Posts Tagged ‘gin’
Edinburgh Gin have been getting into the festival spirit
With the world’s largest arts festival in town, Edinburgh Gin has been welcoming international visitors and locals alike to enjoy the festivities in style. Taking over the city with a range of bespoke pop up bars and activities, Edinburgh Gin has presence throughout the Festival with sites at some of the festival’s main venues. Appearing…
Read MoreA taste of Argyll in the heart of Glasgow
Argyll comes to Scotland’s largest city this Sunday with its finest food and drink. The Wild About Argyll Food and Drink Festival follows in the wake of its famous pipe bands, who aim to lift several trophies on Glasgow Green at the World Pipe Band Championships on Saturday. However, Sunday at the Briggait, located beside…
Read MoreMountain and sea festival returns for its third outing
The Torridon Mountain and Sea Festival in the Scottish Highlands is returning for its third year next month. This thriving festival was established by Dan and Rohaise Rose-Bristow, owners of The Torridon Resort in Wester Ross, and will run from 27-29 September. Taking place amidst a palette of autumn colours sweeping across the hills and…
Read MoreBalgove’s latest Night Market takes place this evening
Balgove Larder is hosting its latest summer Night Market today. With a programme of live music, crafts, street food and of course, the best food and drink from the farm shop, shoppers will be able to stock up on fresh produce from the Balgove Larder’s master butchers and vegetable growers as well as a range…
Read MoreTime to tee off National Afternoon Tea Week
This week is National Afternoon Tea Week – and there’s a ‘tee’ with a difference in Ayrshire. Running from 13–19 August, the five-star Trump Turnberry served up the ultimate ‘tee’ on the spectacular greens of The Ailsa golf course. Overlooking the iconic Turnberry lighthouse, the unique take on this great British tradition – complete with…
Read MoreYou can now create your own gin at Scots distillery
Visitors to a Scottish gin school can create their own recipe from a selection of botanicals and distil a 70cl bottle of gin to take home. Darnley’s Gin has added a ‘Distil Your Own’ experience to its tour offering, inviting visitors to Darnley’s Gin School to create their own recipe from a selection of botanicals…
Read MoreShetland author returns to island for final book
Bestselling crime author Ann Cleeves is visiting Shetland to launch her latest novel – and say a bittersweet farewell to detective Jimmy Perez. Wild Fire is the eighth and final book in the Shetland series, which has been adapted into a hit BBC series. Ann launched her first Perez novel – Raven Black – in…
Read MoreBringing all that’s good about Argyll to Glasgow
The skill and passion of food producers and arts people from Argyll is being brought to Glasgow. Argyll is full of people who are passionate about what they produce on their doorstep. Their work takes inspiration from this region’s unique heritage and landscape, to produce new and exciting pieces of work from jewellery to furniture…
Read MoreDistillery set to move after just two successful years
A distillery that has been on the go for two years has already been such a success that it’s looking to expand. The Dornoch Distillery was constructed in constructed in 2016 following a successful initial crowdfunding round which saw 250 whisky lovers from all over the world invest in a bid to secure hotly anticipated…
Read MoreFamily go from sourcing gin to making their own
A Scots family has put its expertise in running a gin establishment into creating its own brand. The family behind the iconic Gin Emporium, Smithies Deli, in Arbroath, is to put its intimate knowledge of the gin industry to good use with the launch of its own gin brand, Smithies Gin Company. Smithies Gin Company…
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