Cocktail Bar Review: Strata, Glasgow

Ideally situated in Glasgow’s bustling city centre, my friends and I went along on a Wednesday evening around 8 o’clock. Strata is a chilled hub for enjoying post- shopping or after work cocktails. I liked the feel of the bar as it was very welcoming and a pleasant break from the busy streets nearby. Strata […]

Auchentoshan Presents “The Taste Experiments”

If only it weren’t illegal to give kids booze, for the series of masterclasses coming up to explore the concept of taste through scientific experiments from Auchentoshan look set to make being a boffin cool again.Traditional whisky tastings, with their elaborate tasting notes unintelligible to all apart from the most hardened of spirit geeks are […]

Guide to Glasgow Cocktail Bars

Glasgow has long been regarded as one of the most lively and cosmopolitan cities in the UK. The city has everything you could ask for, from stylish shopping complexes, art galleries, amazing Victorian architecture, and fabulous restaurants catering for all tastes. Furthermore, with a little digging, you will also find that Glasgow cocktail bars are currently serving up […]

“Best Cocktail in Scotland” Competition

Social and Cocktail are proud to have teamed up with Scottish culture magazine The Skinny to give discerning drinkers the chance to vote for the Best Cocktail in Scotland. Five of the Scotland’s cocktail bars have each nominated the top cocktail from their repertoire to create a shortlist for voters to choose from, with the drink garnering […]

Cocktail Bar Review: Connich at The Hilton, Glasgow

The Glasgow Hilton at Charing Cross extensively renovated their hotel bar in early 2012. Previously a closed off room the bar area now seamlessly blends with the spacious hotel lobby lounge, tempting guests and locals alike into the Connich Bar. Inside the décor is traditional, dark wood panelling, brass features, leather chairs but the contemporary […]

Cocktail Bar Review: Metropolitan Bar, Glasgow

Metropolitan Cocktail Bar and Restaurant can be found on the Candleriggs side of Merchant Square, right in the middle of the Merchant City.  Its clientele are inmain suited, booted, well-groomed, & well-heeled – on the day we visit there’s a group of grey-suited men by the windows and a table of laughing women next to us drinking what looks […]