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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...

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...

The Speed Art Museum’s “Art of Bourbon” Auction (Episode 725: September 16, 2018)20180916182607

The Speed Art Museum’s “Art of Bourbon” Auction (Episode 725: September 16, 2018)

Mark GillespieSeptember 16, 2018@The_Jage, @turnipwhiskery, #fermentationfriday, A. Smith Bowman, Aberfeldy, airport, Alltech, Amrut, Angel's Share Glass, art, auction, Bardstown, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Beam Suntory, benefits, bicycle, Bill Lumsden, Bill Samuels Jr., Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Caol Ila, Carlow Brewing Company, Chambers Bay Distillery, charity, Chicken Cock Whiskey, China, Coastal Collection, collaborative distilling, Colorado, Conor McGregor, contract, contract distilling, Coxs Creek, Distillery Select, Donald Trump, Douglas Laing & Co., education, Emmy Cox, EU, European Union, export, exports, Festival, FEW American Whiskey, Few Spirits, Four Roses, Frazier History Museum, Fred Minnick, Freddie Johnson, Fredericksburg, Glen Garioch, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Grain & Barrel Spirits, Grain Surfboards, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, horse racing, Hunter S. Thompson, import, intellectual property, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey, Isaac Bowman, Isaac Bowman Pioneer Spirit, Jeff Royalty, Jim Beam, Jimmy Russell, Joe Dangler, Julian Van Winkle III, Justify, Karen Somerville, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kirin, Lawrenceville, Littlemill, Littlemill Celestial Edition, local, Loch Lomond, London, Louisville, Maine, Maker's Mark, Matt Shattock, Max Shapira, MGP, Michael Bendavid, mixed martial arts, MMA, music, National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, negotiations, Notorious, Pappy Van Winkle, Parker Beam, Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award, Parkinson's disease, Paul Hletko, Pearse Lyons, Pioneer Spirit, Port Cask, President, Prohibition, provenance, Puget Sound, Repeal Batch, research, Sazerac, Seamus O'Hara, Shriners Hospital for Children, Skye, Speed Art Museum, staves, Stephen Reily, Stitzel-Weller, strike, surfboard, Tacoma, Taiwan. Ian Chang, Talisker, tariffs, Town Branch Distillery, trade, trademark, travel retail, Triple Crown, Truman Cox, two-tier, UFC, UFCW, union, United Food & Commercial Workers, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, Virginia, Washington, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, Wild Turkey, Woody Creek, Woody Creek Distillers, World Duty Free, World of Whiskies, XOP, Xtra Old Particular0 comments

Bourbon & Beyond gets underway this Friday night in Louisville with a charity Bourbon auction to benefit the Speed Art Museum. The whiskies going ...

Episode 593: June 12, 201620160612173612

Episode 593: June 12, 2016

Mark GillespieJune 12, 2016@clanwoodcock, @mcdblake, @Misterpie, @VancouverGuero, Aberlour, Allisa Henley, Arkansas, BenRiach, Billy Leighton, book, bookfinder.com, Bourbon, Box Distillery, Brian Nation, British Columbia, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Chita, Chris Morris, Dan Lundberg, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deconstructed Series, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, Distillery Reserve, Dominium, Early Days, Eddie Russell, endowment, engineering, Five Malt, Fortuna Meritas, Four Roses, Geoff Regan, George Dickel, Ger Buckley, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenglassaugh, Graham Coull, Hakushu, Heather Bradley, Hibiki, HMRC, Honours List, House of Commons, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Jan Westcott, John Shea, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Little Rock, Luceo, Master's Keep, Master's Keep Decades, Misako Udo, Morgan Blake, Nova Scotia, OBE, Order of the British Empire, Parliament, Phil Brandon, Queen Elizabeth, Regalis, retirement, Robert Burns, Rock Town Distillery, Rothes, scholarship, Scotch Whisky, Shelter Point Distillery, Speaker, Speaker's Selection, Speyside, Spirits Canada, Suntory, Sweden, Tennessee Whiskey, The Blender's Dog, The Cooper's Croze, The Dalmore, The Distiller's Safe, The Scottish Whisky Distilleries, Toki, travel retail, Two Brewers, University of Kentucky, Valour, Vancouver Island, Whiskey Makers Series, whisky, Whitehorse, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve, Yamazaki, Yukon, Yukon Spirits0 comments

Many factors go into the decision to give a whisky brand a shakeup, and we’ll look at the factors behind two major facelifts announced in the la...

