The Lost Close

14/03/2024

Love Whisky? Passion for Gin? Enjoy stories of historical oddballs? Good news, we've got just the gig for you :D We're looking for a couple of new faces for our wee gang of whisky/gin nerds, if you're interested send us an email to [email protected] for more info

12/03/2024

Great day out with our pals at Lindores distillery today! Great to see how one of our favourites here at The Lost Close is shaping their plans for the future, and sampling a few from the latest range of releases definitely made the train ride back much more chatty :D Thanks gang

30/01/2024

This year for Burns Night, we teamed up with our pals upstairs CoDE Pod Hostels with The Glenlivet and Bellfield Brewery to deliver the best of Scottish to all the guests

25/01/2024

Smells like a bonfire in The Lost Close today, which seems appropriate for Burns night 😁 We're teaming up with CoDE Pod Hostels for celebrations tonight, they'll be doing the address to the Haggis, and we'll be opening our doors to guests afterwards, come on in for a dram!

24/01/2024

Whisky & Cynicism are back! This Friday, and the coming Monday, they will be popping back up in our quirky wee venue ❤️🥃

Back this weekend, The Desert Isle - Friday and Monday 26th and 29th January. Slinging all the vintage weirdness, hiballs and cold cans. 5 - 11pm, Barrie's Close, Edinburgh.

Knock 3 Times.

06/12/2023

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Cheers Edinburgh Live 😘

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The ideal way to share a festive dram with the whisky fan in your life, drinks events team Whisky & Cynicism are bringing a fun pop-up bar to The Lost Close.

24/09/2023

Thank you so much to Edward from Nakakono Gourmet for coming along to host coffee cupping sessions, and to everyone who came to check out our underground venue this weekend ❤️ see you again soon!

🎊That's a wrap on Doors Open Days 2023 🎊

What an exceptional year it has been unlocking Scotland and bringing our communities together. We have loved celebrating our places, history and living heritage across the nation with you 🥳

🚪🗝 We hope you have enjoyed exploring places and spaces on your own doorstep or uncovering some hidden gems further afield - whilst making new memories with friends and family.

We want to say a special thank you to everyone involved in bringing the festival to life and for making this year one of the most memorable Doors Open Days🚪🗝

🎁Thank you to all our visitors who attended an event this year, we can't wait to hear all about it and remember you could win a prize by completing our survey: https://forms.gle/LEr2QiB3apFAaR9FA

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🚪🗝The Doors Open Days team have already started planning for the 2024 festival - and we can't wait to see you all next year!

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23/09/2023

Today! Welcome to Edinburgh 😊 today and tomorrow, we'll be opening our doors from 10am - we'll also be running or "History of Coffee" tour at 10am and 12pm at no charge, and our coffee supplier will be in house doing cupping sessions and answering all of your coffee production questions! Come on by and say hello ❤️

08/09/2023

Exciting news! We are teaming up with Doors Open Days (Edinburgh & East Lothian Doors Open Days) for this year's Doors Open Day in Edinburgh

29/08/2023

Kanpai! Sadly gang, with Edinburgh Festival Fringe coming to a close, our wee speakeasy will be closing for a little while... tastings and tours are still on the menu, but our underground bar will no longer be taking in walk-ins for a dram, but there's exciting news in the pipeline, so stay tuned 😘 thanks to all who came to enjoy a few 🥃

17/08/2023

The Glenlivet are taking over tonight! They've come in early to go through the range with the staff, and we can confirm the whisky and cheese selection is 😘 Glenlivet tasting sessions tonight at at 4pm, 6pm, and 8pm - tickets online at www.thelostclose.com or you can just come to the venue a few minutes before! See you later 😁

22/05/2023

Coming soon... ❤️

03/05/2023

May 20th is and this year we'll be celebrating some of the most interesting whiskies the world has to offer! Come join us for a special evening of tasting global whisky at the lost close ❤️

More info at www.thelostclose.com

17/04/2023

Making our way into the top 10 things to do in Edinburgh lists 🤩❤️

02/04/2023

Women In Whisky 💙

Whisky is often seen as a male dominated industry, and the stories of the pioneering women who shaped the history of it often get forgotten, and we've decided that's not good enough.

