Podcast appearances and mentions of gordon macphail

Gavin and Jack Taub, embarked on a conversational journey through the world of whiskey, reflecting on experiences ranging from the bustling Whiskey Live Paris festival to the quiet contemplation of rare Scotch. Their shared passion was evident as they discussed the evolving landscape of whiskey collecting, investment strategies, and the stark differences in alcohol sales between the UK and the US. The conversation meandered through auction frustrations, the allure of exclusive brand experiences, and the nostalgia of traditional whiskey craftsmanship. They reminisced about memorable tastings, like Jack's introduction to a special McCallan Ruby and the coveted 55-year-old Yamazaki, highlighting the "money can't buy" moments that define a true enthusiast's journey. The summer backdrop seemed to amplify their appreciation for the rich history and passionate individuals within the whiskey industry, culminating in Gavin's dream of a Gordon MacPhail-focused home bar, a testament to their shared dedication to the spirit.

Whisk(e)y Wednesday: Joe Swanson Presents Wed, Jun, 26, 2024 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT Joe Swanson returns for an evening tasting a selection of Gordon & MacPhail products! TASTING Benromach 10yr G&M Tomintoul 2001 CS 21yr 108.4' G&M Discovery Glen Grant (Bourbon) 11yr 86' Benromach Bordeaux Matured 2011 12yr 92' G&M Caol Ila Hermitage Finish 13yr 90' G&M Discovery Miltonduff (Sherry) 10yr 86 Purchase a $10 Julio's Gift Card to attend.

Vi korkar upp en 32-årig Balblair anno 1990 och Chevaleresks finalwhisky Inverno, en cirka 10-årig High Coast som är en unik fatblandning! Det och vi guidar så klart resten av veckans släpp. Skål på er och ha en trevlig WhiskyVecka

The 128-year-old family-owned independent bottler stunned the whisky world this week with news that it will stop sourcing new make spirit from other distillers starting next year. Instead, Gordon & MacPhail will focus on single malts from its two distilleries, Benromach and The Cairn in the future. With decades of maturing whisky on hand, the change won't be felt for at least 12 to 15 years and Gordon & MacPhail will continue bottling older whiskies for decades to come. We'll discuss the change in philosophy with G&M managing director Ewen Mackintosh on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. On Behind the Label, we'll celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Excise Act of 1823, which directly led to today's Scotch Whisky industry, and we'll have tasting notes for whiskies from Bunnahabhain, Lost Lantern, and Dràm Mòr, too.

High Coast samarbete med Chevaleresk gav oss det högsta betyget någonsin med deras första släpp, Primavera. Nu är den tredje tappningen här och det är en whisky som går i sommarens tecken. Den här serien kan vi säga går från klarhet till klarhet! Arran ger oss den mest calavdostunga whiskyn man kan tänka sig med en 17-årig skönhet, Benromach flörtar med en sherrytung men balanserad singlecask. Dock så är det Gordon & Macphail som blåser oss ur stolarna när de släpper en 20-årig Caol Ila som närmar sig fullständig perfektion!Skål på dig och ha en trevlig WhiskyVecka

