Posts Tagged ‘whisky’
Elegance, charm and a church in this Georgian property
An elegant Georgian former Manse, with steadings and a church, have been brought to the property market. Galbraith has been appointed to sell The Anchorage, an elegant Georgian former Manse which offers significant potential to create a leisure or tourism business in a popular area of Moray close to sandy beaches. The property, which dates…
Read MoreNew Tomatin 30 Year Old limited to just 900 UK bottles
Highland whisky distillery Tomatin has revealed the release of its new 30 Year Old single malt. Retailing at ÂŁ300, the golden-amber expression is a premium batch release decanted into individually numbered bottles, with only 900 available in the UK. The whisky, finished in first fill ex-bourbon barrels, is presented in a premium oak box and…
Read MoreNational Whisky Festival is just over a fortnight away
The second National Whisky Festival is getting ready to take place. It will be held at Paisley Town Hall on Saturday 13 October, as part of the Spree Festival 2018, and will see two sessions of drams, masterclasses, food, whisky related arts, crafts and a fantastic programme of live music. The Spree Festival is one of…
Read MoreGolf’s hidden gem courses just became more accessible
Some of Scotland’s most remote golf courses are being opened up to the world. Bravo Whisky Golf has been created by friends Paul Geddes and Neil Scott Johnson in a bid to bring some of Scotland’s hidden gem courses to the thriving golf tourism market. They will use chartered flights to explore remote courses for…
Read MoreCarol Smillie puts her trust in chef Nico’s new menu
From Changing Rooms to dining rooms, TV presenter Carol Smillie has appeared in the newest video from Scottish celebrity chef Nico Simeone. Having been the face of the late nineties and early noughties BBC home makeover show Changing Rooms, Carol features in a new online video recorded at the trendy 111 by Nico restaurant in…
Read MoreThe hunt is on for the world’s best porridge maker
The 25th annual World Porridge Making Championships are coming to Scotland. The historic Highland village of Carrbridge iis the place to be on Saturday, 6 October, as it comes alive for the event. The renowned competition attracts porridge makers from across the world with professional and amateur chefs, food producers, food bloggers, small business owners…
Read MoreEden Mill to open Glasgow bar and Blendworks
A popular Scottish gin and whisky distiller is to open its first retail outlet outside St Andrews. Eden Mill is to open in Glasgow’s award-winning shopping and leisure destination, Princes Square. The new 4090 sqft unit, which is planned to open in late October, will be home to Eden Mill’s popular Blendworks concept and its…
Read MoreYour chance to own a cask of distillery’s spirit
A Scottish distillery is offering people the opportunity to buy full casks of its spirit. With the first year of production now behind them, Raasay Distillery is opening up cask sales to the general public. Buying a cask is an emotional investment, often purchased to celebrate an anniversary, as a gift for future generations, or…
Read MoreYou can try the 51 finalists in our whisky challenge
There’s not long to go until we find out the winners of this year’s Scottish Field Whisky Challenge. Our expert judging panel of nine met last week at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s Vaults, to go through the finalists. They were presented with a total of 51 drams on Friday, and carefully went through them,…
Read MoreÂŁ13,500 for a bottle of Highland Park 50-year-old
If you enjoy a dram, then you’d better check your pockets for loose change if you fancy owning the Highland Park 50 Year Old. Only 274 bottles of Orkney-based Highland Park’s new 50-year-old malt will be released, drawn from two ex-sherry hogshead casks and priced at ÂŁ13,500 a bottle. As well as a fine dram,…
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