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Adam O'Connell has been writing for Master of Malt for over eight 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 1,000 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.
Peaty Whisky Christmas Gift GuideFew spirits have a cult following like peaty whisky with the signature smoky character you get from peat. So for the peathead in your life, we’ve rounded up some of our…
Diageo Invests In The Oxford Artisan DistilleryBig changes at one of the bright lights of the English whisky scene as The Oxford Artisan Distillery announces that Diageo is investing through Distill Ventures. News has broken today…
Tales From The Barbados Rum Experience: St. Nicholas Abbey DistilleryYou might recall back in the halcyon days of the Barbados Rum Experience we visited St. Nicholas Abbey Distillery. Here’s our promised rum diary from the day. Macaws and steam trains…
Glenmorangie A Tale of the Forest – Don’t Call It A Botanical WhiskyGlenmorangie A Tale of the Forest is a fascinating new whisky made by kilning barley with botanicals combustible materials like juniper berries and birchwood which shows how even Scotch whisky…
Scotch Whisky Christmas Gift GuideScotch whisky is the gift lots of lovely people will want to receive this Christmas. So we’ve made your job of picking one easy with this cracking little list of…
Tales From The Barbados Rum Experience: Day FiveThe final day of the Barbados Rum Experience had Adam in a reflective mood as he attended the last raft of seminars. If there’s anything you can say about the…
Tales From The Barbados Rum Experience: Day FourFoursquare Distillery was on the agenda today on our fourth day at the Barbados Rum Experience. Talk about a rum nerds’ paradise… Today I walked around an eight-acre estate that…
The Story of Scottish Oak at Fettercairn DistilleryWe travelled to Fettercairn Distillery with whisky maker Gregg Glass to taste the first fruits blossom from the Scottish oak maturation project: Fettercairn 18 Year Old. Fettercairn Distillery is situated in…
Tales From The Barbados Rum Experience: Day ThreeToday’s seminars concerned hard truths, myth-busting, and lots of sugarcane as we spent another day in Barbados deepening our understanding of rum. Welcome back to our coverage of the Barbados…
Tales From The Barbados Rum Experience: Day TwoDay two at the Barbados Rum Experience meant a double dose of distilleries: Mount Gay and St Nicholas Abbey. The tours were so comprehensive we’ve decided to split the blogs…
Tales From The Barbados Rum Experience: Day OneThe Barbados Rum Experience is back and Adam is fortunate enough to be here for the ride. So he’s going to share his rum diaries from the beautiful island this…
New Arrival of the Week: Teeling Single Malt Calvados CaskIrish whiskey distillery Teeling continues its habit of using interesting casks to finish its whiskey with a product exclusive to Master of Malt: Teeling Single Malt Calvados Cask. We’ve had…
Balvenie Celebrates David C. Stewart with 60 Year Old WhiskyWe tasted The Balvenie Sixty Years, the distillery’s oldest and rarest whisky released to date and tribute to malt master David C. Stewart MBE in his sixth decade at the…
New Arrival of the Week: Burnt Oak 24 Year Old Blended WhiskeyBurnt Oak 24 Year Old Blended Whiskey is one of the standout new releases we have on our virtual shelves, a mysterious and meaty blend of aged Islay whisky and…
Jameson Single Pot Still Is RevivedJameson Single Pot Still is back! Yes, for the first time since the 1960s, Jameson has released a single pot still whiskey. We went to Dublin to see what all…
We Have A Green Spot 10 Year Old Irish Whiskey Exclusive to Master of Malt!We’re very excited to shine a light on one of our newest releases: a single cask Green Spot 10 Year Old 2010 finished in a Vinsanto barrel. Both because it’s delicious,…
