Sugar Boat’s frontage on Colquhoun Square. Pic: www.instagram.com/sugarboat30/ Sugar Boat is making waves in Helensburgh. The Bank Holiday weekend may be over but the 5pm Dining blog is taking a wee jaunt to the seaside. To be...
Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival is one of many options open to beer drinkers this weekend. Chewing over where to drink this weekend? Step this way… While it may be damp in places, this weekend’s weather looks set to be –...
A section of the WhiskyTubeMap from The Pocket Guide to Whisky. The Pocket Guide to Whisky offers a new way to get to grips with Scotland’s national drink. There is no shortage of books about whisky. But there is a shortage of...
Pairing tea with food could catch on. Pic: [Pekoe Tea Facebook][1]. Pairing tea with food is catching on in high end London restaurants. Will Scotland follow suit? According to articles in The Times and Telegraph, some restaurants are...
Long White Cloud is perhaps the best known beer from Tempest Brewing Co. Tempest Brewing Co are among the Scottish brewers who will be pouring at Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival over the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May. The...
Firkin Gin wants you to try it Naked. Pic [Greg Urquhart.][1] Food and drink news? We got this one. Ignoring April showers and the occasional hail storm, the warm weather is beginning to arrive. Which means the food and drink festival...
Kilmahew Gin: drink to the health of St Peter’s with a new Scottish gin. Pic: Alasdair Smith. A new Scottish gin is to help restore one of the country’s lost architectural masterpieces. One thousand bottles of small batch...
Make a noise at Mhor Festival. Wondering how to fill the May Bank Holiday weekend? Mhor Festival takes place on the banks of Loch Voil, Friday 26th to Sunday 28th May. It is a busy weekend for food and drink lovers across Scotland. In an...
New bars in Glasgow and Edinburgh include the latest Innis & Gunn Beer Kitchen on Ashton Lane. Pic: restaurant [Facebook][1]. New bars in Glasgow and Edinburgh plus a new restaurant in St Andrews? The 5pm Dining blog has all the...
Chef Andrew Fairlie with Scotty Brand Scottish tomatoes at Standhill Farm. Pic Stuart Cobley. Scotty Brand are working with a Borders farmer to re-introduce Scottish tomatoes to the market. Strange as it may seem, especially as Scotland...
FyneFest: here for the beer. Do you like beer, food and music? If your answer is yes, we think you will like FyneFest. An annual, family-friendly event , FyneFest brings together beers from British and international breweries alongside...
New bars and restaurants: Edinburgh’s Brewhemia is daring customers to be different and try their tank beers. New restaurants and bars in Glasgow and Edinburgh are popping up like spring daffodils. Here is the pick of the...
Darnley’s Gin are launching a new Scottish gin distillery this summer. Pic: [Darnleys’ Gin.][1] Scottish gin is booming and there is more to come. The Wemyss family have announced that they are to open a new Darnley’s...
Gary Maclean, winner of MasterChef – The Professionals, will be giving Buddies the benefit of his culinary skills at Paisley Food Festival. Paisley Food Festival will feature a familiar face this year. As MasterChef 2017 appears on...
Mark Hazell, founder of Jaw Brew and Alan Marr, Managing Director of Aulds, toast the launch of their new Scottish beer, Hardtack. The first ever Scottish beer to be made from leftover bread has been created using unsold morning...
Wild Island Botanic Gin has launched. The 5pm Gin Map of Scotland will need topped up. Looks like the 5pm Gin Map of Scotland will need updating. Again. It is said that death and taxes are the only two things in life which we can be...
