Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery announces reopening date – here’s what to expect when visiting Rosalind Erskine July 13, 2020 Drink, In the News The Dewar's distillery in Aberfeldy will reopen to the public on Monday 20 July with adapted health and safety measures in place. Whisky fans can once again enjoy tastings as well as guided tours, although...
While the world is in chaos, plans for the new Fhior Kitchen Garden are slowly coming together Gaby Soutar May 15, 2020 Farming Producers, Food, General, In the News, Producers In the greenhouse, the sofas may be empty, but apricot blossoms have appeared, like white lace cuffs, on the edges of branches. The staff pollinated these earlier in the year with goose...
Oro, Shetland and Loch Lomond distilleries join sanitiser production drive with donations to NHS and care services Sean Murphy April 2, 2020 Drink, Gin, In the News Oro Distillery in Dumfriesshire, Saxa Vord Distillery on Shetland and Loch Lomond Distillery have all announced that they have moved from whisky and gin production to producing hand sanitiser using a World...
The Glasgow Distillery switches from gin making to sanitiser as it answers SOS from The British Red Cross Sean Murphy March 27, 2020 Drink, Gin, In the News So far the distillery has produced 1,500 litres of sanitiser - some of which has already been donated to TBRC - and is set to produce at least double this figure in coming weeks The sanitiser will be...
Kirsten Ainslie: why the growth of women working in the spirits industry is both vital and beneficial Scotsman Food and Drink Staff March 15, 2020 Drink, In the News My love of alcohol began behind a bar, making and shaking exciting cocktails while working towards an MA in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in gender in contemporary society. After...
Planning permission secured for project aiming to build Scotland’s most northerly mainland whisky distillery in John O’Groats Sean Murphy March 3, 2020 Drink, Whisky The new micro-distillery, which is slated to open in 2021, is the brainchild of local husband and wife team Derek and Kerry Campbell, who secured £198,000 of funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise...
New distillery for Islay? Whisky company submits plans to local council Sean Murphy February 27, 2020 Drink, Whisky The plans by Elixir Distillers, a spirits company created by Whisky Exchange founders Sukhinder and Rajbir Singh, to build a new distillery on the island have now taken a step closer to reality. First...
Meet the Scots couple bringing gin distilling to one of Scotland’s most beautiful wee islands Sean Murphy December 17, 2019 Drink, Gin In summer 2017, the tiny island off the west coast of the mainland announced that its first gin was set to join a growing list of food and drink exports alongside its now-famous snails, which have previously...
Decades II: New Tomatin bottling encompasses five decades of distillery life Sean Murphy October 25, 2019 Drink, In the News, Whisky Described as a tribute to the "Tomatin way of life", Decades II, is bottled at 46%a abv and has been limited to a run of just 3,600 bottles, which will retail at £175. With time spent maturing in a mix of...
Glen Scotia Distillery unveils its oldest and rarest expression yet with release of 45-year-old single malt Sean Murphy October 25, 2019 Drink, In the News, Whisky Limited to only 150 bottles world-wide, the 45-year-old is not only the oldest expression to be released by Glen Scotia distillery but also one of the rarest. Distilled in December 1973 before being filled...
