A FIRST FOOT INTO 2022

First Footing is a time-honoured Scottish tradition. The first person to enter your household on New Year’s Day is expected to bring whisky, shortbread, coal and a great deal of luck for the year ahead.

Our first foot into the distillery this January took us on a pilgrimage to where our whisky’s journey begins. We toasted the year ahead with a special dram at one of our private water sources. And we enjoyed a quiet moment of contemplation for all that the last year brought us, and of curiosity for what the next one will bring.

The distillery is once again beating to the rhythm of our on-site cooperage, and the heady aroma of new-make spirit flowing through our unusually tall stills. And we are excited for what is ahead in 2022.

• A very limited release of 270 bottles bearing the signature for the first time of our Master Whisky Maker, Laura Rampling

• A truly special release with an exclusive partner in the USA
• A unique perfectly aged spirit with a creative twist, and a new version of a current favourite

We did have some other first footers at the distillery albeit they didn’t bring any whisky, shortbread or coal. We are very fond of our family of resident ducks.

Interestingly, the symbolism of the duck bears resonance. Their spiritual meaning is attached to ‘going with the flow’, having patience and gaining wisdom.

We like to think they’ve chosen to live with us because that meaning is the very essence of what it takes to make our elegant and coveted spirit.

As we say in Scotland, Slàinte Mhath for the year ahead.

The Glenrothes