Breathe In Breathe Out @brownforman @Glendronach  @BalvenieUS @4RosesBourbon @Arranwhisky #podcast #radioshow #host #bestof2022 Co hosts : Good ol Boy Harmeet, Good ol Boy Justin, Made Man Brent, Made Man Maury, Made Man Bob SIPS – It's our Best of SIPS episode for Season 10. Yep, we reflect on everything we have been sipping, like green Jello for Bob and Brent this year. Always one of our most popular episodes and we know, you're lazy and just want to know what is the good stuff. We also picked plenty of things you can actually find and buy. We will be discussing this whiskey and rating them from 1-5 with 5 being the best: Brent – Best of 2022 - King of Kentucky – 2022 Release Best New Product of 2022 – Lucky Seven The Proprietor Single Barrel 14 year – Barrel #28 Best Distillery - Heaven Hill   Justin Best of 2022 - Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 10 Best New Product of 2022 - Jack Daniel's Small Batch Coy Hill Best Distillery of 2022 – Balvenie   Harmeet Best of 2022 - The Balvenie Forty Best New Product of 2022 – Arran 18 Best Distillery of 2022 - Arran   Maury Best of 2022 - Four Roses 2022 Limited Edition Small Batch Best Distillery – Buffalo Trace Best New Product- Compass Box The Circle  No. 2   Bob Best of 2022 - Arran 18 Year Single Malt Scotch Whisky Honorable Mention - The Last Drop 1977 Glenturret, Gordon & Macphail 1952 Platinum Jubilee Glen Grant, Ardbeg Traigh Bhan Batch 4 Best New Product of 2022 – Barrel Bourbon Gold Label Honorable Mention - Rossville Union 2022 Barrel Proof, Torabhaig Allt Gleann Best Distillery of 2022 – Glendronach   info@sipssudsandsmokes.com TW- @sipssudssmokes IG/FB - @sipssudsandsmokes Sips, Suds, & Smokes® is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf.  Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast. Enjoying that cool Outro Music, it's from Woods & Whitehead – Back Roads Download your copy here: https://amzn.to/2Xblorc The easiest way to find this award winning podcast on your phone is ask Alexa, Siri or Google, “Play Podcast , Sips, Suds, & Smokes”  Credits: TITLE: Maxwell Swing PERFORMED BY: Texas Gypsies COMPOSED BY: Steven R Curry (BMI) PUBLISHED BY: Alliance AudioSparx (BMI) COURTESY OF: AudioSparx   TITLE: Flapperjack PERFORMED BY: Texas Gypsies COMPOSED BY: Steven R Curry (BMI) PUBLISHED BY: Alliance AudioSparx (BMI) COURTESY OF: AudioSparx   TITLE: Back Roads PERFORMED BY: Woods & Whitehead COMPOSED BY: Terry Whitehead PUBLISHED BY: Terry Whitehead COURTESY OF: Terry Whitehead Post production services : Pro Podcast Solutions Advertising sales: Contact us directly Content hosting services: PRX, NCRA, Radio4All, PodBean, Soundcloud

We got you something special @Glendronach @lastdropdistillers @gordonandmacphail #scotch #whiskey #whisky #podcast #radioshow #host Co hosts : Good ol Boy Justin, Made Man Brent, Made Man Maury, Made Man Bob SIPS – So many wonderful gifts for you on this show of impossible stuff you'll never be able to buy. You've heard of these products but does anyone actually get to taste it? We did. Unobtainium from Glendronach, Teitessa, The Last Drop Distillers, and a 70 year old scotch from Gordon & MacPhail. We ran out of adjectives for “amazing” after :17. We will be discussing this whiskey and rating them from 1-5 with 5 being the best: Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 10                                          5 SIPS Teitessa 15                                                                                         3 SIPS Teitessa 30                                                                                         4 SIPS The Last Drop 20-40 Year Old Japanese Blended Malt Whisky    5 SIPS The Last Drop 1950 Hors d' Age Petite Champagne Cognac    5 SIPS The Last Drop 1977 Glenturret Single Malt Scotch                           5 SIPS Gordon & Macphail 1952 Platinum Jubilee Glen Grant                 5 SIPS Ardbeg Traigh Bhan Batch 4                                                          4 SIPS info@sipssudsandsmokes.com TW- @sipssudssmokes IG/FB - @sipssudsandsmokes Sips, Suds, & Smokes® is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf.  Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast. Enjoying that cool Outro Music, it's from Woods & Whitehead – Back Roads Download your copy here: https://amzn.to/2Xblorc The easiest way to find this award winning podcast on your phone is ask Alexa, Siri or Google, “Play Podcast , Sips, Suds, & Smokes”  Credits: TITLE: Maxwell Swing PERFORMED BY: Texas Gypsies COMPOSED BY: Steven R Curry (BMI) PUBLISHED BY: Alliance AudioSparx (BMI) COURTESY OF: AudioSparx   TITLE: Flapperjack PERFORMED BY: Texas Gypsies COMPOSED BY: Steven R Curry (BMI) PUBLISHED BY: Alliance AudioSparx (BMI) COURTESY OF: AudioSparx   TITLE: Back Roads PERFORMED BY: Woods & Whitehead COMPOSED BY: Terry Whitehead PUBLISHED BY: Terry Whitehead COURTESY OF: Terry Whitehead Post production services : Pro Podcast Solutions Advertising sales: Global, True Native Media Solutions, PodBean Content hosting services: PRX, NCRA, Radio4All, PodBean, Soundcloud

