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 […]
Whisky
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
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
With the on-going and seemingly never-ending lockdown restrictions in place perhaps there is no better time to join The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) if you are partial to the odd wee dram. Membership opens […]
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
Smokehead Rum Rebel
Yesterday was International Rum Day, and what better time for Ian Macleod Distillers to launch their brand-new Smokehead Rum Rebel, Smokehead Islay Single Malt Whisky, which is finished in rich Caribbean rum casks and comes […]
Cocktails
Celebrating St George’s Day With English Gin and Whisky From Cotswolds Distillery
Even though we can’t go out today and celebrate St George’s Day, it doesn’t mean that we can’t celebrate it in the comfort of our own home and create our own special cocktail with some […]
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 […]