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AS SEEN IN PALMY

Twice a year Zelda and I visit
Palmerston North to stay with
family. During our latest visit I
picked up the following miniatures,
all of which are glass.

The three Arran malts may have
been around awhile but they were
different from the ones I had. The
12 year old is cask strength at
52.9% and the other two at 46%.

The Glenfiddichs are the usual
three sided bottles but a little bit
more rounded than older examples.
The 12yr old is their Signature
blend, the15yr old is Unique Solera
Reserve and the 18yr old is Small
Batch Reserve.

The gin craze is still going strong
and the Malfy is the second
Italian gin I have seen recently.
The malty Blood Orange is one
from a set of four according to
their web site. The site also states
that Italy invented gin when in the
11th century an Italian monk
added Juniper to the base spirit.
Over to you Dutch people!

The Martin Miller is different from
the mini released a few years ago
but still shows the Iceland-
England connection. Martin Miller
is now dead so it will be
interesting to see if the line
continues.

I do not know if any other Honduran minis have turned up in New Zealand but the
Pirates Grog is a very nice bottle. The web site shows there is a set of three different
rums and they come in an attractive case which looks like a pirates sea chest. Pity
about the price of around NZ$160.00 for the set of four.

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