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Brewgooder auctions first whisky sour beer for charity

A collaborative ‘whisky sour’ beer is aiming to become one of the most expensive bottles of beer ever auctioned, with all the proceeds going towards...
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A host of Gaelic singers at Celtic Connections

Gaelic musicians will be at the heart of the action this week at Celtic Connections as a number of exciting Gaelic strand shows take place...

BBC Scotland launches new radio show for Six Nations

BBC Radio Scotland will be serving up an early treat for rugby fans with a new breakfast show during the Six Nations. Presented by Laura...

The perfect companion for munro baggers

Following on from his 1995 book The Munro Phenomenon, Andrew Dempster has written this updated tale of the mountains for a new generation of baggers....

A memoir of a life spent fishing on the River Tweed

An evocative account of one man’s life spent fishing on the Tweed is being released this spring, a story of family, tradition, conservation and the...

£1000 research grant up for grabs in national student award

Applications are now open for a grant to fund vital academic research into improving the way land is owned, managed and used across Scotland. Open...

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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...