45 Is Old…For a Bourbon! (Episode 709: June 24, 2018)20180624215447
45 Is Old…For a Bourbon! (Episode 709: June 24, 2018)
Mark GillespieJune 24, 2018@BunkaiH, @ericcbarnes, @fr1day, @whiskeycat1324, #toosoon, 1792 Bourbon, 49th Parallel, Alcademics, aluminum, Andy Treinen, Aoife Keane, auction, Award, Bardstown, Bartender at Large, Barton, Barton 1792 Distillery, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Big Bottom Distilling, Birdhouse, Black Button Distilling, Bonticou Crag, border, Boston, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, branch, Camper English, Canada, Canada 2018 Commemorative Series, charities, cleanup, collapse, competition, Coppersea Distilling, Corby, creek, Cutty Sark, David Bolton, David Wondrich, desert island, Dream Cask, Eastside Distilling, editor, Edrington, environment, Eric Barnes, ETF Managers Group, European Union, exchange-traded funds, export, Final Reserve, flipping, Four Roses, Frazier History Museum, Frederick Stitzel, fund, George Young, Glenmore., Glenturret, Gooderham & Worts, H. Hemphill, history, Hotaling & Co., import, insect damage, investigation, investing, investment, Ireland, Irish Distillers, J.P. Wiser's, J.P. Wiser's Seasoned Oak, James "Buddy" Thompson, James Thompson & Brother, Jim Brooks, Joe Hyman, John Egan, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky, Kentucky Tavern, LCBO, Life Behind Bars, liquidation, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Lot #40, Louisville, Mano a Lámh, Mark @ WTF, Massachusetts, Mexico, Michael Veach, Nelson County Gazette, New Riff, New York, Newport, Noah Rothbaum, Northern Border Collection, online sales, Ontario, Oregon, Owensboro, Pappy Van Winkle, patent warehouse, Pernod Ricard USA, Pike Creek, podcast, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Redbreast, rick, Rick Astley, rick-rolled, rickhouse, ricks, river, rot, rust, Ryan Maloney, sale, Sazerac, ScotchWhisky.com, shares, Skinner, Sother Teague, sparks, Spirited Awards, Spirited Funds, steel, Stitzel-Weller, stocks, Tales of the Cocktail, tariffs, The Famous Grouse, The Famous Grouse Experience, The Glenrothes, The Speakeasy, trade, trade war, Trump Administration, turkey, Very Old Fitzgerald, veterans, War of 1812, warehouse, Westborough, whiskey, whisky, WSKY0 comments
If you’re young, you might think 45 is old. If you’re older, you might think 45 is still pretty young. But when you’re talking about...
Betting on Irish Whiskey’s Future (Episode 683: March 4, 2018)20180304170259
Betting on Irish Whiskey’s Future (Episode 683: March 4, 2018)
Mark GillespieMarch 4, 2018@BrandZ77, @historyinflicks, @jotterface, @newbourbondrinker, @skusrecenteats, @whiskyslayer, #walkwithJane, 1792 Bourbon, 3 Hearts of Ireland, actually, aluminum, Amrut, AR-15, Ashford Castle, assessor, Australia, Balcones, barrels, Birthday, Bloodstone, border, Boston, Bourbon, Bourbon & Beyond, Brandi, Brexit, California, Central Park, Champions Park, chefs, China, Customs, Czech, Danny Walsh, Danny Wimmer, Darryl McCarthy, Dave Pickerell, Democratic Unionist Party, Denison, Diageo, disclosure, Donal O'Gallachoir, Donald Trump, donation, Douglas Laing & Co. XOP, Dublin Liberties Distillery, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, emoji, EU, European Union, exports, FedEx, Festival, Flaming Leprechaun, Frazier History Museum, Fred Minnick, French Oak, Glass Revolution Imports, Glencairn, Glendalough, Glenmore Distillery, Go Whisk(e)y Weekend, Good Friday Agreement, guns, Hammer Head, Harley-Davidson, Hotel, Ian Thomas, Icarus, imports, India, Infinite Barrel Project, International Women's Month, inventory, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Day, Ironroot Republic, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James "Buddy" Thompson, James Otter, James Thompson & Brother, Jane Walker, Japan, Jason Hauser, jerk, Jim Swan, John Rochfort, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Likarish, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky, label approval, Laphroaig, lawmakers, legislature, Lough Ree Distillery, Louisville, Luxco, Malcolm Brown Ltd., Mansion at Turtle Creek, Marcia