The Craigellachie Whisky Hot Sauce Set is a £30 release from the Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery shop that pairs a 20cl bottle of Craigellachie whisky (46% ABV) with a 150ml limited-edition hot sauce made using Craigellachie 13 Year Old. The Medium-Hot sauce is built on charred pineapple, fermented Scotch bonnet peppers and smoky chipotle, created with Scottish maker Trodden Black and inspired by the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival. The sauce is also sold on its own for £10. Both are available now, shipping from the UK in GBP.
A Speyside single malt with a reputation for meaty, old-fashioned heft is not the first place most people would go looking for their next BBQ condiment. Craigellachie has gone there anyway.
The distillery has released the Craigellachie Whisky Hot Sauce Set, a £30 pairing that puts a 20cl bottle of Craigellachie whisky (46% ABV) next to a 150ml bottle of limited-edition hot sauce made with the distillery’s own Craigellachie 13 Year Old. The sauce is also sold on its own for £10. Both are available now through the Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery online shop.
The key facts
The sauce is built on charred pineapple, fermented Scotch bonnet peppers and smoky chipotle, with Craigellachie 13 Year Old at its heart. Heat level is listed as Medium-Hot, so it is warm rather than punishing. The full ingredient list runs to apple cider vinegar, apple, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, orange, turmeric, cubeb pepper and lemon thyme alongside the chillies, which tells you this is aiming for layered flavour rather than raw capsaicin.
It is a natural product with no stabilisers, so it separates in the bottle and needs shaking, refrigeration once opened and use within four weeks.
Who made it and why pineapple
The sauce was created with Scottish hot sauce specialists Trodden Black and brought to life by Craigellachie Advocacy Host Craig Reed, who took the idea from the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival at the distillery. The pineapple is not a random tropical flourish. Craigellachie leans on a pineapple and tropical-fruit note as part of its house character, and Reed set out to carry that signature across into the sauce so it reads as recognisably Craigellachie in a different format.
That is the genuinely interesting part for whisky drinkers. This is not a generic branded condiment with a logo slapped on it. It is an attempt to translate a specific distillery’s flavour signature into food, which is a more thoughtful piece of brand work than most spirits crossovers manage.
Who is Craigellachie and why the style matters here
Craigellachie sits in the village of the same name in Speyside and has been distilling since 1891. It is one of the few distilleries still using worm tub condensers, which give the new-make a heavier, oilier, slightly sulphury character that ages into a robust, waxy old-school style. The distillery is part of John Dewar & Sons, the Bacardi-owned company behind the wider release.
The Craigellachie 13 Year Old is the core-range flagship: 46% ABV, non-chill filtered and natural in colour. Its mix of that meatier distillery character with bright orchard and tropical fruit is exactly the profile the sauce is trying to echo, which is why the 13 is the whisky used both inside the sauce and bundled into the set.
Price and availability
The set is £30 and includes the 20cl bottle at 46% ABV plus the 150ml sauce. The sauce alone is £10. Both ship from the Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery shop at shop.dewars.com, with shipping calculated at checkout and orders sent via an age-verified DHL service. International readers should check the shop’s shipping policy for their country before ordering, as this is a UK-based store pricing in GBP.
A quick note on value: with the standalone sauce at £10, the set effectively puts the 20cl of Craigellachie 13 at around £20. That is a real measure of a well-regarded 46% single malt, not a token miniature, which makes the £30 set the more sensible buy if you want to actually drink the whisky the sauce is built around.
Our take
We have not tasted this yet, so treat this as news rather than a verdict on the sauce itself. On concept, though, it lands. A Medium-Hot sauce leaning on pineapple, chipotle and Scotch bonnet is a natural match for glazed ribs, burgers and grilled vegetables, and doing it around a distillery whose own profile carries tropical fruit is a smarter hook than the usual whisky-branded merch.
It is an easy call as a gift, a festival souvenir for anyone who visited Spirit of Speyside, or a summer BBQ buy for the whisky drinker who also keeps three hot sauces in the fridge door. If we get a bottle in, we will follow up with a proper tasting.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Craigellachie Whisky Hot Sauce Set? It is a £30 gift set from the Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery shop pairing a 20cl bottle of Craigellachie whisky (46% ABV) with a 150ml limited-edition hot sauce made using Craigellachie 13 Year Old. The sauce was created with Scottish hot sauce maker Trodden Black.
What is in the Craigellachie whisky hot sauce? The sauce is built on Craigellachie 13 Year Old, charred pineapple, fermented Scotch bonnet peppers and smoky chipotle, plus apple, cider vinegar, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, orange, turmeric, cubeb pepper and lemon thyme. It is a natural product that separates, so shake before use and refrigerate once opened.
How hot is the Craigellachie hot sauce? It is rated Medium-Hot. The Scotch bonnet and chipotle bring real warmth, but the pineapple, brown sugar and spices are there to balance sweetness and smoke against the heat, so it is designed as a layered flavour sauce rather than a pure heat challenge.
How much does the Craigellachie Whisky Hot Sauce Set cost? The full set is £30 and includes the 20cl whisky and the 150ml sauce. The hot sauce on its own is £10. Both are priced in GBP through the Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery online shop, with shipping added at checkout.
Where can I buy the Craigellachie Whisky Hot Sauce Set? It is available now from the Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery shop at shop.dewars.com. Orders ship via an age-verified DHL service. International buyers should confirm delivery to their country in the shop’s shipping policy before ordering.
What is Craigellachie whisky known for? Craigellachie is a Speyside distillery, founded in 1891, that still uses worm tub condensers to produce a robust, waxy, slightly meaty old-style spirit. Its core Craigellachie 13 Year Old is bottled at 46% ABV, non-chill filtered, and pairs that heavier character with bright tropical and orchard fruit.
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