Islay-based Bruichladdich is inviting whisky lovers to celebrate Burns Night in style. To honour the Scottish national poet, the distillery is collaborating on exclusive menus across the country, creating cocktail specials, food pairings, and hosted dinners in venues from London to Glasgow.
Celebrations will kick off at Hackney cocktail bar, Equal Parts. Bar manager Bryn Lovell has crafted a Burns Night cocktail special, named Figs of Islay, combining The Classic Laddie with salted hazelnut, angostura bitters, and fig leaf soda. Figs of Islay will only be available between January 20 -26.
Whisky lovers can also expect an artfully paired whisky and food menu at Hide in London…
Over at London’s Ham Yard hotel, exclusive dishes paired with various Bruichladdich drams will be available on January 24, taking guests on a whisky journey through each course.
Whisky lovers can also expect an artfully paired whisky and food menu at Hide in London, priced at £250pp, available for one night only (January 25).
In Birmingham, Fox and Chance is hosting a whisky and cheese pairing on January 23, while a 6-course food pairing will be held at Squerrves Winery in Westerham, also on January 23.
The Cottage in the Wood, in Malvern, will host a feast and whisky flight on January 25; while an celebratory Burns Night menu will be available across all Kuckoo Bars sites to toast to the celebration.
Finally, in Scotland, dry-aged beef specialists Porter and Rye is offering a small plates and paired cocktail menu January 19-26, while Ubiquitous Chip will host a dinner on January 30.
The Whisky Exchange has announced a loyalty programme that will reward customers with exclusive bottlings, shared knowledge, discounts and much more. Current customers subscribed to The Whisky Exchange newsletter are first in line, before the scheme rolls out to all customers mid-April. Friends of The Whisky Exchange will be open to all customers around the…
The evocatively titled Pineapple Bananza is the latest addition to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s experimental Heresy range; it’s a small-batch Irish single malt whiskey created in collaboration with Dunville’s Irish Whiskey. Batch 38: Pineapple Bananza stands out for both its origin and production style. Irish whiskey is an infrequent guest in the Society’s portfolio,…
Isle of Skye distillery Torabhaig has introduced its first permanent core single malt. Crafted in small batches, Torabhaig Taigh is matured in a combination of first-fill and refill bourbon casks, with the addition of Madeira casks to round out the profile. The whisky is bottled at 46% ABV, with no chill filtration and no added colour.…
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Islay-based Bruichladdich is inviting whisky lovers to celebrate Burns Night in style. To honour the Scottish national poet, the distillery is collaborating on exclusive menus across the country, creating cocktail specials, food pairings, and hosted dinners in venues from London to Glasgow.
The Bruichladdich whisky portfolio comprises the titular unpeated Islay single malt; Port Charlotte, the heavily peated Islay single malt Scotch whisky (40PPM); and Octomore, the world’s most heavily peated Scotch whisky series (80+PPM).
Celebrations will kick off at Hackney cocktail bar, Equal Parts. Bar manager Bryn Lovell has crafted a Burns Night cocktail special, named Figs of Islay, combining The Classic Laddie with salted hazelnut, angostura bitters, and fig leaf soda. Figs of Islay will only be available between January 20 -26.
Over at London’s Ham Yard hotel, exclusive dishes paired with various Bruichladdich drams will be available on January 24, taking guests on a whisky journey through each course.
Whisky lovers can also expect an artfully paired whisky and food menu at Hide in London, priced at £250pp, available for one night only (January 25).
In Birmingham, Fox and Chance is hosting a whisky and cheese pairing on January 23, while a 6-course food pairing will be held at Squerrves Winery in Westerham, also on January 23.
The Cottage in the Wood, in Malvern, will host a feast and whisky flight on January 25; while an celebratory Burns Night menu will be available across all Kuckoo Bars sites to toast to the celebration.
Finally, in Scotland, dry-aged beef specialists Porter and Rye is offering a small plates and paired cocktail menu January 19-26, while Ubiquitous Chip will host a dinner on January 30.
The Whisky Exchange launches loyalty programme with exclusive bottlings and discounts
The Whisky Exchange has announced a loyalty programme that will reward customers with exclusive bottlings, shared knowledge, discounts and much more. Current customers subscribed to The Whisky Exchange newsletter are first in line, before the scheme rolls out to all customers mid-April. Friends of The Whisky Exchange will be open to all customers around the…
Triple-distilled Pineapple Bananza Irish single malt joins SMWS Heresy range
The evocatively titled Pineapple Bananza is the latest addition to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s experimental Heresy range; it’s a small-batch Irish single malt whiskey created in collaboration with Dunville’s Irish Whiskey. Batch 38: Pineapple Bananza stands out for both its origin and production style. Irish whiskey is an infrequent guest in the Society’s portfolio,…
Isle of Skye distillery Torabhaig unveils Taigh as first core single malt, brings poetry to peat whisky
Isle of Skye distillery Torabhaig has introduced its first permanent core single malt. Crafted in small batches, Torabhaig Taigh is matured in a combination of first-fill and refill bourbon casks, with the addition of Madeira casks to round out the profile. The whisky is bottled at 46% ABV, with no chill filtration and no added colour.…
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