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John Crabbie & Co 2.0: Edinburgh’s son returns to whisky distillingFive months after resurrecting the historic John Crabbie & Co. whisky brand with the launch of two single malts, Halewood International revealed plans for an Edinburgh distillery – the old…
#WhiskySanta strikes Gold!Some very exciting news from #WhiskySanta himself – while he couldn’t be there on the night to collect the accolade, our favourite supernatural, omniscient, festive, heavily-bearded being only went and…
The inaugural MoM Fèis Ìle Awards are here!There were drams, live bands galore (often the same one), much merriment and more epic dogs than you could even try to count. Yes, folks – Fèis Ìle happened. And…
Q&A: Loch Lomond master blender Michael Henry!Michael Henry is a man with many hats. He might be a whisky blender by title, but he works across all aspects of spirit production at the Loch Lomond Scotch…
The Nightcap: 8 JuneJack Daniel’s-maker Brown-Forman lines up a new CEO, World Gin Day hype aplenty, and fizz in space? It can only be The Nightcap! It’s Friday and the world’s most eclectic…
Q&A: Kamm & Sons’ Alex Kammerling!As Mr Kamm’s Gin hits the shelves at MoM Towers, we find out all we can about the latest creation from the mind of Alex Kammerling, founder of Kamm &…
Your top 10 awesome gins for World Gin Day!Prep the ice and ready the tonics, folks – this Saturday is the 10th World Gin Day! Yep, on 9 June, juniper fans across the globe will be sipping, shaking…
Awesome sauce: When The Zetter Townhouse meets Tony ConigliaroLondon’s boutique hotels are carving a real niche in the cocktail world, giving both overnight guests and fleeting drinkers incentive to linger. When you combine the plush eclecticism of The…
Making memories Proust-style with London bar ArtesianForget bright, the future’s positively beaming for the team behind Artesian at The Langham. Head bartender Remy Savage gets up close and personal with his nostalgic cocktail offering, ‘Artesian Moments’……
Fèis Ìle 2018 Day Eight: ArdbegWell, well, well… on the final day of Fèis Ìle 2018 we got swept away in a time warp, landing in late 1960s Ardbeg. And if the sixties were like…
The Nightcap: 1 JuneThat’s another week in the books, folks. Now’s the time to crack out a tasty beverage and kick back with our round-up of this week’s booze news – The Nightcap!…
Master of Malt Dram Club – June 2018June is here, bringing a bounty of good things – the official start of summer, a particularly popular globe-spanning tournament of the football variety and new Master of Malt Dram…
Fèis Ìle 2018 Day Seven: BunnahabhainThe sunshine came back! The sunshine came back! Bunnahabhain’s Fèis Ìle 2018 was a warm affair, both in terms of the weather and the welcome we received down at the…
Fèis Ìle 2018 Day Six: Kilchoman & JuraWell, it couldn’t have lasted forever. Perhaps we jinxed it. Either way, this morning dawned decidedly overcast. But that didn’t stop us having an absolute blast at both Kilchoman and…
Plans unveiled for new whisky distillery at CragganSpeymalt Whisky Distributors, parent of the Benromach distillery and Gordon & MacPhail, has announced plans to build a brand new malt whisky distillery at Craggan in the Cairngorms National Park….
Fèis Ìle 2018 Day Five: Bowmore & Islay AlesDrams in the fanciest house ever, sunshine on Bowmore, and ale and chill in a stunning courtyard. Fèis Ìle 2018 Day Five has been full-on, but with this much fun…
