Bourbon…Not Just for the Boys Any More! (Episode 756: February 24, 2019)20190224215912
Bourbon…Not Just for the Boys Any More! (Episode 756: February 24, 2019)
Mark GillespieFebruary 24, 2019"found barrels", @davidmarra, @hfs_houseofyork, @lwmooromsky1, @odysseusunbound, @ralfknoop, An Bord Pleanála, anniversary, appeal, Archangel, art, auction, Autumn Nethery, Balblair, Balcones, bar code, Benromach, binge drinking, Black Button Distilling, blender, Bloody Butcher, Bloody Butcher's Creed, blue corn, Bourbon, Bruce Nethery, Buffalo, Bulleit, Catoctin Creek, charity, chef, collecting, collection, Compass Box, Constellation Brands, copper works, Cotswolds Distillery, Dave Sweet, David Coulthard, David Marra, Diageo, distilling, Dr. Jim Swan, Dublin, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Dumfries, F1, family, farming, flipping, Florida, Formula One, Founder's Choice, Galloway, Glengoyne, Glenmorangie, Gordon & MacPhail, Gortinore, Grand Prix, Great Northern Distillery, Gunnar Nilsson, health, heirloom grain, Heritage Series, High West, Highland Park, Hunter Nethery, Interstate 64, inventory, Ireland, Jared Himstedt, Jeptha Creed, John Teeling, Joyce Nethery, Kentucky, L'Anima, Llandudno, London, Louisville, Louth, Martin MacDonald, Massimo Bottura, maturation complex, minimum unit pricing, Moonshine University, motorsports, National Gallery, Natterjack, New York, painting, Penderyn, planning, Prohibition, Quintessential Brands, racing, Ralf Knoop, Raphael, Redbreast, Redbreast Dream Cask, RFID, Saltire, Saltire Edition, Sarasota, ScotchWhisky.com, Scotland, Shelby County, Shelbyville, Sotheby's, Springbank, stillman, Swansea, Swansea Council, Sweden, Texas, Texas Pot Still Bourbon, The Dalmore, The Welsh Whisky Company, Tobias and the Angel, Tom Fredericks, Turner Moore, Utah, Verrochio, Viking Funeral, Virginia, Waco, warehouse, Waterford, Welsh Assembly, whiskey, Whiskey & Barrel Nite, Whiskey and Barrel Nite, Whiskey Obsession Festival, whisky, Whisky Live, World Whisky Day, zoning0 comments
There’s a long tradition of fathers and sons in whisky distilling, but Kentucky’s Jeptha Creed Distillery is one of the few distilleries w...
On the Road at The Great American Whiskey Fair (Episode 733: October 18, 2018)20181018232648
On the Road at The Great American Whiskey Fair (Episode 733: October 18, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 18, 2018100% Islay, agriculture, airplane bottles, Alasdair Day, Allied Domecq, Antique Collection, Bailey's Irish Cream, bar, Barley, Beach Polo, Beam, Beam Suntory, beer, Bill Newlands, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Campbell Brown, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Catoctin Creek, CEO, Charleston, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Chris Swonger, Chronicles, climate change, Columbia, Constellation Brands, construction, Crouch Distilling, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, distillery, distilling, Dublin, Dungourney, emissions, environment, event, executive, farmers, Festival, fossil fuels, Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, Fox & Geese, George Garvin Brown, global warming, grain, Grain of Truth, Great American Whiskey Fair, Greenville, High West, High Wire Distilling, IDV, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, investment, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jackie Zykan, James Espey, Jessica Crouch, Jimmy Red, John Walker Masters' Edition, Johnnie Walker, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Johnnie Walker Oldest, journal, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, Kilchoman, Kraig Naasz, Kristian Niemi, lobbyist, Louisville, Michter's, Midleton Distillery, miniature bottles, Nathan Mueller, Nature, obituary, Old Forester Distillery, Pam Heilmann, Pernod Ricard, Phil Crouch, Piedmont, Polo Collection, Ralph Blackman, Rob Sands, Royal Salute, Russ Fain, Rye, Sam Slaughter, science, Scotch Whisky, Seagram's, single grain, single malt, Six and Twenty Distillery, Smiths Group, South Carolina, The Last Drop Distillers, The President's Choice, The Tweedale Blend, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Jago, United Distillers, United Nations, University of California Irvine, Utah, whiskey, whisky0 comments
This time around, we’re in Columbia, South Carolina for The Great American Whiskey Fair. We’ll talk with local distillers creating unique ...
