Pour Me a Spot of Whiskey, Please! (Episode 740: November 18, 2018)20181118002710
Pour Me a Spot of Whiskey, Please! (Episode 740: November 18, 2018)
Mark GillespieNovember 18, 2018@mikeyjoedrum, @whiskeryturnip, A Fine Christmas Dram 2018, Aerstone, Ailsa Bay, Alan Winchester, apology, auction, Australia, Australia Distillers Association, backstop, Bardstown, Barley Batch Limited Edition, bidding, Blue Spot, Bobby Parnell, Bonhams, border, bottling, Bowmore, brands, Brexit, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Club, Canadian Whisky, cask, Cedar Creek Quarry, Christmas cake, Chronicles, closed distilleries, Conor McGregor, Customs, Davin de Kergommeaux, Delta Hotel Fredericton, Democratic Unionist Party, Diageo, Distiller of the Year, Dmitry Efimov, election, Elixir Distillers, EU, European Union, excise tax, Fistful of Bourbon, flavor, Frank Scott, Fredericton, Fredericton Whisky Society, fruitcake, Girvan, Glenfiddich, Great Britain, Green Spot, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, HIAS, history, Hong Kong, Ian Millar, International Wine & Spirits Competition, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jackie Scott, John Begg, Jonathan Mitchell, Kentucky, Kentucky Owl Park, Kevin O'Gorman, Kirsten Grant Meikle, Knob Creek, Ladyburn, Lorraine Winchester, Marsala, Mitchell & Son, mixed martial arts, MMA, Montreal, My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Department of Tourism, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, No. #1 Vaults, Northern Ireland, peat, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, prank, Prime Minister, projections, Proper No. Twelve, Red Spot, rent, Sazerac, Seagram's, Seagram's 5 Star, Seagram's 83, Seagram's VO, Shigeru Ban Architects, shooting, Sicily, Sukhinder Singh, supply shortage, tasting note, The Glenlivet, The Glenrothes, The IWSC, The Macallan, The Shout, The Stoli Group, The Whisky Exchange, Theresa May, Tish Harcus, Tom Diana, trade, Tree of Life Synagogue, Tuthilltown Spirits, Vaults Collection, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons, Yellow Spot0 comments
Back on the road again, and this episode comes from the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick! We’ll have highlights from...
Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)20170319145746
Spot the Whiskey in this Podcast (Episode 633: March 19, 2017)
Mark GillespieMarch 19, 2017"Gillespie the Gauger", @6Pod4, @jotterface, @ratherbeonislay, @rmculver, #trypod, Aaron Schorsch, ABC News, Adam Spiegel, age statement, American Craft Spirits Association, Amir Peay, ancestor, ancestry, Ardbeg, artist, Australia, Australian Whisky Holdings, Award, Beam Suntory, Benoit Bailey, best in class, bill, birth certificate, Black Truffle Rye, Blender's Batch, Blender's Batch Red Rye Finish, Blender's Batch Three Grain American Oak, blending, blog, Blue Spot, bond store, bonders, bonding, Brian DeFoe, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Bulleit Rye, canister, Cardhu, Carlton Welch, chewing, Chuck Cowdery, Churchill Downs, Col. E.H. Taylor, Columbus, commemorative, competition, confectioner, Cooley, Dave Pickerell, David Byrne, Diageo, distiller, distillery, Dublin, Eclipx, excise, exciseman, Facebook, FarmStock, finish, Four Grain Bourbon, France, FTI Consulting, Gavin Smith, Gold Label, governor, Grafton Street, Green Spot, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton, hanged, Harlen Wheatley, history, HoochLaw, horse racing, investors, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, James E. Pepper, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, Jonathan Mitchell, Jude, Kavalan, Keith Batt, Kelpie, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Whiskey, Kildare Street, lawmakers, lawyer, LCBO, legal, legislature, Lexington, Liberties, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, loophole, Louisville, Margaret Batt, Matt Bevin, McDonald's, Melbourne, Method And Madness, MGP, Midleton, Mitchell & Son, Mortlach, Nant, Nant Whisky Bar, Ohio, Old Mill Street, Ontario, paint, painting, Pareau des Charentes, Platinum Label, Prohibition, puppy, Quentin Olde, Quintessential, rebranding, receiver, Red Spot, Revival, Rick Culver, Robert Mitchell, Samuel Adams, ScotchWhisky.com. Malcolm Gillespie, Sheepdog, Shelbyville, Single Pot Still, Sonoma County Distilling Company, Taiwan, Tasmania, Teeling Whiskey, Tennessee, The Dubliner, Thomas Allen Pauly, Triple Crown, Tyrconnell, Vermont, water spirit, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Daddy, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, Woodford Reserve, workout, Yellow Spot0 comments
For years, whisky connoisseurs whispered about a mysterious Irish whiskey called Green Spot and begged friends traveling to Ireland to track down a bo...
The Story of Green Spot Irish Whiskey20170317135041
The Story of Green Spot Irish Whiskey
Mark GillespieMarch 17, 2017Blue Spot, Bordeaux, Bow Street, Château Léoville Barton, Dublin, France, Grafton Street, Green Spot, Green Spot Chateau Leoville Barton, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Kildare Street, merchants, Mitchell & Son, Red Spot, Robert Mitchell, whiskey, whiskey bonding, whisky, wine, Yellow Spot0 comments
For years, whiskey lovers spoke of a mysterious Irish Whiskey that could generally be found only in Ireland. Green Spot is a single pot still Irish Wh...
