An Inverness whisky lover won a UK-wide poetry competition celebrating Scotland's national drink.
Matthew Farmer (34) has been crowned the winner of Whisky Investment Partners’, first ever Spirit of Whisky competition.
The national whisky stockist teamed up with BBC Radio Scotland presenter and whisky-lover, Vic Galloway, to kick off the competition and inspire budding poets to get involved.
Commenting on his win, he said: “I’m over the moon to have won The Spirit of Whisky competition. I’m a whisky lover myself, so to receive a rare bottle of it is amazing – especially as it’s inspired by Robert Burns. I’ll certainly be raising a glass to auld lang syne with this unpeated, single ex-bourbon cask matured malt!”
Read Matthew Farmer’s winning Burns Night poem here:
Mr. MacRitchie
Put ice in his whisky
Much to our private dismay.
He sang “What a bouquet!”
And pronounced it Is-lay,
Then told us his palate was a remarkable talent
And that this one had notes of damp hay.
