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Party Like It’s 2014
There are certain things we can all do to avoid the heinous post-holiday comedown. One is book a one-way trip to the Bahamas. The other is to adopt the little-known mantra ‘New Year, New Booze’, and...
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In Salute of Happiness: Royal Salute’s £150k ‘Tribute To Honour’
Aside from serving as one of our most evocative euphemisms, the Crown Jewels are a potent symbol of Britain’s noble heritage. The same could be said of a great bottle of Scotch. Royal Salute is...
View ArticleLess Blah, More Balblair: Why keeping it vintage gives this little distillery...
Having inhaled the estery fumes of practically every still house for each category of spirit several times over, I was surprised to realise that I had never once passed the threshold of a Scottish...
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An Even Better Way to Spoil a Good Walk: Johnnie Walker’s Ryder Cup Edition
Some people think golf is a boring sport. If you’ve ever Googled ‘fun facts about golf’ you might agree. But after all that fist-pumping at Gleneagles last weekend we decided it was utterly gripping....
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Bremont and Chivas Collaborate On the ‘Chivalry’ Watch
This year’s Chivas ‘Made for Gentlemen’ collaboration is with the (usually) aviation-themed watch company Bremont. It’s a good fit in more ways than one: Bremont, like Chivas, was founded by two...
View ArticleAll Mouth And Some Trousers: The Glenlivet 50 Year Old
Ten quid. What’ll it buy you? A starter in an OK restaurant. A decent martini. One day’s congestion charge in London. A 72-inch inflatable shark. Back in 1824, it would buy you a license from London to...
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Irish Whiskies You Need to Know About
Whiskey geeks will already know this, but Irish whiskey is enjoying a bit of a moment. Rightly so, because the best of them can hold their own against your favourite bourbons and scotches. No longer...
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Serving an Ace at Andy Murray’s Perthshire Hotel
It’s almost unsurprising to see a line of shiny Morgan cars in various pristine hues rocking up at Cromlix House, near Dunblane. They look like they belong on the gravel. I mean, how else is one going...
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The Bruichladdich Distillery, Islay (Happy Burns Night, Scotland)
Style. A good thing right? Stylish people, stylish things, stylish places, stylish magazine. In his mesmerising ‘lost’ 1971 interview, Bruce Lee says “I do not believe in styles anymore: because of...
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The Disappearing Dining Club Re-fashions the Old Fashioned
A century ago, had you walked into a bar and simply asked for an Old Fashioned, quite likely you’d have been answered with an inquisitive raise of the handlebar ‘tache. The very name of the cocktail we...
View ArticleWIN! A £200 Bottle Of The Macallan Rare Cask
With family festivities approaching, you’ll need some ammunition if you really want to impress the in-laws. Fortunately Lusso is offering you the chance to win a bottle of The Macallan Rare Cask, an...
View ArticleSafe Jacker
JD and Oak – the perfect mix. At least it is when the wood in question has been in the form of one very special Jack Daniel’s barrel. Not just any barrel of Jack Daniel’s is granted the status of...
View ArticleWIN a Bottle of Highland Park 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
Orkney based distiller Highland Park is giving one Lusso reader the chance to win a bottle of their 18 Year Old single malt whisky. Considered by many whisky writers across the globe as the ‘industry’s...
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An Even Better Way to Spoil a Good Walk: Johnnie Walker’s Ryder Cup Edition
Some people think golf is a boring sport. If you’ve ever Googled ‘fun facts about golf’ you might agree. But after all that fist-pumping at Gleneagles last weekend we decided it was utterly gripping....
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Bremont and Chivas Collaborate On the ‘Chivalry’ Watch
This year’s Chivas ‘Made for Gentlemen’ collaboration is with the (usually) aviation-themed watch company Bremont. It’s a good fit in more ways than one: Bremont, like Chivas, was founded by two...
View ArticleAll Mouth And Some Trousers: The Glenlivet 50 Year Old
Ten quid. What’ll it buy you? A starter in an OK restaurant. A decent martini. One day’s congestion charge in London. A 72-inch inflatable shark. Back in 1824, it would buy you a license from London to...
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Irish Whiskies You Need to Know About
Whiskey geeks will already know this, but Irish whiskey is enjoying a bit of a moment. Rightly so, because the best of them can hold their own against your favourite bourbons and scotches. No longer...
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Serving an Ace at Andy Murray’s Perthshire Hotel
It’s almost unsurprising to see a line of shiny Morgan cars in various pristine hues rocking up at Cromlix House, near Dunblane. They look like they belong on the gravel. I mean, how else is one going...
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The Bruichladdich Distillery, Islay (Happy Burns Night, Scotland)
Style. A good thing right? Stylish people, stylish things, stylish places, stylish magazine. In his mesmerising ‘lost’ 1971 interview, Bruce Lee says “I do not believe in styles anymore: because of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Disappearing Dining Club Re-fashions the Old Fashioned
A century ago, had you walked into a bar and simply asked for an Old Fashioned, quite likely you’d have been answered with an inquisitive raise of the handlebar ‘tache. The very name of the cocktail we...
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