Compass Box’s Glaser: Transparency in Scotch Whisky “Sadly” Illegal20151103114127
Compass Box’s Glaser: Transparency in Scotch Whisky “Sadly” Illegal
Mark GillespieNovember 3, 2015age statement, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Compass Box, David Stewart, enforcement, European Union, Flaming Heart, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, John Glaser, law, legal, Magnus Cormack, Ronnie Cox, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Act, Scotch Whisky Association, single malt, SWA, The Balvenie, The Glenrothes, The Last Vatted Malt, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, transparency, Tun 1509, vintage, Vintage Reserve, whisky2 comments
November 3, 2015 – “I’m not clear on who in the world in our industry would be pushing for less transparency and why they might want...
A Peated Glenrothes? Amazing, But True!20151102125345
A Peated Glenrothes? Amazing, But True!
Mark GillespieNovember 2, 2015Alba Reserve, Bunnahabhain, Cutty Sark, Edrington Group, Highland Distillers, Islay, Marks & Spencer, Peated Cask Reserve, phenolic, Reserve Collection, Robur Reserve, Ronnie Cox, Rothes, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Sherry Cask Reserve, Speyside, The Glenrothes, Vintage Reserve, whisky, World War II1 comment
November 2, 2015 – Single malts from The Glenrothes released over the last two decades have been known for their sherries character, since the d...
Episode 552: September 12, 201520150912224908
Episode 552: September 12, 2015
Mark GillespieSeptember 12, 2015Abbey Whisky, aging, Alba Reserve, anniversary, Anon, Ardbeg, Arran, Ballantine's, BenRiach, Bladnoch, Bourbon Cask Reserve, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, Ceòbanach, Chivas Brothers, Circular Blending, Cooley, corrections, Deanston, Diageo, Douglas Laing, Eagle Rare, errado, experiment, extraction, Extraordinary Cask, Fred Laing, George T. Stagg, Gordon Motion, Hibernia Distillers, Hyde, Ian MacMillan, Illicit Stills, International Space Station, Ireland, Irish, Islay, John Campbell, Kiln Embers, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Latada, Ledaig, Luke Tegner, M.B. Roland, Madeira, maturation, maturity, MB Roland, Michter's, micro-gravity, NanoRacks, NASA, Norman Lao, Northern Ireland, nosing, Open Space Agency, Paul Tomaszewski, Port Dundas, Portugal, Portugese, primer, Rademon Estate Distillery, Reserve Collection, retirement, Richard Betts, Robur Reserve, Ronnie Cox, Royal Salute, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac Rye, science, Scott Rosenbaum, scratch and sniff, Seattle, Select Reserve, senses, Sherry Cask Reserve, Shortcross Gin, single grain, Smugglers Series, Space, space glass, Spain, Suntory, terpenes, The Antiquary, The Dalmore, The Eternal Reserve, The Glenrothes, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tomatin, US1, Vintage Reserve, webcast, Wemyss Malts, West Cork, Westland, William Larue Weller, zero gravity1 comment
The Glenrothes was one of the first Scotch Whisky distilleries to label its single malts with wine-style vintages instead of age statements. While the...
Episode 545: July 25, 201520150726000446
Episode 545: July 25, 2015
Mark GillespieJuly 26, 2015111 Whiskey Row, 1792 Barton, Aberlour, anti-Semitism, AP Indy, app, apple, Apple News, Ardbeg, attorney, author, Ballantine's, Black Snake, Blackadder, Blanton's, book, Bourbon Empire, Bowmore, Breeder's Cup, Brown-Forman, ceremony, change.org, charity, Chivas Brothers, civil service, claim, class action, corruption, court, CS Taylor, Disney, Double Double Oaked, Dublin Airport, facade, fire, Glenfiddich, government, Greg Metze, groundbreaking, Heaven Hill, help wanted, High West, history, horse racing, I.W. Bernheim, Indiana, International Wine & Spirit Competition, iOS, Irish Whiskey Collection, Jim Briggs, Joan Gotschall, job, Joel Harrison, Joseph Greenhut, judge, Keeneland, Keith Kerkhoff, labeling, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lexington, litigation, Louisville, Lure, Maker's Mark, Mark Bylok, Masters Collection, Metze's Select, MGP, MGP Ingredients, MP3, music, Neil Ridley, New York, Old Forester, Old Pogue, Park City, Peoria, Personal Ensign, Powers, prejudice, Raw Cask, Real Mans Man, recording, records, Reid Mitenbuler, rock, Sainsbury's, Scott Bush, Seagram, settlement, Shapira, Spirit of Speyside, Sweet Mash Redux, Sweet Wheat, Taste of Aberlour, Taste the Difference", Templeton Rye, The Glenrothes, The Pogues, The Scotch Charter, The Whisky Topic, Thoroughbred, Three Ships, TTB, Ulysses S. Grant, Utah, Victor Brierley, vintage, Vintage Reserve, vinyl, Voice O Graph, Wendy Treinen, West Cork Distillers, Whiskey Ring, Whiskey Row, Whiskey Trust, Whyte & Mackay, Woodford Reserve0 comments
The history of Bourbon is filled with enough myths to make a dozen Disney movies, enough crimes for years of True Detective, and enough mysteries to m...
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: April 201520150420114150
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: April 2015
Mark GillespieApril 20, 2015age statement, Bond Street Whisky Appreciation Society, Brett Burnes, Brett Gordon, Brianna Gillespie, Chris Anderson, Dave Greene, Laphroaig Select, Las Vegas, NAS, Pat Goodfellow, storm, Talisker, Tampa Bay Whiskey Society, The Glenrothes, Vintage Reserve0 comments
We’re back after a winter hiatus, and diving right into the controversy over “no-age-statement” whiskies. Our tasting panel takes on...
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, ...
Latest New Whiskies From Around the World20141009134225
Latest New Whiskies From Around the World
Mark GillespieOctober 9, 2014Alberta Distillers, Arran, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bunnahabhain, Calgary, Canadian Club, Doug McIvor, Dunedin, Exceptional Casks, Girvan, Glenlivet, Islay, Japan, Kay Hansen, Kevin Abrook, Kilchoman, London, Machrie Moor, New Zealand Whisky Company, Nikka, No. 4 Apps, North British, Rare Cask, rum, single grain, The Glenrothes, The Macallan, The Nikka, The Whisky Show, Vintage Reserve, Whisky Live Paris, William Grant & Sons0 comments
October 9, 2014 – Here’s an update on some of the new whiskies released over the last week around the world: Nikka: Nikka is adding to a n...
Episode 149: June 16, 200820080615233700
Episode 149: June 16, 2008
Mark GillespieJune 15, 2008Australia, Bruichladdich, distillery, economy, Feis Ile, finish, Glenfiddich, Glengoyne, Glenguin, history, Ileach, Irish, Islay, Jim McEwan, Octomore, Scotland, Shiraz, storytelling, tourism, Travel, Tullamore Dew, Vintage Reserve, visitors, whisky school, winery, X40 comments
What distillery produces so many different expressions of whisky that one could probably drink a different one each day for a month with no repeats? T...