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Whisky news round-up: Caskshare, Stannergill, and more

Peter Ranscombe serves up another irreverent dram of whisky news. FORGET the cost-of-living crisis - there's still life in the whisky market. Caskshare received so...

Stirlingshire’s Greengallery pops-up in Edinburgh

THE Dundas Street Gallery in Edinburgh is hosting a pop-up for Greengallery from Buchlyvie in Stirlingshire on 1-4 December. Greengallery, which also has a gallery...

Skibo chef wins Andrew Fairlie Scholarship

THIS year's Andrew Fairlie Scholarship has been awarded to Eddie Brown, 30, sous chef at The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle in Dornoch. Brown impressed...

Cala Homes hosts pop-up art gallery

CALA Homes has hosted a pop-up art gallery at its Newington Residences development in Edinburgh. The builder commissioned 22 pieces from Edinburgh College of Art...

Leighton Library emptied ahead of refit

ALL the books have been removed from Leighton Library in Dunblane ahead of a major restoration project. Around 4,500 books are stored at Scotland's oldest...

Scotland’s National Book Awards finalists named

THE shortlist for Scotland’s National Book Awards has been unveiled by The Saltire Society. Authors will compete across six categories - fiction, non-fiction, research, history,...

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Ardnahoe Distillery: First whisky to come from a new distillery on Islay since 2009 released

It has been six decades since Stewart Laing first learned how to make whisky on Islay. In the 1960s he travelled to the world-famous whisky...
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Kiefer Sutherland: Hollywood star brings new whisky to the UK

Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland has unveiled his new whisky to the UK, a homage to his Canadian roots and love of the spirit. The whisky,...
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Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Isle of Harris distiller Thomas Macrae talks to us about his earliest memories of whisky and why The Hearach is so special to islanders. And...
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Lerwick Distillery: Shetland set for its first whisky distillery

The idea began more than a decade ago when friends Martin Watt, Caroline MacIntyre and Calum Miller came up with the idea to open the...
Since its humble beginnings nearly ten years ago, the distillery has generated £50,000 for the local community.

GlenWyvis: World’s first fully community owned distillery offers whisky lovers chance to buy shares

In 2015, former Army Air Corps helicopter pilot John McKenzie decided to bring whisky back to Dingwall after a 90 year absence. His idea was...
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Former Gordon & MacPhail chief Ian Urquhart dies following an illness

Scotch whisky legend Ian Urquhart has died aged 76. The Moray based businessman died peacefully on 15 March after an illness, with his family by...