Episode 567: December 19, 201520151220015600

Episode 567: December 19, 2015

Mark GillespieDecember 20, 2015airport, Anne Hill, Annie Hill, anniversary, Australia, awards, Ballindalloch, bank, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Budgie, capital, CEO, charity, coat, David Mandel, Denmark, Dennis Malcolm, Diageo, Distill Ventures, Drambuie, Dublin, Duncan Macgillivray, Duncan Mcfadden, Feis Ile, financing, food truck, Frank Lampen, Get Cozy, Give Cozy, Glen Grant, Heaven Hill, Heriot-Watt University, Icons of Whisky Awards, International Centre for Brewing & Distilling, International Wine & Spirits Competition, investment, investors, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Collection, Islay, Islay Barley, Jennifer Stoddard, Jim McEwan, John Rennie, Lifetime Achievement, Limestone Branch, Live Oak Bank, Maker's Mark, managing editor, Marcus Niemann, Mark Reynier, MGP Ingredients, obituary, One Warm Coat, option, Paul Beam, Powers, private equity, Rupert Wheeler, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, seed capital, Seth DeBolt, shares, Simon Hunt, Single Pot Still, stake, Starward, Stauning, Stella David, Steve Beam, Tamdhu, terms, Thoroughbred Spirits Group, Thoroughbred Spirits Partners, Three Swallow, Tullamore Dew, University of Kentucky, venture capital, Walsh Whiskey Company, welcome, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Magazine, William Grant & Sons, winter coats, Writers Tears, Yellowstone Bourbon0 comments

This week, we’ll look at the business behind the whiskies we drink – and investors hope to profit from. More investors are looking serious...

Episode 564: November 29, 201520151130000339

Episode 564: November 29, 2015

Mark GillespieNovember 30, 20151969, Aberfeldy, academics, Advent, Adwords, alert, Andrew Madderson, anniversary, Ansgar Speller, Apollo 11, app, Belgium, brewing, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, calendar, career, certificate, Chicago, Christmas, collectors, college, College of Agriculture, Corsair Artisan Distillery, crowdfunding, Dave Sweet, degree, Depaul, Diageo, distillation, distillery, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Dornoch Distillery Company, Drinks by the Dram, Emerson Lamb, engineering, Eric Gregory, Extraordinary Cask, Festival, finance, Fireball, Gartbreck, Geert Biro, Glenfarclas, Glenturret, Google, Hachette, Heriot-Watt, holiday, India, Indiegogo, Islay, Italy, Jack Daniel's, James Fairlie, Jean Donnay, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Affair, Kentucky Distillers Association, lawsuit, Lindores Whisky Fest, Lindores Whisky Society, litigation, London School of Economics, Louisville, Martine Donnay, Martine Nouet, Master of Malt, Matt Hofmann, Michael Tortorich, moon, Mull, Nashville, Netherlands, Oostende, Ostend, Phil Thompson, Puni, Raimund Leussink, Sazerac, science, Seattle, Seth DeBolt, shareholders, Simon Thompson, Springbank, Stuart Cassells, students, Tennessee, Tennessee Fire, terrorism, The Glenrothes, Tobermory, tourism, trademark, UK, United Spirits, University, University of Kentucky, Vijay Mallya, Wedgwood-Houston, Westland, Whisky Live, wine0 comments

This week, we’ll be talking about whisky and education. Not teaching people how to drink whisky, but how to make it! There aren’t many uni...

Episode 561: November 7, 201520151108020549

Episode 561: November 7, 2015

Mark GillespieNovember 8, 2015@ScotchTestDummies, @talesofthegrape, age statements, Amaretto, Andrew Nelstrop, Angel's Envy, angel's share, anniversary, appeal, apple cider, Art of Auchentoshan, artists, Auchentoshan, Ballantine's, Baltimore Whiskey Company, bartenders, Baudonia, Benromach, Benromach 100º Proof, Benromach Imperial Proof, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Blue Label, Braveheart, Brooklyn, Chapter 10, Christina Philburn, Clean Air Act, clothing, Clover Club, Colin Fultz, Compass Box, court, data, David and Goliath, Diageo, dick, Dry Fly, Dublin, Edrington, emissions, English Whisky Company, exports, family, Flaming Heart, fungus, Germany, glass blowing, Glenturret, Goa, Hard Fired, heavy cream, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Ian Newton, India, Islay, Ivy Mix, James Bond, James Espey, Jeff Weber, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker Oldest, Kentucky, Kentucky Mist, Kevin Plank, KREM-TV, label approval, lawsuit, lawyers, Leyenda, litigation, Louisville, Mark@Malt-Review.com, Marks & Spencer, Masters Collection, Mel Gibson, movies, O'Danagher's Hibernian Whiskey, opinion, Paul John, Peated Cask Reserve, Portlanc Institute of Contemporary Art, Revival, Robin Nance, Ronnie Cox, Rosemary Gallagher, Russia, Sagamore Spirit, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Spokane, Steffen Brauner, Stitzel-Weller, Stuart Cassells, SWA, t-shirts, Taiwan, Tales of the Cocktail, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Famous Grouse, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenrothes, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Tim Danagher, trade, trademark, transparency, TTB, Under Armour, United Distillers, University of Kentucky, Urban Glass, vapors, Washington, whiskey, whisky, whisky fungus, Wildcats, Woodford Reserve, Woodford Reserve Masters Collection 1838 Style White Corn0 comments

Scotland’s Glenturret Distillery celebrated its 240th anniversary this week by gathering 240 people at The Famous Grouse Experience for a toast,...

