The supercomputer doesn’t lie. Unless we tell it to. Even then, we can tell it’s uncomfortable. We’re getting off track. The point is, the supercomputer didn’t lie when we asked…
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Category: Gin
Ah Gin – lovely, lovely Gin. Check out the latest gin news, gin reviews, gin cocktail ideas and other gin-related frippery from top gin brands including Bathtub Gin and Hendrick’s right here.
You really don’t need a lot of money to start a micro distillery. Go on Ebay and you can find little Portuguese pot stills for around £500. Then all you…
Think of the Prohibition and you’ll probably think of jazz music, speakeasies, gangsters, and Tommy guns. It’s a world immortalised in films like The Roaring Twenties and a novels like…
Do you know somebody who is a big fan of gin? Do you want to buy the perfect gin gift for them? Well then you’re in the right place. The…
The great thing about gin is that you can get some extremely tasty bottles for not too much money. So we’ve rounded up some of our favourites from classic London…
Now that summer is here, or putting in an occasional appearance, the team at Master of Malt has been thinking about how to make the perfect Gin and Tonic. It…
My love affair with Spain began on a language exchange to Madrid. From a boring suburban town near Watford, suddenly I was in the middle of one of the most…
On second thoughts, don’t drink like James Bond because he drinks a lot. A study of drinking in the Ian Fleming novels calculated that in one book You Only Live…
With times so hard at the minute, it’s become essential to be adept in the art of bargain hunting. But you don’t need to go through the trouble of trying…
There are thousands of gins in our range, so when it comes to finding the right bottle to impress even the most discerning of gin drinkers, where to begin? Understanding…
It’s spring! The sun has come out… sort of. Colour has started to come back into the world. And our craving for fruity gin is perhaps at its peak. Until…
Let’s take you back to 1999. We’re all dutifully partying so we don’t upset Prince and because we better make the most of the good times before Y2k sets in. …
Before we dive into the murky world of bathtub gin, not literally, of course, we should take the time to differentiate between bathtub gin and Bathtub Gin. One is a…
A few years back I was at a literary festival giving a talk about booze history and someone in the audience asked where the current gin boom came from. Why…
It’s National Cocktail Day (NCD) on 24 March 2024! We’re sure this is a date you have circled in red pen and you’re counting down the days until you can…
Fans of top actor Sam Heughan, star of hit TV series Outlander, prepare to get excited… You ready? Right, we’re offering the chance for three lucky customers to get their…
Mother’s Day is coming! Mothering Sunday is imminent! It’ll be here on 10 March and nother can be done to stop it. Except perhaps an asteroid hitting the earth. But…
Last month we ran some data into our Cray Y-MP supercomputer to compile our regular trend report and an interesting stat spewed out of the dotmatrix printer: cask-aged gin sales…
The gin market isn’t what it once was when it felt like not a day went by without a new gin brand being launched. Since the heady days of 2018,…
Gin is a spirit as diverse as it is unique, tracing its roots back to the Dutch jenevers of the 17th century. Since that time, numerous styles and types of…