Doubling Distilleries on the Isle of Arran (Episode 720: August 19, 2018)20180818215314
Doubling Distilleries on the Isle of Arran (Episode 720: August 19, 2018)
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2018@stlrrw, 1943, Aberfeldy, Andy Simpson, anniversary, Arkansas, Arran, auction, barking, Barton 1792, Bear, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Bonhams, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon & Beyond, Bowmore, Brazil, Breeder's Cup, Brexit, Brodick Bay, Bryan Donaghey, Castle & Key, Castle Brands, cats, Champions for Charity, Chivas Brothers, Churchill Downs, cleanup, collapse, collecting, Colorado, construction, Craigellachie, critters, cutbacks, D. Wayne Lukas, Daftmill, David Robertson, debut, development, Dewar's, Diageo, dogs, Douglas Laing & Co., Draken, Dumbarton, Edinburgh, English, Euan Mitchell, exports, Fine & Rare, flip, Fred Laing, Garryana, Garryana Oak, geese, Genesis, Glasgow, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenlivet, GMB Union Highlands, Gordon & MacPhail, Graham Omand, guard, Heaven Hill, Highland Park, Hong Kong, horse racing, Howell Wright, Huddart, imports, Indiana, Invergordon, Iowa, Isle of Arran, James MacTaggart, jobs, justice, Karuizawa, Keith Kerkhoff, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Derby Museum, Lagg, Little Rock, Liz Gordon, Lochranza, Louisville, Macallan, Maker's Mark, Mark Shilling, master distiller, McTears, MGP, mice, Missoula, Missouri, Mizunara Oak, Montana, Montgomery, Montgomery Distillery, Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center, Old Pulteney, Old Taylor, Orange Curaçao, Pacific Quay, Parker's Heritage Collection, peat, pests, Phil Brandon, planning, police, politics, pornography, Port Ellen, Portland, Potter Stewart, Press & Journal, Private Collection, Rafael Franz, rare whisky 101, restoration, Rick Wright, rickhouse, River Clyde, Rock Town Distillery, Rosebank, Royal Mile Whiskies, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Sour Mash, Special Releases, Speyside, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, St. Louis, Supreme Court, Sweet Mash, tariffs, tasting pack, Templeton Rye, Texas, Thoroughbred, Tomatin, tour, tours, trade, traffic jam, trainer, travel retail, union, video, Viking, Washington, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fringe, Whyte & Mackay, Wick, Wilderness Trail, Yamazaki0 comments
It’s been a hot, dry summer in Scotland, and Euan Mitchell isn’t complaining a bit. The managing director of Isle of Arran Distillers is o...
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...
Episode 604: August 28, 201620160828095506
Episode 604: August 28, 2016
Mark GillespieAugust 28, 2016A.D. Rattray, Adalen, Adam Moore, Adelphi, Akkurat, Alex Bruce, Australia, Balblair, barrel, blending, Bonneville Salt Flats, Booker Noe. Bluegill Creek, Booker's, Box Distillery, Brown-Forman, bureaucracy, coopering, Coopers' Craft, Cross, customer casks, Dalvve, Douglas Laing & Co., Edinburgh, England, export, fishing, Flavour Behaviour, Ger Buckley, Glasgow. Clydeside, Glen Garioch, Glenglassaugh, Hanyu, High Coast, Holyrood Park Distillery, Inver House Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Kentucky, land speed record, laws, Longmorn, Matt Kleinman, Mizunara Oak, Mongolian Oak, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Morrison Glasgow Distillers, motorcycle, motorsports, Old Pulteney, Patrick Maguire, personality, Project 63, psychologist, pushrod, racing, Ralfy Mitchell, Red Head, Red Tape Follies, regulatons, research, retail, River Clyde, Roger Melander, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shipping, SMWS, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Sweden, Swedish, Systembolaget, Tasmania Distillery, test, The Cooper's Croze, The Glover, Thomas Larsson, Tim Morrison, Timorous Beastie, Tomatin, University of Edinburgh, Utah, Walsh Whiskey Company, Whiskey Makers Series, Whisky Fringe, Woodford Reserve, Writers Tears0 comments
This week, we’re in Sweden visiting Box Distillery for a follow-up to our 2014 visit, and Box is making some big changes six years after it open...
