THE LEGENDARY Scottish rock group Del Amitri has revealed a new limited-edition whisky celebrating the band's “creative” home.
The band have teamed up with the artist Nänni-pää as part of the Caskade Drinks' series which aims to celebrate the “creative and cultural diversity” of Del Amitri’s home city of Glasgow.
Distilled by the award-winning Glasgow Distillery Co the whisky has been drawn from two ex-ruby port casks and limited to only 522 bottles.
At 54.2% ABV, the single malt is described as “almost-pink” like in colour and is “berry-laden” in taste which serves as the “perfect accompaniment” to the band’s “rich and melodic body of work”.
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The bottle label is illustrated by Glasgow artist Nänni-päa with each drawing a nod to a lyric or song from the band's back catalogue.
Speaking about the limited release of their whisky Del Amitri said: “After a year of tasting whiskies and sharing ideas with Caskade Drinks and artist Nänni-pää, we are excited to share our first whisky.
“The casks we secured from The Glasgow Distillery exceeded all our expectations and we are looking forward to ringing in 2025 with a glass of this.”
To celebrate the release of the band’s whisky, Del Amitri will be performing a hometown live show at Glasgow Tramway on Nov 30.
Tickets for the event will be available exclusively as part of a package alongside each bottle of the band's very own alcoholic beverage with two tickets included per purchase.
The Artist Series by Caskade Drinks’ has previously featured limited edition whisky bottlings from Deacon Blue, Status Quo and Celtic Connections
Gareth Croll of Caskade Drinks said: “This new release in our Artist Series pays true homage to the bold, creative spirit of our hometown and also to the wider innovation happening in the whisky world today too.
“The whole creative process here with Del Amitri, Glasgow Distillery and Daisy (Nänni-pää) has been really unique and we are delighted to have brought it together!
“This whisky speaks volumes and I think we are going to have a lot of new single malt whisky lovers as a result.”
You can find more information about the release here.
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