Mark Gillespie

There are at least 774 malt whisky distilleries around the world, according to the 2023 edition of the Malt Whisky Yearbook. We’ll hear from some… Read More

This week, we’re on location in London for The Whisky Exchange’s annual Whisky Show at Old Billingsgate. We’ll have interviews from throughout the weekend on… Read More

September 27, 2022 – Kentucky distillers set a new production record in 2021, according to state revenue department data released today by the Kentucky Distillers… Read More

Until now, Alfred Barnard’s classic book “The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom” was the benchmark guide of whisky history. Now, a collection of 120… Read More

The Cabrach region of Scotland’s Highlands has a distilling history that goes back centuries, but The Cabrach has been left behind as other parts of… Read More

September 15, 2022 – Irish Distillers plans to expand Ireland’s largest distillery once again to meet growing global demand for Irish Whiskey. The €250 million… Read More

Phil Steger distills his single malt in the Scottish tradition at Minnesota’s Brother Justus Distilling, but he’s an outlier in the American Single Malt community.… Read More

September 6, 2022 – The folks at KO Distilling in Manassas, Virginia created this cocktail using their Bare Knuckle Bourbon, and it sounds like something… Read More

September 6, 2022 – Christine Wiseman of Broken Shaker created this cocktail for Aberfeldy to celebrate National Honey Month. It combines citrus flavors with the… Read More

September is Bourbon Heritage Month, and while Bourbon can be made anywhere in the U.S., Kentucky is known as “the State of Bourbon.” Bourbon makers… Read More

The Scullys of County Cork have been farming the same land for nine generations over 350 years, but only in the last few years have… Read More

Actors Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder discovered their friendship and a mutual love of Bourbon on the set of “The Vampire Diaries” television series. Once… Read More