Sam Smith
Sam Smith is a writer and author and sometime writer for the Master of Malt blog.
The search for perfect snack & spirit pairingsIf you’ve ever felt uncertain mixing spirits with snacks, you’re not alone. However, through rigorous and very scientific testing methods, we think we’ve uncovered some perfect pairings… Food and drink….
The Hendrick’s Gin Palace: a new home for Hendrick’s GinHendrick’s Gin producer William Grant & Sons has unveiled The Hendrick’s Gin Palace – a £13 million expansion to its site in Girvan said to be a “…playground for experimentation,…
Ten delightful dark rums to enjoy beyond Rum MonthSimilar to how dogs are not just for Christmas, rum is not just for Rum Month. As July nears its end, we take a look at ten terrific dark rums…
Diageo’s biggest winners and losers in 2018Diageo has done its sums and presented the results of its 2018 financial year – we’ve had a good ol’ nosey to see how its brands performed. Get ready for…
Diageo eyes Baijiu boom with potential Shui Jing Fang investmentDiageo has proposed upping its stake in the company that makes premium baijiu brand Shui Jing Fang. Could there be a baijiu boom on the way? Do you fancy getting…
Terrific Tomatin celebrates super-sized whisky growthThe Tomatin distillery has just released its results for the most recent financial year, showing its turnover climbed by an incredibly impressive 24.6%! It was a good year for Tomatin…
Plans unveiled for new whisky distillery at CragganSpeymalt Whisky Distributors, parent of the Benromach distillery and Gordon & MacPhail, has announced plans to build a brand new malt whisky distillery at Craggan in the Cairngorms National Park….
Diageo to invest a whopping £150 million in whisky tourism!Diageo has announced plans to create a state-of-the-art Johnnie Walker visitor experience in Scotland’s capital, as well as upgrading its existing 12 distillery visitor centres – a project that encompasses…
Diageo introduces (most of) the 2018 Special ReleasesDiageo has unveiled 9 out of 10 of the always hotly-anticipated Special Releases bottlings for 2018, due to be hitting shelves in autumn – with one whisky’s identity remaining a…
The cream of the crop – Irish cream liqueurs are goodWe’ve offered our blog readers two delicious alternatives to Irish whiskey for this St. Patrick’s Day – poitín and gin. However, there remains another path you could follow. The Path…
Delicious Developments at the Dornoch DistilleryWe chat with Philip and Simon Thompson to get the scoop on the Dornoch Distillery’s whisky and gin developments We also taste their range of 10 Experimental Batch Gins,…
We take a look at the Yamazaki distillery and its history, and taste a few choice single malt expressions from the renowned Japanese distillery. The Yamazaki distillery. Maybe you’ve heard…
We’ve got 6 brand new Master of Malt Single Cask Series bottlings! Independent bottlings are always very exciting, and we’re particularly excited about these ones – because they’re ours! Yes,…
Cast your mind back to November of last year and you might just remember seeing a fantastic rye whiskey come through our doors – the Pikesville 6 Year Old 100…
Long time readers of the Master of Malt Blog will know that we visited the home of the English Whisky Company in Norfolk all the way back in 2009 –…
The Kingsbarns Distillery in Fife has just passed some big milestones – not only was it their first anniversary in November last year (they launched the Kingsbarns Distillery Founders’ Club…
