Scotland’s gins and their makers
News about gin, Scotland and The Gin Clan books
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A whisky lass?
A whisky lass? Cards on the table: my malt heritage is rather unconventional – I have been a public relations consultant for an Indian malt whisky distiller. I had just left a PR job with a multi-national electronics company when an industry contact suggested I met a friend of hers who was looking for some…
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Big Big Masterclasses
Festival date The Gin Clan author Fiona Laing will be giving masterclasses on Scottish gin at the Big Big Gin Festival at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on 26 and 27 April. The festival brings together all things gin over three sessions and Fiona will join a line-up of experts for breakout sessions for festival-goers who…
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Student roots
Academic beginnings My first published article was in the St Andrews Geography Society magazine – funnily, it is about drink… but whisky. You can read it below – just remember it was tongue in cheek and my very first piece of public writing. I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do when I “grew…
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Blackwell’s launch
Gin Clan Launch event, 2 April 2019 Time to have a formal launch of The Gin Clan and Blackwell’s on the South Bridge in Edinburgh is hosting it on Tuesday 2 April. My close neighbour Leith Gin is sponsoring the event so guests will be welcomed with a G&T. You get the chance to meet…
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Edinburgh: the capital of the gin world?
I recently wrote an article to publicise The Gin Clan for the Edinburgh Evening News. People elsewhere in the world might debate the idea that Edinburgh is the capital of the gin world but it is certainly at the heart of the modern gin scene in Scotland. There are innovative makers right across the Scottish…
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A gin adventure
How did I get into this gin adventure? It all started back in my days of freelancing. And one of my editors commissioned me to write about Edinburgh Gin. For a whisky lass, who had been working with a malt distiller for a decade, this was an eye opener. All those lovely botanical flavours could…
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The Gin Clan
The Gin Clan by Fiona Laing will be published in March by Great Northern Books. Pre-order a copy here
The GIN CLAN 