
Spiced rum joins Glasgow Distillery Company portfolio
The Glasgow Distillery Company has expanded its premium spirits range with the launch of Banditti Club – Glasgow Spiced Rum. Matured and spiced in Glasgow, Banditti Club is made using rum distilled from freshly pressed sugar cane juice on the Island of Maderia. Aged for up to 12 months in oak casks, the rum is …

Sky high: the rooftop Red Sky Bar at Glasgow’s Radisson Red hotel
A cocktail bar has opened at the top of Glasgow’s new Radisson Red hotel, reports Mark Ludmon. Pictures by McAteer Photography Glasgow’s cocktail scene has a new star – and it’s nine storeys high in the sky with views over the city and the River Clyde. Red Sky Bar, part of the new 174-room Radisson …

Street art unveiled as part of global cocktail competition launch
Auchentoshan has unveiled a series of unique works of art on some of Glasgow’s most iconic bars to coincide with the launch of global cocktail competition, The New Malt Order. Working in partnership with leading lights from the UK street art community, and as part of the West End Festival, four unique murals have popped …

Beer in the bank: Shilling Brewing Co in Glasgow
Glendola Leisure has created brewpub Shilling Brewing Co in Glasgow. Interior pictures by James Harris The elegant building on the corner of West George Street and West Nile Street in Glasgow has been through a number of incarnations over the years. Most recently Horton’s Bar & Kitchen, the grade B-listed 1920s premises were previously home …

Raising spirits: The Spiritualist in Glasgow
Glasgow’s new bar The Spiritualist offers an incredible line-up of spirits. Photography by Martin Gray Ryan Barrie and Jim Ballantyne have been working together for more than 20 years, fitting out many of Glasgow’s top bars through Camelot Catering Systems. They have finally achieved their ambition of opening a bar together – Spiritualist in Glasgow’s …

Craft beer and barbecue food at BrewDog’s second Glasgow bar
Craft beer and barbecue food have come together alongside a bottle shop at BrewDog’s second bar in Glasgow. BrewDog, based in Aberdeenshire, launched DogHouse in Hutcheson Street in the Merchant City area at the weekend after the success of its BrewDog bar in Argyle Street in the city’s West End. The new bar specialises in …