Locals may think of Great Grog as wine purveyors. Indeed they are, but they also have a large range of beers from many different small breweries. It’s astonishing to realise, also that Great Grog have been in business since 2005 and can count 75 years experience between all the staff.…
Following from the recent post on Brunstfield, my stroll around Edinburgh has now made it into the heart of the city. The centre of Edinburgh is full of good places to rest your feet while sipping a tasty brew, therefore this list is not exhaustive but only contains a few…
Would we like to try a box of beer? Yes please! A great part of going to a beer festival is discovering all the brews. But how many times a year do we get to go to one? The’re a great alternative. Beer 52 is a craft beer club. Experts select…
As a student, worked summers and weekends at The Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre, now The Scotch Whisky Experience. It was a dream: for three years, I worked as a guide in a whisky museum next to the castle. In that time, I learned first to drink and then love whisky. Every…
The festival can get very hectic and you need to take time out to relax and recover. Where better to do that than the Signet Library? Throughout the festival, the Signet Library plays host to the Pommery Bar which puts on a number of different events. It is also open…
A Martini is typically made with a white spirit (vodka or gin, traditionally) and one or more flavourings. A dry Martini is made with gin and dry vermouth, a french Martini with Chamboard and pineapple juice, an Espresso Martini with Kahlua and coffee. What makes Martinis such fun is that…
Oh, how the world has changed! Edinburgh is now a metropolis if not quite the continental European city it is drifting towards (a challenge with our weather!). Think back 20 years and Edinburgh’s tea and coffee shops were practically non-existent, limited to a few dingy spaces overly focused on tray…
Tea and gin might be having moments, but coffee is still many people’s favourite drink. It soothes or invigorates. If you’re looking for a bit of variety in your coffee, you could try Bean & Ground, a relatively new kid on the mail-order coffee block. (They’re offering our readers a…
Heads & Tales is Edinburgh’s latest new gin bar. What makes this one extra special is that is features a distillery: yes, this is a bar but it also houses two stills. Two gleaming copper contraptions will make gin while you sit in the bar enjoying yourself. What a great idea!
I’m sitting at a table with people I haven’t met before, waving what looks like a perfume test strip in front of my nose and exclaiming: ‘it smells a lot more like grass if you inhale it!’. This is what can happen when you’re trying whisky at the Signet Library.…
