Mr. Moreland produced a couple of special occasion crystal glasses and the mothership itself: a solid crystal decanter made by Asprey of London, jeweler to the Prince of Wales, and boasting a stopper depicting a sterling silver butterfly alighting on a sugarcane frond.

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Up to 30 guests can be seated at the room's dozen tables, each adorned with crystal glasses that circle the reproduction absinthe water fountain at the centre.

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From Glencairn Crystal glasses (the slightly tapered nosing glasses used by master blenders), hushed drinkers sip their Nikka single malts.

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