Here’s Where You Can Find 3 Spots Where The Glenlivet 12 Shows Up Not Just In Your Glass

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these three spots are serving glenlivet a whole different way

These three spots in the city are proving that The Glenlivet 12 can do a lot more than just sit in your glass. For this collaboration, each venue takes the whisky in a completely different direction, moving it from cocktails to savoury dishes to dessert, showing just how versatile it can be when placed in the right hands. Whether it’s worked its way into a dish or used as the starting point for something unexpected, the result isn’t really what you would call a pairing, but more like a creative reinterpretation of what whisky can actually be on the table.

A wooden table with a bottle of Glenlivet 12 whiskey, a glass of cocktail with a lemon twist, a plate of sushi, and slices of prosciutto.

A glass of amber liquid is being poured from a bottle, next to a white plate with gourmet food including a seared fish fillet, a green sauce, and a roll wrapped in seaweed, all on a granite countertop.

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The Fish That Swam Through Whisky

Known for its smoke-led cooking and Japanese-inspired approach over binchotan fire, Atelier Binchotan takes things into savoury territory with a dry-aged grouper dish built around The Glenlivet 12. The whisky is worked into the cure, folded into the emulsion, and finished directly onto the fish in measured drops, adding depth without overwhelming the clean flavours of the grouper. Served with a highball on the side, the pairing feels balanced, precise, and honestly quite clever. Proof that whisky and fish can work, if done right. The menu you’re after is now pouring at Atelier Binchotan until 14 June 2026.

Hands holding a bottle of The Glenlivet 12 Scotch whisky, with one hand presenting a glass of foamy dark beer and another hand holding a tall glass with a cocktail and garnish.

Two glasses of beverages on a table: a tall glass with a layered drink and a shorter glass with a frothy drink.

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The Cocktail Built Like A Dish

Neo Bar has always approached cocktails with a kitchen mindset, and for this pairing, the team pushes that idea even further. With a menu pouring until 30th June 2026 using The Glenlivet 12 as the base, they created two drinks inspired by comfort food. One drawing from the savory warmth of miso soup, and the other taking inspiration from bubur pulut hitam with softer, dessert-like notes. While completely different in flavour profile, both cocktails are held together by the whisky’s citrus and oak notes, allowing the ingredients to shine without losing structure.

A bottle of The Glenlivet 12-year-old single malt Scotch whisky, displayed beside a plate of dessert consisting of pastry, cream, and chocolate, along with a cocktail in a glass.

A dessert plated on a white dish featuring layers of burnt banana, cream, and a scoop of white ice cream, accompanied by a sweet sauce.

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The Dessert With Whisky In Every Layer

At Yellow Fin Horse, dessert becomes the canvas. Inspired by the tropical and fruity notes of The Glenlivet 12, the team created a banana pop tart layered with different textures, The Glenlivet jelly, and salted coconut sorbet for contrast. The whisky moves subtly through each component, tying together the hot and cold elements while adding just enough depth beneath the sweetness. The result is playful, nostalgic, and a reminder that whisky doesn’t always need to come after dessert. Sometimes, it belongs right in it. So when you’re craving dessert, you might as well try this one while it runs until 5th July 2026.

What really stood out was how each kitchen interpreted The Glenlivet 12 in their own way and how completely different the results were from one another. From smoke and precision, to comfort-led cocktails, to a dessert built on nostalgia, each expression sits on a different end of the spectrum, but still comes back to the same whisky at its core.

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