Distillery looks to go green with new £3million project

One of Speyside’s oldest whisky distilleries is set to become one of Scotland’s greenest distilleries. Work has started on a £3 million biogas project at Inver House Distillers’ Balmenach Distillery to significantly reduce the site’s carbon footprint. The new anaerobic digestion system will break down the co-products of whisky production using micro-organisms to produce clean, methane-rich…

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Whisky blog: Cutting edge technology with Kilchoman Distillery

James Robertson is Scottish Field’s whisky blogger. Kilchoman Distillery have recently been in the news having announced that they were to double production to fulfil the increasing interest in their single malts. Now the distillery is in the news again, this time at the cutting edge of technology with labels. The distillery will work with…

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Living the dream with a panto ice cream

Pantomime lovers in Aberdeen are in for a sweet treat this festive season. His Majesty’s Theatre is teaming up with Mackie’s ice cream to offer special prizes including a year’s worth of ice cream and coffee and a chocolate party for 10 people. When Aladdin evening customers buy an ice cream in the show’s interval,…

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Whisky maker launches editions based on notes from 19th century

Award-winning craft whisky maker R&B Distillers has launched two new editions of The Tweeddale. The Tweeddale The Evolution and The Tweeddale A Silent Character are the latest additions to the Tweeddale collection. These characterful whiskies have each drawn inspiration from the brand’s fascinating heritage. Co-founder of R&B Distillers, Alasdair Day, is the great-grandson of Richard…

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Distillery looks to its own garden to produce a special gin

The award-winning Speyside Distillery has launched a new limited edition gin with botanicals found growing in its garden grounds. The two expressions of Byron’s Gin from Speyside Distillery also reflect on its historic link to Lord Byron – the most famous and flamboyant poet of the Romantic movement. The duo – Red Cherry and Melancholy…

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Shetland bringing its fine food and drink to the world with new website

Shetland, the most northerly point of the UK, is to promote its food and drink offering to the world through a new interactive website which has launched today. It is the first time that the breadth of Shetland’s food and drink businesses have come together in such an initiative way. The tasteofshetland.com website will serve…

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Return of historic Rosebank Distillery takes another step forward

Plans to resurrect Rosebank, one of Scotland’s most cherished distilleries, have taken another step forward, thanks to Ian Macleod Distillers. In its home town of Falkirk, on the banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal, Rosebank has been dubbed ‘the King of the Lowlands’ and the late whisky writer, Michael Jackson had no doubt that…

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Picasso and Warhol at the heart of exhibition

A major London exhibition is coming to Scotland. New Lanark World Heritage Site will be hosting London’s Fashion and Textile Museum’s international travelling exhibition Artist Textiles – Picasso to Warhol will be hosted there from January 26 – April 29 in its new exhibition gallery. This touring display from the Fashion and Textile Museum, London…

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Edinburgh salon picks up two honours at beauty industry Oscars

Acclaimed Edinburgh-based salon group Zen Lifestyle is celebrating having won two prestigious industry awards – Large Salon of the Year and Boutique Salon of the Year – at the Regional Professional Beauty Awards, the Oscars of the beauty industry. Zen Lifestyle beat off competition from around Scotland at the annual awards ceremony which celebrates excellence…

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Foncalieu: Keeping it fresh in the Languedoc

Peter Ranscombe is enchanted by the freshness of the white wines being produced in one of France’s most famous regions for reds – the Languedoc. The Languedoc region in south-west France is famed for its red wines. Areas such as Corbières, Fitou and Minervois are renowned throughout the world for producing fruity and powerful reds…

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