A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)20190330215734
A New Tune for Dewar’s (Episode 761: March 31, 2019)
Mark GillespieMarch 30, 2019@IrishLegs, accident, acidity, age statement, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, April Fool's Day, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Ardbeg Drum, Australia, author, Bagpiper, Balblair, Bardstown, Barley, bartender, Barton 1792 Distillery, beaver, beer well, BenRiach, biomass, blending, Bob Dalgarno, Bourbon, Brian Kinsman, Brown-Forman, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, cancer, casks, castor sacs, castoreum, Celebrious, charring, Chicago, Chivas Regal, cocktail, Committee Edition, Compass Box, cooperage, de-char, Delilah's, Dewar's, Diageo, Distell, distiller, Double Double, dramming, Drum, Eau de Musc, Edition No. 4, farming, Fishky, Four Roses, Geert Bero, Geneva Conventions, Glaswegian, grasshopper, Gregg Glass, Hall of Fame, Heidi, herring, Hibiki, Ian Logan, Icons of Whisky Awards, Inver House, investigation, Islay, Jack's Lounge/Equus, Jamie Milne, Jim Swan, John Dewar & Sons, John MacDonald, John Rochfort, joke, Joy Perrine, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Kentucky Peerless, King of Trees, Klaus Pinkernell, Lait de Romalea, Louisville, Mackmyra, maltings, Mark Reynier, Mclaren Vale, Michter's, New Hampshire, Nick Savage, obituary, Peerless, Perth, Peter Silver, Pinkernell's Whisky Mart, planing, prank, Rachel Barrie, re-char, rejuvenated casks, renewable energy, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seattle, Shore House Croft, Smith & Wollensky, Speyside, spill, Stephanie Macleod, Stewart Buchanan, stillman, STR Cask, Strathisla, Suntory, Surstromming, Susan Riegler, Suzanna, Sweden, Tamworth Distilling, tank, Teeling Whiskey Company, tequila, The Lakes Distillery, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Tommy Smith, travel retail, vintages, Weller, Weller Full Proof, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Works, Whyte & Mackay, William Grant & Sons, wood, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Blending whiskies is both an art and a science, and Dewar’s could fairly be accused of focusing more on the science side in recent years with so...
A is for Australia, B is for Bourbon…20171017213840
A is for Australia, B is for Bourbon…
Mark GillespieOctober 17, 2017Al Young, Angel's Envy, Australia, Birthday Bourbon, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Chris Tatzenko, Colton Smith, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kyle Henderson, Lilith Morgan, Melbourne, Old Forester, Weller, Wes Henderson, whiskey, whisky0 comments
No, we’re not tasting Australian Bourbons…we have Australians tasting Bourbons this time around! Lilith Morgan and Chris Tatzenko make the...
Episode 478: May 10, 201420140511001945
Episode 478: May 10, 2014
Mark GillespieMay 11, 2014100% Islay, Alliance Global, Ancient Ancient Age, Andrew Tan, Ardbeg, Auriverdes, Balvenie, barrels, Barterhouse, Beam Suntory, BenRiach, Benrinnes, Bill Ricker, Boston, Buffalo Trace, Cardhu, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Changi, Charter, cooperage, Dalmore, Darkness, Diageo, Dublin, Dublin Airport, Elmer T. Lee, Emperador, forest, Four Roses, Glen Moray, Glenlivet, golf, Gordon & MacPhail, Hibiki, Ichiro Akuto, India, Jack Teeling, Japan, Japanese, Jim Beveridge, Jim Rutledge, John Ellwood, John Malatino, John Walker & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Julio's, Kilchoman, Macallan, Mark Brown, Massachusetts, Master of Malt, Maverick Drinks, Michael Urquhart, Mizunara, Moray, Nadurra, Nate Berman, Neyah White, OESF, Orphan Barrel, Private Collection, regulators, Richard Paterson, Ronnie Eddins, sale, Sazerac, Seiichi Koshimizu, shortage, Simon Brooking, Singapore, Solomon, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Suntory, Tamdhu, Tamnavulin, Tampa, Teeling Whiskey Company, The Loop, The Nose, Triple A, Twitter, United Spirits, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW, Weller, Westborough, Whyte & Mackay2 comments
Mark Brown heads up Buffalo Trace and its parent company, Sazerac, and he’s known for speaking his mind even when it goes against the rest of th...
Episode 459: January 4, 201420140104233450
Episode 459: January 4, 2014
Mark GillespieJanuary 4, 20141953, Adam Edwards, American Distilling Institute, Ancien Regime, Angel's Envy, Ardbeg, Ascendant Spirits, auto, Balblair, BBC, Big Peat, Blue Hanger, Bowmore, Breaker, Broadmoor, Bruichladdich, California, cars, Colorado, coronation, craft distilling, Dad's Hat, Daniel Weber, Darkest, David Bowman, Don Livermore, Dublin, economy, exports, Francois Dubrueil, Frederic Pflanz, Glenfarclas, Glenkinchie, government, Herman Mihalich, Hollywood, Ireland, Islay, Jared Volavka, Jay Karamales, Jefferson's, John Cooper, Laimrig, Laphroaig, Lee Behar, Lincoln Henderson, Los Angeles, New Mexico, ocean, producing, Prohibition, Queen Elizabeth, Redbreast, Remy Cointreau, resort, royals, Santa Barbara, Scotland, Scottish, Shannon, ship, Speciality Drinks, Stan Kaminski, Steve Gartman, television, Top Gear, trade, Trey Zoeller, TV, Uigeadail, Weller, Whyte & Mackay, Wiser's, Writers Tears, Yellow Spot0 comments
Southern California isn’t the place you’d normally think of for a Bourbon to call home, but Steve Gertman picked the wine country of Santa...
