Cask and Still Magazine Issue 4

Issue four of Cask & Still is packed with the best features on the drinks scene in Scotland. We discover more about the ancient and messy tradition of tarring and feathering apprentice coopers is revived on Speyside. In our tour of the world’s whisky bars, we have a look at draming down under at Whisky…

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Cask and Still Magazine Issue 3

Cask & Still’s third edition takes a journey into bourbon with comic genius Bernie Lubbers. The stand-up comic is also a bourbon ambassador and bluegrass musician. Our whisky bar of the issue takes us to the Flatiron Room in Manhattan, New York. We meet Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith, who, as well as…

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Cask and Still Magazine Issue 2

The second issue of Cask & Still takes us behind the scenes of the remake of the classic film Whisky Galore. We are given an all-access preview of the film, this time starring Gregor Fisher, Eddie Izzard, James Cosmo and Sean Biggerstaff. Our Bar Snap of the month takes us to enjoy cocktails at Bangkiok’s…

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Macduff man makes rum in Mauritius

A MACDUFF man has swapped wine making in rainy England for rum making in sunny Mauritius. David Adamson studied winemaking at Plumpton College near Brighton. “I spent some time working at a winery in England, but pruning vines in the cold UK winter wasn’t for me,” he explained. Instead, Adamson has now launched Beach Bum…

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Scottish Whisky Awards – winners in full

THE full list of winners at the Scottish Whisky Awards has been unveiled. The awards – for which Cask & Still magazine is the media partner – announced the winners during an online ceremony. Forty experts blind tasted 155 whiskies to choose the winners. The top prize in the competition, “Whisky Distillery of the Year,…

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de Burgh Wine Merchants delivers restaurant quality at home

WHEN the hospitality industry was shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, de Burgh Wine Merchants was faced with losing 95% of its business overnight. Such a seismic shock provided the catalyst to accelerate the company’s plans to expand its web shop and home delivery service. “People have been drinking our wines for…

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Plans for Benbecula distillery unveiled

ISLANDERS could soon be sipping a locally-made whisky instead of collecting bottles from the beach if plans for a distillery on Benbecula are given the go-ahead. Father-and-son team Angus A MacMillan and Angus E MacMillan, who set up the Uist Distilling Company, will submit plans for a £6.5 million unit at Gramsdale. They say the…

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