Balblair 1990 Takes Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award20160822115341
Balblair 1990 Takes Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award
Mark GillespieAugust 22, 2016Balblair, Cù Bòcan, Edinburgh, Ghosted Reserve, Inver House Distillers, Kininvie, Old Pulteney, Port Dundas, Redbreast, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Sovereign, Tomatin, whisky, Whisky Fringe, William Grant & Sons0 comments
August 22, 2016 – For the third year in a row, a single malt from Inver House Distillers has taken top honors at the Whisky Fringe festival in E...
Episode 492: August 16, 201420140816195323
Episode 492: August 16, 2014
Mark GillespieAugust 16, 2014Aaron Baxter, Ace, Andrew Weir, Andy Nelson, Arco, artisan, auction, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, author, auto racing, ban, Bardstown, Ben Nevis, BenRiach, Benromach, bidding, Bonhams, book, Bourbon, Bourbon Hall of Fame, Bourbon: Straight, Bourbon: Strange, Bowmore, Brian Williams, Brown-Forman, Butte, Canadian Club, Caperdonich, cards, Carmel, Cascade, Charles Nelson, Charlie Nelson, Chuck Cowdery, collecting, collectors, construction, Courtney McKee, Craig Daniels, Czech, Czechoslovakia, Dario Franchitti, Dark Origins, Devil's cask, Discovery Channel, distiller, Dublin, Edinburgh, environment, Eric Burke, expansion, export, food safety, George Dickel, Glenglassaugh, Gordon & MacPhail, Hammer Head, handcrafted, Headframe Spirits, Highland Park, Ichiro Akuto, Ichiro's Malt, import, Indianapolis 500, IndyCar, Ireland, Jack Daniel's, Jack Teeling, Jess Graber, John McKee, Justin Victor, K&L Wines, Karuizawa, Kentucky, Kentucky Gentleman, Laguna Seca, Lalique, Macallan, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, MGP-I, mine, Montana, Montana Standard, Monterey, Morgan, Moscow Times, Nashville, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Old Pulteney, Phil Lynch, playing card, poker, Prague, racing, Rare Craft Collection, Robin Burke, Royal Mile Whiskies, Russia, sanctions, Sazerac, Scott Mansfield, shark, Shark Week, Six Pillars, Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award, Stock Spirits, Stranahan's, Superfund, Teeling Whiskey Company, Tennessee, Tennessee Honey, The Balvenie, Tin Cup, Tom Anderson, Tony Roberts, trade, Ukraine, warehouse, West Lothians, Whisky Fringe, Willett, writer, Yamazaki2 comments
Chuck Cowdery is regarded as one of the top Bourbon writers around, and is one of the few writers to be inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fam...
Old Pulteney 1990 Takes Spirit of Whisky Fringe Honors20140814160046
Old Pulteney 1990 Takes Spirit of Whisky Fringe Honors
Mark GillespieAugust 14, 2014Balblair, Ben Nevis, Bunnahabhain, Edinburgh, Glen Moray, Glenglassaugh, Glenlivet, Kilchoman, Old Pulteney, Royal Mile Whiskies, Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award, Tomatin, Uigeadail, Whisky Fringe, Wick0 comments
August 14, 2014 – Old Pulteney’s 1990 vintage was named the Spirit of Whisky Fringe winner at this past weekend’s Whisky Fringe fest...
