With World Martini Day coming up on the 18 June, we look at the evolution of the greatest of all cocktails, the Martini. Nowadays, the fashion is swinging back to…
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Author: Henry Jeffreys
Henry Jeffreys worked in the wine trade and publishing before becoming a writer. He’s features editor for the Master of Malt blog as well as contributing to various publications and has appeared on BBC radio and TV. He won Fortnum & Mason Drink Writer of the Year 2022/23 and is the author of four books: Empire of Booze, The Home Bar, The Cocktail Dictionary, and Vines in a Cold Climate.
Today, we’re toasting the start of another week in the booze business with a super fancy gin that has taken America by storm and has now landed in Britain. It’s…
Procera, the unique Kenyan gin made with African juniper, has been one of the biggest drinks success stories of the last few years. Now with two new versions on the…
In the last ten years, tiki cocktails have gone from a bit embarrassing to darlings of bartenders around the world. And with good reason as done properly, it is hard…
Part of the fun of visiting Islay is the journey. It’s not far from the Scottish mainland but it’s not always straight forward getting there. To round off our Fèis…
This week’s cocktail unites two of Italy’s great aperitifs, Campari from Milan and Martini Rosso from Turin, in one glass. It’s the Americano! The Americano used to be called the…
Our New Arrival of the Week is a great way to celebrate the Queen’s 70 years on the throne and would also make a great Father’s Day gift for the…
With World Whisky Day coming up, we’re shaking a cocktail that’s very much like a Sidecar, but made with Scotch instead of Cognac. It’s called the Silent Third. I’m just…
It’s not the best-known or the easiest to pronounce but anCnoc makes an extremely delicious Speyside single malt which you should get your tongue around. We talked to distillery manager…
This week we’re visiting a Highland distillery with an unmistakable tropical fruit flavour, Balblair. But why does it taste like this and where does the flavour come from? We take…
This week’s cocktail conjures up images of wild Jazz Age parties and all manner of ‘20s excesses. A mixture of gin, orange juice, sweet and dry vermouth, it’s the Bronx!…
It’s double trouble this week as we’re shining the New Arrival spotlight on two great Armagnacs from Château du Tariquet, the single varietal cask strength 12 Year Old Pure Folle…
Today’s we’re polishing the Glencairn for a very special single malt whisky that has just arrived at MoM towers. It’s the latest iteration of the flagship whisky from one of…
This week we’re making good use of Grand Marnier’s orangey, Cognac-soaked flavour profile by shaking it up with bloody orange and lemon juice to create the irresistible Grand Sour. Cognac runs…
Today’s cocktail is one for all those mixing Scotch whisky doubters out there. We’re using Black Bottle Double Cask to make Scotland’s answer to the Manhattan. It is, of course,…
This week we’re shining the New Arrival Spotlight on an independently-bottled whisky from one of Speyside’s more obscure distilleries. It’s Auchroisk 12 Year Old 2009 Storm (Fable Whisky). It was…
This week we’re resurrecting a lost cocktail created by Dick Bradsell for The Times in 1982. It’s a kind of proto-Bramble called the Thunderer! The Bramble is the second most…
Today, we’re making a cocktail with its heart in old Louisiana. Like an Old Fashioned but with a French twist, it’s the drink of New Orleans. It is, of course,…
As part of our Japan focus this week, we’re taking a closer look at a brand that celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Since its launch in 2012, Nikka Coffey…
Today we’re taking a look at a company with some of the richest history in drink: Lucas Bols. From its beginning in 16th century Amsterdam, its liqueurs and spirits are…