Tag: Walkerville

Beam Suntory Closing Canadian Club Heritage Centre in Windsor20170210142514

Beam Suntory Closing Canadian Club Heritage Centre in Windsor

Mark GillespieFebruary 10, 2017Allied Domecq, archives, Beam Suntory, brand home, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Corby, Drew Dilkens, Fortune Brands, Heritage, Hiram Walker, Hiram Walker Distillery, historical, J.P. Wiser's, listed property, Matt Shattock, mayor, Ontario, Pernod Ricard, Renaissance, Tish Harcus, tourism, tours, visitors center, Walkerville, Windsor, Windsor Star0 comments

February 10, 2017 – Barring a last-minute change of plans, Beam Suntory will close its brand home for Canadian Club in Windsor, Ontario to tours...

Episode 614: November 6, 201620161106161234

Episode 614: November 6, 2016

Mark GillespieNovember 6, 2016Adam Hannett, airport, anCnoc, anniversary, artwork, asset, auction, Bacardi, Bardstown, baseball, BC Liquor Stores, Beam Suntory, Bernheim, Billy Leighton, Black Art, Black Bowmore, blending, Blue Label, Boris Johnson, bottling, Bourbon, Bowmore, Bowmore Trilogy, Brian Nation, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Celtic Whiskey Shop, charity, Chicago Cubs, Chivas Brothers, Christie's, commentary, Corby, David Frost, David Stewart, DCL, Delaware Valley Fields Foundation, Dexter Fowler, Diageo, Distillers Company, Don Livermore, Dublin, Dumbarton, Edinburgh, Edwin Landseer, engraved, farm, fire, Fire Giants, Fly the W, football, Frankfort, gift, Glansa, Gleneagles, Gold Bowmore, Gordon Motion, Grand Metropolitan, Guinness, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Highland Park Fire, Highland Park Ice, Iain McArthur, investment, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Collection, Islay, J.P. Wiser's, Jim McEwan, Jimmy Russell, John Dewar & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Julian Van Winkle, Kentucky, Kilmalid, Lagavulin, Laura Fields, Louisville, Max Shapira, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Monarch of the Glen, mythology, National Museum of Scotland, National War Museum, O.F.C., Octomore, OFC, Old Rip Van Winkle, Orkney, painting, Paisley, Pappy Van Winkle, Parker Beam, Peaty Collection, Pennsylvania, Pernod Ricard, Pierre Weydert, Port Charlotte, Robert Gibbs, Rùdhan, Scapa, Scotch Whisky Association, soccer, sports, Switzerland, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Balvenie, The Balvenie DCS Compendium, The DCS Compendium, The Laddie Ten, The Thin Red Line, The Times, Tommy Dewar, trash, travel retail, Union 52, Viking, Walkerville, warehouse, whiskey, whisky, White Bowmore, Windsor, World Series0 comments

This Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the fire that destroyed Heaven Hill’s distillery and 90,000 barrels of whiskey in Bardstown, Kentucky....

Episode 516: January 17, 201520150117211324

Episode 516: January 17, 2015

Mark GillespieJanuary 17, 2015Alberta Distillers, Alberta Premium, Alberta Rye Dark Batch, Allied Domecq, Award, Beam Suntory, Big Peat, Bond Street Whisky Appreciation Society, Brett Burnes, British Columbia, Brown-Forman, Burns Night, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Club, Canadian Mist, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky Awards, Chairman's Select, Chase Stampe, competition, contract, Corby, crime, Crown Royal, Dan Tullio, Dark Horse, David Dobbin, Davin de Kergommeaux, Diageo, Douglas Laing & Co., Edinburgh, Forty Creek, Gbuschrist, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Harold Ferguson, Hiram Walker Distillery, hockey, holdup, Hotel Grand Pacific, ice, investigation, Jack Phillips, Jim Beam Rye, Jimmy Russell, Johanna Ngoh, John Hall, John Richardson, Las Vegas, Lawrence Graham, letsgojets, Lifetime Achievement, Masterson's, missedlitterbox, Montreal, negotiations, Neil Barrie, Ontario, Prohibition, R_E_Thomas, recommendation, robbery, Robert Burns, Rock Oyster, Roy Thomson Hall, Royal Mile Whiskies, SAQ, Scallywag, single barrel, skating, Spirit of Toronto, Stalk & Barrel, Still Waters, Taghta, Texas, The Balvenie, theft, Timorous Beastie, Tish Harcus, Torfa, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Walkerville, whisky bar, whisky club, Windsor, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Jets0 comments

We’re on the road for the first time in 2015 this weekend, with the first of two episodes from the 10th annual Victoria Whisky Festival in Victo...

Episode 209: July 18, 200920090718113800

Episode 209: July 18, 2009

Mark GillespieJuly 18, 2009Aberlour, Al Capone, Banff, blend, bootlegger, Bowmore, Canada, Canadian Club, Caol Ila, Cooley, Dalmore, Denmark, Detroit, Dewar Rattray, distillery, Glen Mhor, GlenDronach, Glendullan, Glenfiddich, Hans-Henrik Hansen, Hibiki, Highland Park, Hiram Walker, history, Laphroaig, MacArthur, Miltonduff, Ontario, Parker's Whisky, Prohibition, Purple Gang, storytelling, Suntory, The Scotsman, Tish Harcus, Tullibardine, Walkerville, Windsor0 comments

On the road in Michigan this week, but had the chance to sneak across the Detroit River to Windsor, Ontario…where Canadian Club has been produce...

Episode 162: September 14, 200820080914033700

Episode 162: September 14, 2008

Mark GillespieSeptember 14, 2008Al Capone, Alcademics, anniversary, Ardbeg, Balvenie, Blasda, bootlegger, Camper English, Canada, Canadian Club, Dan Tullio, Detroit, distillery, Glen Moray, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, Hiram Walker, history, Maltstock, Netherlands, Prohibition, Purple Gang, Robur Reserve, sale, Signet, storytelling, Walkerville, Whisky Live Paris, Windsor0 comments

Canadian Club celebrates its 150th anniversary starting this month, and we’ll discuss the distillery’s history with long-time ambassador b...