Midleton Distillery Master Distiller Barry Crockett has announced his plans to retire in March after 47 years. The announcement came days after he was named… Read More
Mark Gillespie
I'm the host and executive producer of WhiskyCast.Glenfarclas Releases Millennium Cask
Glenfarclas has released a special “Last of the Millennium” bottling exclusively for visitors to the distillery in Speyside. The cask was filled on December 31,… Read More
Diageo Invests in Archive Expansion
Diageo plans to invest approximately $2.4 million to expand its company archives at the company’s facilities in Menstrie, Clackmannshire, Scotland. The archive contains about 500,000… Read More
Episode 410: February 2, 2013
It’s hard to keep things quiet in the close-knit Scotch Whisky industry, but that’s exactly what the owners of the new Wolfburn Distillery in Thurso… Read More
Wolfburn Distillery Starts Production
Scotland’s newest distillery has gone into full production as Wolfburn Distillery started filling its first casks on January 25. The distillery becomes the northernmost distillery… Read More
Parker Beam Diagnosed with ALS
Heaven Hill has announced that longtime Master Distiller Parker Beam has been diagnosed with the early stages of ALS, also known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.”… Read More
An Cnoc Adds 22 Year Old to Core Range
An Cnoc is adding a new 22-year-old expression to its core range of Highland Single Malts distilled at Knockdhu Distillery near Huntly in Aberdeenshire. The… Read More
The Balvenie Adds 12-Year-Old Single Barrel
The Balvenie is adding a new 12-year-old Single Barrel expression to its core range of Single Malts. The new expression joins the longtime 15-year-old… Read More
New Releases from “That Boutique-y Whisky Company
That Boutique-y Whisky Company is releasing 5 new Single Malt Scotch whiskies and their first Blended Malt exclusively through Master of Malt. The lineup… Read More
Episode 409: January 26, 2013
Georgina Bell is part of a new generation of whisky connoisseurs, and is already making her place in the whisky industry as an ambassador for… Read More
The Balvenie Releases Tun 1401 Batch #7
The Balvenie has announced plans for Malt Master David Stewart’s latest Tun 1401 release. Batch #7 will be available in global travel retail starting in… Read More
Episode 408: January 20, 2013
Time for our second episode of the weekend with highlights from this weekend’s Victoria Whisky Festival! We’ll get the latest on new whiskies from Tullibardine,… Read More