Celebrating the Flavours of Angus

Published

20th March 2018

As the Taste of Angus Festival 2018 kicked off across Angus, Provost of Angus Ronnie Proctor joined local foodies at Kirriemuir’s award-winning Gin Bothy with a toast to the excellent food and drink of Angus.

“The Taste Of Angus Festival is a wonderful showcase for the top class produce grown, reared and caught in our county,” said the Provost. “This highly popular annual festival provides opportunities for people from near and far to discover our freshly-picked seasonal fruit and vegetables, our excellent seafood, our renowned beef, game, poultry, lamb and pork and, of course, our fabulous whiskies, beers, vodkas and gins.”

The Provost was joined at the launch of the week-long programme of mouthwatering events by local producers and representatives of Taste of Angus, the food and drink campaign led by Angus Council’s Economic Development team. “The Taste of Angus Festival features a fantastic selection of special events, menus and tastings,” said Merlyn Dunn, Business Manager at Angus Council.

“Bookings are high for many of the events, with several already full. The Taste of Angus Festival raises awareness of the excellence, availability and variety of local produce, eating places and exciting food and drink experiences, including the new tasting room at Gin Bothy, where special gin and liqueur tasting afternoons are being held this week, and the delicious Artisana Brownies we tasted at the launch.”

The Taste of Angus Festival runs until March 25, with events ranging from a ghost walk with a spook-tacular three-course meal, a distillery tour, farm visits, a coffee, pizza, bread and beer afternoon and a pie, beer and gin evening. For more information about the Taste of Angus Festival 2018, the full programme of events and booking details, visit www.visitangus.com/tastefestival.

Gin Bothy Ltd

Inspired by Bothies of the past, Gin Bothy favour the old fashioned approach. We infuse our Gins with local seasonal fruits in extremely small batches, working through the process by hand at each step.

Angus Council

Angus Council works to create strong secure communities, an enterprising workforce, and sustainable development over the range of public services for which it has responsibility. We are a customer and citizen focused organisation and work to deliver accessible, effective and efficient services for the county\'s population.

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