May 7, 2016 – The downtown Distillery District in Lexington, Kentucky has become one of the city’s bright spots, with restaurants, art studios, a brewery,… Read More
Mark Gillespie
I'm the host and executive producer of WhiskyCast.Episode 588: May 7, 2016
Jonathan Drew wants to take his success in the cigar business and expand into the spirits industry, and he plans to do it with the… Read More
Rutledge Distillery Ends Crowdfunding Campaign
May 6, 2016 – Five days after beginning a crowdfunding campaign aimed at raising nearly two million dollars to start work on a new distillery… Read More
Crown Royal Strike Ends, Contract Dispute Continues
May 5, 2016 – Workers at Diageo’s Crown Royal distillery in Gimli, Manitoba have returned to work after a strike that began March 5 when… Read More
Pappy & Paddy Under One Roof?
May 3, 2016 – Pappy and Paddy in the same family? That’s the likely outcome as Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard and Sazerac announced that the… Read More
Jim Beam Fills Bourbon Barrel #14,000,000
May 2, 2016 – Jim Beam has around two million barrels of whiskey maturing in its warehouses around Kentucky, but one barrel filled today at… Read More
Glenfiddich Sweeps Spirit of Speyside Festival Whisky Awards
May 2, 2016 – Glenfiddich Distillery has swept the annual Spirit of Speyside Festival Whisky Awards in results announced Sunday night at the festival’s closing… Read More
Rutledge on New Distillery: “I Can’t Sit Still”
May 1, 2016 – While longtime Four Roses master distiller Jim Rutledge has nothing but good things to say about the distillery he retired from… Read More
Episode 587: April 30, 2016
The other night, one of the whiskey bars in Louisville held a “Jim Rutledge Tribute Night” to honor the retired Four Roses master distiller. Less… Read More
Bourbon Hall of Famer Rutledge Starts Crowdfunding Campaign for New Distillery
April 28, 2016 – When Jim Rutledge retired from Kentucky’s Four Roses Distillery last September after 49 years, most industry observers expected him to do… Read More
BenRiach’s Walker: “It’s An Emotional Day”
April 27, 2016 – It’s 5:00pm in Scotland, and Billy Walker should be in a giddy mood. Hours earlier, he and his partners in the… Read More
Brown-Forman Returns To Scotch Whisky With BenRiach Deal
April 27, 2016 – Brown-Forman has agreed to buy the BenRiach Distillery Company for £285 million GBP ($416 million USD) in a deal that returns… Read More