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...
New Distillery, Familiar Faces (Episode 733: June 23, 2019)20190623235959
New Distillery, Familiar Faces (Episode 733: June 23, 2019)
Mark GillespieJune 23, 2019@79bigpapi, @Andrew_leets, @smoke.before.fire, #FreeOurWhisky, adjudicator, Allura Fergie, Andrew Leets, appeal, Ardgowan, Ardgowan Estate, Ardnamurchan, Balcones, Bardstown, Barrel & Bottle, Barton 1792 Distillery, BC Liquor & Cannabis Regulation Branch, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, British Columbia, building codes, Bulleit Distilling Company, Campbeltown, Campbeltown Malts Festival, Canada, Caol Ila, Cardhu, CaskCartel.com, Cedar Ridge Distillery, cleanup, Clydebuilt, Clynelish, collapse, crane, Dave Mason, Dave Sweet, Day of Dark Barley, Diageo, Easter Elchies, Eden Mill, Edinburgh, Edrington, Elements of Islay, Elixir Distillers, Eric Fergie, expansion, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fife, Fife Council, fire, Forager's Keep, Geordie Moski, Glen Scotia, Glenfiddich, Glenkinchie, Heaven Hill Distillery, heavy metal, Highland Council, Highland Park, inspection, insurance, Inverkip. Martin McAdam, investigation, Iowa, Islay, Johnnie Walker Experience, Josh Quinn, Kelly Carpenter, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kingsbarns, liquor inspectors, Macallan, Max McFarlane, Morag Ralph, Moray Council, music, Nanaimo, Nerys Poole, No. 9 Iowa Whiskey, O.Z. Tyler Distillery, Orphan Barrel, Owensboro, Paul Miller, Pittyvaich, raid, retail, rickhouse, River Clyde, Rob Carpenter, ruling, Ryan A., Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Sean Fousheé, Shelbyville, Single Malts of Scotland, Slipknot, spending, Speyside, startup, structural engineers, Sweet Toast of American Oak, Terressentia, Texas, The Balvenie, The Macallan Estate, The Week of Peat, thunderstorm, tourism, Travel, Vancouver, Victoria, visitors centers, warehouse, weather, whiskey, Whiskey and Barrel Nite, whisky, William Grant & Sons, Willie Phillips0 comments
If you’re starting a new distillery from scratch, it helps to find some veteran whisky makers to join you on the journey. That’s just what...
Fets Whisky Kitchen Loses SMWS Legal Battle with British Columbia Regulators20190621152917
Fets Whisky Kitchen Loses SMWS Legal Battle with British Columbia Regulators
Mark GillespieJune 21, 2019adjudicator, administrative, Allura Fergie, BC Liquor & Cannabis Regulation Branch, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, BC Ministry of the Attorney General, British Columbia, Canada, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, contravention, criminal, Eric Fergie, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fine, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Kelly Carpenter, Legacy Liquor Store, legal, liquor inspectors, Little Jumbo, Ministry of Attorney General, Nerys Poole, raid, regulators, regulatory, Rob Carpenter, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, search, seizure, SMWS, The Strath, Union Club, Vancouver, Victoria, violation, whiskey, whisky0 comments
June 21, 2019 – The Vancouver whisky bar raided in January 2018 for selling Scotch Malt Whisky Society whiskies has lost its bid to have the cas...
