Mini Alcohol Bottles | 50 mL Bottle Sleeves

This is the largest single format range on the site: more than 150 multipacks of 50ml miniatures, spanning vodka, bourbon, Scotch, tequila, rum, gin, cognac and liqueurs, from $13.99 to $118.99. A 50ml bottle holds roughly one and two-thirds of a standard pour, which makes this the only format in the shop designed to be opened one serving at a time.

Pack sizes are not standard, and that matters more than the sticker price. You will find 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24 and 25-bottle packs here. A 10-pack is 500ml — two thirds of a bottle. A 12-pack is 600ml. A 15-pack is a full 750ml. Comparing two packs by their headline price without checking the count is the single easiest way to overpay, so we ran the numbers: our guide to whether 50ml minis are actually worth it prices seventeen multipacks against their exact full-size counterparts and finds a median premium of 73% per millilitre — with two packs coming in under 15%.

What this range is genuinely good for

Tasting flights. Comparing five spirits properly costs roughly $200 in full bottles you will not finish. Minis make the same comparison affordable and the format does half the work for you. Glenlivet 12 Year Single Malt 12 x 50 mL | Mini Liquor Bottles ($74.99), Macallan 12 Year Double Cask Scotch Whisky 12 x 50 ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($118.99) and Johnnie Walker Black Label Blended Scotch 12 x 50 ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($44.99) make a single-malt-versus-blend flight that would otherwise be a serious outlay.

Gifting. Twelve separate bottles reads as twelve separate occasions. Woodford Reserve Bourbon 12 x 50ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($54.99), Maker's Mark Bourbon Whiskey 12 x 50 ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($74.99) and Casamigos Blanco Tequila 12 x 50ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($58.99) all present well, and solve the hardest gifting problem — not knowing what the recipient already owns.

Trying something expensive before committing. Don Julio 1942 Añejo Tequila 6 x 50mL | Mini Liquor Bottles ($79.99) and Johnnie Walker Blue Label 6 x 50mL | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($118.99) are the clearest cases: both are bottles most people will never buy at full size, and both are available here in six-packs.

Keeping an occasional spirit fresh. A sealed 50ml does not oxidise the way a half-empty 750ml does over eight months. For a modifier or a once-a-season pour, that is worth real money.

Where to start by category

The best value in the whole range is Larceny Small Batch Bourbon 15 X 50ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($42.99) — a 15-pack, a full bottle's worth of wheated bourbon, at barely more than the 750ml. On the vodka side Three Olives Vodka 10 x 50ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($14.99) costs less than its own full-size bottle. For bourbon flights try Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon 12 x 50ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($48.99), Elijah Craig Small Batch 12 x 50ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($58.99) and Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon 10 x 50ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($49.99); for cognac, Courvoisier Cognac V.S.O.P 12 x 50ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($58.99) is the best-priced entry and our guide to what VS, VSOP and XO legally mean explains what you are tasting. Jagermeister 24 x 50 mL | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($69.99) and Baileys Original Irish Cream 20 x 50 ml | Mini Alcohol Bottles ($88.99) are the party-scale packs.

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