Celebrating the stories of women in whisky, come join us for an evening of whisky from distilleries with women at the helm. April 24th, 5pm, The Lost Close, more details/tickets at www.thelostclose.com

30/03/2023

Not content with rocking the whisky world, we bring you our exciting new venture - GIN!

NO JOKE

As of April 1st, we'd like to welcome you along to an underground gin tasting like no other! Exploring the history of gin, from the early days of distillation to incredible new Scottish gins, you get 4 very different spirits, and an hour of ridiculous and intriguing stories, tracking the history of gin and our love affair with it!

More info and tickets available at www.thelostclose.com

29/03/2023

Whilst developing all of our tours, we've worked on finding interesting LGBTQ+ stories that we can incorporate into them. History is full of fascinating characters, and a lot of their stories were forgotten or deliberately glossed over, and we'd like to do something about that.

This coming month, for every bit of feedback we get, I'll personally be putting a coin in this jar as thanks for your support, and so that we can give a little something towards the work that LGBT Youth Scotland do supporting young people around the country 💜
James

27/03/2023

Well that's some funny looking whisky... Something new, coming soon 😉

23/02/2023

Natalie of Edinburgh Storytellers introducing her show "Witch? Women on Trial" and gives you a bit more info about the tour content.

16/02/2023

Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a fancy Lost Close mug, which can contain coffee, and coffee is the source of all happiness that is not generated by whisky, right?

Nah, you're right, I lost myself in that ramble as well. Try again - WE GOT COOL MUGS NOW, COME GET ONE! Better...?

10/02/2023

Pretty much sums up how January went 😂 We've been working on loads more video content to share with you, so that friends far away can see the space, and to show off what we do down here at 😁 hope to see you soon!

07/02/2023

Bringing folklore, songs and stories to life, the Edinburgh Storytellers show "Dram O' History" is 2000 years of Scottish history condensed into an hour long performance, with whisky! More info and tickets available from www.thelostclose.com
🎥 James Armandary Photography

01/02/2023

DRY JANUARY IS OVER!! Celebrate your survival by treating yourself to the fancy cabinet! 😅 Our high end whisky tasting serves up rare, old, and unusual whiskies for the connoisseurs among you 🥃🤤

More info and tickets at www.thelostclose.com

26/01/2023

What a night we had! Burns Night 2023 with Edinburgh Storytellers, were you there?

Thanks to our resident wizard James Armandary Photography for capturing the night for us

We had a blast at The Lost Close for Burns Night 2023 - haggis, whisky, songs and stories, hopefully we'll see you there next time!Music: Edinburgh Storytell...

25/01/2023

Tonight! It's Burns night, down in the lost close we will be celebrating with whisky, haggis, sounds and stories from and our crew of locquacious ruffians 😁 find us at wwe.thelostclose.com

23/01/2023

Nom nom nom! Almost ready for with some new (secret, it's not these) introductions to the whisky range! will be bringing since songs and stories, or guides will be there too, and there's whisky, haggis, what else could you need for a classic Scottish shindig?

09/01/2023

It's that time of year again! Come celebrate the bard in style at The Lost Close - or guides will be telling their favourite stories, singing you some folk songs, there'll be whisky, haggis, and a warm (fake) fire - everything you could ask for for the perfect Burns Night 😊 Not a sit down and be lectured affair, this is an informal meeting of friends new and old. January 25th, 7pm onwards, includes whisky, haggis neeps and tatties. Tickets/more info at www.thelostclose.com

07/01/2023

New year, new additions to the range! Excited to welcome a new whisky brand to the lineup 🤤🥃 Ardnamurchan Distillery