Det regnar specialutgåvor i from av Special releases och Distillers editions ifrån Diageo, men vi provar helt andra godsaker. Vad sägs om Mackmyra Ambassadör som kan vara det bästa någonsin ifrån destilleriet, eller Paul Johns julwhisky för 2022 och en 15 årig single cask ifrån Tamdhu som Gordon & MacPhail valt ut för den svenska marknaden! Dessutom så teasar vi lite om Maltwhisky-VM där vi kommer vara på plats under nästa helg. Skål på er och ha en trevlig WhiskyVecka

Mike and Narby from Malt Reviews join the podcast and discuss the current state of the auction world, market manipulation, museum bottles, cigars, and much more! The Whisky Rant Podcast Ep 36 part 1 of 2. Gordon & MacPhail 67-Year-Old Glen Grant 1953 Mr. George Legacy Macallan Coronation, 60th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Macallan No. 6 MALT REVIEWS CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjsC2wjdy2WgJ6VXVxLx9vQ

Inte en strupe är torr när Iain närmar sig nirvana och sätter det högsta betyget vi någonsin satt. Det är Gordon & MacPhail som står för buteljerna och stjärnorna i glasen är the Glenlivet och, numera, svenskdoldisen Balblair. Häng med på en grym provning där vi har svårt att inte bli fanatiska fans av denna underbara buteljerare. Skål på er alla och ha en trevlig WhiskyVecka! 0:00 Intro 02:20 Vi provar Glenlivet 2004 Gordon & MacPhail 17 YO 58,3% 09:41 Vi provar Balblair 1995 Gordon & MacPhail 26 YO 51,0%

Just months after Gordon & Macphail released the oldest scotch ever bottled, Macallan releases an 81 year old to dethrone Gordon & Macphail's Decades series. Was this more than just a coincidence? James Bornn joins to show to discuss that, plus other industry pet peeves. PLUS: The winner is announced for the Whisky Fantasy Draft! The Whisky Rant Podcast Ep 31.

It's been 24 years since Gordon & MacPhail reopened the historic Benromach Distillery in Forres, Scotland to make a "traditional" style of Speyside single malt, and 124 years since the distillery opened for the first time. Neither distillery manager Keith Cruickshank nor Gordon & MacPhail's Richard Urquhart were around for that first opening, but both were on hand in 1998. We'll talk with them about the distillery's revival and its future, just as it's being joined by an all-new distillery when The Cairn opens later this spring. In the news, Campbeltown may get its first new distillery in more than a century, while the stars were aligned just right for Friday's groundbreaking ceremonies at a new Chinese distillery. We'll have those stories and the rest of the week's whisky news, along with a look at how one Danish distillery is trying to resolve a decades-long diplomatic dispute.

We were given the experience of a lifetime! An all expenses paid trip to try to oldest Scotch Whisky ever bottled! Gordon & MacPhail's Glenlivet 80 year old! We even saved enough to review it on this episode. Thanks to James, Richard, and everyone else responsible for hosting the event, and to all the fine people we shared it with. We were honoured, privileged, and forever grateful for the experience. Thank you!

Gordon & Macphail släpper en sanslöst gammal Glenlivet som sätter prisrekord i Sverige! Vi provar High Coast första 10-åring, Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt och Benromach 21. Som om det inte vore nog så kommer det helt otroligt många andra bra whiskies i veckan så häng med när vi guidar er igenom dem! Titta/lyssna direkt här på sidan, där poddar finns eller på vår YouTube-kanal. Förra veckans avsnitt hittar du här Alla släpp på bolaget 00:00 Intro 00:57 Veckans släpp 06:19 Vi provar Nikka Teketsuru Pure Malt 10:46 Vi provar High Coast The First Ten years 19:03 Argument för och emot blindprovning 19:40 Vi provar Benromach 21 YO

