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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.
New Arrival of the Week: St. Patrick’s MoonshineThis week we are mostly drinking a traditional Irish spirit made to an old family recipe from St. Patrick’s Distillery in Cork. The Walsh family have been distilling a long…
Five Minutes With. . . Peter Lynch from WhistlePigWe talk to the master blender at WhistlePig about a very special oloroso cask whiskey exclusive to MoM, a cocktail so secret that we can’t diverge the ingredients and how…
New Arrival of the Week: TBRC Diamond Distillery (Port Mourant Still) 10 Year OldThis week’s new arrival isn’t just a very special rum from Guyana bottled by That Boutique-y Rum Company, but it’s also a portal through time because it was distilled using…
Five Minutes With… Fawn Weaver, Uncle Nearest whiskeyIt’s 26 July, and Aunt and Uncle’s Day! Don’t panic, UK pals; it’s only in America. Your father’s brother probably isn’t expecting a card. But we thought it would be…
Rum Past, Present and Future with Alexandre Gabriel from PlantationAs part of our Rum Month coverage, we talk to Alexandre Gabriel about rediscovering old distillation techniques, a pineapple concoction inspired by Charles Dickens, and a release that’s as “funky…
Five Minutes With… Agave Guru Björn KjellbergIt’s London Mezcal Week, so today we have an agave double bill. First an interview with Björn Kjellberg, a Swede who fell in love with agave and now runs distillery…
Rare Single Field Ocho Tequilas Are Here!We have a treat this week, as Jesse Estes from Ocho talks us through his family’s single field vintage Tequilas. Oh, and coincidentally a consignment of these rare as hens…
New Arrival of the Week: Compass Box No Name No 2Today we have a smoky blended malt so special that it doesn’t even have a name! It could only be a release from those crazy cats at Compass Box. Until…
Cocktail of the Week: The SlingshotThis week’s drink is a refreshing little number that utilises a special coffee liqueur from New Zealand. It’s called the Slingshot! Slingshot is a catchy name: it sounds like a…
New Arrival of the Week: Starward NovaThis week we shine our special Master of Malt spotlight on a new release from Melbourne’s Starward distillery. It’s a single malt whisky aged entirely in Australian wine casks. Founder…
Cocktail of the Week: the Sherry CobblerThis week we’re going way back, we’re talking old school, with a drink that makes an Old Fashioned look positively modern: it’s the Sherry Cobbler! Earlier this month, Nate Brown…
New Arrival of the Week: Smouldering Heights GinThis new product from That Boutique-y Gin Company celebrates a small distillery that rose phoenix-like from the ashes and pays tribute to the greatest novel ever set in Yorkshire (no,…
Take a Global Distillery Tour with Lonely PlanetWe visit a lot of distilleries here at Master of Malt, but not as many as Karyn Noble from Lonely Planet. She has put a book together taking in the…
Cocktail of the Week: The Mellow YellowThis week we talk to Stephen Marsh, the man behind Pinkster, and try a summery cocktail especially designed to go with his pink gin. When Pinkster was launched in 2013,…
New Arrival of the Week: Fortunella Golden Orange liqueurJust landed at MoM towers is a new liqueur that has got us singing an old Rihanna classic. It’s called Fortunella, ella, ella, eh, eh (see what we mean?) and…
Five minutes with Joy Spence from Appleton EstateWe had the honour of an audience with the queen of rum, Joy Spence from Appleton Estate. We talked about Jamaican rum’s Geographical Indication, whether she might ever launch a…
