Sale of ‘ghost village’ site offers dream opportunity for whisky fans to own their own Scottish distillery Sean Murphy October 16, 2019 Drink, In the News, Whisky The distillery development site, which can be found on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, is already attracting interest from around the world, according to the firm in charge of selling the plot. The area for...
New Gordon & MacPhail whisky distillery planned for Grantown-on-Spey given approval by local authority Sean Murphy October 11, 2019 Drink, In the News, Whisky The Cairngorms National Park Authority granted approval for the design at a meeting held on Friday (11th October). The plans were unveiled last year by the family owned Speymalt Whisky Distributors Ltd, who...
Peebles Hydro launches new range of gins, a distillery and ‘UK’s largest residential gin school’ Sean Murphy October 10, 2019 Drink, Gin, In the News Peebles Hydro announced the launch of the 1881 gin, named after the year in which the iconic hotel opened, which uses the same water from the rolling Borders hills behind the hotel, known as Shieldgreen, which...
Exciting new Edinburgh Distillery offers chance to taste piece of Scotch whisky history with launch of exclusive members club Sean Murphy September 27, 2019 Drink, In the News, Whisky Holyrood Distillery’s Flavour Explorers club will have two tiers of membership, Holyrood (£249) and Edinburgh (£899). Both tiers offer whisky fans a five-year membership experience, with the exclusive...
Benromach Distillery unveils rare 50-year-old single cask bottling Sean Murphy September 27, 2019 Drink, In the News, Whisky Laid down in 1969, Benromach 50 Years Old has spent half a century maturing in cask no. 2003, an ex-Sherry Hogshead. The Benromach team say the result is an "exquisite" hand-crafted single malt that will be...
Dundee-based gin distillery wins tender to supply gin to the House of Commons Sean Murphy August 21, 2019 Drink, In the News The producer of a previous winner of the Scottish Gin of the Year award, Verdant Spirits will now not only provide the gin for the House of Commons team but will also offer training and tastings. Verdant...
Macallan Distillery in running to be named the UK’s best new building Sean Murphy July 18, 2019 General The £140 million state-of-the-art facility, which opened in summer last year, is going up against a cork house, an opera theatre and a council estate to take the crown. Six builds in total have been...
First single malt whisky distillery in centre of Edinburgh for almost 100 years to officially open this month Sean Murphy July 17, 2019 Drink, Whisky The team behind Holyrood Distillery say the new venue will open to the public on the 30th July, with bookings for its tour experiences already being taken. The daily guided distillery tours are now open to...
Deeside Distillery offer whisky fans chance to buy one of their incredibly rare casks Sean Murphy July 1, 2019 In the News, Whisky Deeside Distillery, which launched in 2017, has announced the sale of just 88 limited edition casks as part of its founders’ collective. The casks are made even rarer by the fact that only 100 casks will...
Plans to build a new Visitor Centre at Glencadam Distillery in Brechin approved Sean Murphy May 31, 2019 Drink, Whisky Angus Dundee Distillers say the project will now begin this year and will develop existing buildings to incorporate a unique tour, whisky tasting area, tea room and shop, and are designed to celebrate the...
