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New European style Café-Bar & Brasserie and cocktail lounge opens in Edinburgh

Liberté Café-Bar & Brasserie and Bar 1819, the new culinary venue located at Apex Waterloo Place Hotel in the heart of Edinburgh’s new town, is...
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Review: Jack and the Beanstalk, Aberdeen

★★★★★ The Panto is a festive institution in Aberdeen every year and this year it returned to His Majesty’s Theatre to tell the story of...
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Review: Spa afternoon tea at The Sheraton Grand, Edinburgh

Morag Bootland treats herself to an indulgent and relaxing festive afternoon tea and spa package at The Sheraton Grand Hotel and Spa in Edinburgh. The...
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Michelin Star chef Nuno Mendes on how to pair seafood and whisky

Renowned Portuguese chef Nuno Mendes, from the Michelin Starred restaurant Viajante in London, has teamed up with Old Pulteney to showcase how to pair seafood...
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Review: Cocktails, vinyl and small plates at Sebb’s in Glasgow

SEBB's is cool, in a retro 1980s way that is on trend for anyone who wasn’t old enough to remember the decade the first-time round....
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Tributes Paid to Scottish Hotelier Ken McCulloch

Doyen of Scottish hospitality, Ken McCulloch has died in Glasgow, aged 76. Born in Glasgow in 1948, Ken McCulloch went on to become one of...

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SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL DRINK

The Macallan Ruby is the pinnacle of The Macallan 1824 Series

The Macallan Ruby is a real gem of a whisky

A limited number of the Ruby, the pinnacle of The Macallan 1824 whisky series, are now available to buy. The Macallan Ruby 70cl is now...
The Bladnoch Distillery is looking forward to a bright future

Bladnoch marks bicentenary with £5000 bottling

Scotland’s most southern distillery has launched a special bicentennial release to celebrate both its rich history and its renaissance - at £5000 per bottle. Offering...
Lizzie's Dram has been created by Diageo to mark Liz Stewart's retiral

Lizzie’s retiral is marked with a special dram

Scotland’s first female operator in malt distilling celebrated her retirement last week and Diageo marked the occasion in a rather ‘neat’ way. After 31 years’...
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Inside the northernmost distillery

Aurora Spirit is the northernmost distillery in the world at 69.39°N. Set deep within the arctic circle the distillery and visitors centre is at Årøybukt...
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Prime Ministers and their relationship with a dram

Tales of late-night whisky-drinking are very much part of the mythology of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (PM: 1979-1990), but what is perhaps less well-known...
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Actor Gregor Fisher discusses his favourite whisky

The Rab C Nesbitt actor tells us about Scotland's national drink. Do you remember the first time you drank whisky? Yes, my mother was never...

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