Compliments of the Season
Buying presents for people we care about at this time of the year – or buying a few...
Category Archives: Spirits and Beers
Oyster madness
[caption id="attachment_810" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="International oysters (et alia) at Starfish: a superb feast"][/caption] What fun we had last...
Jameson Irish whiskey
[caption id="attachment_794" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Three Irish beauties - a Dublin education"][/caption] The rain hung in the bright air...
Old, older, oldest
[caption id="attachment_584" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Glenfiddich global ambassador Ian Millar"][/caption] My Dad drank Glenfiddich. Not exclusively. Mostly as a...
The Succubus cocktail
[caption id="attachment_509" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Succubus cocktail"][/caption] What man amongst us has not woken suddenly in the pitch-dark...
White Owl Whisky
[caption id="attachment_336" align="alignleft" width="221" caption="White Owl - some say it's a whisper in the darkness; others find it...
Campari Time
[caption id="attachment_257" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The view from the terrace"][/caption] Sitting here on the high terrace of our old...
The BarChef Nationals
Wild goings-on last night at BarChef on Queen West where six of the country’s finest mixologists duked it...
Just a small one
A delightful event filled my Monday evening – a cocktail competition featuring Victoria gin, the spicy, floral gin...
Yorkshire notes
There are a few more things about my recent week in Yorkshire that had better be said before...