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Whisky Blender lets anyone blend, name and label their own bottle of Scotch. Founded in Bothwell, Scotland in 2011 by two friends, Andy and Drew, who have hand-selected well-aged casks and handed the blending over to their customer—who then name their creations and design the label. Every bottle is filled and bottled in Scotland. In fifteen years more than 50,000 people have designed their own whisky and around 12,000 have had it bottled: for weddings, for birthdays, for wakes, and for folk who just fancied one with their own name on it.
By the numbers
We've kept records since 2011, which means we can tell you a few things nobody else can about what people do when you hand them a bottle of Scotch and let them name it.
whiskies designed since 2011
Around 12,000 of them blended, bottled and posted.are named after a specific person
20% in 2012, 27% in 2026 — two entirely different websites, fifteen years apart, same instinct.bottles named for a dad versus a mum
162 dads. Five mums. Whisky remains, stubbornly, a father's gift.of a year's bottles are bought in December
October to December accounts for over a third of the year. January is the next busiest month — that'll be Burns Night.A few of the names
Every bottle is named by the person who made it. These are all real, and they are our favourites. Happy to dig out more on request.
- 360 MonthsDamian
- F CancerDaniel
- Altruistic HeroThe Ones Who Love You
- Shaun's Highland QuestKirsty ~ your loving daughter
- Simon's Wedding WhiskeyKate (future wife)
- Wettin' the baby's heidA new arrival, 2013
- Sheila's Sanity SauceWeir Wobbly Water inc.
- Tom Wardles midlife crisisOliver Connolly
- DoghouseFido
- Dads Adult JuiceMatthew
Things we can help with
The Christmas gift that can't be bought twice
A bottle blended, named and labelled by the person giving it. Every one is genuinely one of one. £60 for 500ml, free UK delivery, and gift vouchers from £30 for anyone who leaves it late.
Most relevant: October–DecemberBurns Night, without the tartan tat
January is a second peak in our year — smaller than Christmas, but real, and not just spillover. We can talk about what Scots actually drink on the 25th, and why blending your own is closer to the tradition than most people assume.
Most relevant: December–JanuaryWhy whisky is a dad gift
We have fifteen years of evidence that people name whisky after their fathers and almost never after their mothers — a ratio of 32 to 1. We're happy to talk about why that is, and whether it's shifting.
Most relevant: April–JuneFast facts
- Founded
- 2011, in Bothwell, Scotland — fifteen years in September 2026
- Founders
- Andy and Drew — two pals, no distillery
- What we do
- Hand-select well-aged casks and let you blend, name and label your own bottle of Scotch
- Blends created
- More than 50,000 designed since 2011; around 12,000 bottled and posted
- Prices
- 500ml £60 · 200ml £30 · custom miniatures £115 · gift vouchers available
- Bottled
- Filled, labelled and bottled in Scotland
- Shipping
- Free UK delivery, no minimum spend. Worldwide shipping, with US duties and taxes calculated at checkout.
- Company
- Andrews of Bothwell Ltd, company no. SC407498. Trade and collaborations: andrewsofbothwell.com
Previously in
- Wired
- Uncrate
- Martha Stewart
- Playboy
- Brides Magazine
- Daily Record
- The Scotsman
- Classic Boat
- Urban Daddy
- Springwise
- Foodbeast
- LS:N Global
- Great Drams
- ralfy.com
- Channel 7
Get in touch
Press enquiries, images, samples, interviews, or a daft question about casks—all welcome. We can usually turn things round the same day.
Happy to send a bottle to anyone writing about us. Tell us what you want it called and we'll put it on the label.