Episode 535: May 16, 201520150517002023
Episode 535: May 16, 2015
Mark GillespieMay 17, 2015age statement, Alan Winchester, Albert Einstein, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Day, art, Atlantic City, Austin Powers, author, bacon roll, Balmenach, Ben Nevis, Bernard Walsh, Bill Lumsden, Bill Ricker, book, Burn Stewart, Burns, Carlow, charity, comic, Compass Box, con, council, crash, Creative Whisky Company, Deanston, death, demand, design, dispute, Dornoch, Duthac, Eddie Russell, Eric Gregory, Ernest Hemingway, explosion, export, fantasy, fire, fundraiser, future, Gandalf, Gillian McDonald, Glenmorangie, goal, Hamish Torrie, Hardin, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, Hedonism, Hedonism Quindecimus, history, Hunter S. Thompson, infection, interview, Invergordon, Ireland, Irish Water, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Jackson Pollack, Jay Rogers, Jeffrey Lohr, Jimmy Russell, Kevin Smith, Kyle Rogers, La Santa, labels, Laphroaig, Ledaig, Master's Keep, Merlin, Mike Lord, Mini-Me, Nashville, Noah Rothbaum, overload, pairing, Peat Chimney, permit, Perpetuum, Philip Eagleton, Prohibition, projection, Quinta Ruban, science fiction, server, sewer, Signet, Silver Trail Distillery, Spice King, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Stephen Hawking, support fund, The Glenlivet, The Hive, The Whisky Shop Dufftown, The White Knight, travel retail, Ulysses S. Grant, Vanderbilt, Verne Troyer, Walsh Whiskey Distillery, wastewater, water, web site, Wemyss Malts, Wild Turkey, William Shatner0 comments
The labels on whisky bottles often give us more than just the legal description of what’s inside the bottle. Good ones convey the character and ...
Ardbeg Perpetuum Demand Crashes Web Site20150511084830
Ardbeg Perpetuum Demand Crashes Web Site
Mark GillespieMay 11, 2015Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Chris Ratliff, Hamish Torrie, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, overload, Perpetuum, The Glenmorangie Company, Twitter, web site0 comments
May 11, 2015 – Perpetuum, this year’s Ardbeg limited-edition release, went on sale for Ardbeg Committee members last Monday (May 4) throug...
Episode 251: May 3, 201020100503174300
Episode 251: May 3, 2010
Mark GillespieMay 3, 2010Aberlour, Aelia, Anchor, awards, Benromach, Bon Accord, competition, Cutty Sark, distillery, France, Glasgow, Glenrothes, Grant's, Inner Sanctum, Ireland, Irish, Jim Beam, Laphroaig, Linlithgow, Mark Connelly, Mark Rosauer, Old Potrero, Paris, Preiss, Ronnie Cox, Rothes, Royal Lochnagar, Scotland Whisky, Signature, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside, St. Magdalene, The Balvenie, tourism, Travel, Tullamore Dew, visitor, web site, whisky club, William Grant & Sons0 comments
There’s a locked door at the Glenrothes Distillery, which normally is not open to visitors. The sign above the door reads “I.S.” ...
Episode 201: May 24, 200920090523212600
Episode 201: May 24, 2009
Mark GillespieMay 23, 2009blend, charity, Chieftain's, DISCUS, distillery, Feis Ile, Festival, Glencairn, Glenfiddich, Glenglassaugh, Glengoyne, Hibiki, Ian MacLeod, Ileach, Islay, Japan, Japanese, Jim Beam, Kevin Murphy, politics, regulation, Scotland, Springbank, Stuart Nickerson, Suntory, taxes, web site0 comments
It’s festival week on Islay, and thousands of people are on the island for this year’s Islay Festival of Malt & Music. The festival is...
Episode 154: July 20, 200820080720115400
Episode 154: July 20, 2008
Mark GillespieJuly 20, 2008abuse, Aeneas MacDonald, Andrew Jefford, Auchentoshan, author, book, Braeval, British Columbia, Canada, chefs, Chivas Brothers, distillery, F. Paul Pacult, Famous Grouse, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Harrison, ice, Jimmy Bradley, Michael Beamish, Misako Udo, New York, Red Cat, report, responsibility, restaurant, sale, Shelter Point, Snow Grouse, Speyside, tasting panel, The Scotsman, Tullibardine, web site0 comments
Almost every whisky lover has dreamed of getting the call from a distillery to serve on an exclusive tasting panel to select a special release. Jimmy ...
Episode 76: January 21, 200720070121200000
Episode 76: January 21, 2007
Mark GillespieJanuary 21, 2007Australia, Blackadder, Boston, Bourbon, Burns, Christchurch, David Sibbald, DramFest, Federal Wine & Spirits, Glenfiddich, Grant's, history, Joe Howell, John Campbell, Laphroaig, Michael Fraser Milne, New Zealand, poetry, Rob Allanson, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, storytelling, Suntory, SWA, tribute, web site, Whisky Galore, Whisky Magazine, William Grant & Sons0 comments
Scotland celebrates the 248th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns this week…and the world celebrates with Scotland. Burns Suppers are held ...
Episode 75: January 14, 200720070114012900
Episode 75: January 14, 2007
Mark GillespieJanuary 14, 2007Allan Logan, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, distillery, family, Glenfarclas, history, Ileach, Islay, Jim McEwan, John Miller, Malt Maniacs, Shane Fraser, storytelling, web site0 comments
Jim McEwan is one of whisky’s most outspoken ambassadors. As production manager at Bruichladdich, he’s been responsible for bringing a sil...
Episode 48: July 8, 200620060707211500
Episode 48: July 8, 2006
Mark GillespieJuly 7, 2006Ardbeg, arts, author, Bladnoch, book, brewer, charity, Compass Box, David Williamson, Famous Grouse, Festival, firefighters, Glengoyne, Highland Park, Jeffrey Topping, Jim Beam, John Glaser, Loch Fyne Whiskies, Orkney, Par Caldenby, Ron Low, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Whisky Association, Spice Tree, SWA, Terry Farrell, traditional practice, web site, Wendy Cormack, Wild Scotsman whisky school0 comments
There’s no arguing that John Glaser of Compass Box is one of the whisky industry’s leading innovators, but John’s latest creation ha...