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Category: Liqueurs

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World Whiskies Awards and World Drinks Awards Winners

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World Drinks Awards World Whiskies Awards 2016

Yesterday saw the World’s Best whiskies and spirits crowned at the World Drinks Awards, including the World Whiskies Awards.

Before we get into the results though, some good news! Drinks by the Dram have once again teamed up with the World Drinks Awards to create an easy way to taste a whole bunch of these award winners! Head over to our World Drinks Awards 2016 page to browse their selection of 8 different World Whiskies Awards and World Drinks Awards Winners Tasting Sets.

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Categories : Armagnac, Cognac, Gin, Irish Whiskey, Japanese Whisky, Liqueurs, News, Rum, Scotch Whisky, Vodka, Whisky
Tags : Blended Malt, Blended Whisky, Hakushu, Hibiki, Highland Whisky, Jura, Master of Malt, Old Pulteney, Smooth Ambler, Speyside Whisky, Teeling, World Drinks Awards, World Whiskies Awards
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Whisky Christmas Crackers! Gin Christmas Crackers too!

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Whisky Advent Calendar

Last year Drinks by the Dram gave us spirits-and-liqueurs-filled Christmas Crackers and everybody saw that they were good. Very good. Frickin’ awesome, in fact! They made Christmas dinner (one of the best things in the world) even better, whilst simultaneously taking care of after-dinner drinks. Thank you Drinks by the Dram.

So, what now for 2015? Dedicated Whisky Crackers, of course! And Premium Whisky Crackers! And Gin Crackers! And the spirits-and-liqueurs-filled Christmas Crackers too, aptly renamed Spirit & Liqueur Crackers! All of the crackers – all available for despatch now!

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Categories : Gin, Liqueurs, Rum, Whisky
Tags : Christmas, Christmas Crackers, Drinks by the Dram
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#WhiskySanta Gives Away Thousands of Gifts at the Checkout!

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Whisky Santa

Well, I did say that I might have something else up my immaculately cuffed sleeve this year, and here it is! I’ve used my powers as an omniscient supernatural Christmas being to ‘get in’ to the Master of Malt checkout. From here I’ll be giving away thousands of festive gifts to lucky customers (at least £20,000 worth, in fact!)…

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Categories : Cognac, Competitions, Gin, Liqueurs, News, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, Whisky, Wine
Tags : Bathtub Gin, Blended Malt, Christmas, Rumbullion, Spirit of Hven, Whisky Santa
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The Return of Ask #WhiskySanta… He’ll grant one wish per day!

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Whisky Santa

[Update: He’s now giving gifts away at the checkout too!]

Guess who is back… Back once again… #WhiskySanta is back! Tell all your friends and loved ones. Ho ho ho! A bit of the M&M-style wrap for you there. I like to stay current.

That’s right, your favourite festive, omniscient, supernatural, heavily-bearded being is back from his holibobs. I may have only had ten months off after last year’s festivities (during which I even received a shiny ISC award) but a tinsel-covered alarm clock has gone off somewhere and I’m feeling extremely generous once again! Time to make some lists and check them twice – lists of people using #WhiskySanta, that is – before granting one wish per day for you lucky people for a second year running!

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Categories : Absinthe, Cognac, Competitions, Gin, Liqueurs, News, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, Whisky, Wine
Tags : Arran, Bathtub Gin, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Christmas, Dalmore, Dalwhinnie, Glengoyne, Gordon and Macphail, Hibiki, Jura, Oban, Octomore, Penderyn, Smooth Ambler, Uigeadail, Whisky Santa
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Master of Cocktails – Fair Yuzu Has a Posse

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Master of Cocktails Fair Yuzu Has a Posse

Right then ladies and gents. Time for another #MasterofCocktails – this week we’re making a cognac-sour/sidecar sort of affair. We’re making it with Yuzu Juice. If you’ve not had it before it’s sort of lemon/limey, but much more aromatic and potent. You can get it online using the power of googles.

There’s a tiny bit of prep to do a couple hours before we make this one – we need to sugar-rim our glasses…

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Categories : Cocktails, Cognac, Liqueurs
Tags : HINE, Master of Cocktails
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Master of Cocktails – The Penultimate Paragraph

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Master of Cocktails Penultimate Paragraph

Right then all – we all ready for a cocktail? Time for #MasterofCocktails…

Today’s drink is a creation based around this bad boy. It’s Bathtub Gin aged in an ex-Ardbeg cask. This batch is all sold out (I did tell you all to buy it…), but there’s a new batch available from the second-fill. Why, here it is.

So – this week’s #MasterofCocktails is going to be a variation on the Last Word cocktail. One of my all time favourites.

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Categories : Cocktails, Cognac, Gin, Liqueurs
Tags : Luxardo Maraschino, Master of Cocktails, Peaty Whisky
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Master of Cocktails – Guyana’s not French, but the Melon is

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Master of Cocktails Guyana's Not French

Greetings #MasterofCocktails fans. Trust everyone had a pleasant Bank Holiday Weekend? Did you have a cocktail to see it on its way? We certainly did…

This week we’re making a suitably tropical number, that I think we’ll call ‘Guyana’s not French, but the Melon is’ (if you were making along with us on Monday, you’ll note that I took my own advice from last week and came up with the name for this cocktail before finishing it).

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Categories : Cocktails, Liqueurs, Rum
Tags : El Dorado, Master of Cocktails, Rumbullion
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Master of Cocktails – I’m a Fun Guy

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Master of Cocktails I'm A Fun Guy

Right then everyone. Are we all ready for this week’s #MasterofCocktails?

We’re going somewhat off-piste this week, making a riff on the Boulevardier, but introducing massive Umami by firstly subbing the Campari for Cynar and secondly garnishing with a pickled Shiitake Mushroom, courtesy of the Pitt Cue Co. Cookbook.

The acid-umami it adds to the drink is truly wonderful, and transformative. If there was ever a cocktail for food…

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Categories : Cocktails, Liqueurs, Whisky
Tags : Bitter Bastards, Cynar, El Dorado, Smooth Ambler
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Master of Cocktails – The Clover Club Cocktail

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Master of Cocktails The Clover Club Cocktail

Greetings all. Time for some Gin? Gin. Yep. Everyone loves Gin. Lovely Gin.

We’re making a classic cocktail for this week’s #MasterofCocktails, which to be honest feels anything but. You’d swear this was a modern drink. It’s called the Clover Club Cocktail – basically a gin sour with added Raspberry.

Traditionally this would be a syrup, but we’re going to be using the Raspberry Liqueur from St. George Spirits.

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Categories : Cocktails, Gin, Liqueurs
Tags : Ableforth's, Bathtub Gin, Master of Cocktails, St George Spirits, Tanqueray
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Master of Cocktails – The Bobby Burns

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Master of Cocktails The Bobby Burns

For #MasterofCocktails this week we made a twist on the Rob Roy (which I’ve decided on balance might be a rubbish drink). It’s called a ‘Bobby Burns’ – and uses a healthy slug of Bénédictine to give the whisky and vermouth a much-needed lift.

It’s obviously named after the Scottish Bard, Robert Burns, but in the week that Lynyrd Skynyrd’s original drummer Bob Burns tragically died it seems a fitting tribute to him as well.

So, let’s get to it…

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Categories : Cocktails, Liqueurs, Whisky
Tags : Antica Formula, Benedictine, Blended Whisky, Master of Cocktails, Naked Grouse, Vermouth
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