A curiously tempting blend of honey, spices,
elderberries and fine old Scotch whisky reputed
to have been a favourite of Mary, Queen of Scots.

LEITH DOCKS 19th AUGUST 1561: On 19th August 1561, Mary, already Queen Dowager
of France, returned to her native land to ascend the Throne of Scotland. Her mother in law,
Catherine de Medici, had introduced the French Court to the fashion for drinking curative
tonics for pleasure, then all the rage in her native Italy. Tradition has it that Mary brought
to Scotland an ancient recipe for Mil nan Gaidheal, the 'Elixir of the Gaels'. Cairns Scotch
Whisky Liqueur is a recreation of this secret recipe and is made from elderberries soaked
in Highland heather honey blended with spices and Scotch whisky.