Two exclusive Scottish gin cocktails at The Ivy

The Ivy Collection’s first Scottish restaurant, The Ivy on the Square, is getting ready for the 10th World Gin Day. Taking place on Saturday, 9 June, they are creating two exclusive gin cocktails, The Melville (priced at £7.25) and The Multrees (priced at £7.25) in collaboration with new Scottish gin distillery, Oro Gin. The cocktails…

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Gin festival returns to Edinburgh in June

Juniper Festival

Celebrating all things gin, the Juniper Festival returns to Edinburgh for its fifth edition on 1-3 June. This year’s ‘Makers & Mixers’ gin extravaganza will take place at Summerhall with distillers, masterclasses, music, street food, craft stalls and gin cocktails galore. Martin Duffy, director of Edinburgh-based drinks and events consultancy Solid Liquids and mastermind behind…

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Glasgow to host a celebration of Indian food

Glasgow’s former fish market is being transformed into Little India for Scotland’s biggest ever festival of Indian food. Stalls representing the six main culinary regions of India will be serving a total of 36 dishes at the event in The Briggait in the centre of the city on Saturday and Sunday 14 and 15 July.…

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New Scottish gin gets a capital launch

A new Scottish gin was launched earlier this month in the heart of the capital. Kinrara Distillery launched into Edinburgh with a gathering of friends at Kin Bar on Barony Street. Those invited got to meet Wee Alice, the Kinrara still named after the mother of the co-founders of Kinrara Distillery and sample the new…

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Bear with them for a double celebration in Fife

A ‘burning of the bear’ ceremony is to take place to mark World Whisky Day and the Royal Wedding. There’s unlikely to be a more unique way to celebrate World Whisky Day on 19 May than witnessing a 100ft high bear carving set aflame on a Fife hillside. On the hill overlooking Lindores Abbey Distillery’s…

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Fiesta of flavour for Islay and Speyside festivals

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is making May a month to remember. It’s one its members will savour with the release of 10 exclusive bottles to celebrate both the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival (3–7 May) and Feis Ile, The Islay Festival of Music and Malt (25 May–2 June). The Society will also be holding…

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Learn from the experts at wedding event in Edinburgh

With peak wedding season underway, Scotland’s wedding industry leaders will be hosting a free evening of tips and expert advice in Edinburgh.  The Wedding Shop’s Edinburgh Showroom Takeover promises to inform and inspire with DIY cake decorating, cocktails and floristry. Guests will learn how to create a gift list with a twist and solve supplier…

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Perthshire looks to capture the ‘hound pound’

Perthshire will lead the way with a new dog friendly website this weekend. Over 100 dog-lovers and their four-legged friends are heading to Perth this weekend for Puppies and Prosecco, the eagerly-anticipated launch for brand-new tourism website, Dog Friendly Perthshire. Puppies and Prosecco is the first event of its kind in Perth and takes place…

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Expert advice on hand to plan for the big day

An evening of top wedding tips is coming to Edinburgh, as the nation becomes excited ahead of the Royal Wedding. The Scottish wedding industry now worth in excess of £850 million per year, and with Prince Harry and Meaghan Markle’s wedding grabbing the attention, we are now at the start of peak wedding season. The…

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Spirits firm move gin production to Isle of Colonsay

Wild Thyme Spirits is moving gin production to its base on the beautiful Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay this month. The first ‘island batch’ of Colonsay Gin set to run from the still by the end of May. Founders of Wild Thyme Spirits, husband and wife team, Fin and Eileen Geekie relocated from Oxfordshire to…

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