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, ...
Ruadh Maor
In the wild, a rather pleasant, pretty unique, bottling of 158 bottles from Chorlton Whisky of Manchester. A non chill-filtered ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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, ...
Torpedoed Tulip
Whisky of the week - Torpedoed Tulip. Released as one of the three specially crafted whiskies in Brewdog's Boilermaker Series, ...
Whisky Cafe, Amsterdam
When you're nicely nose-bagged after an Indonesian Rijsttaffel in Amsterdam and you just happen to walk by ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In the Doghouse
In the Doghouse. Again. Still? Well, I guess that's what happens when the mixer for your whisky is a pint ...
Rocky Mountain High
It started out as a quiet night drinking some new fashioned Old Fashioneds in Aspen's J-Bar ... Check out on ...
Scots wha hae…
The Piper's Tryst, Glasgow These pipers know how to live right. Dropped into the Piping Centre in Glasgow for a ...
Are they tuning up …
Are they just tuning up, or is there a song in there trying to escape? A noisy wee lunchtime dram ...
Recognise this?
When was the last time you saw one of these on a bar? They used to be all the rage ...
In the wild – Glenlivet Founders Reserve
August's malt of the month - The Glenlivet Founders Reserve - photographed in the wild at the Scotia Bar, Glasgow ...
When the party’s over …
When the party's over and it's time to go.Downing the last glass of Sazerac Rye in Milroy's, Soho. London's first ...
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 ...
Brewdog in the house
Brewdog Boilermaker Series whiskies The Brewdog Boilermaker Series of whiskies?Resurrecting the hauf'n'hauf with a Brewdog chaser??Now THAT sounds like a ...
Keeping up with the Joneses
While doing some work with Public, mentoring GovTech start-ups for the GovStart programme - a great initiative from Daniel and ...
In good company…
The Glenlivet Founders Reserve, the Balvenie and the Arran. August’s malt of the month – The Glenlivet Founders Reserve – ...
Brewdog? Some mistake surely?
Lone Wolf and Brewdog. So, just what have Brewdog got to do with whisky? Check out this month's In the ...
Lynyrd Skynrd
The first time I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd live it was their first UK tour way back in the mists of ...
Scotch on the roofs – Red Sky at night.
Sun setting over Glasgow Watching the sun set slowly over the Armadillo, SSE Hydro and Scottish Exhibition Centre from the ...
Scotch on the roofs – Madison, London
Scotch on the roofs, with a view to match. Madison by St Paul's, London.Rooftop bar, restaurant and terrace, ...
There can be only one
The Glenlivet Founders Reserve, the Balvenie and the Arran Who will be Malt of the Month for August?There can be ...
Open Champions
They can't all be champion, but it's a class field. Sponsors of The Open 2019. Check out what Robin Williams ...
Do NOT let the whisky escape!
Do NOT let the whisky escape! Repeat. Do NOT let the whisky escape!! Preventing a whisky outbreak at Ardnamurchan, Glasgow ...
Fire and ice – Smollensky’s, Canary Wharf, London
Tennessee Fire and soda at Smollensky's, Canary Wharf, London. If shots are not your thing, but you're in a mood ...
Shoulder to shoulder
Amazing what you can get at the supermarket these days. Waitrose in Milngavie, Scotland declaring its allegiences ...
