Mark Gillespie

By Mark Gillespie November 7, 2020 – Government officials in many countries have started imposing a new round of restrictions on public gatherings in an… Read More

By Mark Gillespie November 3, 2020 – Gordon & MacPhail’s plans for a new Speyside malt whisky distillery near Grantham-on-Spey in the Cairngorms National Park… Read More

By Mark Gillespie October 31, 2020 – Imagine having to count nearly ten million barrels of whiskey and other spirits by hand. You’d run out… Read More

OK, we’re not going talking about politics this week, but whisky has been made in and around Washington, DC for 400 years, including a distillery… Read More

Very few Bourbon brands can claim much of a pre-Prohibition heritage, but Brown-Forman’s Old Forester can. George Garvin Brown created Old Forester in 1870 in… Read More

October 23, 2020 – Just in time for “Old Fashioned Week” in November, Aberfeldy has shared this take on one of whisky’s classic cocktails. Of… Read More

October 23, 2020 – Aberfeldy has provided three Halloween-themed whisky cocktails to help you welcome the ghouls, goblins, and ghosts this year (socially distanced, of… Read More

October 23, 2020 – Chivas Regal provided these cold-weather cocktail recipes that feature the 13-year-old Manchester United Special Edition of Chivas Regal. The Winter Rebel… Read More

John Glaser and his team at Compass Box Whisky Company are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. While Glaser has had his disagreements with the… Read More

By Mark Gillespie October 13, 2020 – Let’s face it…mention Pappy Van Winkle to a whiskey lover and you’ll probably get one of three responses:… Read More

England’s modern whisky scene only goes back to 2006, when the English Whisky Company started distilling at St. George’s Distillery in Norfolk. Since then, it’s… Read More

By Mark Gillespie October 7, 2020 – Just call him “Old No. 8.” Chris Fletcher becomes the latest in a line of master distillers for… Read More