A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)20190127172941
A Breakup in the Irish Whiskey Business (Episode 752: January 27, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 27, 2019"Bourbon Pompeii", @realsuwilliams, Ajay Bhardwaj, Andres Faustinelli, Arran, attorney general, B517, backlog, bar, bard, barrels, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, BC Ministry of the Attorney General, BDT Capital Partners, Bearface, Bernard Walsh, Bornw-Forman Cooperage, Bourbon, breakup, Brian Schmitz, British Columbia, Brockrobert Tagarook, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky Awards, Carlow, casks, Chita, Col. E.H. Taylor, competition, Competition Bureau, Congress, Coopers' Craft, Cotswolds Distillery, Daniel Szor, David Eby, David Ferguson, David Wondrich, divorce, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, enforcement, England, exciseman, expansion, fermenter, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Fort Nelson, Forty Creek, Founder's Choice, furlough, gauger, government, Grimsby, hearing, Hungarian Oak, Illva Saronno Holdings, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Japan, John Hall, joint venture, Just-Drinks.com, Kakubin, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, label approvals, lawsuit, liquor inspectors, Louisville, Mackmyra, Maison Ferrand, Marc Anthony Wines & Spirits, Michter's, minority stake, Moment Karibien, Old Forester, Ontario, Plantation Rum, poet, QEW, raid, Raj Bhakta, report. hospitality licenses, Richard Hobbs, Robert Burns, Robert Burns World Foundation, Rosemary Walsh, Royal Oak, run, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shareholders, Shirokaku, shortage, shutdown, Soleo Collection, Speyside, statistics, Stefano Battioni, Su Williams, Suntory, Sweden, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Barrel Mill, The Big Blind Bourbon Taste-Off, The Glenrothes, The Whisky Agency, The Whisky Exchange, tourism, Treasury Department, Trump Administration, TTB, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors, Walsh Whiskey Company, whiskey, Whiskey Row, whisky, Whisky Maker's Cut, Whistlepig, Woody Kane0 comments
Even when things appear to be going well, there are sometimes undercurrents of trouble behind the scenes. That played out in Ireland this week after W...
Catching Up with Forty Creek Whisky Founder John Hall20190126195632
Catching Up with Forty Creek Whisky Founder John Hall
Mark GillespieJanuary 26, 2019Bill Ashburn, Campari, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Davin de Kergommeaux, Forty Creek, Grimsby, John Hall, non-compete, Ontario, retirement, Speaker, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Forty Creek Whisky founder John K. Hall has kept a low profile since selling his distillery to Campari five years ago. He won dozens of awards for his...
British Columbia’s #FreeOurWhisky Campaign Now in Second Year20190125112923
British Columbia’s #FreeOurWhisky Campaign Now in Second Year
Mark GillespieJanuary 25, 2019Allura Fergie, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, BC Liquor Stores, British Columbia, Canada, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, competition, Competition Bureau, consumers, David Eby, enforcement, Eric Fergie, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Grand Hotel, Hicken Report, hospitality licenses, Hotel Grand Pacific, Legacy Liquor Store, Leila Wright, liquor inspectors, Little Jumbo, Mark Hicken, Ministry of the Attorney General, Nanaimo, Prohibition, raid, regulators, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, SMWS, The Strath, Union Club, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, whiskey, whisky, wholesale0 comments
January 25, 2019 – The wheels of justice often turn slowly, and not unlike a good whisky, a legal dispute can often take years to reach maturity...
British Columbia’s Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019)20190121022653
British Columbia’s Whisky Controversy Enters Year Two (Episode 751: January 20, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 21, 2019@BrandZ77, 1948, ABV, Alasdair Stevenson, alcohol by volume, Allura Fergie, Arran, attorney general, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, Billy Walker, book, boyfriend, Brandi, British Columbia, British Proof, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canada, Canadian, cannabis, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, commissioning, Competition Bureau, Concept No. 1, David Eby, David Ferguson, David Marra, Davin de Kergommeaux, Deanston, duty free, Eric Fergie, expedition, Fets Whisky Kitchen, fire, France, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenallachie, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Stevenson, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Islay Swim, Hicken Report, Hotel Grand Pacific, Ireland, Islay, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, Johnnie Mundell, labor union, labour, Lagg Distillery, Leila Wright, lifeboats, liquor inspectors, Little Jumbo, London, Louise McGuane, Mark Reynier, Marsala, Matt Hofmann, MC-01 2009, Mendy Berkowitz, Ministry of the Attorney General, Normandy Rye, Old Forester, Old Forester Rye, Ontario, Peat Week, Port Charlotte, Private Collection, proof, raid, RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Rye, Seattle, seizure, Sicilian, Single Cask Nation, Spanish Oak, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, taxes, terroir, The Macallan, tickets, tourism, travel retail, Tricia Savage, Trillium, Union Club, Vancouver, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors center, visitors centre, Waterford Distillery, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Yves Cosentino0 comments
In our second of two episodes from this week’s Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia, we’ll talk with Eric and Allura Fer...
