May 29, 2015 – A royal flush beats every other hand in poker, and a royal spade flush of Ichiro’s Malts beat all of the… Read More
Mark Gillespie
I'm the host and executive producer of WhiskyCast.Four Roses Planning $55 Million Expansion
May 28, 2015 – Kentucky economic development officials have approved a package of incentives for a planned $55 million expansion project at the Four Roses… Read More
Scotland’s Distilleries Report 6% Gain in Visitors
May 28, 2015 – Scotland’s whisky distilleries are having a larger impact on the nation’s tourism industry, with the various visitors centers reporting a 6%… Read More
New Distillery Planned for Scotland’s Isle of Raasay
May 28, 2015 – In what may seem like the never-ending quest to build new whisky distilleries in even more remote parts of Scotland, the… Read More
Episode 536: May 23, 2015
Gordon & MacPhail reopened Benromach Distillery in Speyside in 1998 after 15 years of inactivity, and Keith Cruickshank has been there since the stills were… Read More
Still Maker Responds To Silver Trail Explosion As Distillers File Lawsuit
May 22, 2015 – While the Kentucky State Fire Marshal has not issued an official cause for the April 24 explosion that leveled Silver Trail… Read More
Not Guilty Pleas In Kentucky Bourbon Thefts
May 22, 2015 – The alleged ringleader of a group charged with stealing Bourbon from Kentucky’s Buffalo Trace and Wild Turkey distilleries pleaded not guilty… Read More
This Week’s New Whiskies
May 22, 2015 – Here’s a roundup of new whiskies announced this week… On this week’s episode of WhiskyCast, we had hints of the first… Read More
The Spirit of Speyside Festival
Thousands of whisky lovers descend on Scotland’s Speyside region on the first weekend of May each year for the Spirit of Speyside Festival. The festival… Read More
Another Indictment In Kentucky Bourbon Thefts
May 20, 2015 – A tenth person has been indicted in connection with a series of thefts from Buffalo Trace and Wild Turkey distilleries dating… Read More
The Glenrothes Adds To Extraordinary Cask Collection
May 18, 2015 – The Glenrothes only releases one new addition to its Extraordinary Cask Collection each year, and this year’s release comes from a… Read More
Lumsden Empties His Cabinet For Ardbeg Perpetuum
May 18, 2015 – Islay’s Ardbeg Distillery will celebrate its 200th anniversary later this month during the Islay Festival of Malt & Music, and while… Read More