Mark Gillespie

A lot of trends come out of Portland, Oregon…and while the craft distilling movement didn’t originate there, Portland’s House Spirits helped jump-start the industry when… Read More

April 2, 2016 – Friends and family gathered at Islay’s Kilchoman Distillery today to pay tribute to John MacLellan, the distillery’s general manager, who passed… Read More

March 28, 2016 – John MacLellan, widely regarded as one of the leaders of the Islay whisky community, passed away Sunday at his home near… Read More

March 27, 2016 – Vermont’s WhistlePig Farm is describing itself as a “grain to glass” distillery, but while the Rye whiskey being distilled at the… Read More

You’ll see a lot of businesses with the “& Son” as part of the name, but rarely do we see businesses with “& Daughter” –… Read More

March 25, 2016 – Crested Ten Irish Whiskey has been a cult favorite in Ireland since its introduction in 1963 as the first official distillery… Read More

March 24, 2016 – A dram a day…for an entire year? That’s not a big challenge for the average whisky lover, but Ben Bowers of… Read More

After two years of victories for Pacific Rim whiskies, a single malt Scotch is back on top of the World Whiskies Awards. Old Pulteney’s 1989… Read More

March 18, 2016 – After winning the American round as “Distiller of the Year” last fall, Heaven Hill Distillers was named the global winner in… Read More

March 18, 2016 – Inver House’s Pulteney Distillery never uses peated malt to make its single malt whiskies, but the distillery at the northern tip of… Read More

March 17, 2016 – While most of the attention of the whisky world is focused on Irish whiskies today on St. Patrick’s Day, Speyside’s BenRiach… Read More

This is a “throwback” video to mark the fifth anniversary of the very first WhiskyCast video on March 17, 2011, when former Guinness master brewer… Read More