Episode 440: August 31, 201320130831170017
Episode 440: August 31, 2013
Mark GillespieAugust 31, 201359 Parks, 59Parks.com, ALS, ALS Association, Balcones, Balvenie, Barry Crockett, Ben Lee, Benjamin Lee, Billy Walker, Buffalo Trace, Cententary, Chip Tate, Clipper, Clipper Round the World Race, Cork, Doublewood, Dunedin, Family Reserve, Glenglassaugh, Greg Ramsay, Heaven Hill, Irish Distillers, Julian Van Winkle, Julio's, lawsuit, lawyers, London, lottery, Lou Gehrig, Louisville, Massachusetts, Midleton, motorcycle, Navigator, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Old Pulteney, Old Rip Van Winkle, Paddy, Pappy, Pappy Van Winkle, park, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, Preston Van Winkle, Promise of Hope, Ryan Maloney, sailing, Stitzel-Weller, Texas, trademark, Waco, Weller, Westborough, William Grant & Sons, Willowbrook, yacht0 comments
Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Bourbons may well be some of the hardest whiskies to find, and hundreds of people call the Old Rip Van Winkle ...
Buffalo Trace Experiments With Wheated Bourbons20130709115435
Buffalo Trace Experiments With Wheated Bourbons
Mark GillespieJuly 9, 2013Buffalo Trace, Experimental Collection, Harlen Wheatley, Pappy Van Winkle, Weller, wheated Bourbon0 comments
July 9, 2013 – Bourbon distillers have their own unique ways of making America’s native spirit, and each one will tell you a different tal...
Episode 397: November 10, 201220121110224152
Episode 397: November 10, 2012
Mark GillespieNovember 10, 2012Antique Collection, Arran, Atlantic City, Bardstown, Beam, BenRiach, Bob Townsend, Bourbon, Breakout, Buffalo Trace, craft distilling, Crown Royal, Dave Scheurich, Diageo, Dry Fly, election, history, India, Jailers, Jeff Weber, Jim Fenton, Jim Murray, Kent Fleischmann, Kentucky, Kirby, Larceny Bourbon, Los Angeles, Louisville, Madison, maltings, maple, Mary Ellyn Hamilton, Michael Deresynski, Miner's Delight Inn, Oscar Getz Museum, Russell's Reserve, Scotch Whisky Association, Seven Grand, Stagg, Steve Nally, SWA, Tennessee, Thermopolis, Tom Helt, United Spirits, Vijay Mallya, Washington, Weller, Whisky Bible, Whyte & Mackay, Wyoming0 comments
Kentucky is synonymous with Bourbon, but few places maintain the history of Bourbon in the Bluegrass State like the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey Histo...
Episode 393: October 13, 201220121012005901
Episode 393: October 13, 2012
Mark GillespieOctober 12, 20121957, Antique Collection, Ardbeg, auction, Ballantine's, Bonhams, Bowmore, Buffalo Trace, charity, Charity: Water, Chivas Brothers, collecting, craft distillers, DISCUS, distillery, Edinburgh, Ethiopia, Evolution, Francesco Binetti, George Dickel, George Washington's Distillery, Handy, Imperial, Italy, Jack Daniel's, Jim Murray, Jura, KDA, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, Maeve Gillies, McTears, Mortlach, Mount Vernon, New York, Pappy, Pappy Van Winkle, Redbreast, Rye, Samaroli, Speyside, St. Columba's, Tomintoul, Van Winkle, Wade Woodard, Weller, Whisky Bible0 comments
Italians are known for their wine, but one Italian firm helped pioneer the concept of single cask whiskies. Silvano Samaroli started bottling his own ...
Episode 332: September 4, 201120110903230833
Episode 332: September 4, 2011
Mark GillespieSeptember 3, 2011Alligator, Antique, Ardbeg, Balvenie, Birthday, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, David Stewart, Eagle Rare, George Garvin Brown, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Guinness, Handy, health, Islay, Jack Daniel's, Kentucky, Kris Comstock, Old Forester, record, Rye, Sam Simmons, Sazerac, Scotland, Stagg, Tomintoul, Trump, Tun 1401, Weller0 comments
Every September, whiskey lovers start prowling their favorite liquor stores for the arrival of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection whiskies. This yea...
Episode 322: June 26, 201120110626000900
Episode 322: June 26, 2011
Mark GillespieJune 26, 2011Bob Kunce-Concewitz, Bourbon, Campari, Christchurch, cigar, disaster, distillery, Donn Lux, Douglas Campbell, Drambuie, earthquake, economy, Eddie Russell, Glengoyne, Heaven Hill, Internet, Jimmy Russell, Kentucky, Kilchoman, Luxco, Michael Fraser Milne, New Zealand, Phil Parnell, Rebel Yell, Sazerac, Steve Beshear, The Dalmore, Tomatin, Weller, Whisky Galore, Wild Turkey0 comments
Since 1869, Wild Turkey bourbon has been made on Wild Turkey Hill, just east of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Jimmy and Eddie Russell saw a need to expand p...