The Bladnoch Distillery is looking forward to a bright future

Bladnoch marks bicentenary with £5000 bottling

Scotland’s most southern distillery has launched a special bicentennial release to celebrate both its rich history and its renaissance - at £5000 per bottle. Offering...
Lizzie's Dram has been created by Diageo to mark Liz Stewart's retiral

Lizzie’s retiral is marked with a special dram

Scotland’s first female operator in malt distilling celebrated her retirement last week and Diageo marked the occasion in a rather ‘neat’ way. After 31 years’...
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Inside the northernmost distillery

Aurora Spirit is the northernmost distillery in the world at 69.39°N. Set deep within the arctic circle the distillery and visitors centre is at Årøybukt...
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Prime Ministers and their relationship with a dram

Tales of late-night whisky-drinking are very much part of the mythology of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (PM: 1979-1990), but what is perhaps less well-known...
Gregor Fisher enjoys a dram

Actor Gregor Fisher discusses his favourite whisky

The Rab C Nesbitt actor tells us about Scotland's national drink. Do you remember the first time you drank whisky? Yes, my mother was never...
Blair Bowman has had enough of whisky snobs

Don’t listen to the whisky snobs – just go and enjoy a dram

Some people are just way too obsessed about ‘natural’ whisky. Don’t get me wrong its great to taste whisky in its natural form but some...


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