Drink

The Edinburgh-based Panda & Sons has been named among the world's best bars

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Scottish bar once again named among world's best at awards ceremony

UK Food Minister Daniel Zeichner (top right), Scottish Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie, and a glass of Scotch whisky

UK Food Minister Daniel Zeichner (top right), Scottish Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie, and a glass of Scotch whisky

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Scottish food and drink exports 'at risk' as Labour consider enacting Tory laws

Dark Art Distillery founder Andrew Clark Hutchison

Dark Art Distillery founder Andrew Clark Hutchison

First ever 'Scottish tequila' produced in Galloway

To celebrate Burns Night, Scots are encouraged to write a poem about the national drink

To celebrate Burns Night, Scots are encouraged to write a poem about the national drink

Poetry competition for whisky lovers launches - with a rare, vintage prize

There is currently no standalone offence for spiking

There is currently no standalone offence for spiking

Creating separate spiking offence ‘should be examined further’, MSPs told

Sales from Downpour gin have allowed the business to expand

Sales from Downpour gin have allowed the business to expand

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Here for the bere – distillery hopes to create 'unique spirit'

Plans for the landmark Ardgowan Distillery hope to make a building that is carbon negative in operation and will become a tourist attraction

Plans for the landmark Ardgowan Distillery hope to make a building that is carbon negative in operation and will become a tourist attraction

'Cathedral of whisky' pledges to become carbon negative distillery

The first bottle from Dark Matter Distillers' inaugural 'Physicist Series' sold for £13,000

The first bottle from Dark Matter Distillers' inaugural 'Physicist Series' sold for £13,000

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Scotland's first official rum distillery sells inaugural bottle for £13,000

The SNP Trade Union Group was puzzled by the GMB's criticism of their proposal to explore raising cash for the public purse in Scotland through a levy on profiitable whisky firms

The SNP Trade Union Group was puzzled by the GMB's criticism of their proposal to explore raising cash for the public purse in Scotland through a levy on profiitable whisky firms

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GMB criticised for suggesting whisky levy proposal would be a 'job killer'

The price of a bottle of Buckfast is likely to increase as the UK increased tax on fortified wines

The price of a bottle of Buckfast is likely to increase as the UK increased tax on fortified wines

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Price of a bottle of Buckfast set to increase thanks to Tory Budget

From left: Derek Alexander of National Trust for Scotland and Alan Winchester The Glenlivet master distiller at the dig on the old site of The Glenlivet Distillery

From left: Derek Alexander of National Trust for Scotland and Alan Winchester The Glenlivet master distiller at the dig on the old site of The Glenlivet Distillery

Excavation reveals site of the first Glenlivet distillery almost 200 years later

Glenmorangie's new distillery conceived as a whisky makers' playground opened on the Dornoch Firth

Glenmorangie's new distillery conceived as a whisky makers' playground opened on the Dornoch Firth

‘Innovation distillery’ seeks to redefine all aspects of spirit-making

Push for tougher restrictions as Scots back curbs on alcohol marketing

Push for tougher restrictions as Scots back curbs on alcohol marketing

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Push for tougher restrictions as Scots back curbs on alcohol marketing

The Springbank single malt was once in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s most expensive whisky

The Springbank single malt was once in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s most expensive whisky

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Whisky minature sells for almost £6500 amid 'renaissance' for smaller bottles

Roger White, chief executive of AG Barr

Roger White, chief executive of AG Barr

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Positive outlook for Scottish drinks firm as trading has been strong in 2021

Bruce Walker, 22, from Broomhill, who has turned his passion for spirits into a company called Purist Gin after finding himself jobless when the first coronavirus shutdown hit

Bruce Walker, 22, from Broomhill, who has turned his passion for spirits into a company called Purist Gin after finding himself jobless when the first coronavirus shutdown hit

Scot celebrates award-winning gin launched during lockdown