Lachlan crosses rum’s final Frontiers

EDINBURGH bartender Lachlan Rooney has mixed his way to Costa Rica after being crowned the winner of Nicaraguan rum brand Flor de Caña’s 2018 Rum Frontiers cocktail competition.

Capital bartender wins spirited race

ANOTHER Edinburgh bartender has raced to first place on Skye after being crowned the second ever winner of Talisker’s Race to Skye cocktail competition.

Edinburgh gin bar goes fourth

One Square marked the launch of the fourth batch of its gin with a special party last month .

Debate needed on licence fees

Trade group calls for a review of board licensing systems

Hotel renovation a hole in one

The Machrie Hotel and Links on Islay’s Laggan Bay is set to reopen this month following a major refurbishment and expansion .

Whisky visitors still on the up

Record numbers flock to Scotland’s distilleries SCOTLAND’S distilleries enjoyed their “best year ever” with record visitor numbers and increased spending in visitor centres, new figures...

Dornoch distillers seeking investors

Expansion on the cards for Highland gin and whisky maker .

Brewer’s glass runneth over

St Andrews Brewing Co smashes crowdfunding target .

New house of cod in city

A former church and World Heritage site that has lain empty for ten years in Edinburgh is to be transformed into a restaurant celebrating the traditional British ‘chippy’ .

A rare vintage relaunched

William Grant & Sons relaunched its Glenfiddich 30 year old single malt at The Kitchin .

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