UPDATE: WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! Congratulations to: Scott Connolly – who won the Eagle Rare 17 Year Old (2019 Release) Roy Lovie – who won the George T Stagg (2019…
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Author: Adam O'Connell
Adam O'Connell has been writing for Master of Malt for over seven years now. He’s visited distilleries, wineries, and breweries across the world, reviewed a variety of whiskies, gins, rums, Tequilas, mezcals, brandies, vodkas, wines, beers, and cocktails, and contributed all kinds of words in all sorts of places, including over 900 articles to its award-winning online blog, The Whisk(e)y Wash, and many of the handy guides you might have enjoyed. He’s even jammed with Kiefer Sutherland AND dined with Ainsley Harriott. Not at the same time.
UPDATE: WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! Congratulations to: Rachel Fisher and Michelle Kingston, who each won a bundle! Coffee and booze have always gone together beautifully, from the Irish Coffee…
Holyrood Distillery’s long-awaited inaugural whisky, Arrival, has… err… arrived (and gone, it’s all sold out). The distillery, found in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town in the shadow of…
The big red ‘new whisky’ alarm at MoM Towers is going off because this year’s Diageo Special Releases are here. Diageo Special Releases 2023 are here! A fresh batch of…
Compass Box has just unveiled the third expression in its Extinct Blends Quartet. It’s called Metropolis, it’s now available from us, and we can tell you all about it because…
UPDATE: WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! Congratulations to: Mark Jones, who won our 1st prize … and Louise Acus-Stokes, who won our runner-up prize! Fancy winning some delicious Don Papa…
Single malt whisky is better than blended whisky. Right? Wrong. Well, in truth the answer to that question is: it depends. Which single malt are we talking about? And what…
Blended Scotch whisky is getting a lot of love from Master of Malt this week. We’re showcasing what we love about the style, from its versatility to its value, as…
Japanese whiskey from the world’s biggest whiskey distillery has just arrived. Excited? You should be. Yes, Master of Malt now stocks Fuji Gotemba whiskey (which spells whiskey with an ‘e’…
There’s loads of Scotch whisky out there. How much exactly? Well… That’s not a very easy question to answer. We’ve run the maths and all we can say for certain…
We’ve noticed that a lot of people would like the answer to this question: what is the difference between malt whisky and grain whisky? So we’re going to explain why…
A precious bank holiday is fast approaching. We need to take advantage of it. Especially as it’s the last one before things begin to look a lot like… no, we…
Strawberry gin in sunny Spain awaits the winner of our latest competition: a trip to Seville with Puerto de Indias Gin! Do you fancy winning a trip for two? Always….
Not every whisky gets the love it deserves. Here’s 10 whiskies we believe should get a greater share of the spotlight. It’s not easy to pick an underrated whisky because…
Right, an awful lot has happened in the last couple of days for Speyside distillery The Balvenie, so let’s rattle off the headlines: David C. Stewart MBE has stepped back…
Gin is a delicious drink in the summer. Having a G&T in the garden when the sun comes back out should be a requirement in the British Constitution if the…
Glasgow Distillery has put together a fantastic bundle for you to win and entry is super simple. It’s #BagThisBundle time! How would you like to win a bottle of single…
The GlenDronach Cask Strength annual release is one we always keep an eye out for. We included Batch 11 in our top ten whiskies of 2022. M’colleague Henry had this…
Independent bottlers snap up whiskies (and other spirits like rum, Cognac, gin…) from distilleries around the world. Some, like Gordon & MacPhail, buy new make and mature the spirits themselves….
Modern-day spiced rums are proving that they’re so much more than a sickly sweet beginner rum to be dumped into supermarket cola. Seeing as July is Rum Month, we thought…