Long before whisky distilleries dotted the glens, before hops arrived in Britain, before anyone had heard of the drink that would make Scotland famous — Scots were already brewing ale from the purple flower that still blankets their hillsides every August. The recipe is at least 4,000 years old. For a time, the world nearly […]
What is the flower of Scotland? The flower of Scotland is the thistle, a spiny purple-pink flowering plant from the Composite family.