Guess what's in the bottle this time @gordon_macphail @lastdropdist @LagavulinWhisky #whiskey #scotch #whisky #notallscotchisbad Co hosts : Made Man Maury, Good ol Boy Harmeet, Made Man Brent, Good ol Boy Justin, and Made Man Bob SIPS  Episode – Great stuff from Gordon & MacPhail, Last Drop Distillers and Lagavulin. Brent requested to remove the zip ties while we enjoy Scotch again. Justin is our method voice actor for today and got completely lost on the wrong continent. Amazing story of G&M from a grocery store to one of the best bottlers available. Tasting potpourri is not the proper training technique. Caution as there is a preposition problem in this episode. This episode or portions of it predate Kojak.  We taste and rate the following whisky from 1-5: 10:09 Gordon & MacPhail Discovery Series Glenrothes 11yr                                  3 SIPS 15:30 Gordon & MacPhail Discovery Series Tormore 13yr                                  3 SIPS 19:06 Gordon & MacPhail Distillery Labels Linkwood 25yr                                  4 SIPS 24:00 Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseur's Choice Cask Strength Caol Ila 2005    4 SIPS 29:00 Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseur's Choice  Bunnahabhain 1989                     5 SIPS 36:08 The Last Drop Signature 50 year Blend                                                              5 SIPS 44:00 Lagavulin Offerman Edition – Guinness Cask Finish                               4 SIPS   info@sipssudsandsmokes.com @sipssudssmokes – TW / @sipssudsandsmokes – IG/FB Sips, Suds, & Smokes™ is produced by One Tan Hand Productions using the power of beer, whiskey, and golf.  Available on Apple & Google Podcasts, PRX, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and nearly anywhere you can find a podcast. This episode is sponsored by: Fine Spirits http://finespirits.net/   Fort Lauderdale Whiskey Society http://www.ftlauderdalewhiskeysociety.com/   Made Man Maury, Made Man Brent, and Made Man Bob are from The Bourbon Mafia and are still debating the best episode of Kojak. http://bourbonmafia.org/ Enjoying that cool new Outro Music, it's from Woods & Whitehead – Back Roads Download your copy here: https://amzn.to/2Xblorc The easiest way to find this award winning podcast on your phone is ask Alexa, Siri or Google, “Play Podcast , Sips, Suds, & Smokes” 

On a cold, wintry Scottish day in February of 1940, one of Gordon & MacPhail's Sherry casks was filled with new make spirit at Glenlivet Distillery. That cask lasted through wars, recessions, and a couple of generations of Urquhart family members to become the oldest Scotch Whisky ever bottled: the Gordon & MacPhail Generations Glenlivet 80 Years Old. Stephen Rankin of Gordon & MacPhail joins us on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth to share the story behind this rare whisky...and we'll taste it, too! In the news, global shortages of glass bottles and packaging materials caused by the pandemic are about to result in higher whisky prices, while Diageo has opened its new Johnnie Walker experience in Edinburgh and Beam a new distillery in Kentucky. We'll also look at a unique way to add the character of a wood to whisky when it's impossible to actually make a cask from that wood.

You might think forking out $150 dollars for a bottle of good whiskey is steep - but how about $150,000? A bottle of Scotch whisky is estimated to fetch at least that amount at auction - the tipple is estimated to be the world's oldest single malt Scotch whisky ever to be bottled, at around 80 years old. It was made by the independent whisky maker Gordon & MacPhail, and it's decanter and oak case were designed by architect Sir David Adjaye. The whiskey is currently on display at Sotheby's galleries in London in advance of the October auction. Blair Bowman is a whisky consultant and broker in Edinburgh

High Coast har verkligen lyckats med sin Silent Mills 03 - Svanö, både Daniel och Iain lovordar denna rökiga utgåva och Macallans Anecdotes of Ages Collection: Down to Work får alla andra släpp att framstå som riktigt billiga kap. Singel casks från Smögen, Glendronach och Macalla. Gammelstilla tar första stegen mot något som kan liknas en core range, Gordon & Macphail fyller 125 och släpper unika buteljeringar och otroligt mycket mer. Alla släpp på bolaget https://www.systembolaget.se/sok/?categoryLevel1=Sprit&categoryLevel2=Whisky&productLaunchFrom=2021-04-13&productLaunchTo=2021-04-19&page=3 Vår betygsskala https://whiskyweekly.se/whisky-weeklys-100-poangsskala/501/ 0:00 Intro och rekorddyr Macallan 2:50 High Coast Silent Mills 03 - Svanö 11:48 Kort genomgång av vår 100-poängsskala 12:43 2 x Smögen single cask 16:29 Gammelstilla 2021 18:10 4 x Glendronach single cask med hög ålder 19:29 Aberlaour singel cask 17yo och Macallan single cask 21:43 Gordon Macphail firar 125 år med riktigt ovanliga buteljeringar 22:54 Övriga släpp 25:49 Whiskynyheter 26:34 Det japanska whiskyfusket lär fortsätta

