Keeping in Fine Spirits?

Now, I suppose I should confess that when it comes to whisky, I usually drink the Irish variety. It’s rare indeed that I’ll pick a Scotch.

However I was recently sent a trio of whisky’s to try (two Scotch, one American) from Master of Malt an online whisky retailer with a proud heritage of over 25 years. Their website is one of the easiest to navigate, easy on the eye sites I’ve come across in a good while. Their range may not be the largest, but prices are competitive. Apart from their catalogue of regular whisky brands, they also have their own range of independent Master of Malt bottlings. They also sell other spirits such as gin and vodka.

The three whisky samples were:

All three whiskey samples went down well enough, but I’ll be completely truthful – they haven’t managed to wear down by preference for the Irish whiskeys instead.

While the small sample bottles (30ml drams) are a great way of allowing folks to try a whisky before committing to a large bottle of something they may or may not like, and a way of creating a nice gift pack the packaging rather leaves something to be desired.

On opening the box of samples the response from a friend of mine was “they look like urine sample bottles” (maybe our nursing background clouds our judgment a bit, but hey, it’s hardly the most glowing response is it?) and they were a nightmare to open – the bottles are sealed with wax and required quite a lot of dexterity to open. Not quite as cute, but ‘regular’ miniature bottles may well be much more practical.

Pop back soon for individual whisky reviews with tasting notes etc.