Whisky cask named after ‘teetotal’ Gerard Butler

Scotch whisky distillery Glenturret has named a cask of whisky after Hollywood star Gerard Butler as it continues its Bottle Your Own campaign celebrating Scots who are “famous for a reason”.

The series of bottle-your-own single cask releases has already featured liquid from casks named after tennis player Andy Murray, actor Ewan McGregor and The Earl and Countess of Strathearn.

Now the Gerrard Butler cask will reside in the distillery shop with bottles available from the Glenturret brick-and-mortar and online stores.

Celebrity cask names for the casks are decided via an online poll to identify individuals “worthy of honour” who have close ties to the Crieff area, where the Famous Grouse Experience – home of The Glenturret Experience – is based.

“The Butler did it! Our Bottle Your Own experience has proven to be immensely popular and we’re excited to be continuing the Perthshire connection with Gerard Butler,” said Stuart Cassells, general manager at The Famous Grouse Experience.

“He may be a teetotaller but he has a great appreciation for his home country. As such he will take his place in distillery history alongside the other Bottle Your Own ‘celebrities’.

“Continuing our Bottle Your Own charity efforts, £2 from every bottle sold from the Gerard Butler cask will be donated to a good cause.”

Butler, who was born in Paisley, has reportedly said of visiting his mum: “I sit in the garden, I look up at the mountain ranges and I am just taken aback constantly by how beautiful it is there, and what a great land I come from. I love the humour there and I love the warmth. I just really connect when I get back.”

Earlier this year Glenturret recruited some of its stillmen to incorporate hand-mashing techniques in a unique twist on the haka.