Aberdeenshire distillery teams up with with family business to create unique whisky smoked salmon Rosalind Erskine February 22, 2019 Drink, Food, Whisky The new pairing brings together two ancient Aberdeenshire businesses, and has been made using methods passed down for generations. Sutherlands of Portsoy has been in the same family for 100 years,...
Glendronach Distillery announces the launch of a new limited release Master Vintage Sean Murphy February 21, 2019 Drink, In the News, Whisky Dubbed the 1993 Master Vintage, the latest expression from the GlenDronach Distillery, which specialises in sherry cask maturation, was created by Master Blender, Dr Rachel Barrie, who hand-selected Pedro...
Edinburgh whisky distillery proudly shows off its newly installed copper stills Sean Murphy February 20, 2019 Drink, In the News, Whisky The proposed Holyrood Distillery and Visitor experience, which is currently under construction at the former Engine Shed building on St Leonard’s Lane, is due to open its doors to the public later this...
Veteran Highland distiller on celebrating 40 years of making whisky and missing out on being a film star Sean Murphy February 20, 2019 Drink, In the News, Whisky Now the longest-serving member of the team at Balblair’s Edderton distillery – one of Scotland’s oldest – he has seen production (and the whisky industry as a whole) go from strength to...
The wait for whisky fans is over as limited edition Game of Thrones single malt collection arrives in UK Sean Murphy February 18, 2019 Drink, In the News, Whisky To celebrate the eighth and final season of the TV series, Game of Thrones, Diageo and HBO have teamed up to release a limited-edition collection of Single Malt Scotch Whiskies. The collection, which went...
Diageo to transform former department store in Edinburgh into ‘one of world’s great whisky attractions’ Brian Ferguson February 12, 2019 Drink, Whisky The former House of Fraser department store at the west end of the thoroughfare will be turned into a seven-storey Johnnie Walker complex complete with roof-top bars boasting views of the city’s...
Court backs SWA in case against German whisky maker’s use of the word ‘Glen’ Sean Murphy February 8, 2019 Drink, In the News, Whisky Ruling that the name, 'Glen Buchenbach', is misleading to customers, the court decision means the distillery, which is based in Bergen in the south of the country, will now have to change the name of the...
22 amazing archive pictures of Scotland’s whisky distilleries Sean Murphy February 6, 2019 Drink From lost distilleries like Glenury Royal and Lochside to those that are due for a revival like Rosebank, here are some of our favourite whisky-themed photographs from the last century. Closed/Mothballed...
The most unusual food and drink trends set to be big this year Rosalind Erskine February 3, 2019 Drink, Drink, Food, In the News From old favourites to unusual drink pairings and a cricket or two, there's a lot to look forward to. Gin is here to stay Picture: TSPL Ray Clynick, owner and head distiller at Dumfries-based Oro...
Fife family distillery releases first single malt whisky Scotsman Food and Drink Staff January 31, 2019 Drink, In the News Named to mark the Wemyss family’s vision to bring malt whisky distilling to their Fife home, the new release is a truly local dram, having been slowly crafted with barley harvested exclusively from the...
