whisky at its most personal
Released as one of the three specially crafted whiskies in Brewdog’s Boilermaker Series, Torpedoed Tulip is a 100% rye whisky by Millstone, made at the Netherlands’ Zuidam distillery, matured exclusively in ex-Oloroso Sherry casks, and bottled at 46% ABV. A Dutch whisky, from rye milled by Dutch windmills. It was designed to pair with Dead Pony […]
The Glenlochy 1979 is a delicious dram, sweet with bitter notes, complex and well-balanced, fruity with a hint of peaty smokiness. A wonderful whisky, carrying its years with grace and distinction. Though whiskies this age lose half their volume to evaporation and few casks survive maturation of over three decades well enough to create truly […]
Littlemill, the first and oldest licensed distillery in Scotland, now silent, was sited in Bowling, a village between Dumbarton and Clydebank on the banks of the river Clyde. Local records show that on November 2, 1773, Robert Muir of Littlemiln was granted the first ever licence by the Government of King George III to ‘retail […]
Founded in 1898 by David McAndie of Nairn, Glenlochy distillery, was sited in Fort William, in the shadow of Ben Nevis, across the road from the Ben Nevis distillery. The distillery was built just as the Pattinson Crash ended years of speculation and overproduction in Scottish whisky distilling, to begin production in 1901. With its […]
The New Asia Bar, Singapore. High in the clouds 71 floors over Singapore City in Swissotel The Stamford, once the highest bar in the southern hemisphere and a favourite of Liquid Sunshine’s since the 80’s. Back then it was a favoured after-work joint for locals and a tourist haunt during the day, with an always […]
Dandelyan, in Sea Containers Hotel on the South Bank of the river Thames in London, was an innovative cocktail bar from Ryan Chetiyawardana – Mr Lyan. For decades, the south bank of the Thames was seen as the poor cousin of the north side from Westminster to the City. Though always lively, it had lacked […]
The Nitrate Manahattan, a perfect representation of what Dandelyan was all about, a cocktail classic powerfully reimagined with a backstory that would do Dickens proud. Dandelyan, in Sea Containers Hotel on the South Bank of the river Thames in London, was an innovative cocktail bar from Ryan Chetiyawardana – Mr Lyan. It pioneered a botanical […]
