Posts Tagged ‘whisky’
More than 100 years of experience create Triskelion
Highland Park Triskelion celebrates the combined wisdom and inspiration of three legendary Highland Park master whisky makers – Gordon Motion, Max McFarlane and John Ramsay. For the first and only time, their 100 plus years of shared whisky making expertise has come together to create this very special edition. Launching globally in early November 2019,…
Read MoreShetland Distillery applying the finishing touches
Shetland Reel launch their latest Blended Malt Scotch Whisky as their quest for whisky success steps up a gear. Shetland Distillery, perhaps best known for its award-winning gins is proud to launch its latest offering a Finished in Shetland Blended Malt Scotch Whisky. The UK’s most northerly distillery has been distilling a range of gin…
Read MoreThe whisky workers living on the distillery grounds
Award winning Highland distillery, Tomatin, has announced the release of an exquisite single malt: Decades II. As Decades II includes Scotch from the previous five decades at Tomatin, the distillery is keen to celebrate the long serving Tomatin staff, over 50% of whom still live on the distillery grounds to this day, decades of tradition…
Read MoreMaking the expensive drams available to all
Cheaper By The Dram recently released its first two bottles of whisky to the public, splitting over £1300 of fine and rare whisky into 41 individual drams. Whisky drinkers can buy them online and they will then be delivered to their door. Cheaper By The Dram splits fine and rare bottles of whisky into individual…
Read MoreTwo new whiskies capture Christmas spirit
Campbeltown single malt distillery, Glen Scotia is releasing a duo of single malt Scotch whiskies for the connoisseur’s Christmas wish list. In the Victorian era Campbeltown was known as the whisky capital of the world and was home to more than 30 distilleries. Today the coastal town is recognised as Scotland’s fifth and smallest malt…
Read MoreBenRiach teams up with Ellis to create three artworks
BenRiach has teamed up with an award-winning Scottish artist to bring its sensory palette to life. This is being achieved through a series of abstract paintings inspired by the Speyside distillery’s landscape, architecture and kaleidoscope of flavour. Taking inspiration from the distillery’s extensive library of some of the world’s most eclectic casks housed in Warehouse…
Read MoreMeet the brave Scots brothers rowing the Atlantic
When three brothers from Edinburgh decided to row across the Atlantic, their fundraising drive saw them pillaging West Coast distilleries for whisky. Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan MacLean have decided to embark upon one of the most gruelling physical challenges out there – the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. An incredible 3,000 miles long, the trio will…
Read MoreGetting hooked – line and sinker – for a new angler
When I went fishing, to learn about the sport and to understand more about salmon, the one thing I did not expect was a fish for my supper. But then that’s the lure of fishing – you never catch what you expect. I was lucky enough to spend a day on the Spey, a river…
Read MoreYou can’t go wrong with the definitive guide to Elgin
Jenny Main has written the definitive, fully-illustrated A-Z guide of Elgin’s history, people and places. Elgin has a wealth of history which is explored in Jenny Main’s A-Z Guide of the town. The last of the Pictish kings – Macbeth – ruled this area, with his rival, Duncan, dying of his battle wounds in the…
Read MoreMeldrum House offers a great stay and fine drams
Meldrum House is a grand old building with a coat of arms above the door and a set of impressive stone steps running down the outside of the building that any Princess would be proud to sweep down. Situated close to the town of Oldmeldrum it’s only a 45 minute drive from the centre of…
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