A great feature from BBC World Service on the resurrection of ‘ghost’ distilleries. Well worth a listen!

Produced by Elizabeth Hotson 🏳️‍🌈

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Shout out to all the so-called ‘whisky cask investment companies’ who are continuing to ignore the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) guidance on cask investment ads.

This online training from ASA should be mandatory for anyone involved in selling casks as an investment:

Good Morning Scotland BBC Radio Scotland just ran a piece on sand erosion after storms. This article below from NYT talks about a glass recycling business in New Orleans that crush glass bottles to make sand as one potential solution.

A special thanks to Rebecca Davis O'Brien for correctly pronouncing 'niche' in today's episode of The Daily with Michael Barbaro.

A really interesting article about a glass pulverising company that crushes glass bottles into sand for use in wetland restoration.
Until this business started four years ago, there was no glass recycling in New Orleans.

nytimes.com/2024/04/27/cli…

The new anti-theft edition of Johnnie Walker seems to be working well.

You buy a drink at a gig, pay a deposit, but there's no way to return the bottle or can. This is what's happening with the Irish DRS.

Imagine the chaos if this happened at Murrayfield or Hampden.

An obvious irony is that King Charles has done more to protect the planet and our environment than anything the Scottish Greens have achieved.

Meanwhile, Irish DRS is going exactly as expected…

From today's Times Diary, I should clarify that I didn't have to ask the winemakers to bitch about each other.

“we have agreed to commence a DRS in Scotland without glass on day one, assuming this remains the position across all nations of the UK”

news.stv.tv/scotland/scotl…

This promised safer road is vital and now the Greens are gone, I expect my party to deliver on its promises with no more delay.

I am calling on the new Leader to announce before the summer a timetable for the dualling of the A96 between Inverness & Auldearn including the Nairn Bypass.

It’s highly likely that this will become *the* drink of summer 2024.
Very clever move by J. Chandler & Co Ltd to create a Buckfast RTD.

This comment from Lorna Slater about the Deposit Return Scheme being axed by Westminster is completely and utterly false. The repeated narrative that the UK government is to blame is not true, no matter how many times she (and others) repeat it.

Whisky cask investment scams: what’s it all about, and does it affect the islands’ distilleries? Full report in this week’s issue. On sale, Saturday 4 May, price £1.60. Help us to keep you informed and support your local newspaper.

What happens if nobody wants the job? Will it go to Shona Robison, who is the only one so far who has actually said she would do it (even though she didn't mean to)?

'Scotland's national drink is iconic, and a source of pride for the communities across the country that help to craft a spirit that is enjoyed all over the world'

Find out how single malt #ScotchWhisky is made - watch the full Grain to Glass video here 👉 scotch-whisky.co/how-its-made

Pretty sure this tweet must’ve been written by AI 👇