Hong Kong has become a key center for the world's whisky makers, and we had more evidence of that this week. Gordon & MacPhail's new 72-year-old Glen Grant single malt won't hit the market until the end of March, but one bottle went on the auction block Friday at Bonhams in Hong Kong. We'll talk with Hong Kong whisky importer and retailer John Rhodes about that whisky and the growing role Hong Kong plays in the whisky business on WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival is joining the growing list of spring whisky events either being postponed or cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic, with plans to move this year's festival to November. We'll also have the latest data on how the pandemic and tariffs combined to cut into global whisky sales this year, and why the U.S. market may have been an outlier...and on Behind the Label, some sage advice on how we could all learn a lesson from the help distillers give each other. 

Just because there are no games, doesn’t mean there isn’t EPL topics to cover.   The Sams delve into fantasy land and rank how the teams should finish the season and why.   In prediction time, we check in with the bets happing in the Belarusian Premier League, and Graham is still winning with FC Slutsk. For the Whiskies, Sam Graham is drinking Redemption Rye, and Sam Huston has Gordon & MacPhail cask strength Caol Ila . Like what you hear?  Leave us a review and tell a friend.  Love what you hear?  Then support the show: https://www.patreon.com/dufootballshow

We're back! Andy & Stu are reviewing 2019 in this bumper episode, including their favourite tracks from the year, plus reviewing a 19 year old whisky - another cracking Gordon & Macphail bottling - from their connoisseurs choice range - an Pulteney 19yr whisky, distilled in 1999 and bottled in 2019. They also give some (questionable!) cultural highlights of the year, and we have the usual Science Bit and Dramier League Table. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter & Instagram @thisismydram, and go to thisismydram.com for all our podcasts, playlists and blogs. This Is My Dram are licenced to play full tracks through a LOML licence from PRS.

Pam Heilmann's been making Bourbon for her entire career, but it was only in the last three years that she had the title of Master Distiller after she succeeded Willie Pratt at Michter's Distillery in the Louisville suburb of Shively. Now, she's heading into retirement this week, but will have the title of "Master Distiller Emerita" at Michter's while her hand-picked successor, Dan McKee, takes over the day to day responsibility. We'll talk with both of them on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, the Bardstown Bourbon Company has put its first whiskey into a bottle. We'll talk with Steve Nally and have tasting notes for it, too. Arran's new Lagg Distillery has started laying down casks of whisky for the future, and we'll have details on new whiskies from Gordon & MacPhail, The Glenlivet, Tamdhu, and more.

  Edrington first announced plans for The Macallan's new distillery in 2012, but the planning process on what may be one of the longest distillery projects on record started well before that, and construction work alone took three and a half years. The Macallan's new home welcomed its first guests the other night, and will open for tours on June 2. We'll talk with The Macallan's Ken Grier about the new distillery and what it means for the brand's future, along with the recent move to revamp The Macallan's core ranges and last week's pair of million-dollar bids for two rare 1926 Macallans at Bonhams in Hong Kong. In the news, Diageo has named project managers for the revival of its Port Ellen and Brora distilleries. There's a report that U.S. trade officials are pressuring Great Britain to weaken protections for Scotch Whisky in a post-Brexit free trade deal, while Gordon & MacPhail has unveiled another new range of single malts and Irish Distillers is adding two new whiskies to its Method and Madness lineup.

This time around, we’re on the road in Dublin for the launch of the first cask-strength Jameson Irish Whiskey, the new Jameson Bow Street 18. It’s also the first Jameson expression in many years with a direct link to the Jameson family’s old distillery on Bow Street in Dublin, since the casks used for Bow Street 18 spent their final year of maturation in the new mini-warehouse at the Jameson Distillery Bow Street visitor experience. We’ll have that story in the news, along with late-breaking news on another new distillery planned for Islay. On WhiskyCast In-Depth, we’ll talk with Benromach Distillery manager Keith Cruickshank about the Speyside distillery’s dual anniversaries this year: Benromach’s 120th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of its reopening by Gordon & MacPhail. We’ll also have some of your comments, the week’s tasting notes, and much more!

