Even if the vaccine roll-out continues at speed, plenty of people will still be cautious come summer, meaning al fresco events are likely to remain popular.
Wildcraft Brewery in Buxton will be reopening its field for socially distanced pop-up pub events from May to September, with live music and comedy acts, following the success of similar events in 2020.
And Duration Brewing, in West Acre, is planning events including a beer field-to-glass event out in the Norfolk countryside.
Secret Menu Norfolk is returning to Norwich in 2021.
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The North Norfolk Food and Drink Festival, which was also cancelled for 2020, is due to return this year.
Copper Rivet whisky sells out as 10-year wait to launch Masthouse Whisky made by Chatham distillers hailed success
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Updated: 14:35, 06 January 2021
When it comes to whisky, one of the key ingredients is time and patience and for the Medway distillery which has just launched its first vintage that has been in abundance.
It s been a long journey for boss Stephen Russell, distiller Abhi Banik and the team at Chatham-based Copper Rivet with the release of their Masthouse whisky a decade-long toil of love and hard work.
Masthouse whisky made by Copper Rivet in Chatham
But as the old adage goes â as adopted by a certain brewing giant based at St James Gate in Dublin â good things come to those who wait.
23 distillers share their Christmas wish lists
The production teams at our favourite distilleries have bestowed the gift of delicious booze upon us all year long. But what are they wishing for this Christmas? We asked 23 distillers across the globe to share their festive wish lists. Here’s what they told us…
Hands up if you’d love to work in a distillery? The idea of playing mad scientist with spirits all day certainly sounds like fun to us. And while we can’t speak for their day-to-day reality, from the outside looking in, the folks behind our top tipples are living the dream. Which begs the question: in the season of gift-giving, what could they possibly want for Christmas?
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We’re half way through our Drinks by the Dram Whisky Advent Calendar. Behind door 12 is a blend of whiskies from Scotland… and Ireland, and Taiwan, France, Japan, Germany, and more!
It’s hard to believe we are halfway through our calendar already. Here at Master of Malt we are very much of a ‘calendar half full’ outlook, which means we are happy to remind you we’ve still got a dozen delicious drams to go! With that in mind, let’s get onto today’s whisky.
Hiding behind door number 12 is That Boutique-y Company’s World Whisky Blend. If you’re new to its bottles, That Boutique-y Whisky Company is an award-winning independent bottler, with some of the funkiest labels in the whisky world (each hand illustrated by artist Emily Chapell). This World Whisky Blend however, is unlike any Boutique-y bottling that has come before it, although it does still have a funky label. So what’s so different about this one we hear you