March 5, 2026
Scotch sails on …
Is the worst over, have the storm clouds parted allowing slivers of blue to emerge? But enough of…
February 26, 2026
Making Whisky Delicious Again
This week, Yumi Yoshikawa (friend of this parish) got in touch with the latest news of her boss,…
February 19, 2026
Donegal returns
‘Just watch your feet, it’s slippery,’ James Doherty calls over his shoulder. No kidding. I’m skittering across…
February 6, 2026
Weekly Mash: The Spirit of Tea
I don’t drink coffee. Not because I don’t like it, but because it doesn’t like me. So, I…
January 22, 2026
Mizunara, water, flaming bagpipes and rabbit holes
The brothers MacLean finally pulled into Cairns’ harbour on August 30 last year having completed their epic 139…
January 15, 2026
The Weekly Mash, Friday January 15, 2026
The news that the Fielden brand has been sold by Still on The Hill [SOTH] to brand agency…
December 30, 2025
Is AI killing whisky writing?
To try and ascertain what the role of the ‘whisky writer’ is in the age of AI it’s…
December 12, 2025
The Weekly Mash, Friday 12th December
Time has passed. A book tour to Scotland followed by illness brought on by a freezing sub-basement room…
November 14, 2025
The Weekly Mash, Friday 14th November
Keep Whisky Weird Was it a surprise? Perhaps not. I’d had a sneak preview of one of the…
November 8, 2025
The Weekly Mash, Friday 7th November
About time 1 Sullivan’s Cove Anniversaries are markers of significance which say, ‘this is where we are, what…