Billy Walker could have walked away from the Scotch Whisky business last year after he and his partners sold the BenRiach, GlenDronach, and Glenglassaugh distilleries to Brown-Forman for more than $400 million. However, he decided to jump back in with his "dream team" of industry leaders and buy the Glenallachie distillery from Chivas Brothers, and will launch the distillery's first range of single malts in June. We'll talk with Billy about building that team and giving new life to a long-underrrated distillery on WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, Anheuser-Busch InBev has acquired Atom Group, the UK-based drinks company that owns Master of Malt, while Diageo has announced plans to invest £150 million to upgrade the visitors centers at 12 of its distilleries in Scotland and create a new "brand home" for Johnnie Walker in Edinburgh. We'll also have details on Gordon & MacPhail's move to consolidate its 12 lines of single malt whiskies into just five starting this month with the Connoisseurs Choice range, and the Spirit of Speyside Festival brings judging for its annual whisky competition to New York for the first time.

An explosive (or not...) final episode of our fourth season in which we try a Gordon & MacPhail cask strength Miltonduff whisky, which was 20 years old and an absolute beaut! We were lucky enough to sit down with G&M's very own Ben Bowers at the Newcastle Whisky festival and discuss how the company is evolving, and try the whisky itself. We play some tracks, as always, to accompany the whisky, and this time we focussed on festival headliners to keep in with the theme of the whisky festival we attended. We also have a song suggestion from a twitter friend we met at the festival, Scott Munro, and do the usual Science Bit, and Dramier League Table. Please follow us on twitter @thisismydram, and visit our website http://www.thisismydram.com. Cheers! This Is My Dram have a PRS LOML licence to play full tracks on the podcast.

This week, we're in Ireland for the annual release of Midleton Very Rare from Irish Distillers. There's something different about the 2017 edition, though...it's made with some of the oldest casks ever used in Midleton Very Rare. We'll talk with Midleton Master Distiller Brian Nation about this year's release and the new Midleton Cask Circle club, which will give collectors and investors the opportunity to buy their own casks straight from the distillery. Midleton's maturation guru, Kevin O'Gorman, will also tell us about the newly-released Green Spot Chateau Montelena edition, which is finished in Zinfandel wine casks from California's Napa Valley. In the news, Gordon & MacPhail has unveiled yet another cask of 70-year-old single malt Scotch Whisky, this one distilled at Glenlivet in 1943 during the peak of World War II. A much younger cask of Macallan has set an apparent world record at a Hong Kong auction, and we'll talk about the impact of Brexit on the whisky business from two sides - one who sees it as a plus, and another who says it's already cost him a lot of money.

Andy & Stu are joined by a very special guest from Gordon & MacPhail; Ben Bowers (aka @adramaday), who brings along a Bunnahabhain sherry matured Cask Strength G&M expression to taste. This is paired with a some music themed around covers and remixes to reflect how Gordon & MacPhail release different versions of whisky from some classic distilleries. The lads also try a relegation dram, Fujikai 10yr, an "interesting" dram to say the least! They also have a much more pleasant experience trying some fudge from @iheartwhisky. Follow This Is My Dram on Twitter @thisismydram and check out the brand new website thisismydram.com. Sláinte!

Richard Urquhart is a 4th generation Urquhart in the Gordon & MacPhail company. Gordon & MacPhail, whose products are ubiquitous when it comes to a good whisky shop's shelves, is perhaps the most iconic Scottish independent bottler in business today. Together, with the help of Richard Urquhart, Joshua and Jason solve the world's problems and lay out plans for world peace. Well, maybe not. However, the conversation is great, and we get to learn all about Gordon & MacPhail straight from one of the founding family's members!Have a seat, have a pour, and listen in. Unless you're driving. If you're driving, be smart and stay sober but be sure to listen into the conversation!Special thanks to: - Weigh Down for allowing us to use their song "Wooden Monsters" as our theme song- Moana McAuliffe for designing our Podcast Logo- Blue Yeti for making great microphones- Olympus and Tascam for making fine mobile recording devices- Joshua Hatton for producing and editing

