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Cocktail of the Week: The Gin and TonicToday, we are weighing into one of the great debates of the booze world. Families have fallen out over less. The issue is whether the Gin and Tonic can be…
Top ten: Great value vodkasNeed some good vodka recommendations? Then you’re in the right place. We’ve got some great value vodkas from Russia, Poland, England and more to suit all needs. Vodka continues to…
New Arrival of the Week: Black Bottle Island SmokeOne of Scotland’s oldest whisky brands, Black Bottle, has just released two new expressions as part of its Alchemy Series. Today, we’re taking a closer look at the Island Smoke…
Today, we’re looking at the wide world of brandy, from innovative Cognacs, yes such things do exist, to English apple-based spirits. They’re all delicious neat or perfect if you’re looking…
Cocktail of the Week: Monkey Jam SourHow do you improve on a classic like the Whisky Sour? Answer, stick some jam in it! For this week’s cocktail, top bartender Joe Petch shows us how to make…
Saint Patrick’s Day cocktails to make at homeIt’s a celebration that usually calls for Irish whiskey, Baileys or Guinness. But why not take things up a notch this year by making some delightful Saint Patrick’s Day cocktails?…
New Arrival of the Week: Havana Club Cuban SpicedHavana Club’s first spiced variant has just arrived at MoM Towers. So we decided to take a look and see what to expect from the new expression. The fact that Havana…
Top 10 Peated Whiskies you need to try in 2024Given that peat is a dark, partially decayed organic matter formed in the wetlands, you’d be forgiven for thinking it wouldn’t create the most appetising of flavours. But you’d be…
New Arrival of the Week: Cotswolds Sherry Cask Single MaltJust landed at Master of Malt towers: very special sherry-soaked single malt from those pioneers of English whisky, the Cotswolds Distillery. The Cotswolds Distillery released its first single malt back…
Cocktail of the Week: The Gin and ItLast week we rounded up our favourite vermouth brands. Now we’ve got a deliciously simple cocktail to show them off in. Some call it the Sweet Martini but it’s better…
Top ten: New and exciting beersA hoard of tasty beers have recently arrived here and we thought it was high-time we showed them off. Particularly as the sun appears to be making a comeback… The…
New Arrival of the Week: Dom Perignon 2006 RoséToday’s we’re toasting the arrival of a new week, a new month, and possibly a new beginning, with a quite fabulous Champagne, Dom Perignon 2006 Rosé. Dom Perignon is the…
Cocktail of the Week: The DiamondbackThis week’s cocktail is a post-Prohibition heavyweight, that plays with rye whiskey, Chartreuse and apple-based spirits. We owe it all to an unassuming, Maryland turtle… it’s the Diamondback. I have…
Top ten: VermouthsForget the old days of just French or Italian, vermouth is now a broad church with examples from Spain, Australia, and England joining the old counties in a celebration of…
New Arrival of the Week: Starward Left-FieldThis week we turn our attention to Starward Left-Field, an Australian single malt with aspirations to woo us Europeans. A new bottle of whisky has arrived from Starward Distillery and it’s…
Master of Malt tastes: Bowmore 27 Year Old – Timeless SeriesThis week we’re revelling in a gloriously aged single malt from an Islay exemplar. Say hello to Bowmore 27 Year Old – Timeless Series! It’s a truth universally acknowledged that…
