Previous Competition Winners
As requested, this page holds details of our previous winners and their winning captions. Don't forget to send us your entry, perhaps you could win a great prize and appear on this page...
Sweet Sixteen May/June Competition March/April 2011
Our competition in May and June was to celebrate our 16th birthday on 29th June! The winner was Mr John Haydon of Cumbria and a bottle of our 10 year-old Single Malt is now on its way to him! Congratulations John and enjoy your prize!
Spring Competition March/April 2011
Our competition in March and April was all about guessing how many visitors to our Distillery and Visitor Centre took the guided tour over the course of 2010. The correct answer was 29,751 and our winner was Jack Mair from Cumnock in Ayrshire itself! Jack's guess was 26,931, which wasn't far off at all! Congratulations Jack, two free tours of the Distillery are yours whenever you get a chance to come over and visit us.
Valentines Competition - Jan/Feb 2011
The Valentines competition required meticulous combing of our web site to find the mini images of the Amarone Cask Finish Single Malt, and the lucky name drawn out of the hat from all the correct entries was Heather Macklin from Leeds! Congratulations Heather and enjoy your prize - a bottle of our delcious 10 year-old Single Malt.
Christmas Auchrannie Free Prize Draw
Congratulations to our winner Steven Neailey from Morpeth, whose name was drawn out of the barrel earlier this month. Steven has won a two night stay for 2 at the Auchrannie Country House Hotel on Arran, with a VIP tour of the our Distillery with James MacTaggart, complete with a signed bottle of our 10 year-old! Congratulations Steven! We are sure that you will look forward to sampling the island delights!
"September/October - Famous Places" Competition
This was a hard one.....we had lots of really good entries for this competition which asked you all "Where's the most famous place you've had a dram of Arran?" They ranged from the top of mountains to the middle of the ocean, however our winner, Gillian Anderson from Strathpeffer, chose to nominate a place a little bit closer to home. Her place was Edinburgh Castle, as she explains "I had a dram of Arran at a conference reception in Edinburgh Castle in 2008! There were lots of Malts on offer at the reception, and I remember encouraging fellow delegates to have the Arran as I'd worked there for the summer in a hotel the year I left school!" A bottle of our Arran 10 year-old will be on its way to Gillian - congratulations and thank you for spreading the good word of Arran!
"August Caption Competition" Winner
Well done to
Laura Cope
from
the West Midlands - her entry for our August Caption Competition was the one that got us giggling the most....!
"Confusion as the Scottish Blind Date Society meet at the Arran Distillery Open Day......"
Congratulations Laura - a bottle of our cracking Arran 10 year-old Malt is on its way to you.
"Whisky Making Process" Competition Winner
Congratulations to our winner
Elaine Livingstone from Ayr for correctly putting the different parts of the whisky making process in the correct order. Well done to everyone who got the correct sequence of events, which was: G, E, A, F, B, D, C. A bottle of our Arran Single Malt will be winging its way to Elaine.
"Love Declaration" Competition Winner
Jim Woodhouse from Newcastle upon Tyne is the winner of our special "love declaration competition".
Here is his tribute to the Arran Malt (with due deference to Robert Burns)
O my love is like a single malt
From Arran's shiny still
With neither can I find a fault
My heart with love doth fill.
And when at night a dram we share
From Arran's grand selection
The gift o' love from one so fair
To me that is perfection.
"Where is Louisa?" Competition Winner
Congratulations to
Sue Longworth from Manchester for finding the right location of Louisa on the photograph.
Well Done to those who guessed right, Louisa was in fact enjoying the beautiful Christmas market in Bruges, Belgium.
And once again Congratulations to our winner who will soon receive her bottle of
Robert Burns Single Malt.
Find "Albert the Peacock" Competition Winner
Congratulations to
Wen Gray from Lossiemouth for finding the right number of "Alberts"
The right answer was
9 Peacock Icons:
1 on the News Page
2 on the Distillery Page
3 on the Visitor Centre Page
4 on the Opening Hours Page
5 on the Distributors Page
6 on the Single Malts Page
7 on the Single Cask Page
8 on the Cask Purchase Information Page
and finally...
9 on the Competition Page itself
Well Done to those who got the right number and once again Congratulations to our winner who will soon receive his Limited Edition Bottle of Arran Malt Peacock.
Arran Malt Picture Competition Winner
Lynn won a Limited Edition Bottle signed by James MasTaggart
Cocktail Competition Winner
Congratulations to
Dafydd Warren from Harborough for his 100% Proof of Life Cocktail
Ingredients:
50cl Arran Malt100 Proof
A small knob of grated fresh ginger squeezed through cloth
Juice of 1 Fresh Orange
1 measure of Green Tea
1 Teaspoon of Scottish Heather Honey
Recipe:
Shake all the above ingredients with plenty of ice in a cocktail shaker, Strain into a martini glass, and spritz with fresh orange peel.
A summery taste for a classic mid-winter drink.
Dafydd Warren "invented" this drink as a variation of the hot toddy that his father used to knock him out with when he was ill as kid. The addition of freshly squeezed fresh ginger gives a huge kick, whilst not overpowering.
The Green tea gives a wonderfull floral note. Both comlpementing the strength and flavours of Arran's 100 Proof whisky.
An original take on a classic Scottish hot toddy
Slainte!
Crosswords Competition Winner:
Congratulations to
Jenny Price from Scunthorpe
for figuring out the mystery Cask Finish
The answer was
Pomerol...
Poetry Competition Winners:
- Etta Dunn (Glasgow)-
"Any Whisky lover worth his salt, knows there's none as satisfying as an Arran Malt"
- Beverley Kerry (Ilkeston)-
"From an island of beauty, comes a nectar of gold, lift a dram to your nose, let the aroma unfold, then tease your palate, with the merest taste. It's a dram to be savoured, let none go to waste, feel your tongue come to life with the depth of flavour, now take a deeper sip, sit back, and savour, the only dram for me,my glasses are barren, of any other whisky, for I only drink Arran"
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December/January Competition Winner
was Neil Meadows of Wigan Lancs –
“When I said I’d done some pole dancing I don’t think you quite understood….”
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October/November 2008 Winner:
Charles Brown of Motherwell
"To celebrate the new Bond movie, we've produced a 007 year old malt which is presented in its own stealth bottle..."
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August/September 2008 Winner:
Chris Maden of Liverpool
"Are you sure we should be stencilling 'Reserved for Euan Mitchell' on every cask?"
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July/August 2008 Winner:
Peter York of Worthing
"...and you can still see the marks where we hung the laddie who asked for ice and soda!"
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May/June 2008 Winner:
Suzanne Marke from Devon
"Ted was wondering how he was going to fit the family in the new company car"
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March/April 2008 Winner:
Michelle Stones from Tyne and Wear
"In Arran we just tap the cask to release the Spirit of the Island. How do you do it?"
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