Likarish, marketing, Massachusetts, Master of Malt, Matt Hofmann, Mclaren Vale, Metallica, Midleton Cask Circle, Midleton Very Rare, Mistress Miasma, Mitch McConnell, Mizunara, Monumental Women, Moore County, motorcycles, music, New York City, Northern Ireland, Ownesboro, paramilitary, Parliament, Paul Ryan, Peat Week, Peter Clancy, Phenostrus, Pradlo, President, Prime Minister, property taxes, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, Quintessential Brands, Raj Sabharwal, Rebel Yell, rifles, Robert Likarish, Santa Monica, Sazerac, See Her Run, shelves, shipping, Spinther, Sports Dram, St. Patrick's Day, steel, Stephanie Jacoby, Steve Ury, Stock Spirits, Striding Man, suffragette, Susan B. Anthony, swiped, tariffs, taxes, Tennessee, Texas, The Whisky Agency, The Whisky Exchange, theft, Theresa May, Tom McGuinness, trade, trade war, trivial, Troubles, TTB, veterans, Virginia Distillery Company, Waterford Crystal, Westborough, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Live New York, Whisky Magazine, Wisconsin, World Whiskies Awards, Xtra Old Particular0 comments
Irish Whiskey has been the fastest-growing segments of the global whiskey market for the last several years, and for many Irish entrepreneurs, it̵...
Hard Rock to Hard Liquor as Metallica Plans to Enter Whiskey Business20180303142250
Hard Rock to Hard Liquor as Metallica Plans to Enter Whiskey Business
Mark GillespieMarch 3, 2018Backstage Whiskey, band, Bay Area, Bourbon & Beyond, Brainville, Brian Kelley, Champions Park, Danny Wimmer, Darius Rucker, Dave Pickerell, Festival, Few Spirits, Flaming Lips, Florida Georgia Line, Go Whisk(e)y Weekend, John Rich, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky, Louisville, Massachusetts, Metallica, music, Nashville, Old Camp Whiskey, Proximo Spirits, Redneck Riviera Whiskey, rock, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, San Francisco, Tennessee, Tyler Hubbard, Westborough, whiskey, Whiskey in a Jar, whisky0 comments
March 3, 2018 – Musicians and whiskey have always been a natural combination, and as more musicians leverage their personal brands with investme...
Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)20180225005718
Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)
Mark GillespieFebruary 25, 2018@garretmalt, @kingrhinola, @nevillem, @sipologyblog, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Argyll & Bute Council, Arran Whisky, Athgarret Malt, barrel sales, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Boston, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Cairdeas, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cat, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, court, Crown Royal, Dave Pickerell, dog, Drew Mayville, Earth, Entrapment, EU, European Court of Justice, European Union, expansion, FarmStock, Feis Ile, fire, Five Virtues, Gimli, glen, Glen Buchenbach, Glen's Cask, Glencairn, GlenDronach, Glenturret, groovy, Hazlet Rye, Heaven Hill, induction, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Arran, J.J. Corry, John Campbell, Jon Kriedler, Josh Wright, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, King Rhino, Lagg, Laphroaig, lawsuit, legal, Louise McGuane, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Metal, Metallica, Mickey Heads, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Montreal, mouser, music, Nik, Obey Your Master, Old Fitzgerald, Old Montreal Distillery, Old Overholt, Old Overholt Bonded, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, partnership, peanuts, pet, photo, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, planning permission, post office, Quebec, rock, Sazerac, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Ritenbaugh, song, SWA, Tal, Tattersall Distilling, Tattersall Rye, The Glenmorangie Company, Tom Dean @meerkat1984, Tomatin, Towser, Turret, Vermont, Waldhorn, water, Westborough, whiskey, Whiskey in the Jar, whisky, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, wood0 comments
Distillers like to say they’re not making whisky for themselves, but laying it down for future generations. Part of that process is identifying ...
