UPDATE: THE MYSTERY DROP BOXES HAVE NOW OLD SOLD OUT!
The first Master of Malt – Mystery Drop is here. Part competition, part adventure, part invitation to roll the dice and win the house.
You’re buying whisky. Proper whisky. The mystery is just how good it gets. Every single box contains a bottle worth more than you paid. Not “could be”. Not “up to”. Will.
Here’s how it works.
What’s actually inside
We’ve packed 1,434 boxes. Inside them:
- Bottles of a minimum value of £69.95.
- Proper premium single malts.
- Rare Japanese whisky.
- And one bottle that feels slightly irresponsible to include. The grand prize. Worth £36,995 exactly.
You can see the full list on our dedicated Mystery Drop page. You can check the numbers. There is nothing hidden. Terms and conditions apply and they’re right at the bottom of this blog for you to peruse at your leisure. The main things to note are that Mystery Drop is UK only (exl Nothern Ireland), and once the packaging seal is removed your bottle is confirmed and cannot be returned unless the item is defective.
What will be inside yours?
The full breakdown
The Legend (1 bottle)
The one everyone’s thinking about: Bowmore 1969 50 Year Old – Vaults Series.
The grand prize is in a considerable presentation box, so it will be shipped separately, with the winner drawn at random.
Ultra Rare
Hard-to-find, high-value bottles that usually sit behind glass.
Hakushu 18 Year Old. Bowmore 25 Year Old. Hibiki 21 Year Old.
Heavy Hitters
Serious whiskies. A proper result. One of them just won World’s Best Single Malt at The World Whisky Awards.
Bowmore 21 Year Old Sherry Oak. Bowmore 18 Year Old. Yamazaki 12 Year Old. Hakushu 12 Year Old. Laphroaig 18 Year Old.
Solid Gold
Reliable, excellent bottles. No one’s disappointed opening these.
Maker’s Mark Cask Strength. Booker’s True Barrel Bourbon (Batch 2025-01E). Star Hill Farm. Hibiki Japanese Harmony. Yamazaki Distillers Reserve. Hakushu Distillers Reserve. Bowmore 15 Year Old. Bowmore 15 Year Old Sherry Oak. Laphroaig 10 Year Old Cask Strength – Batch 016.
You could bag this for just £65!
You buy the mystery, we send the malt
The Mystery Drop is not just about what you get. It’s the moment you open it. Everyone gets theirs at the same time. Everyone finds out together. Group chats. Instagram stories. A lot of shouting. One person losing their mind.
Film yourself cracking open your Mystery Box, post it on Instagram or Facebook with #mysterydrop before midday 15 May 2026, and you’re in with a shot at a bonus bottle. Three winners get picked at random, scoring either Bowmore 15 Year Old 70cl, Japanese Blended Whisky 21 Year Old (Master of Malt) 70cl, or Glen Garioch 27 Year Old (That Boutique-y Whisky Company) 70cl. Ignore us for five days after we reach out and it’s going to someone else. Simple.
The boxes will be dispatched on 6 May. Best of luck
18+ AND UK (EXCLUDING NI) ONLY. T&CS APPLY. ENTRIES CLOSE ON THE EARLIER OF 11:59:59 AM 1 MAY 2026 OR THE TIME AT WHICH ALL MYSTERY BOXES ARE SOLD OUT.
View Full Terms and Conditions.
MoM Mystery Drop 2026 T&Cs
1. THE PROMOTER: The promoter is Atom Supplies Limited (company registration number 03193057), trading as Master of Malt (MoM) and having its registered office at Unit 1 Ton Business Park, 2-8 Morley Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1RA, United Kingdom.
2. THESE TERMS AND PRIVACY POLICY: By entering this competition, entrants confirm they have read and understood these terms and the MoM Privacy Policy (and the way in which MoM processes personal data), and agree that these terms and the MoM Privacy Policy are binding to them. MoM reserves the right to amend these terms and to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend the competition at any time.
3. ELIGIBILITY: This competition is only open to private individuals acting in their capacity as retail consumers who are 18 years or older and are residents of the United Kingdom, excluding Northern Ireland. To be eligible, the shipping address for the winning entry must be in the UK, excluding Northern Ireland. Ineligible entries (howsoever received) will be discarded. The competition is not open to any employees of MoM or any of its associated companies (nor their immediate families). MoM reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) at any time and reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who it believes has breached any of these terms, tampered with the entry process or engaged in any unlawful or improper conduct which may undermine the fair and proper conduct of this competition, and to discard any entry which reflects any such conduct.
4. HOW TO ENTER: To enter, eligible entrants must purchase a Mystery Box from masterofmalt.com during the entry period (set out in paragraph 5 below). Each entrant may purchase a maximum of 6 Mystery Boxes. For a purchase to be a qualifying entry: (i) it must be made on www.masterofmalt.com; (ii) it must be completed within the entry period set out in paragraph 5 below (i.e. payment approved and order confirmation received before the expiry of the entry period); and (iii) it must be made on and subject to MoM’s standard Consumer Terms of Business, as amended by these terms (a qualifying entry). Any determination whether a purchase is a qualifying entry will be made by MoM in its sole discretion.
