UPDATE: Silver Award winner in the Experiential Design category at 2025's Scottish Design Awards and one of Time magazine's 'World's Greatest Places of 2025' In a historic moment for Islay, Scotch and the wider whisky world, the iconic Port Ellen Distillery has been brought back to life after more than four decades’ closure. Building on… Continue reading A Legend Reborn
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Love cocktails? Answer me this…
Last year, I was lucky enough to visit some of the world’s best bars, including The Dead Rabbit and Dante in NYC, Thirteen, The Gothic Bar and Lyaness (nearly) in London and Edinburgh’s Panda & Sons. Looking at my admittedly amateur pics afterwards got me thinking: Why don’t more bars include imagery on their cocktail… Continue reading Love cocktails? Answer me this…
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Just for a bit of fun in the run up to Christmas... I’m running a quiz, testing the LinkedIn community's whisky knowledge and maybe even adding to it. Check out the first teaser...
Make mine a double
Port Ellen and Brora were, until recently, two of the most revered 'lost' distilleries in the global spirits industry. Closed in 1983, the whiskies they produced have become some of the most highly prized and sought after single malts in the world, elevating the ghost distilleries to cult status amongst whisky enthusiasts and collectors. Following… Continue reading Make mine a double