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Balblair have teamed up with WIRED Magazine to come up with a very cool competition with some equally cool prizes. The distillery is encouraging amateur photographers, and the competition will…

Balblair have teamed up with WIRED Magazine to come up with a very cool competition with some equally cool prizes. The distillery is encouraging amateur photographers, and the competition will run from September to October.

To enter, photographers have to submit shots which encapsulate Balblair’s motto: “timed to perfection”. It’s that simple, and we reckon there are going to be some brilliant submissions.

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Bourbon vs Sherry

Master of Malt

August 15, 2011 1:25 pm

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The two most popular choices for whisky ageing – sherry casks and bourbon barrels – offer a totally different style of single malt and here at Master of Malt, we…

The two most popular choices for whisky ageing – sherry casks and bourbon barrels – offer a totally different style of single malt and here at Master of Malt, we love both in equal measure. Just like with children, it’s wrong to have a favourite (unless one child is a maths-whiz-head-boy-sports-star-type, and the other is one of those miserable kids that dyes his hair black and combs it over his face, whilst complaining constantly about how “unfair it all is”).

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The Winner of the Glenfarclas Competition

Master of Malt

August 3, 2011 1:36 pm

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You may remember a little while ago, we launched our biggest prize giveaway yet – a chance to win a 50 year old speyside, single cask, one-of-a-kind bottle of Glenfarclas…

You may remember a little while ago, we launched our biggest prize giveaway yet – a chance to win a 50 year old speyside, single cask, one-of-a-kind bottle of Glenfarclas worth £3,995. Quite possibly the greatest prize ever…

All the entrants had to do for a chance to win this astonishing prize was purchase any 70cl bottle of Glenfarclas from our website. There were just 500 chances to enter, and as you can imagine, they sold out pretty quickly!

We put all of the names into our bowler hat of wonder, and duly picked a name, and we can now announce the winner, Mr Steven Wright of Cardiff. Here’s a picture of his beaming mug… Envy this man…

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Guess that Booze!

Ben Ellefsen

July 26, 2011 11:41 am

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Okay then – new competition / announcement / sort of thing… If I told you that these images represented the ingredients of a brand new concoction we’re currently putting together,…

Okay then – new competition / announcement / sort of thing…

If I told you that these images represented the ingredients of a brand new concoction we’re currently putting together, would you think:

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The Winner of the Bloggers’ Blend Competition

Master of Malt

July 7, 2011 4:37 pm

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The votes have been counted, the results are in, and we can now reveal the winning blend from the Bloggers’ Blend Competition. If you’re just tuning into this now and…

The votes have been counted, the results are in, and we can now reveal the winning blend from the Bloggers’ Blend Competition. If you’re just tuning into this now and haven’t read our previous posts about the competition, allow us to fill you in…

We asked ten top whisky bloggers to create their own blends, using pipettes, measuring cylinders (and other scientific accoutrements) and a selection of malt and grain

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Bloggers’ Blend Voting

Master of Malt

June 3, 2011 1:10 pm

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You’ve almost certainly seen the numerous posts about the Blogger’s Blend competition on the bloggers’ own websites. Just in case any of you missed it, you can read more here….

Bloggers' Blend

You’ve almost certainly seen the numerous posts about the Blogger’s Blend competition on the bloggers’ own websites. Just in case any of you missed it, you can read more here.

Well, it’s votin’ time. If you’ve bought yourself a Bloggers’ Blend set with samples of all the blends, you can vote for you favourites at the Blogger’s Blend Voting page. Look how shiny it is. It was crafted by the finest artisans, all of whom were gifted with an in-depth knowledge of jQuery and ASP.NET, just like the craftsmen of yore. We’ve selected AV as our voting method, so simply visit the page and order the blends by order of preference.

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Win a £3,995 bottle of Glenfarclas!

Master of Malt

May 13, 2011 10:07 am

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With Father’s Day encroaching, we’ve teamed up with the good folks over at Glenfarclas to offer you a frankly mind-boggling whisky giveaway. In fact, we can hand-on-heart tell you that…

With Father’s Day encroaching, we’ve teamed up with the good folks over at Glenfarclas to offer you a frankly mind-boggling whisky giveaway. In fact, we can hand-on-heart tell you that we’re offering you our best prize yet! Drum roll please…

We are giving you the chance to win a 50 year old, single cask bottle of Glenfarclas, worth £3,995!

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Win an Irish Whiskey Getaway for Two

Master of Malt

February 22, 2011 10:42 am

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Chestibor Chihuahua has brought down his green hat and lucky four leaf clover collar and that can only mean one thing; St Patrick’s day is nearly upon us! With just…

Chestibor in his lucky green hat

Chestibor Chihuahua has brought down his green hat and lucky four leaf clover collar and that can only mean one thing; St Patrick’s day is nearly upon us!

With just a few weeks to go we’ve teamed up with Cooley distillery to offer one lucky winner the chance to visit the distillery with their better half and enjoy two days of wining, dining, whiskeying and general good times..

We reckon you’ll love this; it’s a great prize for any whiskey lover, and it’s a brilliant opportunity to indulge in an experience you’ll be talking about for years to come.

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Compass Box 10th Anniversary Competition

Master of Malt

December 7, 2010 5:12 pm

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Compass Box are celebrating their 10th anniversary, so we’ve teamed up with them to bring you an incredible competition. We’re offering two of you the chance to visit the Compass…

Compass Box are celebrating their 10th anniversary, so we’ve teamed up with them to bring you an incredible competition.

We’re offering two of you the chance to visit the Compass Box London HQ, where you will enjoy the ultimate Compass Box experience.

All you have to do to enter is buy any bottle of Compass Box whisky from our site, but hurry, because there are only 250 chances to enter!

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Win a Year’s Supply of Whisky

Master of Malt

November 15, 2010 11:30 am

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We’re offering five of you a year’s supply of whisky… It sounds too good to be true doesn’t it? Well, it’s real, so get used to it! “What does this…

We’re offering five of you a year’s supply of whisky…

It sounds too good to be true doesn’t it? Well, it’s real, so get used to it!

“What does this mean, will things ever be the same again?”

This is the most awesome thing ever, it changes everything.

To enter this phenomenal competition, all you need to do is buy one of our cracking new dram sets. There are 24 different dram sets to choose from, and each contains 5 delicious 3cl samples (beautifully labelled and wax-dipped). We’ve also taken the liberty of tasting every different whisky and writing detailed tasting notes which we’ve included in the sets for your supping pleasure.

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