5. ENTRY/COMPETITION PERIOD: This competition opens at 12:00:00 PM UK time on 23 April 2026 and closes upon the earlier of: (i) 11:59:59 AM UK time on 1 May 2026; and (ii) the time at which all Mystery Boxes are sold out (the entry period). MoM notes for these purposes that there are only 1,434 Mystery Boxes available. MoM shall be under no obligation to notify customers that the entry period has ended.
6. THE PRIZE: Each entrant will receive a Mystery Box which will be allocated to them at random. Each Mystery Box will contain a mystery whisky. The normal retail price of the least valuable whisky contained in a Mystery Box is £69.95, and the normal retail price of the most valuable whisky contained in a Mystery Box is £36,995! Each entrant acknowledges that, in purchasing a Mystery Box, that entrant is entering into a competition to win one of a range of prizes. A full list of prizes, together with the number of each prize available, is set out in the table below. For the avoidance of doubt, each entrant will receive one Mystery Box (each containing one bottle of whisky) for each eligible entry.
| Product | ABV | Category | Value | Number of Bottles Available |
| Bowmore 1969 50 YO – Vaults Series | 46.9% | Single Malt Scotch Whisky | £36,995 | 1 bottle |
| Hakushu 18 Year Old 70cl Whisky | 43% | Single Malt Japanese Whisky | £620.50 | 6 bottles |
| Bowmore 25 Year Old 70cl Whisky | 43% | Single Malt Islay Whisky | £402.50 | 6 bottles |
| Maker’s Mark Cask Strength 70cl Whisky | 55.1% | Bourbon American Whiskey | £70.50 | 150 bottles |
| Hibiki 21 Year Old 70cl Whisky | 43% | Blended Japanese Whisky | £750.00 | 3 bottles |
| Booker’s True Barrel Bourbon (Batch 2025-01E) 70cl Whisky | 63.1% | Bourbon American Whiskey | £69.95 | 90 bottles |
| Bowmore 18 Year Old 70cl Whisky | 43% | Single Malt Islay Whisky | £129.00 | 30 bottles |
| Bowmore 21 YO Sherry Oak | 46.8% | Single Malt Scotch Whisky | £265.95 | 6 bottles |
| Star Hill Farm 70cl Whisky | 57.4% | American Wheat Whiskey | £100.00 | 60 bottles |
| Yamazaki 12 Year Old 70cl Whisky | 43% | Single Malt Japanese Whisky | £139.95 | 30 bottles |
| Hakushu 12 Year Old 70cl Whisky | 43% | Single Malt Japanese Whisky | £149.95 | 30 bottles |
| Laphroaig 18 Year Old 70cl Whisky | 48% | Single Malt Scotch Whisky | £174.00 | 12 bottles |
| Hibiki Japanese Harmony 70cl Whisky | 43% | Blended Japanese Whisky | £75.00 | 150 bottles |
| Yamazaki Distiller’s Reserve 70cl Whisky | 43% | Single Malt Japanese Whisky | £74.95 | 150 bottles |
| Hakushu Distiller’s Reserve 70cl Whisky | 43% | Single Malt Japanese Whisky | £69.95 | 150 bottles |
| Bowmore 15 Year Old 70cl Whisky | 43% | Single Malt Scotch Whisky | £73.95 | 300 bottles |
| Bowmore 15 Year Old Sherry Oak 70cl Whisky | 43% | Single Malt Scotch Whisky | £89.99 | 60 bottles |
| Laphroaig 10 YO Cask Strength – Batch 016 | 58.5% | Single Malt Scotch Whisky | £72.95 | 200 bottles |
The basis of the allocation of each Mystery Box to each entrant will be final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into. The purchase price of the Mystery Box is exclusive of packaging and carriage.
Please note that, save as set out below, Mystery Boxes which have been opened cannot be returned to us. This is to prevent entrants from returning Mystery Boxes to us in circumstances where they did not receive the prize which they were hoping for, which would be unfair and undermine the whole purpose of the competition. That said, if the prize bottle inside an entrant’s Mystery Box is faulty or damaged, we will, of course, be happy to provide the entrant with a replacement bottle or a refund of the price paid for the Mystery Box (to be determined in MoM’s sole and absolute discretion). Entrants’ statutory rights are not affected. The name of the winner of the Bowmore 1969 50 YO – Vaults Series will be announced on MoM’s blog.
7. SHIPMENT OF MYSTERY BOXES: The Mystery Boxes will be shipped to each entrant after the entry period ends, on or around 6 May 2026. If any Mystery Box cannot be delivered to the address provided to us by an entrant, MoM reserves the right to cancel the entrant’s purchase of the Mystery Box and refund the entrant for the price paid for the Mystery Box.
