WSET Level 2 Award in Spirits – Approved Sample Kit
| Style | Example | ||
| Fruit spirits | Three Cognacs (ideally from the same producer) | VS | Francois Voyer VS |
| VSOP | Francois Voyer VSOP | ||
| XO | Francois Voyer XO | ||
| A choice of at least two from: | Armagnac | Delord Vintage Armagnac | |
| Grappa | Piave Grappa | ||
| Pisco | Pisco Especial 700mL | ||
| Whisky/whiskey | USA | Tennessee Whiskey | Jack Daniels No 7 |
| Bourbon | Eagle Rare Bourbon | ||
| Rye whiskey | Sazerac Rye | ||
| Scotland | Single Malt Whiskies | Kilchoman Machir Bay | |
| Glenglassaugh 12 | |||
| Blended Scotch Whisky | Akashi Red Japanese Blended Whisky | ||
| At least one from: | A second Bourbon | Examples could include: Sherry barrel aged whisky, High wheat bourbon, Jameson, Canadian Club, or a Japanese Malt Whisky | |
| A third Single Malt Scotch Whisky | |||
| Irish whiskey | |||
| Canadian whisky | |||
| Japanese whisky | |||
| Sugar cane spirits | A light style of colourless molasses rum (e.g. from Puerto Rico or Cuba) | Doorlys 3 YO | |
| Characterful style of colourless rum (e.g. from Jamaica, Martinique or Guadeloupe) | Rum-Bar OP | ||
| Two oak-aged rums showing different characteristics (one of these samples must show rancio) | Dictador 20 | ||
| Diplomatico Reserva | |||
| Inexpensive, heavily coloured rum (e.g. a buyer’s own brand) | Goslings Black Label | ||
| Tequila and Mezcal | 100% agave | Blanco | Arette Blanco |
| Reposado or añejo | Arette Suave Anejo | ||
| Mezcal | Blanco Artesanal Mezcal | Mezcal Union Uno Joven Mezcal | |
| Vodka | Neutral style of vodka | Copper Plate Vodka | |
| Two characterful vodkas | Rye Driven Vodka | ||
| Local Craft Vodka | |||
| Flavoured spirits and vermouth | Classic London Dry Gin | Tanqueray Gin | |
| Contemporary style of gin or Old Tom | Finders Red Lime Gin | ||
| Two liqueurs (e.g. a comparison of a simple and a complex liqueur with a common ingredient) |
Cherry Liqueur | ||
| Imperial Measures Cerise | |||
| A choice of two from: | A third gin | Craft Flavoured Gin | |
| Aniseed flavoured spirit | Emile Pernot Absinthe | ||
| Bitter spirit | |||
| A choice of one from: | Vermouth | Dolin Vermouth | |
| Quinquina/Chinato | |||
| Americano | |||
NOTE –
- Samples are subject to availability. If any of the above items are not available, we will replace them with similar products.
- All sample bottles are 30ml by volume
- Postage will be calculated at checkout
