Burns Night is coming. You need some bonnie booze. We’re here to help with the kind of Scotch whisky that will make Burns Night 2023 the best yet!
Burns Night Blend 8 Year Old (Master of Malt)
This year we introduce our own special Burns Night Blend. One that we whipped up for the occasion. There’s more info where we break down the story of this Burns Night whisky here, but what you need to know is that it’s very tasty, versatile, and has the man’s name on the bottle. What more can you ask?
Highland Park 15 Year Old Viking Heart
Not only is Highland Park’s 15 Year Old Viking Heart absolutely delicious (made using predominantly sherry-seasoned European and American casks, as well as a few refill casks), but it also comes in a beautiful vessel from Wade Ceramics, which was inspired by the earthenware vessels that whisky would have been stored in centuries ago.
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie
The signature bottling from one of our favourite distilleries, The Classic Laddie is made with 100% unpeated Scottish barley and matured in bourbon casks, allowing all the wonderful Bruichladdich DNA to shine and make one genuinely original and distinct flavour profile.
Dalmore Vintage 2007 (bottled 2022)
Dalmore showcases some of its finest 2007 vintage whisky to be found in the distillery’s historic sandstone warehouses with a dram created from a selection of bourbon-matured single malts and some from Matusalem, Apostles and amoroso sherry casks, and some Marsala barrels too. All expertly married in a cask, and bottled in 2022. Super stuff.
Peat Bomb 8 Year Old
A whisky that packs a big ol’ blast of smoky brilliance, as the name suggests, Peat Bomb is an 8-year-old single malt from an undisclosed distillery on the isle of Islay. Expect rich spice, citrusy sweetness, and lots of notes like bonfire embers.
Wormtub 12 Year Old Single Cask
The original Wormtub is already a smashing whisky, but this one takes things up a notch by leaving the whisky for two more years and bottling it from a single cask, specifically the first-fill oloroso sherry hogshead it was finished in. For those who haven’t had the pleasure, this Speyside single malt is named after the old-school condensers used to make it and it’s been bottled at natural cask strength without any added colour, showcasing the big and bold character of wormtub condensers.
Darkness 8 Year Old
Darkness by name. This eight-year-old single malt Scotch whisky comes from an undisclosed distillery aged in ex-bourbon casks before spending a few months in custom-made oloroso sherry octave casks. Small casks make for a vastly increased surface area-to-volume ratio, leading to more cask influence. In other words: sherry time!
Compass Box Orchard House
There’s a whole blog on Orchard House, so we’ll just summarise here by telling you this is a tremendous blend of whiskies from the likes of Clynelish, Linkwood, and Benrinnes that won’t let you down and looks beautiful.
David Hillon