Make it · Production & cellar
Master Blender
Creates and maintains the flavour of blended spirits by selecting and combining casks.
What you’ll do
- Nose and taste hundreds of samples each week
- Blend casks to a consistent house profile
- Create new expressions and limited releases
- Plan stock and cask inventory
- Train junior blenders
What you’ll bring
- Exceptional nose and palate
- Memory for flavour
- Creativity
- Long-term planning
Background
Years inside a distillery or blending house; WSET Level 3 or higher is common.
Credentials that help
Outlook
A small, elite field with long career ladders.
Where it leads
Chief blender or master of maturation.
A day in the lifeA morning with fifty sample glasses and an afternoon talking stock with the warehouse.
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