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...
View Article15 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...
View ArticleFive 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...
View Article5 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...
View ArticleFive 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...
View ArticleFive 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...
View ArticleWorld 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...
View Article9 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleFive 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...
View Article6 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...
View ArticleUK’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...
View ArticleIsle 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...
View ArticleEdinburgh 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...
View ArticleScotland'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,...
View ArticleHolyrood 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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