Cocktails
Celebrating Espresso Martini Day
Today is Espresso Martini Day, so we thought we would take a look at a selection of Espresso Martinis you can make in the comfort of our own home at any time of the year […]
Whiskey
Drinks
World Whisky Day 2021
Last year when I wrote about World Whisky Day, we had recently gone into lockdown and things looked rather uncertain. However, who would have thought a year later we’d still be in partial lockdown. The […]
Drinks
Raising Your Spirits On Indian Republic Day
Today, 26th January, is Republic Day in India and a national holiday, celebrating the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect on 26th January 1950, replacing the Government of India Act of […]
Cocktails
Burns Night Cocktails
Burns Night won’t be quite the same this year as we enter yet another week of lockdown here in Britain. But we know that many Brits do like to mark this special anniversary, so if […]
Drinks
Smokehead Launches Christmas Campaign
Well, Christmas will not be quite the same for most of us this year, but Smokehead are doing their best to help cheer it up with some special cocktails and gifts. Smokehead Islay Single Malt […]
Drinks
Celebrate World Whisky Day
With World Whisky Day just around the corner on Saturday 16th May and the majority of the world still in full or partial lockdown, we thought we would take a look at three whiskies to […]
Events
Burns Night In London 2020
Many Brits like to celebrate Burns Night every year and so if this is a date that’s firmly in your diary, then we have a few suggestions of where to go in London on Saturday […]
Drinks
Smokehead Motorcycle Collaboration
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 […]
Drinks
Shall I Compare Caol Ila To A Summer’s Day?
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 […]
Drinks
The Macallan Gold Is A Beginner’s Guide To Scotch Whisky Appreciation
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 […]