Ginnasium at One Square: want to know about gin?
One Square at the Sheraton has not only got its own gin but now also its own gin tasting format: Ginnasium. We went along and learnt a thing or two (and had a lot of fun while we were at it).
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Wine Events Scotland – The Big Debate – Supermarkets vs The Independents
Whilst I respect those that undertake a month of martyrdom or even longer, especially when it’s for a good cause such as Cancer Research and do ‘Dry January’, I’ll put it out there that I never do. No Dry January for Kerry I don’t think there’s any point in denying…
Kask Whisky takes us island hopping
Sometimes, you come across something unexpected. I met Justine Hazlehurst of Kask Whisky at the Buffalo Trace borboun tasting a few weeks back. Like the other people there, Justine was trade but she doesn’t have a bar or restaurant, and she doesn’t shake cocktails for a living. Instead, she organises…
Meeting Connage Highland Dairy at Pickles of Broughton Street
Connage Highland Dairy is in Inverness. It is all the things we like: family owned, organic, dairy. Dairy farming has had a lot of attention in the media recently so you’ll be aware that milk production is a difficult way to make money. In 2006, Connage decided to try a…
International whiskies – glorious drams with the Whisky Belle at SMWS
When the Scotch Malt Whisky Society asks me if I want to come and try whiskies, I say an enthusiastic yes. This time, the invitation was particularly intriguing: an international whiskies tasting. Two Japanese grains, two Japanese malts, an Irish whiskey and an American bourbon. To guide us, we had…