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Facts that may surprise you about gin

Perhaps one of the world’s best loved spirits, gin is a drink with a complexity and history that spans centuries and can be traced back to the earliest forms of distillation. Even frequent drinkers of...

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15 Scottish gins we recommend you try

The flexibility of the recipes and relative simplicity of its production makes gin the perfect spirit for those looking to create and sell their own brand. Like an enlightened version of the gin craze...

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Five Edinburgh and Glasgow gin bars to try

With Scotland being one of the largest producers of gin in the world, it is no wonder our cities are opening gin bars left, right and centre.  Reports in 2014 indicated that gin’s on­trade popularity...

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5 of the best ways to discover Scottish gin

We are sure by now you’ll have noticed the rising interest in Scottish gin and you might be a little curious yourself. Well there’s never been a better time to get involved and see what all the fuss is...

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Five bars to visit when in Aberdeen

Aberdeen is a place of cool grey granite, oil money, good food and great drinking venues. It may look a little grey from the outside, but dig a little deeper and you’ll find a surprisingly colourful...

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Five great Scottish gin cocktails

Small batch gin is fast becoming one of the most sought after drinks in Scotland. With this in mind we went to the Good Spirits Company on Glasgow’s Bath Street, to speak to spirit expert and...

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World Gin Day: Five places in Scotland to celebrate

Scottish Juniper Festival, 12-14 June Summerhall, Edinburgh (http://www.summerhall.co.uk/2015/scottish-juniper-festival-2/) The Scottish Juniper Festival celebrates its second year with a three-day...

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9 of the best Scottish gins to celebrate St Andrew’s Day with

So perhaps, you aren’t a huge fan of whisky, and liqueurs aren’t your thing, but you still want something other than Irn-Bru to celebrate St Andrew’s Day with? Well we have picked out some of the best...

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A beginner’s guide to making your own gin at home

The Craft Gin Club experts are known for selecting only the finest small-batch gins from around the world, so who better to ask how how to make your very own gin at home, to either impress all your...

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Five of the best new Scottish gins

With the news that gin sales will soon smash through the £1billion mark in the UK and the recent success of World Gin Day and the Scottish Juniper Festival, we thought we’d take a look at some of the...

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6 of Scotland’s best gin distillery tours

Strathearn Distillery (Bachilton Farm Steading, Methven, Perth PH1 3QX)  Picture: Strathearn Strathearn Distillery offer a range of great tours and is rightly placed as one of the best gin tours in...

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UK’s first ever ‘Gin Spa’ opens in Glasgow

The ‘Gin Spa’, which has been launched by the owners of Gin 71, Glasgow’s first dedicated gin bar, across from their flagship Merchant City location. Gin sales have reason exponentially over the last...

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Isle of Barra Distillers managing director, Michael Morrison, tells us about...

5am Every morning starts the same. It's not the alarm that goes off but the kids that wake us up, as both Micheal (three) and Ada (one) get up most mornings around this time. It's downstairs we go, and...

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Edinburgh bar launches Scottish island craft gin campaign

Order something a bit more exciting than a bog-standard Gordon’s and tonic at Edinburgh’s Rose Street bar, Element. They’ve launched a new Scottish craft gin campaign to introduce guests to island...

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Scotland's Larder: Lesley Gracie Hendrick's Gin Master distiller

Lesley Gracie, master distiller for Hendrick's gin, might have one of the best jobs in the world. Under her watchful gaze Hendrick's gin production happens and quirky new gin flavours are conjured up,...

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Holyrood Distillery launches Height of Arrows Gin Tasting Experience in time...

It’s a dreich night, and Arthur’s Seat is a brooding black mass. This landmark is the dramatic backdrop to Edinburgh’s three-year-old Holyrood Distillery, which is the city centre’s first single malt...

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