September 8th, 2009

Ask Bill Lumsden questions about Ardbeg and Glenmorangie

John Hansell

I’m spending Monday Morning, September 14th, with Dr. Bill Lumsden, the creative genius behind Ardbeg and Glenmorangie. Just like last year when I was with him, once again I am going invite you to post some questions here that you would like me to ask him. I can’t promise that I will get all of the questions answered, but I’ll do my best within our time constraints.

So, fire away. What would you like to know about Ardbeg and Glenmorangie? I’ll print out your questions and bring them along with me when I see him on Monday.

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February 26th, 2009

Ask Dave Quinn, whiskey guru at Ireland’s Midleton Distillery

John Hansell

Malt Advocate readers know that we started a new column last year called “A round with…” where we interview interesting and knowledgeable people in the whiskey industry. Previous interviews have included Bill Samuels of Maker’s Mark bourbon, Willie Tait of Isle of Jura, and Jeff Arnett from Jack Daniel’s.

For our next issue, due out May 1st, we are having “A round with” Dave Quinn, Master of Science and whiskey guru for the Midleton Distillery in County Cork, where many of Ireland’s whiskey brands are made (Jameson, Power’s, Paddy, Redbreast, Tullamore Dew, Green Spot, Midleton Very Rare, etc.). Prior to Diageo purchasing Bushmills a few years back, Dave was also intimately involved with Bushmills too.

As you can see, Dave is a great guy to have a round with. Plus he is a really nice guy, which makes us even more excited about the interview.

We’re in the process of formulating our questions for Dave, and we have some interesting ones already. But we though, “Hey, why don’t we ask YOU what you would like to know from Dave?”

So, here’s your chance. Post up a question. If we like it, we’ll ask it to Dave and publish it. It can be a serious one about one of their whiskeys (or someone else’s whiskey for that matter), or it can be something lighthearted. We try to have a good balance of fun and seriousness. After all, this is “A round with…,” not an interrogation! (Just keep the question clean and fair.) Deadline is a week from tomorrow, Friday, March 6th.

Okay, what’s on your mind? What would you like to ask Dave?

Category: Interviews, Irish whiskey, Malt Advocate Mag 17 Comments

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