Happy Hour: December’s Tipple Box Review
Shake Shake Shake Senora It’s unfortunate that Harry Belafonte couldn’t have joined us for our recent Tipple Box experience. But unfortunately, that banana boat has sailed. And you can probably tell by...
View ArticleThe Teasmith Gin: 3 Easy Tasty Cocktails
Take it easy, but take it I am all about the gin. Any excuse for gin and I’m in. But I’m not huge on gin and tonic, which makes gin tastings slightly awkward. But if there’s one thing that I’ve learned...
View Article5 Fun Places For A Drink In Edinburgh
5 Fun Places For A Drink In Edinburgh It won’t surprise any visitors to learn that Edinburgh has its share of wonderful bars. For that matter, it’s more or less a given that any big, or even...
View ArticleEvery Rose Has Its Syrup: Yandra Tea Company
A rose by any other name Would taste as sweet. My first experience with a rose drink was in a hotel which we reviewed last year. When asked what I would like to drink, I asked the barwoman to surprise...
View ArticleFebruary’s Tipple Box: French Gin Martini Recipe
Voulez Vous Ah ha… Ah ha… I feel like it has been way too long since I reviewed a Tipple Box. And this totally isn’t through choice. Imagine having no time to drink? What a life burden. I have had a...
View ArticleCold Town House: Something’s Brewing In Edinburgh’s Grassmarket
I’m just a Cold Town girl I’ve been itching and scratching to get into Edinburgh’s exciting new £4m development in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket. I’m actually kind of devo as we recently stayed at The Apex...
View ArticleSailor Jerry Returns to Scotland: Ahoy Alba
A Spiced Rum Always Made a Good Sailor Where did our love story with Sailor Jerry begin? Well, SJ and I go waaay back. Trust me. But Scott was a Sailor virgin until he popped his spicy Jerry at the...
View ArticleMy Pirate Life: Sailor Jerry Trims and Tattoos
May your cork always be loose I thought love was only true in fairytales, meant for someone else and not for me. But I found spiced rum. And the rest is history. When I was a kid, I didn’t want to be a...
View ArticleAberdeen Gin Fest: Tipple and Tonic
When Life Gives You The Lemon Tree Go there, drink neat and forget absolutely all of your responsibilities. Or at least that’s what I’m planning to do. This will be our first time at the Aberdeen Gin...
View ArticleSpirit of Speyside: Distilled 2019
Whisky In My Jar We thought it would be a good idea to let Scott, whisky connoisseur and Aye 2.0, write about our time at Spirit of Speyside: Distilled. Now that you’ve been warned, take it away Scott…...
View ArticleOur Glasgow New Year: What Even Happened
Auld Acquaintance Was Forgotten Aye Aye, it took 4 days for the Glasgow New Year hangover to subside. It’s February and only now am I brave enough to write about my New Year plight. I’m making out that...
View ArticleAll Aye’s on the Citi Hotel Aberdeen
Citi Slickers 48 hours in the big smoke! We never get 48 hours in the big smoke. I felt full-on Carrie Bradshaw as I strutted around the city streets. We live in Cruden Bay so a trip into Aberdeen is...
View ArticleGranite Noir 2020: Poisoned Cocktail Party
Cocktail Killers Aberdeen’s unique writing festival has returned with the theme of crime and murder. We went along to the Poisoned Cocktail Party at the Carmelite Hotel for a nose and some poison. Our...
View Article9 Cheap Alcohol Brands that Taste just as Great
Alternative Cheap Alcohol Brands Looking for good cheap alcohol? Well, my friend, you have come to the right place. I was born and bred in the Highlands of Scotland where alcohol was put in the baby...
View ArticleAldi Cider Alska VS popular brand Kopparberg
Aldi Alcohol – Alska Cider I have been a fan of Kopparberg ever since Summer was first introduced to Scotland. We might only get one or days per annum of really good, really hot, really...
View ArticleJust a Johnnie Walker Black Label Whisky Review
Whisky Me Away My first experience with Johnnie Walker was on a flight from New Orleans to London, after a week of non-stop working (drinking) at Tales of the Cocktail. It was a Johnnie Walker Red...
View ArticleA Scottish Garden Brunch: Lockdown Saturdays
But Officer, It’s Just Tea Lockdown life is a drag huh? Well, not all the time. Sometimes it’s super fun, mindful and packed to the rafters with zen. But sometimes, it’s a drag. A real draaaaaaag. But...
View ArticleSipping Scottish Loose Leaf Tea: Unravel Tea
Tea Me Tea You Been spending the last 27 years not having a clue about loose leaf tea. Mostly drank Tetley for 26 of those years before giving up milky tea for herbal tea – whilst on a path to “find...
View ArticleGin Tasting on The Edinburgh Gin Tour
Edinburgh Gin Tour It was a dreich Tuesday afternoon in Scotland’s capital city. We had been in Edinburgh for 4 days and finally the day of departure was upon us, so we decided to go out with a bang....
View ArticleNew Orleans Day 1: Initiation Station
My New Orleans Initiation Station One way ticket to the moon I have been in some states, but never have I been in 3 states in one day. By the time we reached Louisiana mama, American Airlines had...
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