Crafted Water For Your Best Whiskies And Gins

Estuary bottled water is specially crafted to help you get the best out of your expensive single malts, vodkas, and gins

- Murali Menon

I'm not sure if it was psychological, but my Glenmorangie 10 YO did taste better when I added a dash of Estuary Single Malt Blending Water to it. My friend's Stranger & Sons gin, too, exhibited more bounce than usual. Maybe Estuary's blending water, also available for gins and vodkas, does make a difference, or maybe not.

Launched during the lockdown, Estuary, its makers claim, is the world's first 'blending water', which they describe as a "new category of crafted water, with precisely sculpted TDS (total dissolved solids) levels, that makes spirits taste smoother and more flavourful". Different blends are used for different alcohols. So, Single Malt Blended Water is different from Whisky Blended Water, which is different from Gin and Vodka Blended Waters.

Estuary was a singular product until earlier this year when competitors appeared on the horizon, both nationally and globally. Devashish Kamdar, the man behind this "new category of crafted water", sees the competition and the consequent expansion of the category - as a vindication of his belief that the world does need a blending water.