Gordon & MacPhail reopened Benromach Distillery in Speyside in 1998 after 15 years of inactivity, and Keith Cruickshank has been there since the stills were fired up. After two years as a stillman, he was promoted to distillery manager, and remains one of the three men who tend the stills at Benromach. He'll take us on a tour of the distillery on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, a lawsuit has been filed in connection with last month's explosion at the Silver Trail Distillery in Kentucky, and we have the first interview with the man who built Silver Trail's still and now faces a product liability lawsuit, Terry Wilhelm of Revenoor Stills. Five of the nine people indicted last month in connection with the Kentucky Bourbon thefts appeared in court this week, and a tenth person has been indicted on charges she looked the other way as whiskey was being stolen from Buffalo Trace. We'll also have a roundup of the week's new whiskies, including several Feis Ile festival bottlings.

Michael Urquhart is retiring from Gordon & MacPhail in September, but the leader of the family-owned business calls it a natural "changing of the guard." However, his successor is the first person from outside the Urquhart family to lead Gordon & MacPhail in its 120-year history. We'll talk whisky and family with Michael and Ewen Mackintosh on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, there's another retirement as Bruichladdich's Duncan McGillivray wraps up his 40-year career, the Bourbon Capital of the World is getting another new distillery as the Bardstown Bourbon Distillery brings a Bourbon Hall of Famer home, and we'll catch up with the guys from Seattle's Westland Distillery as they spread their wings with a new distribution deal.

Gordon & MacPhail has released thousands of single cask bottlings over the years, including the two oldest whiskies ever bottled: 70-year-old casks of Mortlach and Glenlivet single malts. Now, the family-owned company is reviving its "Rare Old" series of single malts with a series of new releases. Many of those new releases are from distilleries that closed 30 years ago this year during one of the industry's biggest cutbacks in distilling capacity. We'll discuss those distilleries and whether a new "whisky loch" is filling up with Gordon & MacPhail's Michael Urquhart in this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, another Indian distillery expands its single malt lineup, Miltonduff Distillery gets a turn in the spotlight, and more new distilleries are coming to Northern Ireland. This week's tasting notes include Ardbeg's new Ardbog, The Glenlivet's new Alpha single malt, and Forty Creek's upcoming Heart of Gold Canadian whisky.

This week, we're catching up with old friends and on new whiskies. After two full weeks on the road, there was much more to talk about than what would fit in the episodes from Paris and Bardstown -- even with bonus episodes each week. We'll "Czech" up on Hammer Head's new 23-year-old Czech single malt, Gordon & MacPhail's re-release of the Glenlivet 70 in Vancouver, and find out about a really old Karuizawa single malt from Japan...complete with tasting notes!

More from Whisky Live Paris in this special episode...we'll hear from David Roussier of France's Distillerie Warenghem, which marks its 25th anniversary this year. Ann Miller of Aberlour tells us about the latest release for France's most popular single malt, and we'll hear from Michael Urquhart of Gordon & MacPhail, Doug McIvor of Berry Bros. & Rudd, Daryl Haldane of Highland Park, and catch up with an old friend...Midleton Distillery cooper Ger Buckley.

Each year, F. Paul Pacult takes all of the spirits he tastes during the year for the Spirit Journal and distills them down into the SJ 140, his list of the world's finest spirits. Paul discusses the 2012 SJ 140 with us in this episode, along with this year's choices for the Spirit Journal Hall of Fame. In the news, Edrington announces its annual financial results and hints at expansion plans in Scotland and Gordon & MacPhail updates its Connoisseur's Choice range.

More from the Victoria Whisky Festival in this week's episode, including updates from Kilchoman, Gordon & MacPhail, Amrut, Edradour and Signatory, and two of British Columbia's local distilleries, Shelter Point and Victoria Spirits. In the news, there may soon be a truce in the trade dispute between India and the European Union that affects Scotch whisky exports...and Yale's offering an architecture class with a whiskey-related theme.

1940 was a crucial moment in world history, as World War II was breaking out in Europe. That February, Gordon & MacPhail arranged to have 15 casks filled with new make spirit at The Glenlivet in Speyside. 70 years later, the one remaining cask has been bottled as the second release in G&M's "Generations Series". The Glenlivet 70 was unveiled this past Tuesday in Edinburgh, along with 5 other single cask Glenlivets from 1954 through 1991, and you'll hear the highlights and reaction on this episode of WhiskyCast!  

