My Favourite Aberdeen Cocktail Bars

By Sian Ferguson – Bartender Extraodinaire Aberdeen has a really great social scene. In the past few years there’s been a fantastic amount of new bars, hotels and restaurants opening around the city. The most popular additions have included speciality bars with craft beer and whisky making big leaps! However, the biggest change in the […]

Cocktail Bartender Interview – Adam Montgomerie

Adam Montgomerie is the Head Cocktail Bartender at Bar Kohl Edinburgh, which turns 20 this year and celebrated in November with a huge party that was the talk of the city. Throughout 2013, Adam and his dedicated team have been working on the Bar Kohl cocktail list – gone are the flavoured vodkas and shots […]

My Three Favourite Whisky Cocktails

By Graham at The Whisky Shop If you mention whisky to someone, invariably images of Scottish Highlands, isolated distilleries and gentlemen sipping whisky on the rocks flash into their mind. However, in recent years whisky has enjoyed a rise in popularity among people of all ages throughout the world. This renaissance is largely down to […]

Apéritif & Digestif Cocktails

The appreciation of good food and drink is at an all-time high and with that the demand for apéritif and digestif cocktails is very much back in vogue. There has historically been some confusion about the difference between the two and what type of drink constitutes which one. The term apéritif comes from the Latin word apeire, […]

Scotch Whisk(e)y Cocktails ~ 4 of the Best

Scotch whisky attracts its many followers at least in part because of the huge diversity of flavours it offers. So when I read a cocktail recipe which calls for “2oz Scotch”, I scowl and mutter.  Every whisky is different, and you can’t just throw in “2oz Scotch” and hope for a great tasting drink. Cocktails […]