Old Pulteney 200th Anniversary 1826–2026 Advent Calendar

Product Information

Material	Optical-grade crystal acrylic, scratch-resistant and non-yellowing.
Contents	1 custom rigid printed paperboard display box + 24 unique collectible acrylic ornaments
Dimensions	Box: 28 × 18 × 5 cm; Ornaments: Standing approximately 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 inches) tall
Care	Keep dry
Production time	5–7 business days
Best for	Collectors, families and fans of the featured theme; ideal for Christmas countdowns, holiday gifting and seasonal display.

The Old Pulteney 200th Anniversary 1826–2026 Advent Calendar turns two centuries of whisky-making in Wick into a 24-day Christmas display. Bottles, copper stills and oak casks share the collection with fishing boats, a lighthouse, compass, barley, stone distillery buildings and maritime scenes, while the navy-and-gold box frames everything against the harbour where Old Pulteney’s identity began.

Rather than treating the 200th anniversary as a date printed beneath a logo, the calendar builds it from the place, machinery and sea-going culture that shaped the distillery itself.

Two Hundred Years at the Edge of the North Sea

James Henderson founded Pulteney Distillery in Wick in 1826, during the height of the town’s herring boom. Old Pulteney says around 2,000 fishing boats were working the harbour at the time, and with no roads connecting Wick to the wider world, barley arrived by sea while whisky departed the same way.

That history explains why so much of this Advent Calendar looks outward toward the water.

The fishing boats and lighthouse are not simply picturesque Scottish scenery. They recall a distillery that grew beside one of Britain’s busiest fishing ports, while the compass and sailing-ship emblems reinforce the maritime identity Old Pulteney still uses today under the name “The Maritime Malt.” The company continues to describe its warehouses and casks as exposed to the cold, salt-laden air of Wick on Scotland’s north-eastern coast.

Even the box artwork places the distillery between copper equipment and the harbour rather than isolating it as a bottle brand. Boats sit below the stone buildings, barrels line the waterfront and a lighthouse closes the horizon, giving the anniversary a geographical identity before the countdown even begins.

The Whisky Is Only One Part of the Story

Several ornaments move directly into production.

Malted barley appears in a burlap sack, copper stills recur in different forms and oak casks show up both alone and alongside Christmas figures. Old Pulteney still emphasizes these traditional parts of its process in its 200th-anniversary story, including a century-old Porteus mill, long fermentation and an unusually shaped flat-top still that the distillery says even influenced the form of its bottle.

The bottle ornaments bring the current whisky range into that history. 12 Years Old, 15 Years Old and 18 Years Old are all established Old Pulteney expressions, allowing a collector familiar with the brand to recognize specific bottles rather than twenty-four repetitions of the same logo.

The calendar itself, however, should not be confused with a whisky-tasting Advent calendar. The bottles, whisky glass and casks are decorative ornaments; the supplied product information describes a box with 24 acrylic collectibles, not miniature Scotch samples.

That distinction actually helps the concept. Instead of disappearing after twenty-four pours, the collection can remain together as a small visual archive of the distillery—part bottle shelf, part Wick harbour and part Christmas scene.

Christmas in Wick, Rather Than Christmas Added to a Whisky Label

The final group of pieces lets Christmas enter through the same whisky-and-harbour vocabulary.

Santa leans against an Old Pulteney barrel with a dram in hand. Another bottle wears a red hat and scarf. A Christmas tree is decorated with tiny casks and bottles, while a lighthouse is wrapped in colored lights. Even the gift box and anniversary medallion retain ship imagery and the 1826–2026 milestone.

The seasonal details therefore do not erase the distillery story; they decorate it.

That feels particularly appropriate in 2026 because Old Pulteney is actively marking its bicentenary. The distillery has launched dedicated 200th-anniversary releases and describes the milestone through “salt and craft,” emphasizing Wick, North Sea conditions and generations of whisky-making rather than treating the anniversary as a simple number.

For someone who follows Scotch through distilleries and places rather than labels alone, that is where this calendar becomes most interesting. A bottle can represent Old Pulteney whisky; a harbour, still, fishing boat, lighthouse and barrel together can represent why Old Pulteney came from Wick at all.

The Old Pulteney 200th Anniversary 1826–2026 Advent Calendar ultimately turns the bicentenary into a miniature journey from barley and copper to cask and bottle, with the North Sea never far from view.

Product notes by Wyatt Ellison, Collectibles Specialist at MonthJoy.

Old Pulteney 200th Anniversary 1826–2026 Advent Calendar Frequently Asked Questions

What is included with the calendar?

The set includes one custom rigid printed paperboard display box and 24 unique collectible acrylic ornaments.

How large are the ornaments?

The standing ornaments are approximately 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 inches) tall. The box measures 28 × 18 × 5 cm.

What material are the ornaments made from?

They are made from optical-grade crystal acrylic described as scratch-resistant and non-yellowing.

How should the ornaments be cared for?

Keep the ornaments dry when storing or displaying them.

How long is production?

Production takes 5–7 business days, which is worth allowing for when planning a Christmas gift.