Consuming the Spirits of Scotland

The Countryside, Tradition, History and Scotch are all Famous...But it's the Food that Surprises

The haggis was brought into the room, lifted above the head of its carrier and preceded by its chef, a bagpiper, and a barman. It was the barman who gripped the bottle of Glenfiddich single-malt Scotch and lifted it into the air as if to purify the atmosphere in advance of the haggis’s arrival. Robert Burns would have been proud.

In fact, the spirit of Scotland’s... Full Story

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