Mark Gillespie
@whiskycast
Host of the WhiskyCast podcast, and yes, I drink for a living. More than just whisky commentary, though! Proud to be a Journalist! Likes ≠ endorsements.
Tonight’s Whisk(e)y Wednesday dram is the Holladay Soft Red Wheat Bottled in Bond Bourbon. Full of cinnamon and allspice.
The Whisky Fairy just delivered a bottle of the new Four Roses 100 Proof Bourbon. Master Distiller Brent Elliott will be my guest on this weekend's episode of WhiskyCast!
Tonight’s dram is the George Dickel—Leopold Brothers collaboration blending Dickel’s column still rye with Leopold’s three-chamber pot still rye. Excellent!!!
Sipping a Bunnahabhain An Cuan Garbh 15 year old single malt while watching the Phillies-Orioles game…
My #saturdaynightsip is the new Big Vat Liar Bourbon from Potter Jane Distillery in Kentucky. They said they’d never source whiskey, but I’m glad they did…this has a lot of cinnamon and black pepper along with apple cobbler and oak.
Tasting Bourbons on a Friday afternoon. This Jackson Purchase Bottled in Bond comes from Hall of Fame distiller Craig Beam. #ILoveMyJob
Timeline cleanse: Saw a Monarch Butterfly while Islay and I were walking…
Tonight’s #saturdaynightsip Is the new Wild Turkey Austin Nichols Archives Gold Foil Edition. Bruce Russell did a helluva job with this one!
Tasting the new Bulleit 20-year-old Rye this afternoon...full of clove and cinnamon spice with a touch of dark chocolate!
Watching the #fifaworldcup with a dram of Frey Ranch Harvester Series 10th anniversary American Whiskey. Go USA!
My Fourth of July dram is the Lost Lantern United States of Bourbon 1776 Edition, which blends bourbons from the original 13 states! #America250
Tonight’s #fifawc26dram Is the new Penelope Architects of Golf series Hole #3. Go USA!
Tonight’s #fifawc26dram Is the new Orphan Barrel Night Sage. It’s a 25-year-old Canadian whisky that pairs perfectly with Canada’s win over Qatar today…
At an event in NYC tonight honoring Eddie Russell on his 45th anniversary at Wild Turkey!
Tonight’s Game 6 Stanley Cup Final #hockeydram is the new (and sold-out) Bruichladdich Yellow Submarine III.
Tonight’s Stanley Cup Final Game 4 #hockeydram is the new Lady Luck Irish Whiskey. Full of ginger and white pepper. Go Hurricanes #SoundtheSiren
Tonight’s Stanley Cup Final Game 3 #hockeydram is the Glendalough 13-year-old Mizunara finish Irish single malt.
Tasting the new William H. Macy Reserve Rye from Woody Creek Distillers tonight. You may remember Bill’s appearance on WhiskyCast several weeks ago!
Tonight’s Stanley Cup Final #hockeydram is a vintage 2001 Evan Williams Single Barrel bottled in 2011. Too bad the cork didn’t hold up. Go Hurricanes!
My #saturdayafternoonsip is a cold King’s Gold lager from King’s Road Brewing in Haddonfield!
Morning tasting of new makes and aging spirits (plus a Keeper’s Heart Old Fashioned) this morning at O’Shaughnessy Distilling in Minneapolis!
Late afternoon Boulevardier made with Keeper’s Heart Irish + Bourbon whiskey. Yummm!
Tasting #1 with Keeper’s Heart master distiller Brian Nation complete…time for cocktails! ;)
Tonight’s #hockey dram is the Heaven Hill Deatsville 13-year-old Bourbon. Full of black pepper and chili powder spices!
Today’s #saturdayafternoonsip is the new Heaven Hill Grain to Glass Wheated Bourbon. The 2026 release has a soft, gentle nose with a nice balance of white pepper and allspice on the palate. Will have my full tasting notes on this weekend’s WhiskyCast!
Tonight’s pre-game dram is the new Peg Leg Porker Spirit of America Tennessee Bourbon. Pitmaster/whisky maker Carey Bringle will be my guest on this weekend’s WhiskyCast.
Tonight’s Game 1 #hockeydram is the new Little Book Chapter 10 from Beam. Full of black pepper, caramel, and cherries.
Game 7 calls for a special #hockeydram, and I picked the Canadian Club Chronicles 43-year-old Canadian whisky! #StanleyCup
The Whisky Fairy just delivered a bottle of the new Chivas 16 Charles Leclerc Edition. Will have my tasting notes for it on this weekend’s podcast!