High West’s Horse’s Neck and Rollin’ Ridge Cocktails20180803115439
High West’s Horse’s Neck and Rollin’ Ridge Cocktails
Mark GillespieAugust 3, 2018American Prairie Bourbon, bar, bartender, cocktail, Cynar, Double Rye!, drink, Fever Tree, ginger beer, High West, Horse's Neck, mixologist, recipe, Rollin' Ridge, Utah, whiskey, whisky0 comments
August 3, 2018 – Here are a couple of cocktail recipes provided by High West that use their “Double Rye!” and American Prairie Bourb...
Building a Showcase for Bourbon History (Episode 717: August 2, 2018)20180802205645
Building a Showcase for Bourbon History (Episode 717: August 2, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 2, 2018@ljsandoval1981, Aberlour, Alpine Distilling, Andy Treinen, Australia, blender, Booker Noe, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, British Medical Journal, California, Canada, Casg Annamh, Charbay, Chris Clark, dementia, distillery, Doubled & Twisted, education, Fettercairn, Frazier History Museum, Ghost & Rare, Ghost and Rare, Gordon Motion, Heaven Hill, Hebridean Whisky Trail, Highland Park, history, Isle of Harris, Isle of Raasay, Jack Daniel's, Jeff Arnett, Jesse Tampio, Jim Beam, Jim Lyngvild, Jimmy Russell, John Walker & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, King George V, Leonard Sandoval, Louisville, Malt Whisky Trail, Marko Karakasevic, master blender, master distiller, medicine, Miles Karakasevic, Moray Speyside Tourism, museum, Park City, Parker Beam, planter, Port Ellen, research, science, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sherry Cask Edition, single malt, slavery, Speyside, Spirit of Collaboration Summit, Spirit of Kentucky, Sullivan's Cove, Talisker, Torabhaig, tourism, travel retail, Traveler's Rest, tree, Two Brewers, Utah, Valhalla Series, Valknut, Valkyrie, visitors, W9 Summit, welcome center, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Summit, Whitehorse, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey, Wings of the Eagle, Yukon0 comments
Construction workers are racing the clock to complete work at Louisville’s Frazier History Museum by the end of this month, when the new “...
The Top Whisky Stories of 2016…And a Look Ahead20161230053102
The Top Whisky Stories of 2016…And a Look Ahead
Mark GillespieDecember 30, 20162016, acquisition, analysis, Australian Whisky Holdings, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Bernard Walsh, Booker's, boycott, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, Constellation Brands, County Carlow, Diageo, Donald Trump, DSP, Dublin, economy, European Union, exports, foreign policy, Great Northern Distillery, High West, imports, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Japan, Japan Society, Jim Beam, John Little, John Teeling, Lark, lifestyle venture, Mark Brown, Matt Shattock, Michael Collins, Nant Distillery, Old Jameson Distillery, Olympics, Overeem, Paddy, peak craft, Peak Oil, Peak Whisky, Pernod Ricard, Popcorn Sutton, premiumization, President, Prime Minister, private equity, Redlands, regulations, renovation, sales, Sazerac, Seattle, shakeout, Smooth Ambler, Sullivan's Cove, tariffs, Tasmania Distillery, Tax & Trade Bureau, taxes, Technavio, Tennessee, The Last Drop, Theresa May, Tokyo, tourism, trade, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Tullamore D.E.W., Utah, venture capital, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Westland Distillery, World Trade Organization, WTO, year in review0 comments
December 30, 2016 – Every year is defined by the stories that shape it, for better or worse. Here’s our look at the stories that shaped th...
