Copperdog Mousse Sundae with Raspberries

A ‘copper dog’ is the name of a little piece of copper tube cut-off used by distillery workers in the past to illicitly sneak some spirit home. Whisky distilleries are full of stories like this and a good place to tell them is in a whisky bar, particularly when it’s called The Copperdog and it’s in the historic Craigellachie Hotel in the heart of whisky country. The bar’s signature whisky, also called Copperdog, is a blend of eight single malt whiskies from Speyside with elements of the reg