Tag: Zach Becker

A Whisky Trade War on the Horizon? (Episode 703: June 3, 2018)20180603182226

A Whisky Trade War on the Horizon? (Episode 703: June 3, 2018)

Mark GillespieJune 3, 2018airport, Alberta, aluminum, Andrew Ferguson, Anthony J. Bakker, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Arran, Australia, Ben Nevis, Bobby Parnell, border, Bourbon, Brexit, Brussels, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Whisky, Cask 88, Chris Morris, Commonwealth, court, Craftwork Spirits, crime, Cumbria, Customs, decanter, Distilled Spirits Council, Donald Trump, Drykkrsvell, economist, economy, EU, European Union, excise tax, export, Faith, Feis Ile, Franklin County, Genesis, Geordie Moski, Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, gleaming sword of drink, Golden Eagle, grand jury, Greg Butler, Grooves, hammer, Hope, import, importer, indictment, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Association, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, judge, Justin Trudeau, KDA, Kensington Wine Market, Kentucky, Kentucky Distillers Association, Love, luck, Mark Sean Searcy, Marvel, Melbourne, Mexico, Midleton, Millstone, Mjolnir, Mjølner, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Ontario, PappyGate, Paul Hansen, Prime Minister, proof gallons, prosecutor, public health, Quatrefoil Collection, Scotch, Scottish Folklore Series, sentencing, Sinn Fein, steel, Straight Malt, sword, tariff, tax, The Lakes Distillery, theft, Thor, Tim Matthews, trade, Trump Administration, valinch, Van Winkle, whiskey, whiskey thief, whisky, Wild Turkey, William Lavelle, Woodford Reserve, Zach Becker, Zuidam0 comments

Canada and the European Union are planning retaliatory tariffs on imports of Bourbon and other American whiskies after this week’s move by the T...

Wick’s Whisky Wizard: Pulteney’s Malcolm Waring (Episode 669: November 26, 2017)20171126161643

Wick’s Whisky Wizard: Pulteney’s Malcolm Waring (Episode 669: November 26, 2017)

Mark GillespieNovember 26, 2017@bucfan609, @DaMhile, @MaltTroll, @SCLCPrez, A.D. Rattray, Advent Calendar, anCnoc, Andrew Morrison, Andy Watts, Angel's Envy, angel's share, Aurora, Australia, Balblair, Balmenach, baseball, Beam Suntory, Beverly Hills, Bobby Anderson, Bourbon, Bowmore, Brett Ratner, Cairdeas, Canada, Canadian, Canadian content, Chancellor of the Exchequer, charges, charity, Charleston, Clydeside Distillery, cocktail, corn, country music, court, cricket, criminal, DaMhile Distillery, Dave Parker, Davin de Kergommeaux, debt, Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, Diageo, disclosure, Domaine des Hautes Glaces, Douglas Laing & Co., duties, duty, earnings report, Eastside Distilling, Eddie Clark, engraved, estate, exile, expansion, extradition, Facebook, finance, food bank, Four Roses, France, Fred Laing, Fredericton, Friends of Laphroaig, Glasgow, Glentauchers, Gordon Bruce, Grover Wickersham, Haymarket Whiskey Bar, Health Minister, hearing, High West, High Wire Distilling, Highlands, Hilhaven Lodge, holiday, in-laws, India, Indiana, infield fly rule, Inver House, Islay, Jim Beam, Jimmy Red, John Black, John MacDonald, John Rich, Kentucky, Knockdhu, Laphroaig, Las Vegas, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Le Creuset, lifestyle brand, London, Louisville, Louisville Business First, Malcolm Waring, mansion, Martine Nouet, Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Sammons, Maverick Drinks, MGP, military, minimum unit pricing, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, music, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Spirits Festival, Old Malt Cask, Old Pulteney, Operation Homefront, Oregon, Philip Hammond, PLOWED Society, police, Port Ellen, Portland, Pulteney, Pump House, Queen's Dock, Redemption Whiskey, Redneck Riviera, Remy Cointreau, River Clyde, Rye, Samaroli, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Scottish Government, Seagram's, Seattle, Secret Spirits, severance, sexual misconduct, Share Our Strength, Sherri Wong, Shona Robison, Smooth Ambler, social media, South Africa, South Carolina, Speyburn, Stewart Laing, Stuart Harvey, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Supreme Court, Tasmania, taxes, Tennessee, Thanksgiving, The Ancients, The Hilhaven Lodge, Thurso, Tim Morrison, trip, turkeys, United Spirits, Urban Bourbon Trail, Vijay Mallya, Vintner's Trilogy, Wales, Weller 107, Westland Distillery, whiskey, whisky, Wick, Wild Turkey, Wolfburn, Zach Becker0 comments

Pulteney Distillery manager Malcolm Waring wasn’t born in Wick, Scotland, but there’s no place he’d rather be … three decades ...

There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)20170924192730

There’s No Whisky Without the Barrels (Episode 660: September 24, 2017)

Mark GillespieSeptember 24, 2017@SpeakingEasyPod, @squirrel8870, Alex Grelli, Amie Boswell, Antique Collection, Ashley Penny, attorney, Australia, Barbara Helt, Bardstown, barrels, Benromach, Bourbon, Bourbon Heritage Center, Brad Boswell, Brian Kinsman, Brianna Gillespie, Buffalo Trace, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cancer, Château Cissac, Christopher Winters, climate change, Commonwealth, cooperage, coopers, Corby, crime, Daniel Alan Durham, Dave Schmier, David Fenkell, doctor, Domino's, Don Livermore, Dublin, Eagle Rare, Fat Tire, forestry, France, Frankfort, Franklin County, George T. Stagg, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenora Distillers, Gooderham & Worts, Harry Shapira, Haut-Médoc, Heaven Hill, heist, Highland Park, Hiram Walker Distillery, Ice Wine, Independent Stave Company, Indiana, investigation, Ireland, Israel, J.P. Wiser's, Jane Overeem, Jewish, Joe Boswell, Johannesburg, John Burlowski, judge, Julie Curtsinger, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Barrels, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, lawyer, Lebanon, Lexington Herald-Leader, Little Trinity, loggers, logging, Lot #40, Macallan, Marc Pendlebury, Mark Sean Searcy, Max Shapira, Meredith Grelli, Milk & Honey, Missouri, Mistress Miasma, Monongahela, New Jersey, Northern Border Collection, Nova Scotia, oak, Old Billingsgate, Old Rip Van Winkle, oncologist, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Peat Week, Phenostrus, Pike Creek, Pinch, pizza, police, prosecutors, River Edge, Rosh Hashanah, Rye, Sazerac 18 Rye, Seattle, Sheriff, South Africa, Speaking Easy, Sphincter, Spinther, stave mill, stolen, T.W. Boswell, Tel Aviv, The Whisky Show, theft, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tom Held, Total Wine & More, Tullibardine, Twitter, US Forest Service, Westland, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Brother, Whitney Lawson, Wigle, Wild Turkey, William Larue Weller, Winter Storm, wood, Zach Becker, Zionsville0 comments

It’s often said that wood is responsible for most of a whisky’s flavor, and if that’s the case, then the people who make the barrels...

Ringleader Pleads Guilty in “Pappygate” Bourbon Thefts20170921161329

Ringleader Pleads Guilty in “Pappygate” Bourbon Thefts

September 21, 2017 – And then there was one…one remaining defendant left in Kentucky’s “Pappygate” scandal involving the...