Whisky Focus - A Burns Night Ode to Laphroaig

Scottish poet Elvis McGonagall gives an ode to Laphroaig whisky in the style of Robert Burns for Burns Night.

With Burns Night fast approaching on Monday 25th January I thought you may appreciate this video, it is a poem written and performed by Elvis McGonagall, the award-winning Scottish poet, who is also a stand-up comedian and a poetry slam world champion.

The film is part of Laphroaig’s ongoing #OpinionsWelcome global campaign, gathering honest opinions about Laphroaig from friends and foe alike. Rabbie Burns is famous for his odes to objects like haggis and mice, so an ode to Laphroaig seemed like an ideal accompaniment to any Burns Night celebration.

If you want to impress your friends on Burns Night with your own recital of "A Burns Night Ode to Laphroaig" then the words are below.

‘An Ode Tae Laphroaig’

• The “How-Do-You-Pronounce-It?” malt
  Wi’ which some Sassenachs find fault
  Aw’ storm-lashed-sea-spray-smoky-salt
  Let’s exalt Laphroaig
  
  Islay rain on heather, moss and grass
  Through kiln ‘n cask, frae grain tae glass
  A snort, a drop, a dram o’ class
  Crack open the Laphroaig
  
  A richt rambusteous “amber bead”
  No yin fur faintheart or weak-kneed
  A muckle skelp aboot the heid
  Pure radge that Laphroaig
  
  Uisge beathe - nae moonshine booze
  The nectar that the angels choose
  Ambrosia, immortal muse
  Bottled poetry Laphroaig
  
  In seven pot stills by the ocean
  Liquid joy, sweet peaty potion
  A burning kiss of deep devotion
  Ooh la la Laphroaig
  
  Tastebuds flyin’ as high as a kite
  Brain burstin’ oot in fairy lights
  A deoch-an-doris tae cap the night
  Just wan more Laphroaig
  
  Queen o’ the Hebrides’ golden tears
  Distillation o’ two hundred years
  Skal, Prost, Salud, Kampei, Cheers
  Slainte-mhath! Laphroaig!
  
  Copyright Elvis McGonagall April 2015

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