Episode 438: August 18, 201320130818150801
Episode 438: August 18, 2013
Mark GillespieAugust 18, 2013airport, Amazon, American Stillhouse, Amsterdam, anniversary, Ardbeg, Atlantic City, Australia, author, baggage, Balblair, Bangkok, bar, Barbara Townsend, barbecue, Beard, bison, blends, Blood Atonement, Blue Sky Ranch, Bob Townsend, book, Booker Noe, Bourbon Women, Brendan Coyle, Brisbane, Brown-Forman, burger, Canberra, chef, Chicago, City Editions, Clermont, Compass Box, Dalmore, David Perkins, Delaware, Delilah's, Director's Cut, Distant Thunder Whisky Club, Distilling Rob, Douglas Laing, Dublin, dusty bottle, duty free, EasyJet, Edinburgh, fees, Four Roses, Fred Noe, Fred's Smokehouse, Glen Moray, Glenglassaugh, Groningen, Guy Horne, High West, Highland Park, James Dumas, James Fowler, Jameson, Jane Parsons, Jim Beam, Jim Beveridge, John Glaser, Johnnie Walker, KDA, Keith Batt, Kentucky Distillers Association, Laphroaig, limited edition, Linkwood, Lois Mateus, London, Lore of Whisky, Malaga, Martine Nouet, Matt Wooler, Mike Miller, Moscow, mystery, Nant, Newark, Nuance, Paris, Park City, Pioneer, pronunciation, resort, restaurant, Rob Gard, Royal Mile Whiskies, Ryanair, saloon, Salt Lake City, Second Saturday Single Malt Tasting, Singapore, Single Cask Nation, ski, small batch, Spain, Steve Husain, Sydney, Tomatin, travel retail, Tullamore Dew, Uigeadail, Utah, Western, Whisky Fringe, World of Whisky, Wyoming0 comments
Utah’s High West Distillery & Saloon crams a craft distillery and high-end restaurant into two historic buildings in the ski resort’s ...
Tomatin 30 Repeats As Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award Winner20130814111852
Tomatin 30 Repeats As Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award Winner
Mark GillespieAugust 14, 2013Ardbeg, Balblair, Balvenie, BenRiach, Bunnahabhain, Director's Cut, Doublewood, Douglas Laing, Glenglassaugh, Highland Park, Hunter Laing, Kilchoman, Old & Rare, Royal Mile Whiskies, Spirit of Whisky Fringe Award, Tamdhu, Tomatin, Uigeadail, Whisky Fringe0 comments
August 14, 2013 – Attendees at the annual Whisky Fringe festival this past weekend in Edinburgh, Scotland selected Tomatin’s 30-year-old s...
Episode 329: August 14, 201120110813214548
Episode 329: August 14, 2011
Mark GillespieAugust 13, 2011Amrut, apron, Arizona, art, Balblair, Bob Townsend, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Camelback Inn, Campbeltown, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, Chichibu, Davin de Kergommeaux, Douglas Campbell, Edinburgh, Forty Creek, Ichiro Akuto, Japan, John Hall, Kadhambam, Karuizawa, Kittling Ridge, Miner's Delight Inn, Number One Drinks Company, Old Pulteney, Royal Mile Whiskies, Rye, San Diego, Scottsdale, spa, Springbank, storytelling, Tomatin, tourism, Travel, Two Continents, Whisky Fringe, whisky school, white dog, Wyoming0 comments
It’s the second weekend of the month, and they’re raising dust on the dirt road leading to Atlantic City. Not the one in New Jersey, but t...
Episode 276: August 29, 201020100828234600
Episode 276: August 29, 2010
Mark GillespieAugust 28, 20101824 Collection, Balblair, BenRiach, Bernard Walsh, Catoctin Creek, Charity: Water, Chieftain's, Colorado, Cooley, craft distilling, cruise, David Fenkell, distiller, Dr. Whisky, Edinburgh, events, Festival, Finealta, Gable Erenzo, Glenglassaugh, Glenmorangie, Highland Park, Irish, Jess Graber, Jim Cryle, Ken Grier, Legacy, New York, Richard Paterson, Royal Mile Whiskies, Rye, Sam Simmons, Scott Harris, single cask, Slieve Foy, Speyside, Springbank, Stranahan's, The Balvenie, The Irishman, The Macallan, Tuthilltown, Virginia, Water of Life, Whisky Fringe, Whisky Guild0 comments
The Whisky Guild held its annual “Whisky on the Hudson” tasting and dinner cruise in New York City the other night, with more than 900 peo...