With its caramel coloured head and reddish brown colour, Rudolph from Lossiemouth brewery Windswept has a malty, dark fruit, rye aroma. The taste is sweet …
Beer Review: Windswept Brewing Co – Rudolph Red Nosed Rye Beer
Cocktail Recipe : GREY GOOSE® Vanilla Coffee Snowball
GREY GOOSE® Vanilla Coffee Snowball Ingredients 25ml GREY GOOSE® La Vanille 30ml Advocaat 20ml Filter coffee 50ml Lemonade Method Combine all ingredients in a cocktail …
Beer Review : Hogsback Brewery Co – Advent Ale
A decent Winter Ale, unfortunately, no fireside armchair for us to sit and enjoy it beside. This has a malty aroma and is reddish-brown in …
Beer Review : Hatherwood Craft Beer Company – Winter Special Ale
Quite a bland tasting beer. No hints of any spices at all. For an Ale, OK, a Winter Special is taking a bit of artistic …
Cocktail Recipe : GREY GOOSE® ‘Candy Cane Lane’
GREY GOOSE® ‘Candy Cane Lane’ Ingredients 50ml GREY GOOSE® vodka 30ml Fresh espresso 20ml Candy cane/peppermint syrup Crushed candy canes Method Crush candy canes onto …
Cocktail Recipe : The Secret Garden Christmas Gin Perfect Serve
Colour changing Christmas Gin Cocktail Scottish craft distillery, Old Curiosity, has launched a new limited-edition Christmas Gin. Festive flavours such as Cinnamon, ginger, and …
Recipe : Mediterranean Pesto Fusilli
As part of World Week in Italian Cusine, the Italian Consulate General, Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh and the Italian Chamber of Commerce and …
Recipe : St Andrew’s Day Martini from Caorunn Gin
It’s St Andrew’s Day on 30th November and what better way to celebrate that with a St Andrew’s Day Martini from Caorunn Gin. Served in …
Filming locations for The Queen’s Gambit
Where was The Queen’s Gambit filmed? Netflix has grabbed audiences with The Queen’s Gambit, which is an adaptation of Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel of …
The ultimate guide to Stir-up Sunday
Plan ahead for a stress-free Christmas Prep ahead for Christmas in the traditional way by making your Christmas pudding, cake, or mincemeat before the …
Recipe : Traditional Fruity Christmas Cake
Moist and full of fruit, this Christmas cake can be fed with either alcohol or tea for a moist and juicy treat this Christmas. …
Recipe : Christmas Pudding
The traditional end to Christmas Day, a steamed fruity Christmas Pudding, make-ahead on Stir- up Sunday and serve with a dollup of cream. Ingredients 175g …
Recipe : Freezable Mincemeat Pies for Christmas
Quick and easy to make, these are sooooo much tastier than shop-bought versions. Add your own twists such as grating marzipan over the mincemeat before …
Scotty Brand Chippy Chips Poutine
Heading Sometimes, or OK a lot of times, carbs are needed. Here’s a recipe that will certainly fulfil that carb need. Using Scotty Brand Chippy …
Recipe : How to make fresh curd cheese
It’s easy to make fresh homemade cheese curds that you can then use them for poutine or add to Huevos Rancheros, or fry them for …
Recipe : Basic Shortcrust Pastry
A basic shortcrust pastry is handy to know how to make. Mincemeat pies, apple pies, quiches the list is endless. This pastry can be used …
Happy 50th Birthday Kingston Bridge!
Kingston Bridge awarded Category C listing status Glasgow’s Kingston Bridge has been recognised with listing status at Category C for its special architectural and historic …
Recipe : Pear Tarte Tartin
Inspired by the delish apple tarte tartin at The Seafood Ristorante in St Andrews, and with the purchase of some pears, we decided to try …
Brightening up the home with Partridge Blooms
Partridge Blooms are new on the scene and have certainly caused a flurry of interest on Facebook. They create handcrafted, luxury artificial floral wreaths …
Recipe : Smoked Haddock, Cauliflower and Broccoli Gratin
This is a cheats gratin really as you part cook the vegetables so there’s no risk of a hard potato here. Smoked haddock with cauliflower …
Cooking Conversion Chart
Oven temperatures 140C = 275F = Gas Mark 1 150C = 300F = Gas Mark 2 160C = 325F = Gas Mark 3 180C = …
Social and Cocktail cocktails to your home
Social and Cocktail 2GO is a new venture from cocktail classes at home provider Social and Cocktail. They now deliver freshly made cocktails and cocktail boxes …
6 Stouts to celebrate International Stout Day
Heading The 5th November is not just Guy Fawkes Day, it’s also International Stout Day so we are celebrating here at Foodie Towers with some …
Highland Boundary Wild Scottish Liqueur and Spirit
Versatile spirits and liqueurs that are wild at heart Named after the Highland Boundary Fault on which the farm of Dr Marian Bruce and …