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Shetland Gin will mark Up Helly Aa 2018

The annual Up Helly Aa celebration in Shetland is just days away, and a new gin is being launched to mark the event. Shetland Distillery...
Haggis Ice Cream - Burn's Night

Scottish dairy firm releases limited edition haggis ice cream

In a twist on Burns Night traditions, a well-known Scottish brand is set to formally pipe a container of HAGGIS ice cream through a famous...
Gilchristland house sits at the end of the long winding drive

Gilchristland is an ace property with its own tennis court

A superb small estate has come onto the market in Dumfries and Galloway. Gilchristland is situated in the Nith valley south east of Thornhill. The...
discover the political poetry of Robert Burns with Pith & Power

Pith and Power exhibition looks at the politics of Robert Burns

A new art exhibition is celebrating the political influences of Robert Burns. The public are being invited to discover the political poetry of Robert Burns...
Robert Burns' letter to his former school-friend William Niven

Rabbie’s letter goes on public show for the first time in over a century

A letter from Robert Burns to one of his oldest friends, which has not been seen in public for more than 100 years, has gone...
Glenmorangie has created The Astar

Glenmorangie has created Astar in the making

A Scotch whisky which has been on a decade-long journey is the perfect accompaniment to Burns Night. In 2008, on its ceaseless quest for perfection,...

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Plans for a distillery on banks of Loch Lomond given the go-ahead

Plans for a new distillery on the banks of Loch Lomond have been given the go-ahead. Loch Lomond Group has been given permission by Argyll...
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Producer’s Corner: RyeLaw, InchDairnie Distillery

When Fife based distiller InchDairnie launched RyeLaw, the world's first malted rye whisky, a few eyebrows were raised.  Inspired by the quintessentially American Rye whisky,...
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Once Upon a Time in Scotland: Hollywood legend Harrison Ford becomes the new face of Glenmorangie whisky

Hollywood legend Harrison Ford has become the new face of Glenmorangie whisky as he dons on kilt in a series of short films released to...
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A dram with Gordon Motion, Highland Park: ‘Highland Park 56 started back in 1968, it’s our oldest and rarest whisky’

Since its beginnings as a 'side-hustle' of church beadle and whisky smuggler Magnus ‘Mansie’ Eunson, Highland Park has been an iconic part of the global...
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Isle of Tiree Distillery launches the island’s first legal whisky in more than 200 years

The first legal single malt whisky produced on the Hebridean island of Tiree in over two centuries has been launched.  Once known as Tìr an...
George McNeil is the new CEO of Aceo Ltd, a long-established independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist.

Whisky firm Aceo appoints its first chief executive

A leading independent whisky bottler and cask management specialist has appointed its first chief executive officer. Aceo Limited, an Edinburgh-based firm established 25 years ago,...

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