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8 Doors Distillery is unveiled

Scotland’s most northerly mainland Scotch distillery reveals it’s name

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Planning permission secured for John O’Groats whisky distillery

Local husband and wife team behind new micro-distillery to be most northernly on Scottish mainland.

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Wolfburn Distillery announces new release

The northern highland distillery launches Batch 155, the fourth small-batch released.

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Tobermory 19 Year Old Spanish Sherry Cask Finish

We review Tobermory’s Distillery-exclusive 19 Year Old Spanish Sherry Cask Finish.

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Whisky tasting at SMWS Queen Street

An early preview of the SMWS April 2017 outturn at the Kaleidoscope whisky bar.

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Bruichladdich 9 Year Old (Dramfool)

An independently-bottled Bruichladdich from Dramfool.

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Glen Grant Toasts Burns Night with a Haggis Cocktail

Speyside whisky teams up with Edinburgh bar to create The Chieftain, an ‘offally braw’ haggis-inspired cocktail.

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Ben Bracken 22 Year Old Islay Single Malt

Ben Bracken is one of Lidl’s whisky brands and the stable generally contains the ‘too good to be true’ expressions which are released as limited editions. This 22 year old Islay Single Malt was released for Christmas 2016 and is priced at £44.99, making it a very tempting proposition indeed. It also won the ‘Best […]

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Abrachan Blended Malt

Abrachan Blended Malt is an expression produced by Lidl and is part of the standard spirits range. It comprises of single malt whiskies which have been matured in 3 different casks; Bourbon Barrels, Oloroso Sherry Butts and Tawny Port Pipes before being vatted together to make the blend. It doesn’t carry an age statement, but […]

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Christmas Spirit with Lidl

It’s the 1st December and hence definitely time to be thinking about (re)filling the drinks cabinet for the festive season. If you’re looking for some well-priced options, read on! A few weeks ago, we were fortunate enough to be invited along to the Lidl Christmas Spirits event at the excellent Lucky Liquor in Edinburgh. Over […]