Drinks
St Ermin’s Hotel Home-Grown Gin
A four-star deluxe hotel in the heart of London is not the kind of place you would expect to find distilling its own gin, but the St Ermin’s Hotel in London’s St James’ Park has […]
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Spritz Up and Pimp Up Your Valentine’s Day
Sometimes a Black Velvet moustache is not enough to tell your partner you love them. Sometimes the Grand Marnier, Hayman’s Sloe Gin and even St Germain elderflower fails, and the Crème de Cassis doesn’t go […]
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Japanese Whisky For 2023
Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible has done a lot for whisky. But so has actor and comedian Bill Murray. His 2003 movie Lost in Translation introduced a beautiful Japanese seventeen-year-old to the world – Suntory Hibiki. Then […]
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A Case of Great Whisky For 2023
January: Robert Burns Single Malt Celebrating Burns Night with this single malt named after the famed Scottish poet seems only right. James MacTaggart, Isle of Arran’s Master Distiller, says: “This malt has been skilfully created […]
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Whisky and Burns
There is only one place to see in the New Year and that is by the river Nith at Ellisland Farm in Auldgirth. It is where “Auld Lang Syne” was written and first performed. Robbie […]
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Double Dutch
Today is National Twin Day, and our man on the ground, Kevin Pilley meets some more than usually effervescent twins. Twins sometimes don’t make good mixers. But the Dutch De Haas identical twin sisters, Joyce […]
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Coole Swans, Minty Don and Desert Island Liqueurs
If there was such a programme as “Desert Island Liqueurs” in which people choose the drinks they would want to be shipwrecked and marooned along with them on a remote atoll, I would choose limoncello. […]
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Neurita Tequila
New Zealander Lucy Smith works remotely from Croatia. She is not Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson or George Clooney, but not living in Hollywood hasn’t stopped her launching her own tequila which she hopes, alongside Rita […]
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Warming Bramble Scotch Whisky Liqueur
It’s getting cold out there as the dark winter nights start to draw in. So, what better way to warm you up, than a full bodied liqueur which will set your tastebuds on fire. Scottish […]
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Sustainability in a Bottle
French apple brandy is now being served up in a paper bottle in a bid to bring sustainability to the spirits industry. Pioneering environmentally conscious brand Avallen has launched its unique bottle at upmarket department […]