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Blackwater: Irish whiskey – as it’s meant to be?With the long-awaited whiskies from Blackwater in Ireland soon to be landing at Master of Malt, Ian Buxton talks to Peter Mulryan, the distillery’s outspoken founder about his problems with…
Drinks accessories for ChristmasFrom whisky tasting glasses to the Whisky Yearbook 2023 plus shakers, corkscrews, decanters and more. Here are ten drinks accessories for Christmas. What do you buy the whisky lover in…
Bubbles before troubles: a session on sparkling wineLoukia Xinari returns to give us the skinny on the booming sparkling wine trade across several countries. There’s more than just Champagne and Prosecco, you know? You know the tingling…
Cardhu Pure Malt and other ill-advised whisky reformulationsEarlier this week, Dr Nick Morgan looked at what happened when United Distillers lowered the strength of Gordon’s gin. Now in the second part, he looks at the furore when…
The reformulation of Gordon’s gin and other PR disastersIn a two-part special Dr. Nick Morgan looks at what happens when distillers mess around with the formula of well-loved brands. First up the sorry saga of when United Distillers…
Can there be only one Highlander?Well it’s Thursday again, isn’t it? Isn’t it just. That means, as ever, only one thing: it’s new Master of Malt independent bottling day! This week is a very, very…
Tales from the Barbados Rum Experience: St. Nicholas Abbey DistilleryYou might recall back in the halcyon days of the Barbados Rum Experience we visited St. Nicholas Abbey Distillery. Here’s our promised rum diary from the day. Macaws and steam trains…
Glenmorangie A Tale of the Forest – don’t call it a botanical whiskyGlenmorangie A Tale of the Forest is a fascinating new whisky made by kilning barley with botanicals combustible materials like juniper berries and birchwood which shows how even Scotch whisky…
Whisky prices – the upwards spiralIn the light of various steep price rises in whisky, naming no names, Ian Buxton takes a look at what’s behind the changes and suggests that things might not be…
Shady sherry: the cask seasoning that isn’tSherry-seasoned casks have long been used for Scotch whisky maturation. But until recently there was little scrutiny of the practice. Many ‘sherry’ casks used to age whiskies advertised as such…
Tales from the Barbados Rum Experience: day fiveThe final day of the Barbados Rum Experience had Adam in a reflective mood as he attended the last raft of seminars. If there’s anything you can say about the…
Tales from the Barbados Rum Experience: day fourFoursquare Distillery was on the agenda today on our fourth day at the Barbados Rum Experience. Talk about a rum nerds’ paradise… Today I walked around an eight-acre estate that…
The story of Scottish oak at Fettercairn DistilleryWe travelled to Fettercairn Distillery with whisky maker Gregg Glass to taste the first fruits blossom from the Scottish oak maturation project: Fettercairn 18 Year Old. Fettercairn Distillery is situated in…
Tales from the Barbados Rum Experience: day threeToday’s seminars concerned hard truths, myth-busting, and lots of sugarcane as we spent another day in Barbados deepening our understanding of rum. Welcome back to our coverage of the Barbados…
The Duppy Share’s George Frost on premium rumThe rum revolution is growing strong, so we had a chat with the founder of The Duppy Share, George Frost to reflect on the growth of both the brand and…
Tales from the Barbados Rum Experience: day twoDay two at the Barbados Rum Experience meant a double dose of distilleries: Mount Gay and St Nicholas Abbey. The tours were so comprehensive we’ve decided to split the blogs…
