that have survived the centuries. In some cases, though, th...
A “World Record” Whisky Bar? Hold My Dram…20171217161540
A “World Record” Whisky Bar? Hold My Dram…
Mark GillespieDecember 17, 2017adjudicator, Alena Wren, Angus, Angus Dundee, Artisan Restaurant, Ayrshire, bar, Bill Thomas, Derek Mather, Diageo, Dylan Wren, Edzell, Facebook, Glenesk Hotel, Graeme Forbes, Granite PR, Guinness, Guinness World Records, Hotel, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Jim Pattison Group, licensing, London, Millionaire's Casino, pub, Robert Fleming, Samuel Allen, Scotland, social media, The Drinks Business, trademark, Twitter, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Wishaw, world record0 comments
December 17, 2017 – Guinness World Records has declared a Scottish hotel’s whisky bar as having the “largest whisky collection avail...
There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)20170924192730
There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)
Mark GillespieSeptember 24, 2017@SpeakingEasyPod, @squirrel8870, Alex Grelli, Amie Boswell, Antique Collection, Ashley Penny, attorney, Australia, Barbara Helt, Bardstown, barrels, Benromach, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, Brad Boswell, Brian Kinsman, Brianna Gillespie, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cancer, Château Cissac, Christopher Winters, climate change, Commonwealth, cooperage, coopers, Corby, crime, Daniel Alan Durham, Dave Schmier, David Fenkell, doctor, Domino's, Don Livermore, Dublin, Eagle Rare, Fat Tire, forestry, France, Frankfort, Franklin County, George T. Stagg, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenora Distillers, Gooderham & Worts, Harry Shapira, Haut-Médoc, Heaven Hill, heist, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Ice Wine, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, investigation, Ireland, Israel, J.P. Wiser's, Jane Overeem, Jewish, Joe Boswell, Johannesburg, John Burlowski, judge, Julie Curtsinger, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Barrels, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, lawyer, Lebanon, Lexington Herald-Leader, Little Trinity, loggers, logging, Lot #40, Macallan, Marc Pendlebury, Mark Sean Searcy, Max Shapira, Meredith Grelli, Milk & Honey, Missouri, Mistress Miasma, Monongahela, New Jersey, Northern Border Collection, Nova Scotia, oak, Old Billingsgate, Old Rip Van Winkle, oncologist, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Peat Week, Phenostrus, Pike Creek, Pinch, pizza, police, prosecutors, River Edge, Rosh Hashanah, Rye, Sazerac 18 Rye, Seattle, Sheriff, South Africa, Speaking Easy, Sphincter, Spinther, stave mill, stolen, T.W. Boswell, Tel Aviv, The Whisky Show, theft, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Held, Total Wine & More, Tullibardine, Twitter, US Forest Service, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Brother, Whitney Lawson, Wigle, Wild Turkey, William Larue Weller, Winter Storm, wood, Zach Becker, Zionsville0 comments
It’s often said that wood is responsible for most of a whisky’s flavor, and if that’s the case, then the people who make the barrels...