
Edinburgh Cocktail Week announces 2019 line-up
Edinburgh Cocktail Week is back from 14 to 20 October with a number of new festival features, including the Cocktail Forest and expanded Cocktail Village. Following its successful introduction to the festival last year, the Cocktail Village returns to Festival Square, expanding in size and experience with a new forest-themed extension. The new “dark, enchanted …

Port of Leith Distillery releases first two spirits
Edinburgh-based Port of Leith Distillery has launched a gin and sherry ahead of the construction of its £11 million distillery next year. The two new spirits sett out to celebrate the maritime and distilling heritage of Edinburgh’s historic Leith district. Lind & Lime Gin has been distilled with seven botanicals, combining flavours of lime and …

Record numbers attend Edinburgh Cocktail Week 2018
Edinburgh Cocktail Week’s new seven-day format has proven a success, with stats revealing an impressive 54% increase in footfall. This year, the city-wide event welcomed 13,276 spirit enthusiasts, who consumed over 65,000 cocktails and generated £263,456 in sales between 15 pop-ups in the Cocktail Village and 83 participating bars around the city. The new Cocktail …