Mark Gillespie

This holiday weekend episode of WhiskyCast is nothing to sniff at! (Pun intended!) We'll be discussing the science behind nosing whisky with Drexel University food science professor Jacob Lahne. Dr. Lahne and his colleagues have been studying how people nose whiskies, and have found that the average person generally can't tell Bourbons apart from Rye whiskies in blind nosing. In fact, they're more likely to group Bourbons and Ryes by distillery and brand than by their mash bills. In the news, we'll have the details on Brown-Forman's brush-off of a takeover offer from Constellation Brands and an update on construction at Islay's newest distillery as the annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music gets underway (along with a preliminary rundown of exclusive Feis Ile whiskies).

You may be able to tell different styles of whiskies apart by nosing them – when you know what you’re nosing to begin with. When it comes to telling Bourbons and Rye whiskies apart in a…

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There will be a second car for whisky lovers to follow in Sunday's Indianapolis 500. Jim Beam has signed on as an associate sponsor for Jay Howard's #77 being run by Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and the Tony Stewart Foundation. It's the first time Jim Beam has been on an IndyCar in several years after getting out of North American motorsports a few years ago.

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