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Stay frosty!
Stay frosty When the trees are dripping ice, it's time to find a warm welcoming pub ...
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Irish whiskey month – soon.
Lanigans, Liverpool Its a hell of a hard life. Bur somebody's got to do it. Irish whiskey. Well, you would, ...
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Crabbie 12 year old
Malt of the month for November. Polite, yet full-flavoured malty fruitiness with a peppery smoke. The Crabbie name has been ...
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Is it me …?
Is it me, or is there a horse on that ceiling? When you're strolling through the Jordaan after a pleasant ...
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Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky
Whisky of the week - Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky. In honour of Japan's great win against Scotland in Rugby World ...
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Through the Looking Glass
The Still Room, Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland The Still Room at the Gleneagles hotel looks so warm and inviting in its ...
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Nikka Pure Malt Black
Malt of the month for October. In the month that Japan hosts the first ever Rugby World Cup in Asia, ...
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Ruadh Maor
In the wild, a rather pleasant, pretty unique, bottling of 158 bottles from Chorlton Whisky of Manchester. A non chill-filtered ...
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Glenfiddich Fire and Cane
Whisky of the week - Glenfiddich Fire and Cane. The fourth expression from the Glenfiddich Experimental Series, Fire & Cane ...
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Highball – Milroy’s of Soho
It won't take your head off, but a long cool, highball based on Mary Queen of Scots 12 year old ...
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Glenlochy 1979 – September’s malt of the month
As we say farewell to September's malt of the month, Glenlochy 1979, the tension mounts. What will October's malt of ...
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Rose and Crown
It’s a dull grey day in London and I have a long evening ahead of me. It's hot and sticky ...
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Old Fashioned – Coq D’Or, The Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
The Drake Hotel has been a favourite of mine since the days I lived in Chicago. It's a timeless classic ...
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Blood and Sand – OXO Tower, London
The Blood and Sand mixed at the OXO Tower is a cocktail well worth checking out. It's so incredibly more-ish, ...
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Tennessee Mule – Eddie McStiff’s, Moab, Utah
When you've been in the dry heat of the Utah desert for days dreaming of a cool, clear satisfying cocktail, ...
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Torpedoed Tulip
Whisky of the week - Torpedoed Tulip. Released as one of the three specially crafted whiskies in Brewdog's Boilermaker Series, ...
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£4m whisky collection under the hammer
Following on from Bonhams record-setting sale of a Hanyu Full Card Series, Sotheby's are now looking to auction the 'ultimate' ...
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Glenrothes 10 year old
Whisky of the week - The Glenrothes 10. The youngest expression from the Glenrothes Soleo Collection is matured exclusively in ...
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Nitrate Manhattan – Dandelyan, Mondrian Hotel, London
Dandelyan at the Mondrian Hotel, on the banks of the Thames in London. An upmarket, watering hole for the traditional ...
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The Clachaig Inn, Glencoe, Scotland
Held captive by its formidable mountains and blood-stained history, Glencoe is an iconic location that deserves to be on everybody’s ...
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At the Drive-In – OXO Tower, London
At the Drive-In, as mixed at the OXO Tower Restaurant, Brasserie and Bar, is a real eye-opener of a cocktail ...
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Glenlochy 1979 – 40 year old
Malt of the month for September. 40 year old whiskies are exceptionally rare, can be incredibly complex and should always ...
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August Roundup
August, one hell of a month. Was that really only 31 days?? malt of the monthwhisky of the weekTrafalgar Tavern, ...
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Walking the talk …
Spread the word... Smooooth... Liquid Sunshine merchandise It's unlikely to make you more attractive to the opposite sex, but it ...
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Far from the madding crowd
Edinburgh during the festival is a seething mass of humanity of all shapes and sizes from all over globe. When ...
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Smokehead Islay Single Malt
Whisky of the week - Smokehead Islay Single Malt from Ian Macleod distillers. It may not be as explosive as ...
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In the Doghouse
In the Doghouse. Again. Still? Well, I guess that's what happens when the mixer for your whisky is a pint ...
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New world auction record for a Japanese whisky collection
Hot off the presses. BONHAMS HONG KONG SETS NEW WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A JAPANESE WHISKY COLLECTION AS HANYU ICHIRO’S ...
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Sazerac Rye
Whisky of the week - Sazerac Rye. New Orleans in a glass.Bourbon Street and Louis Armstrong, jazz funerals and swamp ...
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There can be only one!
Just who will be malt of the month for October? With a range of new malts from John Crabbie & ...
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Piping Live, Glasgow
National Piping Museum, Glasgow Why, you may ask, is a whisky magazine, featuring a festival of piping?Well, beyond the fact ...
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Rocky Mountain High
It started out as a quiet night drinking some new fashioned Old Fashioneds in Aspen's J-Bar ... Check out on ...
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On the road. Where are we?
It's over 40 years since I stumbled upon this trailblazing stalwart of the swinging Soho scene. Those days are long ...
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Recognise this?
When was the last time you saw one of these on a bar? They used to be all the rage ...
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Taps aff – Finsbay, Milngavie, Scotland
'Rainy days and Mondays always get me down' sang the Carpenters, but I never fancied that, so I resolved long ...
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Cutty Sark
Whisky of the week - Cutty Sark. A large Cutty Sark by the Cutty Sark on a sunny summer's evening ...
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The Glenlivet Founders Reserve
Malt of the month for August. Pale speyside gold with notes of citrus and toffee apples and a dreamy finish ...
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July Roundup
Well, that was quite a July! -- The Macallan GoldSkeleton KeyTennessee FireLynyrd SkynyrdHolyrood DistilleryNew Asia Bar, SingaporeCeud Mile FailteHappy Fourth ...
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Liquid Sunshine – the logo
The amber nectar: wild and warming, fiery and fluid, nurture and nature. After dark, when the sun goes down ...
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Holyrood Distillery opens its doors
A great day for Edinburgh as the doors open on the first single malt whisky distillery in the centre of ...
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Skeleton Key
Whisky of the week - Skeleton Key from Duncan Taylor & Co, the family-owned Scotch whisky specialist. A bespoke boilermaker ...
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Lynyrd Skynrd
The first time I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd live it was their first UK tour way back in the mists of ...
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Highball Heaven
Great to see Johnnie Walker launching a campaign to make whisky Highballs the next big thing in bars around the ...
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Not playing with the full deck
Now I can undertand the lure of collectables as much as the next man. I appreciate the attractions of fine ...
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The Macallan Gold
Malt of the month for July. Liquid gold with notes of citrus and boiled sweets. The Macallan 1824 Series celebrated ...
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Red Sky Bar, Glasgow, Scotland
Nine storeys above the river Clyde, it's Saturday night and the sun is setting on a blustery Glasgow evening. The ...
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New Asia Bar, Singapore
From its opening the New Asia Bar was my favourite haunt for chilling out high above the hustle and bustle ...
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Fourth of July
Happy Fourth of July! As liquid sunshine is a very personal take on whisky I couldn't think of a better ...
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Tennessee Fire
Whisky of the week - Tennessee Fire by Jack Daniels.Some say it doesn't exist. Others that it shouldn't.But it does ...
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Madison, London
A penthouse terrace bar and lounge with a view to die for. When waterfalls cascade down magnificent rock faces it's ...
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CEUD MÌLE FÀILTE
Welcome to Liquid Sunshine. A very personal window on whisky. Uisge beatha, the water of life. We hope you enjoy ...