August 7, 2014 – Sazerac’s Kentucky Gentleman Bourbon is one of the Western products being targeted in a tit-fot-tat escalation of trade sanctions between Russia,… Read More
Mark Gillespie
I'm the host and executive producer of WhiskyCast.New York Judge Rules Against Diageo In Explorers Club Lawsuit
August 5, 2014 – Diageo is looking for a legal lifeline now that a New York state judge has ruled for the Explorers Club in… Read More
Macallan Expansion Receives Planning Permission
August 5, 2014 – As expected, Moray Council members have given the green light to Edrington’s plans for a £100 million ($168 million USD) expansion… Read More
Buffalo Trace Releases Batch #14 Of Single Oak Project
August 5, 2014 – Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project of experimental Bourbons is in its final stages, with Batch #14 being released this month. That… Read More
GlenDronach Adds 18-Year-Old Tawny Port Finish
August 4, 2014 – GlenDronach is replacing its highly-regarded 15-year-old Tawny Port Finish single malt Scotch with a new 18-year-old version. The whisky is first… Read More
Episode 490: August 1, 2014
Scotland’s newest distillery has opened on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula along the western coast, and the first casks of spirit were filled on Thursday at Adelphi’s… Read More
New York’s Coppersea Distillery First To Use New York Barrels
August 1, 2014 – New York has been a hotbed of craft distilling for the last decade, but tiny Coppersea Distillery in the Hudson River… Read More
Fiendish Finale To Arran’s Devil’s Punch Bowl Series
July 28, 2014 – Isle of Arran is releasing the third and final edition in its Devil’s Punch Bowl series of single malts. The annual… Read More
Adelphi’s Ardnamurchan Distillery Opens
July 26, 2014 – For the first time in more than a century, Adelphi is distilling its own malt whisky with the commissioning of the… Read More
Episode 489: July 25, 2014
Tasmania’s distillers have been making some unusual and incredible whiskies in recent years, but many of them are flying under the radar of whisky lovers.… Read More
Woodford Reserve Mourns Loss Of Longtime Distillery Cat
July 25, 2014 – Distilleries and cats have gone together for decades, and most distilleries have had a special “distillery cat” around with the stated… Read More
Glenfiddich’s Blood & Sand
July 23, 2014 – Glenfiddich’s PR firm sent around this recipe for the classic Blood & Sand cocktail around for “National Scotch Whisky Day.” While… Read More