Designed for a product range of miniature malt whiskies called Rabbie’s Dram. Amber represents the whisky and green is for the bottles. The whisky barrels, with six iron hoops, are represented by the dark brown and black. The green and the amber also doubles as the growth cycle of the barley.

As well as making original compositions, Burns collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His poem (and song) "Auld Lang Syne" is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and "Scots Wha Hae" served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem.

Burns fell in love with Mary Campbell (1763–1786), whom he had seen in church while he was still living in Tarbolton. She was born near Dunoon and had lived in Campbeltown before moving to work in Ayrshire. He dedicated the poems "The Highland Lassie O", "Highland Mary", and "To Mary in Heaven" to her.

Robert Burns, Scotland's bard, is renowned for creating memorable characters in his poetry, each embodying the spirit and culture of 18th-century Scotland. Among his most famous characters is Tam o' Shanter, the protagonist of Burns' epic poem. Tam, a farmer, becomes a legendary figure through his drunken adventures and narrow escape from witches and warlocks in a haunted church. Another notable character is the ploughman in "To a Mouse," where Burns muses on the shared fate of man and beast, drawing a poignant parallel between the mouse's disrupted home and the uncertainties of human life.

Designed in celebration of Chinese New Year and Burns Night both on the 25th of January 2020. Chinese New Year is the most important and widely celebrated festival in the Chinese calendar, whilst Robert Burns Night commemorates Scotland’s renowned poet. The Burns Check, named after Scotland’s National Bard, is woven in a new red colourway - a symbolic colour representing joy and happiness in Chinese culture. The Red Red Rose tartan brings both together to celebrate the historical moment when these two events coincide, the next occasion being the year 2096.

Robert Burns is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and a cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world.