Mark Gillespie

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is doubling down on his pledge to remove Diageo’s Crown Royal Canadian Whisky from Liquor Control Board of Ontario retail stores… Read More

The second annual Canadian Whisky Week runs from January 11th through the 18th, with events all over Canada. We’ll talk with co-founders Reece Sims and… Read More

On this year-end special episode, we’ll take a look back at the events that shaped the whisky industry in 2025. Becky Harris of Virginia’s Catoctin… Read More

Leaking barrels have been a problem for whisky makers going back generations, and just finding the bad barrels is the biggest part of the problem.… Read More

Single Estate whiskies are made from grain grown at or close to a distillery, and there’s a new coalition of distillers joined by the University… Read More

The James B. Beam Distilling Company dates back to 1935, when Colonel James Beam built his new distillery in Happy Hollow after the end of… Read More

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

The latest collection of American Single Malts from Lost Lantern Whiskey is dubbed the “Scotch Lover’s Collection,” not because there are any inferred links to… Read More

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

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

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

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