Stay frosty!
Stay frosty When the trees are dripping ice, it's time to find a warm welcoming pub ...
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, ...
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 ...
Reverse Waterloo sunset
Bokan, Novotel, Canary Wharf, London 38 floors up, looking back at London from Canary Wharf ...
Is it me …?
Is it me, or is there a horse on that ceiling? When you're strolling through the Jordaan after a pleasant ...
Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky
Whisky of the week - Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky. In honour of Japan's great win against Scotland in Rugby World ...
Sunset over Sumatra
Sunset over Sumatra from 1-Altitude, Singapore Sipping a sundowner in Singapore, in the highest alfresco bar in the world, 282 ...
Through the Looking Glass
The Still Room, Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland The Still Room at the Gleneagles hotel looks so warm and inviting in its ...
Nikka Pure Malt Black
Malt of the month for October. In the month that Japan hosts the first ever Rugby World Cup in Asia, ...
Ruadh Maor
In the wild, a rather pleasant, pretty unique, bottling of 158 bottles from Chorlton Whisky of Manchester. A non chill-filtered ...
Glenfiddich Fire and Cane
Whisky of the week - Glenfiddich Fire and Cane. The fourth expression from the Glenfiddich Experimental Series, Fire & Cane ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
£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' ...
Glenrothes 10 year old
Whisky of the week - The Glenrothes 10. The youngest expression from the Glenrothes Soleo Collection is matured exclusively in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
August Roundup
August, one hell of a month. Was that really only 31 days?? malt of the monthwhisky of the weekTrafalgar Tavern, ...
Walking the talk …
Spread the word... Smooooth... Liquid Sunshine merchandise It's unlikely to make you more attractive to the opposite sex, but it ...
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 ...
Smokehead Islay Single Malt
Whisky of the week - Smokehead Islay Single Malt from Ian Macleod distillers. It may not be as explosive as ...
In the Doghouse
In the Doghouse. Again. Still? Well, I guess that's what happens when the mixer for your whisky is a pint ...
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 ...
Sazerac Rye
Whisky of the week - Sazerac Rye. New Orleans in a glass.Bourbon Street and Louis Armstrong, jazz funerals and swamp ...
There can be only one!
Just who will be malt of the month for October? With a range of new malts from John Crabbie & ...
Piping Live, Glasgow
National Piping Museum, Glasgow Why, you may ask, is a whisky magazine, featuring a festival of piping?Well, beyond the fact ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cutty Sark
Whisky of the week - Cutty Sark. A large Cutty Sark by the Cutty Sark on a sunny summer's evening ...
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 ...
The Glenlivet Founders Reserve
Malt of the month for August. Pale speyside gold with notes of citrus and toffee apples and a dreamy finish ...
July Roundup
Well, that was quite a July! -- The Macallan GoldSkeleton KeyTennessee FireLynyrd SkynyrdHolyrood DistilleryNew Asia Bar, SingaporeCeud Mile FailteHappy Fourth ...
Liquid Sunshine – the logo
The amber nectar: wild and warming, fiery and fluid, nurture and nature. After dark, when the sun goes down ...
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 ...
Skeleton Key
Whisky of the week - Skeleton Key from Duncan Taylor & Co, the family-owned Scotch whisky specialist. A bespoke boilermaker ...
Lynyrd Skynrd
The first time I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd live it was their first UK tour way back in the mists of ...
Highball Heaven
Great to see Johnnie Walker launching a campaign to make whisky Highballs the next big thing in bars around the ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Macallan Gold
Malt of the month for July. Liquid gold with notes of citrus and boiled sweets. The Macallan 1824 Series celebrated ...
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 ...
New Asia Bar, Singapore
From its opening the New Asia Bar was my favourite haunt for chilling out high above the hustle and bustle ...
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 ...
Too much good whiskey
Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enoughMark Twain ...
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 ...
Fourth of July
Happy Fourth of July! As liquid sunshine is a very personal take on whisky I couldn't think of a better ...
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 ...
Madison, London
A penthouse terrace bar and lounge with a view to die for. When waterfalls cascade down magnificent rock faces it's ...
Shoulder to shoulder
Amazing what you can get at the supermarket these days. Waitrose in Milngavie, Scotland declaring its allegiences ...
CEUD MÌLE FÀILTE
Welcome to Liquid Sunshine. A very personal window on whisky. Uisge beatha, the water of life. We hope you enjoy ...