On the Road at the Victoria Whisky Festival (Episode 750: January 18, 2019)20190119001516
On the Road at the Victoria Whisky Festival (Episode 750: January 18, 2019)
Mark GillespieJanuary 19, 2019@MarkhamWhisky, @mythplaced, accident, Alumni Series, BC Liquor Stores, BCLDB, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bill Ashburn, border, Brexit, British Columbia, Brussels, Canada, Canadian Whisky Awards, cannabis, CEO, Chapel Gate Whiskey, chemical engineering, Competition Bureau, Corby, craft distilling, Customs, Dan Jago, David Eby, death, defeat, Dennis Layman, Dewar's, Dianne Berglund, distilling, Don Livermore, engineering, EU, European Union, executive, exports, fall, Fet's, Flintlock, Forty Creek, Gary Gillman, Glenmore., Global TV, Gooderham & Worts, graduate school, Graeme Littlejohn, Gritty, Guy LaFleur, hard border, Hiram Walker Distillery, hockey, imports, investigation, Ireland, Irish Whiskey Association, John Hall, Kentucky, Kris Berglund, label approval, Lanny McDonald, Lansing, LCBO, Leila Wright, Leon Webb, Lizzy Rudd, Louise McGuane, Mark Reynier, mascot, Michigan, Michigan State University, Ministry of the Attorney General, Monfort, NHL, NHL Alumni Association, Nicole Shriner, Ninety Nine Proof, Northern Ireland, Ontario, Ottawa, Owensboro, Parliament, PhD, Philadelphia Flyers, Portwood, pound, Prime Minister, province, provincial, Red Cedar Spirits, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky Association, Shelter Point, shutdown, single malt, SMWS, students, SWA, Sweden, tariffs, terroir, Theresa May, Toronto, tourism, trade, TTB, Two Brewers, University of Luleå, unmalted barley, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, visitors centers, walkway, Waterford Distillery, Wayne Gretzky, Wayne Gretzky Estates, Wendel Clark, whiskey, whisky, Whitehorse, William Lavelle, Windsor, Yukon0 comments
This is the first of our two episodes from the 14th annual Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia. One of the highlights of the festiv...
Legends & Luxury in the Whisky World (Episode 736: October 28, 2018)20181028204748
Legends & Luxury in the Whisky World (Episode 736: October 28, 2018)
Mark GillespieOctober 28, 2018@Bourbon_Racer, Allura Fergie, Australia, Bar 51, BCLDB, Beanie Espey, Black Rock, bottles, Brian Lopina, British Columbia, British Columbia Liquor Control Branch, Brown-Forman, Bushmills, Canada, Chancellor, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, charity, Chivas Brothers, Chris Dickens, Club, cocktail, COLA, compliance, County Clare, Craigellachie, custom labels, David Eby, David Stewart, DCS Compendium, decanter, Devils Darling Bar, Dewar's, Diageo, Doug Burton, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Dublin Marathon, duty, duty freeze, Edinburgh, Edrington, enforcement, Eric Fergie, Fets Whisky Kitchen, Flintlock, gifts, Glenmorangie, Graeme Littlejohn, Grand Hotel Nanaimo, Great Britain, Hicken Report, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Awards, J.J. Corry, Jack Daniel's, Jack Teeling, James Espey, Jeff Arnett, Kentucky, Kilbeggan, lamps, Lexington, Little Jumbo, London, Lorne Cousin, Louise McGuane, luxury goods, Maker's Mark. gold wax, maple syrup, Mark Reynier, mass shooting, Mexico, Milroy's of Soho, ministry, Monmouth Whisky Club, Napoleon Hotel, New Jersey, New York Times, North British Distillery, obituary, Parliament, Peter Daamen, Philip Hammond, pirate, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, Powers, raid, ready to drink, Rebecca Jago, recycling, Revenue, Royal Salute, Rye, Sazerac, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, seizure, shipping, single grain, single malt, South Africa, SWA, synagogue, tanker, taxes, Teeling Whiskey Company, tequila, The Balvenie, The Dalmore, The Last Drop 1971, The Last Drop Distillers, The Netherlands, The Union Club, Thomas Aske, Three Swallow, tickets, Tom Jago, Tom's Blend No. 1, travel retail, Tristan Stephenson, USA, Vancouver, vending machine, Victoria, Walpole, Waterford, whiskey, whisky, Whisky-Me, Willett0 comments
Many whisky lovers consider the “water of life” to be a regular part of their lives, but there’s no arguing that whiskies are becomi...
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...