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 Isle of Raasay Distillery has introduced a new single malt matured exclusively in uncommon American oak. Chinkapin, or Quercus muehlenbergii, is a North American species traditionally used only as a finishing cask. At Raasay, it has been part of the distillery’s maturation programme from the beginning. The Chinkapin takes its position as the third…
Two new exclusive bottlings have been released by The Whisky Exchange, offering dram-fans a chance to explore contrasting whisky styles from Ireland and Japan – one is a 20-year-old Redbreast, matured in Oloroso sherry casks, the other a single-cask Mars Komagatake, the latest entries in its Sumo Series. The Redbreast offers mature pot still character,…
Midleton Distillery has confirmed the arrival of its Midleton Very Rare 2026 Vintage, the latest edition in an Irish whiskey series now into its 43rd annual incarnation, and the 6th Vintage under the careful watch of Master Distiller Kevin O’Gorman. Bottled at 40% ABV, the 2026 expression continues a tradition that sees the distillery’s Master…
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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.
Isle of Raasay debuts The Chinkapin single malt whisky matured in unusual Oak casks
The Isle of Raasay Distillery has introduced a new single malt matured exclusively in uncommon American oak. Chinkapin, or Quercus muehlenbergii, is a North American species traditionally used only as a finishing cask. At Raasay, it has been part of the distillery’s maturation programme from the beginning. The Chinkapin takes its position as the third…
The Whisky Exchange debuts 20 Year Old Redbreast Irish Whiskey and Mars Komagatake Japanese single cask exclusives
Two new exclusive bottlings have been released by The Whisky Exchange, offering dram-fans a chance to explore contrasting whisky styles from Ireland and Japan – one is a 20-year-old Redbreast, matured in Oloroso sherry casks, the other a single-cask Mars Komagatake, the latest entries in its Sumo Series. The Redbreast offers mature pot still character,…
Midleton Very Rare 2026 Vintage Irish Whiskey has arrived, run don’t walk to secure yours
Midleton Distillery has confirmed the arrival of its Midleton Very Rare 2026 Vintage, the latest edition in an Irish whiskey series now into its 43rd annual incarnation, and the 6th Vintage under the careful watch of Master Distiller Kevin O’Gorman. Bottled at 40% ABV, the 2026 expression continues a tradition that sees the distillery’s Master…
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