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Evening Standard
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Millie Milliken

Burns Night 2023: The best bars in London to drink Scotch in

Raise a glass: celebrate Scotland’s most famous poet with a good glass of something strong

(Picture: Claire Menary)

O you, my Muse! Good old Scotch drink!”

So wrote Scottish poet Robert Burns of Scotland’s most famous export: whisky. Each year on January 25, Scotland celebrates his life on what is called Burns Night — an evening that includes addressing a haggis, bag piping the arrival of guests and ceilidh dancing.

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