Former Master of Malt features editor Annie Hayes is an esteemed journalist across the topics of spirits and cocktails, as well as health and lifestyle. She has worked for The Spirits Business and Men’s Health, judged a number of cocktail competitions, and her work has featured in the likes of Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Runner’s World, Prima and Women’s Health. Whether it’s cocktail recipes and ingredients, hangover cures, Veganuary or shining a spotlight on spirits production processes, Annie has a nose for a story and is one of our favourite writers.
¡Atención agave obsessives! Huge news from Bacardi – the family-owned firm is set to buy full control of Patrón Spirits International in a deal that values the best-selling Tequila producer…
For a cocktail that traditionally contains just two ingredients and a garnish, the Martini is the ultimate test of bartending prowess and distillery finesse. Last week, six innovative gin brands…
Whether you’re one of the millions of people attempting Dry January or you’re simply looking to scale back on the sauce this year, the age-old ‘what to drink when you’re…
As the conversation around tackling gender inequality and championing female empowerment develops, could Diageo be planning to launch a female equivalent of the Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky brand in the…
It might be Speyside’s smallest working distillery, but Big Things lie ahead for Benromach. The Gordon & MacPhail-owned single malt Scotch whisky producer has detailed plans to boost its warehousing capacity…
Luck of the Irish? As 2017 Irish whiskey exports reach a staggering €600 million, we select five of the category’s most creative bottlings to demonstrate why its success is anything…
Earlier this week, US wine and spirits giant Constellation Brands snapped up a minority stake in independent Kentucky distillery Copper & Kings American Brandy Company. Following the news, we chatted…
Did you take a trip to the Emerald Isle last year? Irish whiskey distilleries welcomed a whopping 814,000 of us through their doors in 2017 – proving once again that…
While wine cask finishing is a relatively new phenomenon in the grand scheme of whisky history, it’s one that has changed the taste of our drams for good. Step away…
Scotch whisky personality, author, educator, expert, and, most importantly, accomplished master blender. Richard Paterson – the man behind Dalmore, Jura, Fettercairn and more – talks independent bottlers, auction houses, and…
Last year an abundance of clever, forward-thinking, boundary-pushing new bottlings hit the global spirits market, inciting oohs, aahs and mmms in equal measure. In MoM’s Most Ingenious Spirits list, we…
It was once the powerhouse of South America, but over the last 20 years, Venezuela has been subject to unrelenting economic and political crises. We discovered how its oldest rum…
Italian drinks group Campari has bought Bisquit Cognac’s parent company from South Africa-based Distell for a whopping €52.5 million – proof, if any was needed, that Cognac is about to…
From 1 December onwards, it’s a given that our plates are always full, and our glasses are rarely empty. Apparently it’s not actually obligatory to enter the New Year feeling…
It’s mid-December, so we’re pretty much halfway to Christmas Day – isn’t that a reality check and a half? If you, like us, have failed to buy any presents for…
Shake up these contemporary Cognac cocktails to discover why the fruity French spirit is for more than simply splashing on Christmas pudding… By now, you’ll know that Cognac sales are…
Get those cocktail shakers at the ready – we’ve assembled the world’s most daring festive spirits for your drinking pleasure. It also serves as a handy gift guide for the…
Packed with botanicals and historically rooted in medicine, cocktail staple vermouth has plenty in common with everyone’s favourite junipery tipple. But does the bittersweet, herbal aperitif have what it takes…
After half a century maturing in one of the world’s oldest Scotch whisky warehouses, Bowmore 1966 50 Years Old has been liberated from its ex-bourbon hogshead and decanted into bottles…
When we’ve not heard from the folk at Johnnie Walker for a while, it usually means they’re up to something. As it transpires, they’ve been busy raiding the likes of…
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