Emma Symons
Emma Symons, content writer
Joining Master of Malt in 2014, Emma worked as part of our awesome customer service team before bringing her passion for drinks to our editorial team. She even qualified as a WSET spirits educator to share her love for all things distilled with colleagues throughout the company. A fan of pot still rum, imperial stout, and complex maritime malts, Emma also enjoys taking photos, listening to hip-hop, and rummaging in junk shops to add to her collection of funky, colourful clothing!
Emma's Whisky of the Month (August 2026)
Invergordon 16yo 2009 MoM Single Cask
Scotch single grain whisky
You want seriously delicious whisky?! We deliver with this addition to our exclusive Master of Malt indie bottlings! Distilled at Invergordon in 2009, it spent 16 years maturing in a single oloroso sherry puncheon. With sugary, cakey sweetness backed by layers of vanilla and toasted nuts, it's a marvellously indulgent, moreish sipper. A total of 828 bottles were drawn from the cask this year.
"I could just carry a vial of this around with me forevermore to smell when I need cheering up. Pure delightful. Fruity, creamy, sweet. I'm going to have to order another bottle now, aren't I?"
Emma Symons
Whisky word-engine, rum nut, imperial stout maven & MoM OG
Tasting notes
Sugar-coated almonds, candied pecans, classic birthday cake (sponge, vanilla, icing, sprinkles), apple chips, overripe tropical fruit, flakes of buttery pastry, vanilla custard, a touch of molasses. Glorious!
Sweet coffee, milk stout, toasted brown sugar, and vanilla cream, backed by grilled nectarine, hazelnut chocolate, stroopwaffels.
Decadent, rum-like, cakey golden syrup sweetness lingers. Notes of Kopiko coffee sweeties, with rich, candied, nutty depth.Long, smoky, lingering.
