Make Your Own Whisky at Glengoyne Distillery

Glengoyne distillery

Glengoyne is a Highland distillery, although the Highland–Lowland fault line is literally about 20 metres from the still room, meaning the distillery’s warehouses are in the Lowlands yet the distilling takes place in the Highlands. I was recently invited to […]

Continue Reading

Lagg Distillery – Peated Arran Malt

Lagg distillery on Arran

Lagg is the smoky sister of Lochranza Distillery, which makes Arran Single Malt. Even though it is still a young distillery, Lagg was awarded ‘Distillery of the Year’ in the 2023 Scottish Whisky Awards. Lagg is located at the southern […]

Continue Reading

Cotswolds Distillery – English Single Malt Whisky

Cotswolds signature cask whisky

Cotswolds Distillery was recently named the most popular distillery in the UK and Ireland, and no wonder! The distillery is located in a stunning part of the English countryside, the staff working there are very friendly, and their ‘new world’ […]

Continue Reading

Visiting the Holyrood Distillery in Edinburgh

Holyrood Distillery's Embra single malt whisky bottle

Holyrood Distillery, founded in 2019, is the first whisky distillery in Edinburgh since 1925. You can find the distillery in a former railway goods shed, which dates to the 1830s. It is the perfect location for the new city centre […]

Continue Reading

Visiting Manifattura Cocktail Bar in Florence – All About Italian Spirits

manifattura bar entrance

Manifattura is a cocktail bar in Florence specialising in all the best Italian spirits and liqueurs from across the country. The bar serves ONLY Italian products, so if you want a Margarita cocktail, you’ll have to go somewhere else. Manifattura […]

Continue Reading

Drinking Cocktails in Glasgow City Centre

cocktail bar

It would be rude not to drink cocktails in Glasgow. There are many of bars in the city, some better than others, so here’s a list of bars I like to visit for a cocktail or few. Glasgow is blessed […]

Continue Reading