8. UNBOXING COMPETITION Each entrant will also have the chance to win a 70cl bottle of whisky by sharing a video of themselves unboxing their Mystery Box on their Instagram or Facebook account (Unboxing Competition). In order to be eligible for the Unboxing Competition, entrants will need to post their unboxing video on their Instagram or Facebook account and include the hashtag #mysterydrop in their post by no later than 12:00:00 PM on 15 May 2026. Any determination as to whether an unboxing video meets the eligibility requirements of the Unboxing Competition will be made by MoM in its sole discretion.
MoM will choose three winners for the Unboxing Competition out of all eligible entries at random. Each winner will win one of the following bottles (which will be allocated at random by MoM in its sole discretion): Bowmore 15 Year Old 70cl Whisky; Japanese Blended Whisky 21 Year Old (Master of Malt) 70cl; or Glen Garioch 27 Year Old (That Boutique-y Whisky Company). The selection of the winners made and the bottles awarded to them for the Unboxing Competition will be final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into. Each prize for the Unboxing Competition is inclusive of packaging and carriage to a valid UK address (excluding Northern Ireland).
The names of the winners of the Unboxing Competition will be announced on MoM’s blog as soon as practicable following selection. MoM will make reasonable efforts to contact the winners of the Unboxing Competition via email or by telephone as soon as practicable. If any winner of the Unboxing Competition cannot be contacted or has not claimed the prize within 5 days of MoM making reasonable attempts to contact them, MoM reserves the right to select an alternative qualifying entry and to offer the prize to another entrant. MoM cannot accept any responsibility if any winner of the Unboxing Competition is unable to claim the prize within the time limit set out above.
Let’s be sensible, people. Any content submitted for the purposes of entering the Unboxing Competition must be original material. By entering the Unboxing Competition, entrants warrant and undertake that their entry does not infringe any third party rights. Entrants agree to indemnify MoM from and against any and all third party claims or liabilities relating to or arising out of the content submitted by them or their breach of any of these terms.
All content submitted for the purposes of entering the Unboxing Competition must strictly comply with MoM’s Acceptable Use Policy. In particular, any material which depicts, describes, encourages, endorses or normalises the excessive consumption of alcohol; the consumption of alcohol by those under the age of 25; anti-social behaviour (including any criminal activity) or irresponsible drinking (including rapid drinking); links the consumption of alcohol with popularity or other social success, bravado, technical skill, good fortune, the operation of vehicles or other machinery or therapeutic benefits; or which depicts the consumption of alcohol whilst potentially dangerous activities are being undertaken will be disqualified.
By entering the Unboxing Competition, entrants agree that all right, title and interest in their entries will belong absolutely to MoM. Entrants agree to assign irrevocably with full title guarantee and free from all third party rights, all intellectual property rights in and to any content submitted with their entry. MoM shall have the right to use, exploit, adapt and edit any content submitted (or part thereof) throughout the universe in perpetuity. By entering this competition, entrants waive all moral rights which they are or become entitled to under Chapter IV of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (or any similar right or entitlement anywhere in the world). Entrants agree to sign any additional documentation which may be required to give effect to this paragraph.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: MoM shall not be responsible for any purchase which does not qualify an entrant for entry for any reason (for example, due to technical error, payment error or connection failure). In addition, MoM shall not be responsible for any entries entered in the Unboxing Competition that do not qualify an entrant for entry due to the entries being delayed or lost for any reason (for example, due to technical error or connection failure). MoM shall not be responsible for delivery of any Mystery Box or other prizes to an incorrect address. MoM will not be able to ship the Mystery Box and prizes to any winner who is not able to provide a valid shipping address in the United Kingdom. In such circumstances, MoM will cancel the sale of any Mystery Box and refund the price paid for the Mystery Box to the entrant and give any prizes won for the Unboxing Competition to another entrant. Insofar as is permitted by law, none of MoM, its agents, employees, and/or representatives shall be responsible or liable to compensate any competition entrant and/or winners for any loss, damage, personal injury or death whatsoever and howsoever caused, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with their participation in this competition (including in taking up any prize), except where caused by the proven negligence of MoM, its employees, and/or its authorised representatives.
10. GENERAL: All Mystery Boxes and prizes for the Unboxing Competition are provided by MoM and are strictly non-negotiable, non-transferable, and cannot be exchanged for any equivalent cash value, cash alternative, or for any other items (including another Mystery Box). MoM reserves the right to substitute any of the prizes with alternative prizes of equal or greater value in its sole discretion. MoM may contact the entrants for feedback in respect of the competition (including the Unboxing Competition) and/or prizes and may use any feedback provided when announcing the results and promoting the competition or subsequent competitions. All decisions relating to the competition will be made in MoM’s absolute discretion and will be final. No correspondence or discussion will be entered into. Should a social media channel be used in connection with this competition (including the Unboxing Competition), MoM confirms that this competition is not sponsored or endorsed by the relevant social media platform, and that said social media platform is in no way affiliated or associated with MoM. By entering this competition, users agree to release that social media channel from any and all liability related to this competition. These Terms are governed by English law. The parties agree that the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. However, if an entrant is a resident of Scotland, that entrant may also bring proceedings in Scotland. If an entrant is a resident of Northern Ireland, that entrant may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland.
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