The Members Club
A Standing Invitation
A curated flight of whisky through the post each month, virtual tastings with Steve & Alan, and a small but serious community of people who genuinely care about the liquid.
Why a club
Drink Better, Not More
Most whisky clubs send you three overpriced miniatures and a leaflet. Ours sends you a small tin containing whisky Steve or Alan would genuinely pour a friend at their kitchen table, with the tasting notes they wrote for it, and an invitation to talk about it — either in the members Discord or on the quarterly Zoom, glass in hand.
You don't need to know anything about whisky to join. You need to be curious, and to enjoy a decent conversation.
Three Tiers
Pick Your Pour
Everything monthly, everything cancellable, everything chosen by Steve or Alan personally. The bigger the tier, the rarer the pours and the closer the access.
For the curious.
The Apprentice
1 × 30 ml sample
One curated 30 ml dram delivered monthly, with Steve & Alan's full tasting notes.
- ✦One 30 ml curated dram delivered monthly
- ✦Full tasting notes card in the tin
- ✦Members-only region deep-dives
- ✦Early access to new reviews (48 hours ahead)
- ✦10% off any full bottle we recommend
For the enthusiast.
The Cooper
3 × 30 ml samples
Three curated drams a month, quarterly virtual tasting with Steve & Alan, and a members-only Head-to-Head vote.
- ✦Three 30 ml curated drams monthly, from a themed flight
- ✦Printed tasting mat and full notes
- ✦Quarterly live virtual tasting (Zoom, 90 min)
- ✦Vote on which Head-to-Head Steve & Alan review next
- ✦15% off any recommended bottle
- ✦Members-only Discord channel
For the obsessed.
The Cask Master
5 × 30 ml samples + 1 full bottle per quarter
Five drams monthly (including at least one rare or cask-strength pour), a full bottle every quarter, and a distillery day for two per year.
- ✦Five 30 ml drams monthly — always one cask-strength or rare release
- ✦A full 700 ml bottle delivered every quarter
- ✦One Speyside or Islay distillery day for two, per year (travel not included)
- ✦Private annual tasting with Steve & Alan (in person, London)
- ✦First refusal on limited independent bottlings we secure
- ✦20% off any recommended bottle
- ✦Personal Glencairn glass engraved with your member number
Inside The Tin
What Arrives Each Month
Item
The vials
30 ml, sealed with tamper-evident caps, labelled with distillery, cask type, age and ABV. No mystery bottles unless you asked for a blind flight.
Item
The notes card
Nose / palate / finish written by Steve or Alan for that specific dram — with a suggested serving temperature and a food pairing.
Item
The context sheet
A one-page essay on the distillery, the region and why this dram made the flight this month. Actually worth reading.
Item
The invitation
A dated line to next month's virtual tasting, plus the Discord thread where the current flight is being discussed.
Answered
Sensible Questions
How do the samples arrive?＋
In a sealed 30 ml glass vial inside a small brass-embossed tin, with the printed tasting notes card slotted alongside. Delivered in the first week of every month, tracked, signed-for in the UK; international shipping added at cost.
Can I cancel any time?＋
Yes. Pause for a month, skip a shipment, or cancel outright from your members dashboard. No lock-in, no phone call, no guilt trip.
Who chooses the whiskies?＋
Steve & Alan, always. Every dram in the club is one they'd pour a friend at their own kitchen table. If they wouldn't buy it, you won't get it.
What if I don't like a dram?＋
Tell us. If a dram genuinely doesn't work for you we'll swap the next month's flight to something further from that flavour profile. The whole point is that we learn your palate over time.
Do I have to be in the UK?＋
For the physical drams — yes for now, though EU shipping is coming Q2. The tasting notes, virtual tastings and members Discord are available worldwide from day one.
Is this a Christmas-gift kind of thing?＋
It's exactly that kind of thing. Three-month and twelve-month gift memberships available at the checkout — with a proper engraved card, not a printout.
Pull Up a Chair
Membership opens the first of every month. Join by the 28th to receive next month's flight.