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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 60,000 whiskies have been designed and around 12,000 have been 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.

60,000+

whiskies designed since 2011

Around 12,000 of them blended, bottled and posted.
1 in 5

are named after a specific person

20% in 2012, 27% in 2026 — two entirely different websites, fifteen years apart, same instinct.
32 to 1

bottles named for a dad versus a mum

162 bottles were named for a dad, five for a mum. Whisky remains, stubbornly, a father's gift.
21.6%

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–December

Burns 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–January

Why 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–June

Fast 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 60,000 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

Images

  • Personalised 500ml whisky labelled "Proud of my shelf" sitting on a shelf

    A personalised 500ml

    Label reads "Proud of my shelf" · 1200 × 1200px
  • Personalised 500ml whisky labelled "This'll shut ye up!" lying on a woven chair

    A personalised 500ml

    Label reads "This'll shut ye up!" · 1200 × 1200px
  • Personalised 500ml whisky labelled "Jingle Baws" by a naughty elf, among Christmas decorations

    Christmas: a 500ml in the tree

    Label reads "Jingle Baws" · 1200 × 1200px
  • Personalised 500ml whisky labelled "Better than walkies", held up beside a sleeping greyhound

    A personalised 200ml, with the dog

    Label reads "Better than walkies" · 1200 × 1200px
  • Smiling man in a bar holding up a Quality patter whisky with a "Sound as F*ck!" label

    Thomas, with his personalised 200ml

    Label reads "Sound as F*ck!" · 1200 × 1200px
  • A bottle of Doctors' Special blended malt Scotch whisky stands on a wooden surface with a blurred stethoscope and pill bottles in the background.

    Doctors' Special

    500ml with a "Prescribed for" label · 1200 × 1200px
  • A row of small clear whisky bottles with white labels and gold caps, arranged in perspective on a reflective white surface. The front bottle label reads 'SLAINTE MHATH' and 'Emma, Bruce' with 'Blended Malt Scotch Whisky' at the bottom.

    Personalised miniatures

    Twelve 50ml bottles, used as wedding favours · 1200 × 1200px
  • A hand holding a small glass bottle of Slainte Mhath blended malt Scotch whisky against a textured brown fur background.

    A personalised miniature

    50ml · 1200 × 1200px
  • Drew, at a tasting

    Drew, at a tasting

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  • Andy and Drew, the founders

    Andy and Drew, the founders

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  • Andy and Drew, the founders

    Andy and Drew, the founders

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  • Andy and Drew, the founders

    Andy and Drew, the founders

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Previously in

  • Wired
  • Uncrate
  • Martha Stewart
  • Playboy
  • Brides Magazine
  • Daily Record
  • The Scotsman
  • Glasgow Times
  • Classic Boat
  • Urban Daddy
  • Springwise
  • Foodbeast
  • LS:N Global
  • Great Drams
  • ralfy.com
  • Channel 7

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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.

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