Mark Gillespie

I'm the host and executive producer of WhiskyCast.
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Remembering Jim Cryle

This week, we’ll mark the passing of longtime Glenlivet master distiller Jim Cryle, who ran the Speyside distillery from 1991 until his retirement in 2006.… Read More

Not Your Typical Whisky Book

Mitch Bechard is a longtime Scotch Whisky brand ambassador, with years of service at Diageo and Glenfiddich. Now, he’s written a rollicking memoir of his… Read More

A Bourbon-Free Whisky Festival

With no signs of an end to the U.S.-Canadian trade war in sight, the widespread boycott of American whiskies in Canada had an impact on… Read More

Celebrating 20 Years of WhiskyCast

This week, we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of the very first WhiskyCast episode in 2005. We’ll hear from some longtime listeners, and chat with Tamdhu… Read More

A Manifesto for Danish Whisky

13 Danish distillers have laid the groundwork for what they hope will eventually be geographical indicator status for Danish whisky. They started with a manifesto… Read More

A Taste of Tullibardine

Scotland’s Tullibardine Distillery has been around since 1947, but has come into its own in recent years under the ownership of France’s Picard family. We’ll… Read More

A New Chapter for Westward Whiskey

Portland, Oregon-based Westward Whiskey filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last April seeking to restructure its finances. At the time, CEO Tom Mooney told us the… Read More

Half Empty…or Half Full

Kentucky’s Bourbon distillers are in a conundrum…the industry set a new record for barrel inventories in 2024 and the number of distilleries is at an… Read More

The World’s Oldest Whisky…For Now

Gordon & MacPhail has unveiled the oldest whisky ever bottled (so far), an 85-year-old single malt distilled at Glenlivet Distillery in 1940, and priced at… Read More