Selling Whiskey in a Whisky World20171021124756
Selling Whiskey in a Whisky World
Mark GillespieOctober 21, 2017Adam Spiegel, bar, bartender, Benji Purslow, Boston, Bourbon, Brexit, California, cocktail, dollar, drinks, England, Europe, exchange rates, export, Four Roses, John Little, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky, London, Massachusetts, Old Scout, pound, Scotch Whisky, Smooth Ambler, Sonoma County Distilling Company, spirits, Sukhinder Singh, Tennessee Whiskey, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, trade, West Virginia, Westborough, whiskey, whisky, wholesale0 comments
The boom in Bourbon and American Whiskey sales isn’t just a North American phenomenon. Whisky lovers around the world are demanding Bourbon, Ten...
The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)20170820174609
The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)
Mark GillespieAugust 20, 2017An Cladach, Angarna, Astar, auction, baby, Baring, Ben Dean, Birthday Bourbon, Black Bowmore, Bonhams, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bunnahabhain, Camus, Canton, Caol Ila, Carl Reavey, Chivas Brothers, cognac, collecting, Collectivum, contract, Cyril Camus, Dalmore, Diageo, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Dumbarton, Dunedin, duty free, Edinburgh, Europe, European Union, Evelyn Drumm, exports, Federation of Food & Drink, Food & Drink Federation, football, Glasgow, Glen Moray, Glen Scotia, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, goalkeeper, Gordon Casey, Hanyu, Heaven Hill, Hong Kong, Ian Chang, Irish Whiskey, IVF, Jackie Zykan, James Eadie, Jim Swan, Julio's Liquors, Karuizawa, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kilmalid, King Car, labor, labour, Lalique, Lambay, Lambay Island, Laurent Lacassagne, Lindores Abbey Distillery, Macallan, Manzanilla, Massachusetts, McTears, Megan Drumm, Michael Williams, Mike Drumm, Missouri, negotiations, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Octomore, Ohio, Old Forester, Old Rip Van Winkle, Oldham, Otago, Ozark, Paisley, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, pound, Revelstoke Trust, Robin Laing, Roseisle, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, second-fill virgin cask, soccer, Solist, Special Releases, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sweden, T.T. Lee, Taipei, Taiwan, Talisker, Tomatin, trade, travel retail, union, Unite, Victoriana, Virgin Oak, Walsall FC, Westborough, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fringe, Y.T. Lee0 comments
Since our first visit to Taiwan’s King Car Distillery in 2011, its Kavalan single malts have arguably become some of the most-acclaimed whiskies...
Malting Barley the Old School Way (Episode 641: May 14, 2017)20170514193411
Malting Barley the Old School Way (Episode 641: May 14, 2017)
Mark GillespieMay 14, 2017@cocktail_maven, @SuprCityIndyFan, #saveourscotch, #supportscotch, Abhainn Dearg, Alan Eunson, Ardbeg, auction, Austin, Bali, Balvenie, Bardstown, Barley, Bernheim, Big Peat, Big Peat's Pals, Bill Lumsden, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Bourbon & Rye Cask Finish, Bonhams, Boston, bottling, Bowmore, Brattzoo, Brora, Brothership, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, camp, campaign, candidate, chariot, Charles Doig, chimney, collectors, Crown Royal, Darek Linklater, Deep Eddy, Denny Potter, Diageo, Douglas Laing & Co., duty, election, Elijah Craig, Experimental Collection, exports, Fargo, Feis Ile, floor maltings, geology, glen, Glen Fargo, Glenfiddich, GNS, Graham Garriock, grain neutral spirits, Heathrow, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Hobbister Moor, Hong Kong, Indianapolis, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indonesia, Irish Whiskey, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, It's the Liquor Talking, jobs, Joel Kath, Johnnie Walker, Julie Hesketh-Laird, Julio's Liquors, Jura, Kilchoman, kiln, labor union, Laphroaig, Liqueur, Macallan, Malt, malting, maltman, Manifesto, Marie Stanton, Mark Kleinman, Massachusetts, Millstone Spirits, New Hampshire, Noble Collection, North Dakota, Organic Six Grain Whiskey, Orkney, pagoda, Parliament, party, Paul Manson, peat, Philadelphia, platform, podcast, Prizefight, promotion, Proof Artisan Distillers, provenance, radio, rake, Randall Bird, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB, RV, Ryan Maloney, Rye, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, shovel, single malt, Southern Comfort, Spencer Jacobsen, Springbank, SWA, Tamworth Distilling, Tastival, taxes, Texas, The Balvenie, The Cocktail Maven, Tracie Franklin, trademark, tradition, union, Unite, vodka, weather, West Cork Distillers, Westborough, whiskey, whisky0 comments
Most Scotch Whisky distilleries source their malted barley from large commercial maltsters today, but a handful of distilleries still maintain their o...