Trademark Battle Pits David Against Kentucky’s Goliath20151106185031

Trademark Battle Pits David Against Kentucky’s Goliath

November 6, 2015 – “I love the Cats…I’m a big basketball fan!” Like many people around the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Col...

Episode 559: October 24, 201520151025021719

Episode 559: October 24, 2015

Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2015@ScotchBlog, Amber Rock, Andrew Buchanan, Andrew Smith, Andy Cant, Baccarat, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Bourbon, Bourbon County, Bowmore, Brian Kinsman, Brora, Brown-Forman, Bruce Jardine, Caledonian, Cannes, Caol Ila, Cardhu, CBC, cease and desist, chemistry, Chris Morris, clothing, Colin Fultz, conflict of interest, crystal, Dailuane, Dalwhinnie, Deconstructed Series, Devil's Casks, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Double the Devil, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Elementary, Elements, expansion, First Chapter, France, Fred Minnick, Gentleman Jack, George Washington's Distillery, gift, Girvan, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenora, Golden Age of Travel, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant's, Greg Metze, groin punch, Gus Griffin, Hartfield & Company, Hartfield and Company, Heaven Hill, House of Hazelwood, Iain MacArthur, Indiana, infringment, IPO, Islay, Israel, Jameson, Janet Sheed Roberts, Jardine Reserve, John Campbell, John E. Fitzgerald Very Special Reserve, John MacDougall, Kentucky Gentleman, Kentucky Mist, Kininvie, Kirsty Clarke, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Lauchie MacLean, law, Lawrenceburg, lawyers, legend, Lifehacker, Louis Royer, Lucy Doland, Masters Collection, media kit, Metze's Select, MGP, Mortlach, Mount Vernon, myth, Nordic, Norse, Nova Scotia, Old Fitzgerald, periodic table, Pittyvaich, Port Ellen, Rare Cask Black, samples, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, seal, shares, shirts, Solera, Special Releases, Speyside, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory Holdings, swag, Sweet Corn, Takeshi Niinami, The Cally, The Gentleman Distillery, The Macallan, Torii, trademark, travel retail, Tsingtao, University of Kentucky, Virginia, Virginia Gentleman, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, William Grant & Sons, WKYT, Woodford Reserve, Yoav Gelbfish, Yula1 comment

Andy Cant has been a Scotch Whisky nomad for nearly four decades, working at distilleries and maltings all over Scotland. He’s done everything f...

Episode 530: April 18, 201520150418233329

Episode 530: April 18, 2015

Mark GillespieApril 18, 2015A. Smith Bowman, Adrian Graham, Ambassador Cask, analysts, Anthony Russo, Aultmore, Australia, bail, Ballindalloch, basketball, Beam, Bill Samuels Jr., Bill Thomason, blog, Breeder's Cup, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, cave, Chapter 13, charity, China, Churchill Downs, court, Craig Beam, crime, critters, Crown Royal, Dewar's, Diageo, Duchess or Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, earnings, English Whisky Company, estate, Fairfax, Frankfort, Franklin County, Fredericksburg, Gilbert Curtsinger, Gimli, Glengoyne, Glenmorangie, Grantown-on-Spey, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, historic, horse racing, Ian MacLeod, Ian Macleod Distillers, indictment, Jack Daniel's, Josh Hafer, Keeneland, Kentucky Derby, Last Great Malts of Scotland, lawschooldrunk, Lem Tolley, Lexington, Loretto, Louisville, LVMH, Lynchburg, Maker's 46, Maker's Mark, Manitoba, Marianne Barnes, Martin, Master Distillers Series, mint julep, New South Wales, Northern Harvest, Odin, Old Taylor, Pam Wiznitzer, Pamela Wiznitzer, Pappy & Co., Pappy Van Winkle, Parker's Heritage Collection, Pat Melton, Peristyle, photography, Prince Charles, Remy Cointreau, renovations, rickhouse, Rob Samuels, Royal Brackla, running, sales, Sheriff, Speyside, St. George's Day, still, suspect, Sydney, Tamdhu, The Glenrothes, theft, Thoroughbred, Time For Whisky, tour, United Kingdom, University of Kentucky, Valhalla Collection, Van Winkle, Versailles, Vintage Reserve, Virginia, warehouse, wax dip, WhiskyFest, Wild Turkey, WLEX, Woodford Reserve, Wounded Warrior Equestrian Project1 comment

If distilleries have ghosts, the ones haunting the former Old Taylor Distillery in Kentucky finally have some people to scare. After nearly 43 years, ...