Following centuries of illicit distilling, the first legal distillery on the Isle of Raasay in the northwest of Scotland finally began distilling legally in September 2017. The distillery’s goal being to create the finest Hebridean […]
Last month I attended an altogether rather novel brandy and cheese tasting event at Le Pont De La Tour, overlooking the River Thames and Tower Bridge, which was the perfect backdrop for this delightful and […]
For those of you unfamiliar with Smokehead, which was launched back in 2006, it is an Islay Single Malt Whisky that has been given a bold new look by Ian Macleod Distillers. It is quite […]
Our world is centralised around trends these days, from shoes, clothes, hairstyles and even drinks. With the help of social media, bars have been producing the most exciting cocktails they can, experimenting with all kinds […]
After sampling the stunningly drinkable Caol Ila Distillers Edition whisky, one could be forgiven for thinking Shakespeare’s ever-quotable Sonnet 18 was actually in reference to the everlasting enjoyment of a perfectly constructed dram, rather than […]
The images one conjures when asked to think of a typical whisky drinker are almost universally a) male, b) above 50 and c) gruff-voiced. Equally, if asked to explain the general taste of whisky, you […]
Anyone who’s read Patrick Süskind’s Perfume will know the risks involved in spilling unnaturally beautiful scented liquid on oneself (spoiler alert: one drip = mass orgy, whole bottle = mass cannibalism), so I take extra […]
Although the sun is shining through my office window, I’m currently wearing a thick jumper and have just hunted out my Heat Holder socks (you haven’t got any? Seriously, eBay that!); this can only mean […]
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