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Doddie Weir
is raring to raise some funds with the
recently bottled Glenkinchie 16 Year Old
single sherry cask bottling donated by
Diageo to his 'My Name’5 Doddie
Foundation' which raises money to
support research into finding a cure for
Motor Neuron Disease.
You may recall that back in February,
before we all went into lockdown,
Scottish Rugby legend and inspirational
Motor Neuron Disease campaigner Doddie
Weir visited the Glenkinchie Distillery in
East Lothian and selected a single
sherry cask of Glenkinchie single malt
whisky which the distillery owners
Diageo was donating to be bottled for
his 'My Name’5 Doddie Foundation' which
raises money to support research into
finding a cure for Motor Neuron Disease.
The Glenkinchie 16 Year Old Single
Sherry Cask which Doddie selected during
his visit to the distillery has now been
bottled, and those of you that expressed
an interest in it when I announced it
back in February will notice that they
originally announced that they would be
bottling a 19 year single sherry cask,
well it turns out that was a
miscommunication and it is a Glenkinchie
16 year old which has been bottled for
the 'My Name’5 Doddie Foundation' .
Actually I am told they expected it to
be 17 year old by the time it was
bottled but Diageo was able to bottle
the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation cask
earlier than expected, meaning the
whisky just falls short of being 17
years old.
 The
unique single cask of Glenkinchie 16
year old has produced 378 bottles which
have now been bottled and
labelled specially to support Doddie’s
fundraising for research into a cure for
MND and
Doddie has now taken delivery of the first batch
of bottles at his home in the Scottish
Borders.
The single malt will be used by the
Foundation in a variety of fundraising
activities, including auctions, raffles
and prize giveaways with every penny
going to the My Name’5 Doddie
Foundation.
Receiving the bottles, Doddie said:
"It’s very exciting to see the cask I
chose earlier this year now packaged in
these beautiful bottles bearing my
Foundation tartan.
"The whisky is a great addition to our
fundraising efforts and I’m sure it will
generate a lot of money to support the
search for a cure to MND.
"It’s a gorgeous, smooth and silky
single malt and I know people are going
to love it. It’s been a pleasure working
with the people at Diageo and
Glenkinchie and I look forward to
sharing a dram with them again soon."
Ewan Andrew, Diageo President of Global
Supply Chain & Procurement, who pledged
the cask earlier this year when Doddie
visited Diageo’s Scottish corporate
headquarters at Edinburgh Park, said:
"It has been a pleasure and privilege
for everyone at Diageo to be able to
support Doddie Weir and his remarkable
fundraising campaign.
"He is a true inspiration to us all with
the incredible bravery and good humour
with which he meets the challenges of
his condition. We look forward to these
bottles of whisky raising lots of funds
for the battle against Motor Neuron
Disease."
Glenkinchie Distillery Manager, Ramsay
Borthwick, who helped Doddie select the
cask at the distillery earlier this
year, said: "We are very proud to have
Glenkinchie single malt associated with
Doddie Weir and his foundation. It is a
rare thing to have a single cask of
Glenkinchie bottled in this way and
combined with the special My Name’s
Doddie Foundation labels, they will be
highly sought after and I am sure will
raise a significant amount of money for
this brilliant cause."
If you fancy getting hold of one of
these unique bottle and supporting the
search for a cure to MND then
The My Name’5 Doddie foundation hasn’t
yet decided exactly where and how the
bottles will be available, but it’s
expected these will be used at its
fundraising events and if you are
interested in getting hold of one of
these unique bottles it may be worth keeping an eye on the
My Name’5 Doddie Foundation website for
updates on how you may can plus there is more info
on the foundation itself and how you can
support it by purchasing some of Doddie's
Hi-Vis tartan merchandise including
facemasks which are very handy at the
moment or if you just want to make a
donation to support research into
finding a cure for Motor Neuron Disease
just visit:
www.myname5doddie.co.uk
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