August 28, 2015 – A 1960 Karuizawa Japanese single malt whisky has set what’s being claimed as the highest price ever paid at auction for… Read More
Mark Gillespie
I'm the host and executive producer of WhiskyCast.Edinburgh To Get First Malt Whisky Distillery in 90 Years
August 28, 2015 – The last malt whisky distillery in Scotland’s capital city closed 90 years ago this year when Edinburgh’s Glen Sciennes distillery went… Read More
Silver Trail Distillery’s Story of Survival
Kentucky had not had a fatal distillery accident since Prohibition until the morning of April 24, 2015, when the still at the Silver Trail Distillery… Read More
Jim Beam Wins Dismissal Of Labeling Lawsuit
August 25, 2015 – If two rulings are a trend, then three might be enough to set a precedent…so to speak. Lawyers for Beam Suntory… Read More
Episode 549: August 22, 2015
Many American craft distillers produce single malt whiskies, but Seattle’s Westland Distillery is one of the few that only produces single malts. The distillery in… Read More
Episode 548: August 17, 2015
The “Bourbon Boom” has led to a corresponding boom in the publishing industry, with almost as many new Bourbon books as there are Bourbons on… Read More
Ian Macmillan Heading to Bladnoch
August 17, 2015 – The one remaining secret about Bladnoch Distillery’s future is out. When Australian entrepreneur David Prior announced his plans last month to acquire… Read More
Silver Trail’s Spencer Balentine Says Thanks
August 9, 2015 – With distiller Jay Rogers well on his way to recovery from severe burns following the April 24th explosion at Silver Trail… Read More
Episode 547: August 8, 2015
This week, we’re on location at the M.B. Roland Distillery in Pembroke, Kentucky for a special benefit to raise money for the Lifting Spirits –… Read More
Corsair Artisan Distillery Expanding Again in Nashville
August 5, 2015 – Darek Bell, Andrew Webber, and Amy Lee Bell started Corsair Artisan Distillery in 2008 with a small space in Bowling Green,… Read More
Ireland’s Great Northern Distillery Cranks Up Whiskey Production
August 5, 2015 – John Teeling is back in the bulk whiskey business, and Dundalk has its first working distillery in nearly a century. The… Read More
Episode 546: August 1, 2015
Scotland’s Bladnoch Distillery will be 200 years old in 2017, but for more than a year, it was fair to question whether one of the… Read More