Diageo Plans to Reopen Port Ellen and Brora Distilleries20171009142423
Diageo Plans to Reopen Port Ellen and Brora Distilleries
October 9, 2017Brora, Clynelish, David Cutter, DCL, Diageo, Distillers Company, Economy Minister, Grand Metropolitan, Guinness, Highlands, IDV, Islay, Keith Brown, Lagavulin, Port Ellen, Port Ellen Maltings, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scottish Government, UDV, United Distillers, whiskey, whisky0 comments
October 9, 2017 – When Scotch Whisky history buffs gather over a few drams, the discussion usually turns to a question along the lines of “...
Episode 556: October 4, 201520151004221453
Episode 556: October 4, 2015
October 4, 20151792 Bardstown, 1792 Small Batch, Alan Winchester, Alps, American Frozen Foods Institute, author, Becky Paskin, Beltway, Bernheim, book, boots, Bourbon Barrel Reserve, Bourbon Empire, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bryan Crosson, bug, Canadian Mist, Carlow, Chambord, Charles Maclean, Chivas Regal, cold, confession, construction, Conyngham, Dalwhinnie, Dave Broom, David Rule, DISCUS, Domaine des Hautes Glaces, eBay, Finland, flavored whiskey, flippers, Forsyths, France, Germany, germs, gin, GlenDronach, Glenfiddich, Heaven Hill, incubator, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Japan, Japanese, John E. Fitzgerald, justin morland, Kraig Naasz, Laphroaig, Les Moissons, Liqueur, lobbying, Ludwigshafen, Miyagikyo, Nadurra, Nikka, Oliver Chilton, organic, Peter Cressy, Phil Lynch, politics, Port Askaig, portal, Reid Mitenbuler, reports, Reuters, Richard Woodard, sale, Sam Mead, Sazerac, ScotchWhisky.com, sick, Simon Brooking, Simon Marshall, Slane Castle, Slane Whiskey, Southern Comfort, Speciality Drinks, Spirit of Place, Stitzel-Weller, stolen, Tadashi Sakuma, Teerenpeli, The Glenlivet, The Whisky Show London, theft, UDV, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Washington, welly boots, wheated Bourbon, WhiskyFest, Winter's Gold, Wyoming Whiskey, Wyoming Whiskey Barrel Strength, Yoichi0 comments
Earlier this year, Japan’s Nikka Whisky announced plans to replace many of its age-statement single malts with new no-age-statement versions. Th...
Episode 507: November 22, 201420141123021818
Episode 507: November 22, 2014
November 23, 2014Aberfeldy, Andy Nelson, Annandale, Anthony Dias Blue, Aultmore, Bacardi, Ballantine's, Barack Obama, Ben Nevis, Bill Ricker, blog, Borders, Bourbon Summit, Buffalo Trace, Charles Maclean, Charlie Nelson, Chivas Brothers, comedy, Craigellachie, Craigellachie Hotel, Dave Broom, David Thomson, Deveron, Dewar's, Diageo, farm, Fishky, Fred Minnick, George T. Stagg, Glen Deveron, Gordon & MacPhail, independent bottlers, John Dewar & Sons, Ken Goldenberg, Kevin Smith, landmark, Last Great Malts, lawyers, legal, Lost Prophet, Lyndsey Gray, Macduff, Mitch McConnell, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Nashville, NBC, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Oregon, Orphan Barrel, parody, Phil Lynch, Phil Thompson, Piers Adam, politics, Prohibition, Quaich Bar, renovation, Rogue, Royal Brackla, Saturday Night Live, Sazerac, Senate, Simon Thompson, single blend, Single Oak Project, Speciality Drinks, Spey, Speyside, Stephen Marshall, Tennessee, Teresa Church, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Shop, trademark, UDV, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Dewar’s has focused on its Blended Scotch whiskies for generations, with the limited exception in recent years of single malts from Aberfeldy. H...
Whisky Magazine Names Parker Beam & Edwin Foote To Hall of Fame20140409121715
Whisky Magazine Names Parker Beam & Edwin Foote To Hall of Fame
April 9, 2014ALS, Barry Crockett, Bernheim, Bernie Lubbers, Dennis Malcolm, Earl Beam, Edwin Foote, Elizabeth Cross, Frank McHardy, Fred Minnick, Hall of Fame, Heaven Hill, Henry McKenna, Jim McEwan, Kentucky Derby Museum, Parker Beam, Promise of Hope, Stitzel-Weller, UDV, Whisky Magazine0 comments
April 9, 2014 – Master Distillers Parker Beam and Edwin Foote are the latest inductees in Whisky Magazine’s Hall of Fame. Both men were in...
