Luvians Bottle Shop

14/03/2026

We have a very soft brand new grey rug that has been left behind in our Cupar branch which we can hold onto until the owner comes to collect - please let us know if this is yours !
Thank you
- M x

18/02/2026

We are delighted to announce that our latest collaboration with our near neighbour and all around Fife legend, Francis Cuthbert of Daftmill Distillery is just around the corner.

Expected in mid-March (although we hope the bottling line gods smile upon our efforts), the Daftmill 16yo Double Single for Luvians is the oldest Daftmill released to date. A vatting of two of the last casks of the 2009 winter season (hence Double Single) chosen by the Luvians team. Casks #059 & #060 were filled with spirit distilled from Optic barley from the South Fields on 29th December 2009 and matured for 16 years on the ground floor of the dunnage
warehouse, prior to bottling in February 2026.

To try and give as many people as possible the chance to take home a wee piece of Daftmill history, we have opened up pre-orders on our website today, prior to shipping/collection no later than 20th March.

https://www.luvians.com/shop/whisky/pre-order-daftmill-16-year-old-luvians-double-single-2/

09/01/2026

We are very proud to once again be named Scottish Champjon and 10th in the whole of the UK, by Harpers Wine & Spirit: Get engaged in their annual 50 Best Indies list. There are almost 1000 independent bottleshops around the UK so to be ranked in the top 10 is a huge honour, especially coming from the leading trade publication and judged by a panel of our peers and industry professionals.

05/09/2025

Refresh yourself!

As we begin a new academic year at the University of St Andrews, we've got a whole host of upcoming tastings for students and locals alike. Looking for your new favourite dram or an off-the-wall wine recommendation? Swing by our St Andrews bottleshop for a range of in-store tastings, top-notch recom...

04/09/2025

Watch this space… We have an exciting announcement brewing (or rather, distilling)!
Comment your guesses; what do you think is in the bottles?

04/08/2025

Drink of the Day 209 – Fierce Beer's Shoreline East Coast IPA (440ml @ 6.2% abv)

Available in the St Andrews Store’s Fridge for £2

A Bit Of Background – Aberdeen’s Fierce Beer, one of Scotland’s most refreshing and exciting modern breweries, is back in our sights with its limited edition and vegan-friendly summery small-batch number: the Shoreline! Toasted malted barley and oats form the backbone of this beer, but with Mosaic, Citra, and Mandarina Bavaria hops in tow, the results are nothing less than what Fierce advertises, a blissfully fruity and thirst-quenching brew.

Nose – Limes and oranges “dancing on the ceiling” of a tropical beach shack.

Palate – A clean and juicy palate of mango and passionfruit, with hints of jasmine and honeyed oats.

Final Thoughts – Summer is still here! And, both St Andrews’s shorelines and the Shoreline at £2 are excellent calls for an East Coast beach party.

03/08/2025

Drink of the Day 208 – Tayport Distillery Classic Malted Barley Vodka (70cl @ 40% abv)

Available in St Andrews for £37.99, or as a 5cl miniature for £6.99.

A Bit Of Background – Continuing on with our exploration of the fantastic range of spirits produced by Tayport Distillery, for today’s drink of the day, we thought we would spotlight their award-winning premium vodka. The distillery takes a “grain-to-glass approach” to this vodka to ensure they can control every stage of the production. Partnering with renowned British maltster Crisp Malt, Tayport Distillery sources high quality barley from local Scottish farms. This barley is then malted to their precise specifications and delivered to Tayport Distillery where the entire mashing, fermentation, and distillation process takes place. The result is a premium Scottish vodka that is creamy with just the perfect touch of malty sweetness.

Nose – Soft and sweet: a hint of cereal and powdered confections.

Palate – Wonderfully smooth and creamy mouthfeel, whilst delivering a surprising depth of flavour, with notes of rich malty biscuits and even cacao.

Final Thoughts – Whilst we could recommend you enjoy this as part of any number of classic vodka-based cocktails, we can’t get over how pleasant this is when sipped neat. Given the sunshine, consider trying it on the rocks or create an elevated vodka tonic. Make sure to swing by the Bottleshop in St Andrews for a sample!

02/08/2025

Drink of the Day 207 PilPil Txakoli – (70cl @ 12.5% abv)

Available in St Andrews Store and Online for £14.99

A Bit Of Background – A Spanish wine with a twist, today’s Saturday Sample is a lovely example of the Basque country’s native Hondarrabi Zuri grape. For centuries, farmhouses across the region made wines from this grape and shared them with friends and family, on their own or while having such seafood dishes as Bacalao al Pil-Pil (salted cod poached in a garlic and olive oil sauce), Txangurro (spider crab), and Marmitako (tuna and potato stew). It was only in 1989 that the Basque region received its denomenacion de origen and opened its wines to the world. We are glad they did.