Whisky Across the Generations (Episode 634: March 26, 2017)20170326150210
Whisky Across the Generations (Episode 634: March 26, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 26, 2017@SoundersFC_Fan, #trypod, Alberta Distillers, Alberta Premium, Alberta Rye Dark Batch, American Whiskey Convention, Andrew Morrison, Article 50, assets, auction, Australia, Australian Tax Office, Australian Whisky Holdings, Avianna Ponzi, Ballyduff, Baltimore, Barley, barrel investors, Bill Lumsden, Black Velvet, Blackwater Distillery, Bluebird Distilling, Bomberger's, Booker Noe, brewer, Brexit, Brian Treacy, Brothership, Brown-Forman, Brussels, Calgary, Canadian Whisky, Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert, charity, Chatham Imports, Chris Malcolm, Christopher Winters, Citizens Bank Park, Clan MacGregor, Clydeside, Columbus, Compass Box, Connacht Whiskey Company, construction, Cooper Spirits, Coopers' Craft, corn, creditors, Davin de Kergommeaux, Dick Stoll, Distilled Spirits Epicenter, Eclipx, Eddie Russell, election, Elmer T. Lee, Eric Wolfe, European Union, farmers, FarmStock, FTI Consulting, George Washington, Glasgow, Glenmorangie, GMB Scotland, grain, Hall of Fame, Hillary Clinton, Hochstadter's, Hong Kong, horse racing, Ian Macleod Distillers, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, Jared Adkins, Jewish, Jimmy Russell, Julio's Liquors, Kashrut, Keith Batt, Kevin Hough, Kieran Curtin, Kosher, Kosher Information Bureau, label approval, Lalique, lawyers, Liberty Pole Spirits, Louisville, malted wheat, Margaret Batt, Maryland, Massachusetts, Master's Keep, Master's Keep Decades, Michelone, Michter's, Middle West Spirits, Mingo Creek, Moonshine University, Morrison Glasgow Distillers, Nant Distillery, New Liberty Distillery, New York City, Ohio, orthodox, OYO, Pam Heilmann, Parker Beam, peated bourbon, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Spirits Convention, Peter Mulryan, Philadelphia, Phillies, Phoenixville, Pia Carusone, Port Covington, Preakness, Pride 1974, Prime Minister, protect, rabbi, Rachel Gardner, receivers, receivership, Republic Restoratives, Rivals, River Clyde, Rob Cooper, Rob Hough, Rodham Rye, Ryan Lang, Rye, Sagamore Spirit, Six Pillars, Sotheby's, Steinway Hall, Stoll & Wolfe, Tamdhu, Tax & Trade Bureau, taxes, The Macallan, Theresa May, Tim Meushaw, Tim Morrison, trade union, trademark, travel retail, Triple Crown, TTB, Tyler Gomez, Vermont, Wall Street Journal, Westborough, wheat, wheat malt, Whiskey Rebellion, Whisky Magazine, Whistlepig Rye, Wild Turkey, Willie Pratt, wine, Woodford Reserve, workers, Zionsville0 comments
This week’s American Whiskey Convention at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park featured an air of generational change. At one end, legendary...