Episode 473: April 5, 201420140405235915
Episode 473: April 5, 2014
April 5, 2014administration, April Fool's, Armstrong, Army Air Corps, Auchnagie, auction, Balmoral, Benromach, Bill Samuels Jr., Billy Walker, Black Rock, Bladnoch, Blake Johnson, Bowmore, Buffalo Trace, Chichibu, Commerce Clause, Constitutiion, contract, court, Diageo, Elmer T. Lee, Ernst & Young, family, Federal, George Dickel, Gerston, Gill Heart Institute, Glenglassaugh, Gold Reef, Gordon & MacPhail, grandson, horse racing, Hunter Smith, Ichiro Akuto, interstate commerce, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Japan, Jeffrey Karlovitch, Jon Birkbeck, judge, Karuizawa, Keeneland, Keith Bell, Laphroaig, lawsuit, legal, Lost Distilleries Blend, Louisville, Maker's Mark, Mark Stoops, Master of Malt, Mendy Berkowitz, Michael Urquhart, Mickey Hammond, Nikka, Pope Francis, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth, receiver, Rob Samuels, Royal Lochnagar, Storage Statute, Stratheden, Suntory, Tennessee, Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, The Knot. liqueur, The Lost Distillery Company, Tullahoma, UDV, University of Kentucky, Vatican, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW, White Sands, William Grant & Sons, World War II0 comments
Many of Scotland’s historic distilleries have faded into history, to be remembered only by archivists and the occasional whisky lover. While the...
Bladnoch On The Auction Block20140403145506
Bladnoch On The Auction Block
April 3, 2014administration, administrator, Bladnoch, Colin Armstrong, court, Diageo, Ernst & Young, Luke Charleton, Raymond Armstrong, UDV, Wigtown0 comments
April 3, 2014 – As expected, the court-appointed administrator for Bladnoch Distillery plans to sell the Wigtown distillery as an ongoing busine...
Episode 472: March 29, 201420140329210408
Episode 472: March 29, 2014
March 29, 2014A. Smith Bowman, Abraham Bowman, acquisition, anCnoc, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Day, Auriverdes, author, Barry Crockett, Beam, book, brand, Brazil, Brittany, Bronfman, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Chattanooga, Chattanooga Whiskey, China, Chivas, Christina, competition, Cotswolds, Daniel Szor, death, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, distillery, Eric Cordelle, European Union, Explorer's Club, Feis Ile, Fenton, Flaughter, flavored, football, France, Frank McHardy, funeral, FX Concepts, General Assembly, George Dickel, Glen Grant, Hall of Fame, Harry Cockburn, hedge fund, Irish Distillers, Islay, J&B, Jack Daniel's, James Espey, Jim McEwan, Jim Murray, Johnnie Walker, Keepers of the Quaich, Knockdhu, law, lawsuit, legal, legislation, Making Your Marque, Mark Green, Martha Philburn, memory, merger, Michigan, Mike Keeler, Morrison Bowmore, New York, Peaty Collection, Peter Fleck, phenols, Portugese, prank, rings, rogue trader, Rutter, Saint-Quay-Portrieux, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Law, Seagram, silliness, soccer, Societe Generale, Springbank, stroke, Suntory, Tennessee, Tennessee Whiskey, The Last Drop, Tom Jago, trademark, Tushkar, UDV, Urban Honey, Virginia, wedding, Whisky Magazine, wife, World Cup, World Whiskies Awards, zoning0 comments
James Espey has created some of whisky’s legendary brands during his career, along with the Keepers of the Quaich, and was named an Officer of t...
Bladnoch Distillery In Administration, To Be Sold20140317212524
Bladnoch Distillery In Administration, To Be Sold
March 17, 2014administration, Bladnoch, Colin Armstrong, court, Diageo, investors, Raymond Armstrong, receiver, UDV, Wigtown0 comments
March 17, 2014 – One of Scotland’s smallest distilleries is to be sold after a dispute between brothers led to a court-ordered windup of t...
Orphan Barrel Bourbons Get Birth Certificate (Of Sorts)20140211130134
Orphan Barrel Bourbons Get Birth Certificate (Of Sorts)
February 11, 2014Barterhouse, Bernheim, Diageo, Edwin Foote, Heaven Hill, Louisville, Old Blowhard, Orphan Barrel, Stitzel-Weller, UDV, United Distillers0 comments
February 11, 2014 – Diageo’s new Orphan Barrel line of whiskies is based on so-called “found” barrels of whisky that have been...