Midleton Distillery Expanding Pot Still Production Capacity20170119175319
Midleton Distillery Expanding Pot Still Production Capacity
Mark GillespieJanuary 19, 2017Alexandre Ricard, Barry Crockett Stillhouse, Cork, Dublin, Dungourney, expansion, Forsyths, Fox & Geese, Garden Stillhouse, Green Spot, Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Jameson, Jean-Christophe Coutures, Lustau, Midleton Distillery, Old Jameson Distillery, Paul Wickham, Pernod Ricard, Redbreast, Single Pot Still, Yellow Spot0 comments
January 19, 2017 – Nearly three and a half years after opening its new Garden Stillhouse dedicated to producing Irish single pot still whiskey, ...
Episode 514: January 3, 201520150103221243
Episode 514: January 3, 2015
Mark GillespieJanuary 3, 2015Anne Marsden, anniversary, Asahi, Balcones, Ben Nevis, birth, Brian Nation, British Columbia, buyout, Chip Tate, Christina Philburn, construction, dispute, distillery, Dublin, Facebook, financing, Friends of Laphroaig, Glencairn, GlenDronach, Green Spot, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jameson, John Campbell, Jon Birkbeck, Kamloops, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Laurie Harder, likes, Little Bay, Masataka Taketsuru, meeting, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Mitchell & Son, Miyagikyo, New Year's, Nikka, Oban, obituary, Pierre Weydert, Rhode Island, Rita Taketsuru, Robert Chesney, Robert Mitchell, Rose Blackmore, Scott Mansfield, social media, South Wales Whisky Interest Group, Spokane Whisky Club, Stockholm, Switzerland, Takeshi Taketsuru, Tate & Company, Twitter, Waco, whisky clubs, whiskytalks, Yellow Spot, Zurich0 comments
Irish whiskey will take another step in 2015 with the first exports of Yellow Spot to the US market, still the strongest market in the world for Irish...
Episode 503: October 25, 201420141025201106
Episode 503: October 25, 2014
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2014ad valorem, Ally Alpine, Andrina Fitzgerald, awards, Balcones, Barry Crockett, Barry Gallagher, beer, Beggar's Bush, Billy Leighton, bottling plant, Brian Nation, Cameronbridge, Cannes, Carlow, Caskmates, Celtic Whiskey Club, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Chip Tate, Compass Box, competition, Connemara, construction, Cooley, Cork, court, Dave Quinn, defense fund, delay, development, Diageo, Dingle, dispute, divorce, Dublin, duty free, economic impact, economy, Eric Gregory, Eunan Ryan, expansion, Franciscan, Frankfort, gag order, Glendalough, Go Fund Me, Haig Club, Ichiro Akuto, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey Awards, Irish Whiskey Society, Jack Ryan's, Jack Teeling, Jameson, Jane Maher, Jim Beam, Jim Lynch, John Cashman, John Glaser, John Quinn, Joker, Just-Drinks.com, KDA, Kentucky Distillers Association, Kilbeggan, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, lawyers, logistics, mediation, Michael Payne, Michael Rockafellow, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Oliver Hughes, Pearl, Poitin, pot still, Redbreast, restraining order, Shane Fitzharris, slowdown, stout, tax, taxes, Teaninich, Teeling Whiskey, The Irishman, travel retail, Tullamore Dew, University of Louisville, Urban Studies Institute, Waco, Walsh, Walsh Whiskey Company, Whiskey Live Dublin, Whisky Live, William Grant & Sons, winner, Writers Tears, Yellow Spot0 comments
This week’s episode comes from Whiskey Live Dublin, and we’ll be focusing on Irish whiskies this time around with some of the winners from...
Irish Distillers Marks 30th Anniversary of Midleton Very Rare With Pearl Edition20141025081440
Irish Distillers Marks 30th Anniversary of Midleton Very Rare With Pearl Edition
Mark GillespieOctober 25, 2014Barry Crockett, Brian Nation, Irish Distillers, Kevin O'Gorman, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Mitchell & Sons, Pearl, Yellow Spot0 comments
October 24, 2014 – 2014 marks two milestones for the Midleton Very Rare range from Irish Distillers: the 30th anniversary of the very first edit...
Green Spot & Redbreast 21 Coming to US20140107130547
Green Spot & Redbreast 21 Coming to US
Mark GillespieJanuary 7, 2014Barry Crockett, Dublin, Green Spot, Ireland, Irish, Irish Distillers, Legacy, Midleton, Mitchell & Sons, Powers, Redbreast, Single Pot Still, Yellow Spot0 comments
January 7, 2014 – For years, Irish whiskey fans have made it a point to pick up a bottle or two of Green Spot Irish Whiskey at the duty-free sho...
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...
William Grant & Sons Dominates IWSC Whisky Trophies20130725172440
William Grant & Sons Dominates IWSC Whisky Trophies
Mark GillespieJuly 25, 2013awards, Balvenie, Barry Crockett, Ben Nevis, Buffalo Trace, competition, Eagle Rare, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glöd, Grant's, Greenore, Hudson Baby Bourbon, International Wine & Spirits Competition, Jim Beam, Kavalan, Kilbeggan, King Car, Legacy, Lidl, Mackmyra, Midleton, Signet, Solist, Three Ships, Vinho Barrique, Western Gold, William Grant & Sons, Yellow Spot0 comments
July 25, 2013 – William Grant & Sons, the family-owned company responsible for Glenfiddich, The Balvenie, and Grant’s whiskies, led tr...