US beverage and wellness company Tilray Brands has acquired Brewdog’s brand, UK brewing operations and 11 pubs for £33m.

Diageo has opened its Johnnie Walker visitor centre on Princes Street in the centre of Edinburgh.

Single cask whisky buying platform Caskshare has announced a partnership with Edinburgh’s Holyrood Distillery.

Lee Potter Cavanagh of Mark’s Bar at HIX in London is this year’s Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind.

The whisky element of the International Spirits Challenge is to be held in Scotland and will feature a chance to meet the judges.

Mikey Allan of The Raconteur, has triumphed at Broker’s Gin Cocktail Challenge in Edinburgh, beating off an all-Scottish field of bartenders.

The makers of Sheep Dip whisky have launched a gin.