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Using Whisky in a Christmas Cake‘Christmas cake’ is often used as a descriptor in tasting notes for whisky. Sherry cask ageing in particular can taste especially festive with all those dried fruit and spice nuances….
We’ve Launched Our First Ever Black Friday Whisky!Our first ever Black Friday bottling is here: Caol Ila 14 Year Old – Black Friday! Click on the link to get your bottle now. Caol Ila 14 Year Old…
Top 10 Premium Whiskies Perfect for Christmas 2023Maybe we have a little bit of bias, but in our opinion, whisky is one of the most thoughtful gifts. Because the choices are so seemingly endless, you have to…
A Guide To Cheap WhiskyFrom Canadian blends in incredible value single malts, here’s a guide to affordable whisky. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a great bottle. When I…
Top 10 Scotch Whisky For Under £50 to Drink this Christmas 2023You may have noticed that certain age statement single malts have become very expensive recently. It’s sad but reflects the demand for these famous whiskies. Producers charge what they think…
How To Sound Like A Whisky ExpertAnyone who has ever been to a whisky tasting or on a distillery tour will know that sinking feeling you get when someone asks you for your response to a…
Cutty Sark: Backing the Blend After a CenturyCutty Sark Centenary Edition is now available from Master of Malt! This year Cutty Sark celebrates its 100th anniversary. It was back in 1923, at the height of Prohibition that…
What Is Scotch Whisky Made FromWe all want answers to the big questions in life. What happens when we die? What is love? What exactly is Mr. Blobby supposed to be, and who decided that…
Speyburn Distillery: Tours, Tastings, and 125 Years of HistoryThis year Speyside whisky makers Speyburn opened its doors to visitors for the first time in its 125-year history. It was for the Spirit of Speyside festival it and won…
New Arrival of the Week: Glenmorangie A Tale of Tokyo“I’m lucky to have travelled widely over the years sharing Glenmorangie around the world whilst also gathering new inspiration for whisky creations, and Tokyo has always been one of my…
The Speyside Single Malt Scotch whiskies You Need To KnowOh, Speyside. Scotland’s gentle whisky giant. Home to over 50 whisky distilleries, the greatest number of any Scotch whisky region, with whiskies ranging from the light, sweet, and honeyed to…
Port of Leith: Inside Edinburgh’s Vertical DistilleryLast week we scaled new heights during a visit to the UK’s first vertical distillery, Port of Leith. Ahead of its opening for tours today, we were hosted by founders…
Balblair 21 Year Old ReviewBalblair has just launched a 21-year-old single malt – the oldest single malt in the Highland distillery’s core range. Very exciting, isn’t it? The whisky began its journey in second-fill…
New Arrival of the Week: Glen Scotia The Mermaid 12 Year Old (Icons of Campbeltown)It’s all go in Campbeltown at the moment with the announcement last month that plans for North Star Spirits’ Dál Riata distillery have been approved. This was preceded in May…
New Arrival of the Week: Holyrood Arrival Release #1Holyrood Distillery’s long-awaited inaugural whisky, Arrival, has… err… arrived (and gone, it’s all sold out). The distillery, found in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town in the shadow of…
Tasting Evan Williams, Elijah Craig and other Heaven Hill WhiskeysThe other day we were having a conversation here at Master of Malt about good value whiskey, as we often do. One thing we all agreed is that you get…