Nose – Very aromatic: fresh green apples, warm jasmine, honeysuckle, and citrus zest.

Palate – Bright acidity and crisp with a bit of salinity, and rain on stone minerality. Throughout, the fresh green apples from the nose and touches of lime delicately blend. The finish has a nice effervescence that transitions to a drying herbaceous note.

Final Thoughts – A wonderful low ABV, but bright wine that is truly unique. For the warm summer days, look no further.

31/07/2025

205) Drink of the Day 205 – Black Tot Rum (70cl 46.2% abv)
Available in store and online, https://www.luvians.com/shop/spirits/rum/black-tot-rum/ for £44.99
A Bit Of Background – on this day in 1970 the British Navy ended a 300 year-old tradition of giving its soldiers a tot of rum, to much anguish amongst seafarers. The connection between the British navy and rum dates back to the mid 1600s, where, without the ability to desalinate sea water to a drinkable standard, water could only be picked up when the boats would reach land. Although this water was to drinkable, the wooden barrels used to store the water would develop algae and become slimy. Beer was rationed at a gallon per day, but as it was also perishable, the beer would go off. The sailors would drink the beer first before moving on to the water supplies. Who can blame them? Rum, however, is non-perishable, so once the British had colonised Jamaica (where rum was produced) rum served as the replacement for beer, beginning a three-century long tradition of British sailors drinking rum. In 1731 this tradition was officially recognised when the liquid was rationed to 275ml (or half a pint) of rum per sailor. As you can imagine, this amount of rum being given to each sailor daily resulted in significant drunkenness amongst the men, so as the years passed the rum mixture was diluted with sugar and lime juice, to prevent scurvy. As the decades passed and the navy became a more professional force the allowance of rum per sailor came under scrutiny, being reduced until it was completely abolished in 1970. Sailors famously wore black armbands and conducted mock funerals in protest and the House of Commons even debated and eventually established a fund for the seafarers as a means of compensation. To mark this historic day, we are drinking Black Tot Rum.

Nose – Candied walnuts, sticky brown sugar, orange peel and banana fritters
Palate - Coconut, dark chocolate, caramelised mango, Luvians coffee beans and demerara sugar
Final Thoughts – Celebrate the day that British sailors drinking rum out at sea became abolished by pouring yourself a dram of Black Tot!

30/07/2025

Drink of the Day 204 – Peach Melba Sour by Pilot (330ml @ 4.3% abv)
£3.10
A Bit Of Background – the peach melba is an iconic British dessert created in the 1890s by the famous French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy hotel in London. As the story goes, the Australian opera singer Nellie Melba was performing at the Royal Opera House and, to celebrate her run in London, the Duke of Orleans hosted a dinner party for her at the Savoy. There the chef created a dish of peaches and vanilla ice cream, which, as the years went on, included a sweetened raspberry puree – becoming the peach melba we know and love today. Today’s Drink of the Day offering is from Edinburgh’s Pilot brewery. Originally starting as a home brewing project by two Brewing and Distilling masters’ students at Herriot-Watt University, Pilot has since become one of Edinburgh’s best independent breweries. Their peach melba sour is a love letter to this iconic British dessert – featuring peach, vanilla and raspberry for a tangy, refreshing summer sipper – this sour is not to be missed!
Nose – raspberry jam, tinned peaches in syrup, vanilla ice cream
Palate - fresh and tart Scottish raspberry, peach ring candies, hit of vanilla pod towards the finish
Final Thoughts – looking for a refreshing fruity sour to enjoy in the summer evenings? Look no further. Pilot’s peach melba sour is a perfect combination of tart raspberry, sweet peaches and creamy vanilla – a little bit sour, a little bit sweet, a lot tasty!

28/07/2025

Drink of the Day 201 – Tayport Distillery Blackcurrant Liqueur (50 cl @ 20% abv)
50cl bottle available in store for £24.50 or try a miniature 5cl bottle for £6.99.
Bit of Background – What started as Kecia McDougall’s hobby in 2017 quickly turned into a family adventure. With Kecia perfecting her distilling skills, son Alasdair mixing science with taste, and husband Duncan steering the business side, this family has produced a variety of delicious products including their award-winning Malt Barley Vodka. The distillery strongly believes in creating a sustainable future for our planet by sourcing locally, reducing waste and utilising renewable energy sources.
For today’s drink of the day, we’ll be trying Tayport Distillery’s Blackcurrant Liqueur made with the finest Scottish ingredients.
Nose – an explosion of ripe blackcurrant and summer berries.
Palate – this liqueur is syrupy sweet and full of flavour, when mixing tonic, aromas of rose, cherries and plum are released.
Final Thoughts - This blackcurrant liqueur feels like a grown-up Ribena. Sweet, fruity, and smooth, it brings back childhood memories with every sip but adds a cosy warmth that makes it special. Try mixing it with tonic water for a refreshing, fruity cocktail!