Win Elements of Islay Fireside — Two Distilleries, One Dram, 99p
99p per ticket | Max 10 per person
Picture it: caught in an Islay downpour, soaked through, and someone hands you a smoky dram by the fire. That’s the exact image head blender Oliver Chilton had in mind when he created Fireside — and honestly, the man delivered.
This is a limited release from Elements of Islay, the cult series from Elixir Distillers that bottles the island in liquid form. Fireside marries two distilleries from Islay’s north coast: peated Caol Ila matured in Pedro Ximénez casks for that rich, unctuous warmth, and Bunnahabhain from American oak oloroso sherry hogsheads laying down a base of wood smoke and sweet spice. Then a final flourish — Caol Ila from re-charred Spanish wine casks, bringing sweet berry fruit and, in Chilton’s words, a sense of fun. Two distilleries, three cask styles, one very cosy dram.
Launched for Fèis Ìle 2024 with just 264 bottles at the festival before a wider release, it’s bottled at a bold 54.5%, non-chill filtered and naturally coloured. Expect fireside smoke wrapped around rich red fruits and candied orange — milk chocolate and smoked cherries on the nose, dark chocolate and blackcurrant on the palate, and a long finish that glows with red fruit and gentle spice. Warm Lagavulin-style smokiness rather than sharp and medicinal. The kind of bottle you save for the first cold night of autumn — or crack open immediately, because you won it for 99p.
SELL-OUT BONUS: If every ticket sells, £50 of website credit is added as a second prize. Two winners. But only if we sell out.
2nd and 3rd drawn get £5 site credit. Closes Sunday 26th July. Please note: the live draw for this one is Wednesday 29th July on YouTube — not our usual Monday. Free UK shipping.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
You must be aged 18 or over to enter. Under-age entrants will be removed from the competition without reimbursement. Please note that ID checks will be carried out at delivery.
All entrants must be UK residents. Accounts created from outside the UK will be deleted and entry fees will be forfeit.
Only entrants who submit the correct answer will be entered into the prize draw. Entrants who answer incorrectly will not be entered but will still be charged.
The draw will take place on the closing date shown above, or sooner if all tickets sell. The winner and any runners-up will be selected live using a third-party random draw service. Entrants can verify their tickets were included.
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If a bottle is broken in transit, we will either replace it or refund the amount we paid to acquire it. However, we cannot accept responsibility for cosmetic damage to labels, boxes or packaging that occurs during shipping.