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Posts by Mark Gillespie

Time for a #victorydram!

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I don’t want to take credit, but since I poured tonight’s #hockeydram, the Flyers have scored three goals! #stanleycup

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Amen to that. He dropped like he’d been shot.

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Tonight’s Game 3 #hockeydram Is the new Ardbeg Dolce finished in Sicilian Marsala wine casks. It’s this year’s Ardbeg Day release for Feis Ile.

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Tonight’s #hockeydram is the new Jack Daniel’s Special Release Rye from the Boiler Hill rickhouses….one of 5 released today. This one is bottled at a whopping 71.35% ABV.

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Tonight’s Game 2 #hockeydram is the 19-year-old Rare Perfection Bourbon from Preservation Distillery…lots of charred oak, leather, and tobacco notes on this one!

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250 Years of History in One Bourbon - WhiskyCast Horse Soldier Bourbon honors the “horse soldiers,” Green Berets who led the invasion of Afghanistan after 9/11 and fought the Taliban on horseback. Now, the

This week on WhiskyCast, we're joined by Horse Soldier Bourbon co-founder Scott Neil, who's planning a blowout party to celebrate the opening of Horse Soldier's distillery on July 4. We'll also have the latest on Sazerac's bid for Brown-Forman and much more!

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Tonight’s first playoff #hockeydram Is the Hard Truth Distilling 7-year-old Wheated Bourbon. 15 teams will learn the hard truth over the next two months…there can be only one Stanley Cup winner!

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Tonight’s final regular-season #hockeydram is the reigning Canadian Whisky of the Year, the J.P. Wiser’s 24-year-old!

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Tonight’s #hockeydram is the new Bernheim Barrel Proof Batch A226. The Whisky Fairy delivered it earlier today!

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Up on Woody Creek... - WhiskyCast This week, we’re joined by Woody Creek Distillers’ “spokesdude”, William H. Macy. Known for his roles in Shameless, Fargo, and other films, the award-winning

This week on WhiskyCast, actor and Woody Creek Distillery
"spokesdude" William H. Macy joins the show. The third edition of his William H. Macy Reserve Rye whiskey is being bottled tomorrow! We're also joined by Woody Creek's Sean Kenyon...

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Tonight’s #SaturdayNightSip is the Lock, Stock, & Barrel 21-year-old Rye. 100% Canadian Rye whisky with great baking spices and molasses notes.

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Tasting through the latest releases in the Jack Daniel’s Aged Series with batch 5 of the 10-year-old, batch 2 of the 12-year-old, and batch 2 of the 14-year-old.

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Tonight’s #hockeydram is the Glendalough Pot Still Irish whiskey finished in Irish Oak from County Wicklow. #whiskycastsponsor

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Sukhinder Singh's Worldview - WhiskyCast Sukhinder Singh is a legend in the whisky business…he and his brother founded The Whisky Exchange and turned it into one of the leading whisky retailers in

This week's WhiskyCast is a couple of days late, but well worth the wait. We'll talk with Sukhinder Singh of Elixir Distillers about the progress of his Tormore single malt and Portintruan Distillery, as well as the distilleries that have him excited these days.

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The "Kentucky Hug" refers to that warm feeling in your chest after swallowing a sip of Bourbon...an appropriate name for a Bourbon bar, IMHO...

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Tonight’s #hockeydram is the Ballindalloch Family Heritage Selection Speyside single malt. Bottled for the US market, and full of fruity character!

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#TBT from my very first visit Scotland in April of 2010 for the Diageo Whisky course at Royal Lochnagar Distillery, where they let me pull a cask sample from a barrel of 1976 Millburn single malt, and had a liquor cabinet with the entire Rare Malts collection available to pour.

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You're both wrong. Bourbon can come from any U.S. state, and it's always been that way. There was no "recently changed" nonsense...

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That's a waste of cheap Bourbon...

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Tonight’s #hockeydram is the new Farm Strength Rye from Frey Ranch. It’s bottled at 62.26% ABV, and is 6 years old. Will have my tasting notes for it on this weekend’s WhiskyCast!

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The Whisky Fairy just delivered samples of Hard Truth Distilling’s new 7-year-old Bourbon, Wheated Bourbon, and Rye whiskies. These are the oldest expressions so far from Hard Truth…

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Trade Friction Cuts Into U.S. Spirits Exports - WhiskyCast A combination of ongoing trade friction, retaliatory actions, and a sagging economy combined to cut U.S. spirits exports in 2025 by 3.8%, according to new

U.S. spirits exports declined 3.8% during 2025, according to data released by the Distilled Spirits Council today. The biggest impact was the Canadian boycott of American spirits...exports would have been up 2.5%. We have details at the web site...

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Cruising with Jefferson's Bourbon - WhiskyCast Jefferson’s Ocean Bourbon is known for being aged at sea, and now, a new partnership between Jefferson’s and Holland America cruises will see 11 cruise ships

This week on WhiskyCast, Jefferson's Bourbon co-founder Trey Zoeller joins us to talk about his brand's new partnership with Holland America cruises. We'll also have details on the proposed merger of Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard and much more...

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Happy International Whisky Day! Today, we celebrate the birthday of the late, great whisky and beer writer Michael Jackson. Hope you have something good in your glass to mark the occasion!

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Sitting at Philly airport waiting for a flight to San Diego that won’t leave for another 2 hours because they had to switch planes. Anyone have any whisky questions I can answer while I’m waiting?

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Tonight’s #hockeydram is a vintage Jefferson’s Presidential Select 17-year-old Bourbon. Haven’t opened this one for a while.

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The Whisky Fairy just dropped off a bottle of the new Elijah Craig 15-year-old...will have my tasting notes for it on this weekend's podcast!

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Tonight’s #hockeydram is the classic Henry McKenna 10-year-old Bottled in Bond Bourbon. Full of caramel, honey, and soft spices.

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School Time at Moonshine University - WhiskyCast Louisville’s Moonshine University is one of the few providers of distiller education in the United States, and many aspiring craft distillers have taken its

This week on WhiskyCast, we'll catch up with the folks from Louisville's Moonshine University to see how demand for whiskey education is growing despite the Bourbon downturn...

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