I'm on the road this weekend at Whisky Live Paris, and it's a weekend full of new whiskies to taste! We'll hear from Thierry Benitah of La Maison du Whisky, along with Kerry White of GlenDronach, Amrut's Ashok Chokalingam, Michael Urquhart of Gordon & MacPhail, Marcin Miller of Number One Drinks Company, and three of Australia's leading distillers!

I had a great experience today, and decided it warranted a special mid-week episode recorded on board a First ScotRail train from Aberdeen to Glasgow. Michael Urquhart gave me a private tour of the Gordon & MacPhail warehouses and sample room in Elgin, along with a tasting of several G&M bottlings, including the new 70-year-old Mortlach! Along the way, we talked about the family's history in the whisky business, nosing and tasting, and much more!

Michael Jackson passed away in 2007, leaving behind a legacy of excellence in whisky writing that includes his classic "Michael Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch." Now, an updated edition of his guide is being released, and fittingly, it took three men to do the job. Editors Dominic Roskrow, Gavin Smith, and William Meyers discuss the controversy over their work and how they worked together to create the new guide. In the news, Gordon & MacPhail unveils a 70-year-old Mortlach bottling, and the latest on new expressions from Four Roses, Glenfarclas, and The Whisky Exchange.  

The last decade could well be remembered for the emergence of Japanese single malt whiskies on the world stage. We'll discuss the malts from the Land of the Rising Sun with Chris Bunting, author of the Nonjatta.com blog. In the news, new whiskies from Gordon & MacPhail and The Glenrothes, and Whyte & MacKay's Richard Paterson can tell you where to go...if you have a TomTom GPS.    

Johnnie Walker sells more Scotch whisky than anyone in the world, and Diageo is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Johnnie Walker Black Label in 2009. Andrew Ford is a member of the team of master blenders that watches over the Johnnie Walker blends, and he'll tell us about the art of blending in this episode. He'll also answer questions submitted by listeners like you through Facebook and Twitter! In the news, Glengoyne adds a new expression, and we'll hear from Michael Urquhart of Gordon & MacPhail, John Glaser of Compass Box, and Ethan Kelley of the Brandy Library.

Time now for part two of WhiskyCast's special coverage of Whisky Live Paris! We'll get an update on Islay's newest distillery, Kilchoman...where the first spirit reaches legal age later this year, and the new boss at Glendronach, Billy Walker of BenRiach fame, has plans to turn his team's new acquisition loose and let the spirit go free! We'll also hear from Dennis Malcolm of Glen Grant, Steven Teeling of Cooley, and Michael Urquhart of Gordon & MacPhail...and in the author's corner...Hans Offringa tells us about his new books on the history of Laphroaig and "A Taste of Whisky," and Ulf Buxrud shares details of his new book on Japanese whiskies.

In Part 2 of our series on Irish Whiskeys, we'll hear from Bushmills master distiller Colum Egan. Colum was under pressure to come up with a special whiskey to celebrate the 400th anniversary of distilling in the area around Bushmills, and he met the challenge with Bushmills 1608. We'll also look at Knappogue Castle and Clontarf with Kelley Spillane of Castle Brands, who predicts a new distillery will be built in Ireland in the next few years because of the worldwide demand for Irish whiskey. In the news, Alastair's no Darling as far as whisky distillers are concerned, someone pinches a rare malt from Gordon & MacPhail, and Harlen Wheatley of Buffalo Trace is back from his laboratory lair with something special.

There are many whisky competitions, but few give the average whisky lover a vote in deciding the winners. Now, the Drammie Awards have changed that, thanks to Kevin Erskine of The Scotch Blog. Erskine created the Drammies, and joins us to go through the inaugural list of winners. In the news, Jim Murray gives a blended whisky top honors and malt lovers fits, Scotch whisky exports have an economic impact of nearly 3 billion pounds, and help boost profits at Gordon & MacPhail...the Scotch Whisky Association takes on a Canadian distillery over the word "Glen", and Glenmorangie PLC confirms that Michael Heads will be taking over at Ardbeg in the spring. Pour yourself a dram, relax, and have a very merry Christmas...Hanukkah, Boxing Day, Kwanzaa...or whatever holiday you're celebrating...