But if you want to indulge at home, follow the advice of Richard Paterson, the impish, mustachioed master blender from Dalmore.

The master blender tastes the brandy from the barrels before they are decanted and blended away into different blends of brandy.

A master blender is an individual who decides on the composition of blended spirits.

For example, in the Scotch whisky industry, master blenders choose which single malts and grain whiskies are combined to make particular blended whisky.

The longest serving master blender is David Stewart, who has worked at William Grant & Sons since 1963.

Víctor de la Cruz (born December 23, 1956) is a master blender of premium cigars.

Matusalem's master blenders are all descendants of the original founders, and are experts in the centuries old technique of solera blending.

Jane Langton is a master blender.

The blend was first created by Dewar's sixth master blender, Tom Aitken.

The fifth floor of the Marriott was filled with 200 distillers, master blenders and the connoisseurs in tweeds who care about them, all trading information fiercely.