Compass Box and Drinkmonger
Drinkmonger Ok, some news: I am a drinkmongerer (this is a good thing). I now work part-time for Drinkmonger, the wine arm of Royal Mile Whiskies. Currently, there are 2 Drinkmonger’s in Scotland. One in Edinburgh and one in Pitlochry. They both have an excellent Wine selection, beer selection and an interesting Whisky selection (as you can [...]
The Vintner’s Rooms. What a shame
Occasionally, you see a business and idea that you really want to do well, but has the tiniest chance of doing well. The problem is, that with every day that passes, you see the chance of success fading. The small glint of hope you saw at the start being slowly extinguished. You hope that, against [...]
All the Knights of the Round Table say yo!!
At last our turn! Big welcome to all the Knights, it’s great to have you here! Muchos slàintas to Jason for being such a geek and making all this happen and the rest of you for being such an entertaining wee crowd for nearly a year now. So here is the question we asked you [...]
Compass Box you say?
Edinburgh Whisky Blog Compass Box tasting at the Vintners Rooms in Leith. Ok, so you know what Edinburgh Whisky Blog is (If you are reading this and don’t know, have a look at our about us section). The Vintners rooms is an Italian Restaurant in Leith which has a ridiculous collection of whiskies to try [...]
Compass Box Tasting at the Vintners Rooms
Time: Monday, November 8 at 7:00pm Location: Vintners Rooms, The Vaults, 87 Giles St. Leith, Edinburgh We are going to be hosting a sit down tasting for 20 folk starting at 7.00pm. It’s gonna be 5 pounds, which will go to Andy’s charity walk. We will be tasting 3 Compass Box Whiskies. At 8pm, we [...]
Whisky Fringe
Guest Writer and drinking buddy, Andreas Mott. There was a lot of talk about Whisky Fringe. ‘It’s gonna be amazing!’ people would say to me and ‘ best event of the year’. One problem though: It was sold out! It’s a bit like telling a child there is a toy shop across the road but [...]
More rules? Wohoo, we’ll drink to that!
… And the voice from heavens struck upon us – All Scotch whisky must now be bottled in Scotland. And no column stills shall be used for making single malt. Oh, I almost forgot, and the phrase ‘pure malt’ is now banned from the labels too. So say we all. What better way to celebrate [...]
