Category: Gordon & MacPhail

Thanks a Thousand! (Episode 1000: April 16, 2023)

We’re celebrating a major milestone this week with the 1000th episode of WhiskyCast! To mark the occasion, Mark went back through the archives to pick some memorable moments and interviews from the past 18 years for this special episode. You’ll hear from legends like the late Parker Beam and Michael Jackson, along with Jimmy Russell, Jim McEwan, Maureen Robinson, Fawn Weaver, and Richard Paterson…just to name a few. This episode is a lot longer than usual, and there’s plenty more that we could have included. In the news, Scotch Whisky Association leaders are hoping to persuade Parliament to reject a Read More »

We’re celebrating a major milestone this week with the 1000th episode of WhiskyCast! To mark the occasion, Mark went back through the archives to pick some memorable moments and interviews from the past 18 years for this special episode. You’ll hear from legends like the late Parker Beam and Michael Jackson, along with Jimmy Russell, Jim McEwan, Maureen Robinson, Fawn Weaver, and Richard Paterson…just to name a few. This episode is a lot longer than usual, and there’s plenty more that we could have included. In the news, Scotch Whisky Association leaders are hoping to persuade Parliament to reject a tax increase on whiskies and other distilled spirits, while local officials in Kentucky are looking at moratoriums on new distillery construction following the phaseout of the state’s barrel tax.

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Links: Scotch Whisky Association | Kentucky.com | Sotheby’s | Papal Willett Barrel Pick | Royal Salute | Jura | Dewar’s | Coors Whiskey Company | Hemingway Rye | Lost Lantern

Exploring the Luxury Whisky Market (Episode 986: January 8, 2023)

Whiskies are being released at staggering prices with an eye to investors as well as collectors, but what is the market for these rare whiskies? Duncan Taylor & Co. has just released a £75,000 1969 Macallan, and we’ll talk with Peter Currie of Shand Imports about this whisky and its intended market on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. Links: Duncan Taylor & Co. | Hood River Distillers | Buxrud.se | Gordon & MacPhail | The Independent | The Lakes Distillery | Westland Distillery | Indri | Larceny Bourbon 

Whiskies are being released at staggering prices with an eye to investors as well as collectors, but what is the market for these rare whiskies? Duncan Taylor & Co. has just released a £75,000 1969 Macallan, and we’ll talk with Peter Currie of Shand Imports about this whisky and its intended market on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth.

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Links: Duncan Taylor & Co. | Hood River Distillers | Buxrud.se | Gordon & MacPhail | The Independent | The Lakes Distillery | Westland Distillery | Indri | Larceny Bourbon 

To Your Health! (Episode 962: July 24, 2022)

Alcohol has been used for medicinal purposes for centuries, even when the healers of history didn’t always know they were distilling alcohol when they made their potions. Some of those potions even sound a lot like today’s cocktails, and drinks writer Camper English has been studying the links between alcohol and medicine for his new book Doctors and Distillers. We’ll explore some of that history with him this week on WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, the American Craft Spirits Association has handed out its annual awards, and we’ll have the details. We’ll also get a preview of this September’s Kentucky Read More »

Alcohol has been used for medicinal purposes for centuries, even when the healers of history didn’t always know they were distilling alcohol when they made their potions. Some of those potions even sound a lot like today’s cocktails, and drinks writer Camper English has been studying the links between alcohol and medicine for his new book Doctors and Distillers. We’ll explore some of that history with him this week on WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, the American Craft Spirits Association has handed out its annual awards, and we’ll have the details. We’ll also get a preview of this September’s Kentucky Bourbon Festival, and on Behind the Label, we’ll answer the question “What’s in a (distillery) name?”

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Links: Alcademics.com | American Craft Spirits Association Awards | Kentucky Bourbon Festival | Ardbeg | Gordon & MacPhail | The Glenturret | Woodford Reserve

Gordon & MacPhail Introduces 64-Year-Old Single Malt

UK-based bottlers Gordon & MacPhail have released a 64-year-old single malt as part of their Mr. George Legacy series which honors George Urquhart, an integral member of the Gordon & MacPhail family. The Gordon & MacPhail Mr George Legacy 1957 comes from the Speyside distillery of Glen Grant and was matured entirely in a first-fill […]

UK-based bottlers Gordon & MacPhail have released a 64-year-old single malt as part of their Mr. George Legacy series which honors George Urquhart, an integral member of the Gordon & MacPhail family.

The Gordon & MacPhail Mr George Legacy 1957 comes from the Speyside distillery of Glen Grant and was matured entirely in a first-fill sherry butt made of American oak, bottled at 56.1% alcohol by volume [112.2 proof] and is said to contain notes of cherry, fruitcake, peat and smoke.

Only 298 bottles of Gordon & MacPhail’s Mr. George Legacy 1957 are being made available for $7,400 per bottle.

Bonhams Offers Rare Whiskies In Paris Sale Next Week

The Bonhams auction house will be offering their inaugural spirits sale at Bonhams Paris location at 4 Rue de la Paix in Paris on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Bonhams’ 189-lot sale will feature several rare whiskies most “notably from Italian collections….such as rare bottles from [Silvano] Samaroli, one of the last Italian whisky trading companies,…including […]

The Bonhams auction house will be offering their inaugural spirits sale at Bonhams Paris location at 4 Rue de la Paix in Paris on Tuesday, May 10, 2022.

Bonhams’ 189-lot sale will feature several rare whiskies most “notably from Italian collections….such as rare bottles from [Silvano] Samaroli, one of the last Italian whisky trading companies,…including the now coveted 15-year-old Laphroaig, 1967 ($29,000 – $40,000 estimate).”

Other whiskies being offered up by Samaroli include a 12-year-old Springbank, was part of a small batch produced and imported exclusively for the Italian market ($15,800-$21,000 estimate).

Another whisky being offered is a 19-year-old Highland Park also exclusively distributed for the Italian market with a run of a mere 60 bottles and accompanied by a numbered Edinburgh crystal decanter ($1,685-$2,100 estimate).

Yet another offering is a 10-year-old whisky from The Macallan which was bottled at 57% alcohol by volume [114 proof] by Gordon & MacPhail ($1,155-$1,475 estimate).

Also being offered is a Longmorn 1974 ($2,315-$3,155 estimate) and a rare Cognac Hardy 1914 Grande Champagne which emerges directly from the personal collection of Jacques Hardy and was aged for several decades before being found in a demijohn by Hardy ($5,790-$6,840 estimate).