Father’s Day is on the horizon. It’s Sunday 16 June. If your old man is a whisky drinker, then you’ve come to the right place. If he’s a model railway enthusiast, then you’ve gone wrong. But maybe he’d like some whisky instead of a scale model of a Welsh branch line railway station from the 1950s. Much more sociable.
There’s lots of Father’s Day stuff happening here at Master of Malt in the countdown to the big day, or Dadvent as we’re calling it, so keep an eye on the blog and the website – and do sign up to emails in the box at the bottom.
First up, we’re looking at whisky gift sets: a bottle of whisky plus something else like a handy glass, a washbag, or even a birdfeeder so you can feed the birds while enjoying your whisky. You know it makes sense. If you need more inspiration – go to our handy gift finder page.
Right, let’s get on with it…
The Sexton is a single malt Irish whiskey, triple distilled from 100% Irish malted barley and matured in oloroso sherry casks for a sumptuously rich and fruity character. A top sipper neat or with a cube of ice, which is ideal, as this gift set includes a bottle, and a smart glass to drink it from!
A sophisticated gift set for any Dalmore fan, containing a bottle of the fruity Dalmore Port Wood Reserve, finished in Port pipes. The bottle is accompanied by two branded tumblers, complete with stags head and all. The only things missing are a cigar and a big leather armchair, and you’re in after-dinner whisky heaven.
This is a top present for an Irish whiskey enthusiast. It contains 5cl bottles of three award-winning expressions: Teeling Single Grain, named best Irish Grain Whiskey at the 2019 World Whiskies Awards, Teeling Small Batch which took home a Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2019, and Teeling Single Malt, a Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2020!
A smart gift set from the Lowlands-based Kingsbarns distillery, including a bottle of its Balcomie single malt, accompanied by a pair of branded tasting glasses. Distilled with local Fife barley and matured entirely in American oak oloroso sherry butts, the whisky boasts a delightful balance of rich, sherried spice and sweet tropical fruit.
This wonderful gift set from Johnnie Walker comes with a bottle of the celebrated Johnnie Walker Blue Label, the ultimate blended Scotch whisky, as well as two crystal tumblers to sip out of. If you really want to make your dad feel special this Father’s Day, you can’t’ go wrong with Blue Label.
A smashing gift set here, including a bottle of Welsh single malt from the Penderyn distillery, accompanied by a smart pair of tasting glasses. The Penderyn Madeira Finish is treated to a stay in Madeira wine casks before bottling, so you can expect plenty of sweet honeyed fruit and spice alongside rich, biscuity malt at its core.
Miyagikyo single malt from Nikka is made with whiskies spanning various ages (hinting at the inclusion of older whiskies than the previous NAS release) with classic delicate, floral character and primarily ex-sherry casks used for maturation. And with this gift pack you get two stylish glasses to enjoy it from.
Get someone special a superb gift from Jack Daniel’s with this Gentleman Jack Gift Set! Alongside a bottle of the fantastic Tennessee whiskey (which goes through charcoal filtering both before and after maturation), this set comes with a rather handsome washbag. Supremely snazzy stuff – a fantastic pressie for any whiskey fan!
A particularly snazzy presentation of Redbreast 12 Year Old single pot still Irish whiskey, which comes in a stylish copper shell that can be used as a bird feeder (once you remove the bottle, of course). The distillers will be giving €3 from each sale to Birdlife International, to help them continue their hard work of protecting common birds. Y’know, like magpies, chaffinches, and of course, robins.
Jameson Black Barrel is matured in deeply charred oak barrels, meaning that the whiskey is full to the brim with rich, unctuous creamy notes among the spices. This gift set ensures that you can take the sumptuous whiskey with you wherever you may be, with a branded hip flask accompanying the bottle, alongside a handy little funnel to help you top it up.
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