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Featured news, interviews and articles covering whisky, rum, gin, tequila and mezcal and other drinks and spirits, as well as the drinks industry.
Heaven’s Door Whiskey can be bought at Master of MaltKnockin’ Back Heaven’s Door: Bob Dylan, Whiskey, and A Complete Unknown

It’s getting dark too dark to see. Feels like I’m knockin’ on Heaven’s door… The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown starring Timothée Chalamet as the legendary American singer-songwriter arrived…

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On our list of the 10 best Burns Night whiskies 2025: Timorous BeastieBest Robert Burns Quotes On Whisky

Robert Burns wrote some of the most famous words ever written about whisky. The Scottish poet had a fond appreciation for whisky often reflected in his poetry, as we’ve already…

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Glendronach single malt sherried whiskyHow The Glendronach Is Winning Over Sherry Lovers

The Glendronach makes sherried whisky. The kind that’s dark, rich, fruity and nutty. Drink it and think of Christmas. Sip it and you sing C(S)herry Bomb by The Runaways in…

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Aberlour distilleryA Few More Scotch Whisky Distilleries You Mispronounce

Scotch whisky distillery names are not the easiest thing to pronounce. The Gaelic roots of these names often trick people into applying familiar English pronunciations. But with practice, it is…

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Wnat to go to the New Orleans Bourbon Festival?The Best Whisky Festivals 2025 Around The World You Can’t Miss

The whisky festival is a rite of passage these days. Are you even a true whisky drinker if you haven’t stood in a room full of people fighting for the…

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Happy New Year from all of us at Master of Malt!Happy New Year, and Thank You!

Well, that went fast… In the last few months we bought the company back, started shipping to the USA again after a 6-year break, and managed to pick up B2B…

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Angel's Envy: an old dog’s heavenly new trickAngel’s Envy: A Hidden Gem

This is the story of how a legendary whiskey maker came out of retirement to pioneer cask-finished bourbon with his son and, in the process, created one of the standout…

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Top whisky distilleries to watch out for in 2025: The Dallas Dhu DistilleryTop Whisky Distilleries To Watch Out For In 2025

There are lots of whisky distilleries to watch out for in 2025. While new whisky distilleries are always exciting, we’ve selected a few here that have very much caught our…

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Buy whisky for Christmas at Master of MaltReceiving Whisky As A Present: Do You Want Something New or an Old Favourite?

When people are buying you whisky as a present, do you want them to always stick to the old reliable bottle you love or are you open to discovering something…

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Whisky with water is loved by someWhisky and Water: How to Perfectly Dilute Your Dram

Diluting whisky with water is common practice. But how do you know how much water to add? And what kind of water? And what type of whisky needs water? We…

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What is Scotch whiskyWhat is Scotch Whisky?

Scotch whisky, or Scotch, is perhaps the most famous whisky of all. While its origins are debated, we know enough about the history of Scotch whisky to trace it back…

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Scotch whisky regionsWhat Are The 5 Types of Scotch Whisky?

The five types of Scotch whisky are single malt, single grain, blended, blended malt, and blended grain whisky. What does it all mean? Navigating the world of Scotch can be…

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Kilchoman signEven More Scotch Whisky Distilleries You Mispronounce

We’ve helped you pronounce some of the most tricky Scotch whisky distillery names, not once, but twice now. But there’s a few more pronunciations that we understand are not easy…

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Mikolasch Vodka, a revived historic brandThe Future in Reviving Historic Brands

You want to create a whiskey company. How do you go about it? I mean beyond the spirit itself. What’s the story? What’s the brand?  There’s a few different directions…

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Weekday whiskiesThe Secret Language of Whisky Labels: What to Look for When Buying

Whisky labels can be revealing, beguiling, familiar. You might look behind a bar or scroll through pages online and see an image that speaks to you. It takes you back….

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Wire Works Whisky is a favourite at Master of MaltWire Works Whisky Unplugged: The Story of English Whisky’s Brightest Spark

When Max Vaughan came home one evening after meeting someone making whisky in England and suggested to his wife, Claire, that they should start doing it themselves, the idea was…

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