Holyrood Distillery uncorks special offers for its fifth birthday
For the duration of its birthday week – 24th to 31st July – the distillery will be offering free tours, £5 cocktails and discount deals from its shop.
New boutique hotel and restaurant The Leddie opens in East Lothian
Formerly The Duck’s Inn, the property was acquired by Northern Irish private investment company Wirefox last September, and fully refurbished.
Aberdeen’s Whisky Week will pair up city venues with distilleries
Running from Sept 5th to 15th, Whisky Week will spotlight both Aberdeen’s ‘punching above its weight’ bar scene and Scotland's whisky distilleries.
Net Zero jargon guide launched for Scotland’s food and drink sector
Understanding the ‘Net Zero’ agenda can be tricky – but with 80% of consumers willing to pay a premium for sustainability, it’s a lesson worth learning.
Edinburgh Festival’s ‘Thinking Drinkers’ set out to save the pub
Comedy duo the Thinking Drinkers are launching a new Edinburgh Festival show celebrating the pleasures of the pub – with discounted tickets for hospitality workers.
Edinburgh to have its first ever ‘Bartending BAFTAs’ this September
Already a popular fixture in the Glasgow trade calendar, the Bartenders Ball is to head East for the first time, with the brand new Edinburgh Bar Awards.
Mingary Castle named as AA ‘Restaurant with Rooms of The Year’
Mingary Castle, which is run by chef owner Colin Nicholson, was one of just nine UK winners honoured in the awards, which are given to the best of Britain's B&Bs.
Euros football final expected to deliver £120 million sales boost for UK pubs
Pundits are predicting a huge increase in pub sales this Sunday, as English football fans head out to watch their national side face Spain in the tournament’s final.
Edinburgh’s Frederick St ‘party parlour’ gets a refit to cope with demand
Freddy’s owners, Encore Bars, have reinvested in the venue, with an internal reorganisation and refurb ‘creatively utilising every inch of space’.
OnlyDrams – People may not age well, but whisky certainly does
Whisky science isn't so far from Jurassic Park: ‘Your distillers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should’
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