It’s that time of year when everyone is suddenly regretting all the holiday cheer they’ve been enjoying since the lights were lit on Regent Street or the last crumb of pumpkin pie was nibbled on Thanksgiving Day. Now we tighten our belts and forego fun for what is known as Dry January here in the
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If you didn’t listen to last week’s episode, then press stop and go back to that one now! You’ll meet Geoff Speiran, the Global Whiskey Ambassador for The Dublin Liberties Distillery. In this episode, Geoff is on hand to guide us through Dublin’s newest distillery and then take us through a tasting of a selection
My friend and past guest on Lush Life Podcast, Miguel Riascos Jr. had launched the Serie Experimental No. 1, The Muscat Experiment of La Hechicera, the most-awarded Colombian rum. This is the first launch in an ‘Experimental’ range of limited-edition liquids to be released yearly. Serie Experimental No. 1 is a blend of aged rums
Usually people retire to Vero Beach, Florida, our guest today went there to further his career. Geoff Speiran, Global Whiskey Ambassador for The Dublin Liberties Distillery, wanted to get out of Dublin, where he was born and bred, to see the world and Florida came calling. Still, there’s way more to Geoff’s story than just
Born and bred on the Scottish Island of Islay, one would assume that whisky was in our guest’s blood, but it took a venture off island to bring him straight back. Adam Hannett thought he was destined for a life of marine biology, but that was not to be. Lucky for the whisky lover in
Bruichladdich Laddie Sour is a gem of a cocktail! An easy cocktail recipe for the classic Whisky Sour made the Bruichladdich way with Scottish whisky, lemon juice, egg white, sugar and bitters! What is a Whisky Sour cocktail The origin of whiskey sour dates back to the 1860s. The first-ever recipe was recorded in a
I do love Christmas cocktails and intend to imbibe all of these until Santa comes down that chimney, and maybe after as well. Christmas Cocktails are on the menu in London for such a short time, so I hope this Christmas Cocktail List will guide through the many, many creative cocktails there are in this fabulous
In creating a new brand of whisky, it would seem obvious that bartenders would care equally about the cocktail it would produce as the liquid inside the bottle. To the wider world of Scottish whisky, this concept is as edgy as you could get. Ben Iravani, Josh Rennie and Alex Lawrence were determined to study
The first time that our guest walked into the distillery her grandfather had acquired, she thought she was walking into a museum. Nothing had changed since the 1700’s. Christelle Harris soon realized that it was for this exact reason that Hampden Estate Rum would become so famous. Jamaican rum is known for its “funky” esters,