How Retailers Price Whiskies (Episode 623: January 8, 2017)20170108154634
How Retailers Price Whiskies (Episode 623: January 8, 2017)
Mark GillespieJanuary 8, 2017@feeriaunique, @trebond09, A Dram a Day, Aberdeenshire, acquisition, airport, Alexander Murray & Co., allocation, Arranta, auction, bar, Bardstown Bourbon Company, Beam Suntory, Becky Harris, beer, Ben & Jerry's, Ben Bowers, Beth Havers, bidding, blogger, Book & Bourbon, Booker's Bourbon, Boston, Bourbon, bread, Brian Treacy, bubble gum, Cafe Royal Circle Bar, cash flow, cask, Catoctin Creek, chairman, Children's Heart Surgery Fund, Clonakilty Black Pudding, Coffey Still, concept, concession, Connemara, Constellation Brands, Costco, Domaine des Hautes Glaces, Donald Trump, Edinburgh, education, first dram, Four Roses, France, Fujikai, Gaelic, Glen Alba, GlenDronach, Glenfiddich, grain, guest, haggis, haggis war of 2017, heart, High West, HMSHost, home brand, hospital, house brand, Huffington Post, ice cream, inauguration, investment, Irish Haggis, Jamie Johnson, Julio's Liquors, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kirkland, Lagavulin, Laurie Black, Leah Pilcer, Leeds, Leeds General Infirmary, Lidl, Louisville, Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau, Maker's Mark, margin, Mark Bylok, Massachusetts, McTears, MGP, Miyagikyo, Nikka, North of Scotland, Pappy Van Winkle, Patrick McCarthy, PMA Canada, podcast, POTUS, President, pricing, profit, Purcellville, regulators, Remy Cointreau, restaurant, retailer, Rob Samuels, Ryan Ashley, Ryan Maloney, Rye Whiskey, Sagamore Spirit, Sarajevo, Scotch Whisky, Scott Harris, Seattle, secondary market, single malt, Sophie Maulevrier, Speyburn, SRF, stake, Standiford Field, Steve Lipp, store brand, Stuart MacNamara, The Balvenie, The Whisky Topic, three-tier system, Thrillist, trademark, Tre Bond, Trump International Golf Links, Turf Mor, unfollow, Urban Bourbon, Urban Bourbon Trail, vice chairman, Virginia, Wal-Mart, welcome, Westborough, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, wholesaler, William Grant & Sons, Woodford Reserve0 comments
The controversy over Beam Suntory’s sudden decision to change its plans for a Booker’s Bourbon price hike during the New Year’s holi...
Episode 481: May 31, 201420140530175744
Episode 481: May 31, 2014
Mark GillespieMay 30, 2014Ardbeg, Ardbeg Day, Auchentoshan, Auriverdes, Austin, banjo, bar, Bar High Five, Best Of The Best, Billy Leighton, Brazil, Brendan Buckley, Buchanan's, Bulleit, cabin, cat, Celtic Whiskey Shop, code, collector, Companta, contract, counterfeit, couple, cow's arse, Crimea, currency, David Frost, Diageo, driving, Dublin, Duchess, Duke, England, Eric Burke, Euromonitor, European Union, Famous Grouse Experience, Feis Ile, football, Four Roses, free trade, Ginza, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Glenturret, Grant's, Grant's Signature, Hamish Torrie, Hibiki, Hidetsugo Ueno, independence, India, Irish Distillers, Islay, Ivan Menezes, John Walker & Sons, Johnnie Walker, Julio's, Kate Middleton, Ken Grier, Macallan, magazine, Massachusetts, Massandra, Master, McDowell's, Michter's, Mickey Heads, New York, Officer's Choice, penalties, Peter Beaulieu, Prince George, Prince William, professor, Redbreast, referendum, Richard Carleton Hacker, Rob Rothenburger, Robb Report, Robin Burke, Russia, Ryan Maloney, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Shelby County, Shelbyville, Shelly Brisbin, soccer, Stephen Hawking, Suntory, SWA, Tawny Port, taxes, Tesco, Texas, The Spirits Business, Tokyo, Tomatin, trade, Twitter, Ukraine, Westborough, winery, Woodford Reserve, World Cup, Yalta0 comments
Tokyo’s whisky bars are legendary, but so hard to find that they’re often compared to Prohibition-era speakeasies. Hidetsugo Ueno owns Bar...