Episode 619: December 11, 201620161211123350
Episode 619: December 11, 2016
Mark GillespieDecember 11, 2016@beastin25_8, @crewcutter, @WhiskyRI, 1903, absinthe, acquisition, Alameda, allocation, Anchor Distilling, Andy Simpson, anniversary, Arran, Austin Nichols & Co., Award, Baller Single Malt, Bay Area, Beam Suntory, Bernard Walsh, bleep, blood vessels, Bob Dalgarno, Booger McFarland, Booker Noe, Booker's, Booker's Rye, Bottled in Bond, Bruce Joseph, California, carbon dating, Chapel Gate, Clear Creek, cold, Constellation Brands, consultant, core, counterfeit, craft distilling, cream liqueur, David Robertson, Dean McCarthy, doctors, dunnage warehouse, eau de vie, economic development, Edition No. 2, Edrington, El Cellar de Can Roca, ESPN Radio, fake, Fine & Rare Series, football, fraud, Fritz Maytag, fuck, Gary A. Turner, gin, Girona, government, Green Bay, Greg Parseghian, hallucinogenic, health, Health Services Executive, High West, Holstein, Hotaling's, hypothermia, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, J.J. Corry, Jim Murray, John Little, Joo Kim, Jörg Rupf, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kerrygold, labeling, Lance Winters, Laphroaig, Louise McGuane, Macallan, medical, Mike & Mike, monkey, NBV Investments, Old Potrero, Omar, Oxford, Pappy Van Winkle, polar vortex, pricing, rare whisky 101, Red Tape Follies, Remy Cointreau, Rhode Island, Roca, San Francisco, Scott Spolverino, Seattle, Smooth Ambler, Spain, St. George's Spirits, Steve McCarthy, Tag Galyean, tourism, TTB, Utah, value, visitors, Walsh Whiskey Company, weather, West Virginia, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Bible, whisky trail, Wild Turkey, winter, Yamazaki0 comments
A couple of weeks ago, we credited San Francisco’s Anchor Distilling with being the birthplace of the American craft distilling movement in 1993...
Dealmaking Continues in Craft Distilling As Pernod Ricard Acquires Smooth Ambler20161208164650
Dealmaking Continues in Craft Distilling As Pernod Ricard Acquires Smooth Ambler
Mark GillespieDecember 8, 20161792 Barton, acquisition, Alexandre Ricard, Austin Nichols & Co., Constellation Brands, Contradiction, Greg Parseghian, Gruppo Campari, High West, Jeff Agdern, John Foster, John Little, Maxwelton, MGP Ingredients, NBV Investments, Old Scout, Pernod Ricard, Remy Cointreau, Smooth Ambler, Tag Galyean, Utah, West Virginia, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Wild Turkey0 comments
December 8, 2016 – Smooth Ambler Spirits’ Old Scout was named the “Best Single Barrel Bourbon in the World” in Whisky Magazine...
Episode 610: October 9, 201620161008235602
Episode 610: October 9, 2016
Mark GillespieOctober 8, 2016#GrabWhiskey, 1792 Bourbon, 50 of 5 Whisky Club, AIG, Allt a'Bhainne, Amrut, Austria, author, Barton 1792, Bill Lark, Bill Newlands, Blended Malt, Bonhams, book, Braeval, Brendan Coyle, Buena Vista, Buffalo Trace, Chivas Brothers, Chivas Regal, Colin Scott, Colorado, Compass Box, Constellation Brands, Corsair, David Perkins, Deerhammer, Dominic Roskrow, Donald Trump, Double Cask, Edinburgh, Edrington, Facebook, Glencairn, Glenfiddich, Hanshu, High West, Hudson Whiskey, Hurricane Matthew, India, insurance, Jane Perkins, Japan, Jimmy Russell, John Glaser, Lenny Eckstein, lewd, Limestone Branch, Longmorn, Macallan, Maple Cask Rye, maple syrup, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Nobel, Olympic Peninsula, Outryder, Peat Week, Petr Hosen, pussy, Richard Paterson, Rye, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac, Seattle, Select Reserve, Springbank, Strathisla, Stuart MacPherson, Suntory, Tasmania, Tormore, transparency, Twitter, Ultis, Utah, Vermont, Vienna, Washington, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Japan, Wild Turkey, Wyoming Whiskey, Yamazaki, Yellowstone, Yoichi0 comments
Japanese whiskies have become harder to find as worldwide demand grows for them, but books about them are even harder to find. Longtime whisky writer ...
High West Acquisition “Foundational” for Constellation Brands20161007160938
High West Acquisition “Foundational” for Constellation Brands
Mark GillespieOctober 7, 2016Alberta, Ballast Point, Bill Newlands, Black Velvet, blending stock, Brendan Coyle, bulk whiskey, Canadian Whisky, Casa Noble, Constellation Brands, David Perkins, earnings, High West, Jane Perkins, John Esposito, Lethbridge, Meiomi, MGP, on-premise, Prisoner Wine, SVEDKA Vodka, tequila, Utah, Wanship, whiskey, whisky0 comments
October 7, 2016 – $160 million is a lot of money, especially for a single distillery that has only been producing its own spirit for a few years...
About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)