Things to do in Ingliston when you’re dead
Bartenders are social creatures and often tend to congregate in places where alcohol – particularly rum – are abundant, even if that place happens to be Ingliston. Ingliston is a small village on the...
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Thirty Six: Saint’s Quarter
This drink came about through an interesting convergence of events. The first was back in November 2008 when the Pegu Blog hosted a MxMo called “Made from scratch” for which I made a homemade cinnamon...
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Forty Nine: L’Étranger Cocktail
Let’s talk a little about context. After all, it’s often said that nothing happens in a vacuum – though that’s patently untrue given our little marble of evolved consciousness does circuits in one –...
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Festive
custom bokeh – i love christmas by Adam Foster | Codefor on Flickr. It’s the season of goodwill and a time to remember the birth of – wait, gifts?! Have a great Christmas!
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The new gin
The sun is out, the flowers are blooming and Easter has come and gone. Spring has sprung like a beartrap and that means that it’s time to add some new things to the backbar. No, really. It’s like a...
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Outbound: gunpowder and treason
Via BarLifeUK: Finlandia Vodka Cup UK final imminent Nice round-up of recipes and qualifiers from the UK regionals. Via Yet Another Gin: CLASS Awards 2010 – results Yes, we’re right at the forefront...
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I can’t quite recall who it was now—maybe Linford Christie?—but a couple of years back some athlete, having found himself in hard times, recounted his terrible tale of woe and explained that his...
View ArticleLocal boy done good
This isn’t new news, but it’s good news – Edinburgh’s own Jamie MacDonald, owner of the Raconteur, won the UK final of Diageo Reserve Brands’ World Class 2011 competition. The world final takes place...
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2011 in numbers
So it turns out that December happens to coincide with the time at which everyone starts putting together their year-in-review or best-of-the-year lists. For me, and for this little site here, 2011 has...
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