The Future of Whisky? (Episode 769: May 26, 2019)20190526203736
The Future of Whisky? (Episode 769: May 26, 2019)
Mark GillespieMay 26, 2019@dgriffinchess, @ScientistMel, @seanwhiter, AI, Alec Lee, aluminum, Angela Forsgren D'Orazio, aqua vitae, Ardnahoe, Armorik, Bourbon, Canada, chemistry, chess, China, conference, construction, Cooley, Dad's Hat, data, David Stewart, Day of Dark Barley, Denmark, Distillerie Warenghem, Douglas Griffin, Dublin, eau de vie, Edinburgh, Endless West, European Union, expansion, exports, Feis Ile, Fercullen, Finland, FourKind, France, Future of Everything Festival, Glyph, GNS, grain neutral spirits, grandmaster, Highland Park, Hunter Laing & Co., imports, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Society, Islay, J. Rieger & Co., Kansas City, Karen Betts, laboratory, Latin, Lindores Abbey, machine learning, Mackmyra, Mexico, Microsoft, molecular whisky, molecules, monasteries, monks, Noel Sweeney, Pennsylvania, photography, Powerscourt, Scarabus, science, Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Sean White, Simon Pagenaud, Søren Solkaer, spirit whisky, Spirited Science, steel, stories, SWA, Sweden, Sweet Toast of American Oak, tariffs, Tax & Trade Bureau, The Balvenie, The Week of Peat, trade, Triagoz, TTB, Tuath, turkey, United States, Usquaebach, Wall Street Journal, water, whiskey, whisky, white dog0 comments
This week’s episode is certain to arouse the ire of whisky purists. We’re looking at Glyph, a “molecular whiskey” that’s...
Kentucky Bourbon Inventory Reaches 5 Million Barrels20140722180608
Kentucky Bourbon Inventory Reaches 5 Million Barrels
Mark GillespieJuly 22, 2014ad valorem, Bluegrass State, Bourbon, Eric Gregory, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, taxes, visitors, warehouses, white dog0 comments
July 22, 2014 – For the first time since 1977, Kentucky’s Bourbon distillers have more than 5 million barrels of maturing whiskey stored i...
Diageo To Invest $2 Million In Stitzel-Weller Visitors Center: Just The Beginning?20140219190703
Diageo To Invest $2 Million In Stitzel-Weller Visitors Center: Just The Beginning?
Mark GillespieFebruary 19, 2014air pollution, Alix Dunn, Bernheim, Bulleit, Bulleit Experience, Diageo, Ewan Morgan, Four Roses, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Louisville, Millers Lane, Orphan Barrel, Stitzel-Weller, Tom Bulleit, tourism, United Distillers, visitors center, white dog3 comments
February 19, 2014 – In another sign that the world’s largest spirits producer is speeding up its internal decision-making process, Diageo ...
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings, December 201120111220220422
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings, December 2011
Mark GillespieDecember 20, 2011Buffalo Trace, Canada, Culpeper, Highwood, Jeff Steubben, Kevin Andresen, moonshine, Original Moonshine, Simon Seaton, white dog, White Owl, white whiskey0 comments
There may not be a “White Christmas” in many parts of the world this month, but we’ll have one on this episode of WhiskyCast Virtual...
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 327: July 31, 201120110730224950
Episode 327: July 31, 2011
Mark GillespieJuly 30, 2011Arkansas, Beam, Black Bull, Blackadder, blog, book, Bourbon, Brickyard, charity, Chris Bunting, craft distilling, Crown Royal, Dark Corner, Dennis Pogue, Dry Fly, George Washington, Glen Moray, Heather Boyd, history, Ian Buxton, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Islay, Japan, Maker's Mark, Michael Jackson, moonshine, Mount Vernon, NASCAR, Nonjatta, Parkinson's, Pennsylvania, Rocktown, single malt, Smooth Ambler, South Carolina, Speyside, trade, turkey, West Virginia, Whiskey Rebellion, white dog0 comments
As the U.S. faces another debt crisis, this week marks the anniversary of a key event in another U.S. debt crisis…the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794....
Episode 307: March 13, 201120110312234907
Episode 307: March 13, 2011
Mark GillespieMarch 12, 2011Alan Winchester, Albert Schmid, Ardmore, awards, Balvenie, Bill Ricker, blog, book, Boozehound, Bourbon, Charles Maclean, cocktails, contest, cookbook, cooking, David Urquhart, disaster, distillery, Dufftown, earthquake, ethics, Franklin, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Glenlivet 70, Gordon & MacPhail, Gordon Homer, Gourmand, Heaven Hill, history, Ireland, Irish, Islay, Japan, Jason Wilson, journalism, Jura, Keir Sword, Kentucky, Michael, Michael Collins, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Philadelphia, photography, recipes, Sam Simmons, Singleton, Speyside, Spirit of Islay, spirits, Stuart Urquhart, Todd Richman, Trybox, Urquhart, video, Whisky Magazine, whisky school, white dog, World War II, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
1940 was a crucial moment in world history, as World War II was breaking out in Europe. That February, Gordon & MacPhail arranged to have 15 casks...
Episode 219: September 26, 200920090926171200
Episode 219: September 26, 2009
Mark GillespieSeptember 26, 2009An Cnoc, Antique Collection, auto racing, Benromach, Big Peat, blend, book, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Compass Box, Crown Royal, Double Barrel, Douglas Laing, Eagle Rare, editor, Handy, Hibiki, Ingvar Ronde, Inver House, Jack Daniel's, Japanese, Jefferson's, Jim Beam, Jim Murray, John Hansell, Mackmyra, magazine, Malt Advocate, Malt Whisky Yearbook, McLain & Kyne, Mikael Mossvall, NASCAR, Rye, San Francisco, Sazerac, Spice Tree, Stagg, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory, Sweden, Weller, Whisky Bible, WhiskyFest, white dog, Yamazaki0 comments
A double feature this week…the latest issue of Malt Advocate is out. John Hansell will give us a preview, and we’ll also talk about next m...
Episode 193: March 28, 200920090328161500
Episode 193: March 28, 2009
Mark GillespieMarch 28, 2009awards, Beam, Bicentenary, book, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, charity, competition, distillery, editor, Heaven Hill, Heritage, Highland Park, history, Ian Buxton, Japan, Jeroen Kloppenburg, Jimmy Russell, John Beard, Kentucky, Matt Shattock, Michael Jackson, new make, Parker Beam, San Francisco, storytelling, Tom Flocco, Vijay Mallya, white dog, Whyte & Mackay, Wild Turkey0 comments
55 years ago, Jimmy Russell got a job at the Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and it was the best hire the distillery ever made. He...