Back in September, we began offering some pointers on blending your own whisky to help you get the most out of the marvellous Home Blending Kits we have bestowed upon…
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Category: Whisky
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Another month (well, nearly – it’s been over 3 weeks), another clutch of supremely awesome whiskies bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company. This time we’re bringing you whiskies from Brora,…
For the past 5 years, drinks writers (and now whisky bottlers!) Joel Harrison and Neil Ridley have hosted an awards ceremony intended to turn the whisky judging world on its…
I’m sure you’ll all remember the frankly fantastic couple of bottlings launched by the irrepressible duo from Caskstrength Neil and Joel in the past year or so? First up was…
And…we’re back! That’s right folks, we’re now shipping to the USA again! It was scary there for a moment, but this brave little eagle has personally agreed to fly all…
Yep. Seven. Like a striding colossus of the whisky industry powered by pure inspiration, awesomeness and zeitgeist*, That Boutique-y Whisky Company have brought you not one, but seven brand new…
I like the Langham Hotel. I like the Landau restaurant within the Langham Hotel, recently taken over by Albert and Michel Roux Jr. especially as there’s a lunch menu which…
It’s a scary place, the brain of Ben. It consists mainly of Alan Partridge and Father Ted episodes, cocktail recipes, and rain-man-esque recall of horsepower and torque figures for most…
We at MoM Towers love whisky. Can’t get enough it. We also love the USA (yes, it’s true!), and we have a special place in our collective, malty heart for…
It seems most countries have a national drink – these are the kind of bottles that are bought on holiday and go dusty in the cupboard only to be pulled out…
Martha Stewart was wrong! Yes, I said it. The Queen of Entertaining got it wrong this Thanksgiving. While her recipe for a Cranberry Old Fashioned was delightful, it needed some…
Chivas Brothers have recently launched a new global educational campaign entitled ‘Great Things Take Time’. To declare such a grand concept – Chivas treated us to a delicious lunch, courtesy…
Today is two things: 1. It’s a day all the trains from London were delayed dramatically. 2. It’s Thanksgiving! What do these 2 things mean when combined? Well, I found…
Well that last batch of Boutique-y whiskies certainly sold quickly. Terrifyingly quickly in fact. Apologies to all those who didn’t get one from the first edition of the Ardbeg, Macallan…
For those of you hitherto unfamiliar with them, our ‘Secret Bottlings’ series of Single Malts have long been a staple of our core range of Master of Malt branded scotch…
Prepare your faces for glee and/or delight, for we bring glad tidings all the way from Caithness (the north-eastern tip of the Scottish mainland – presumably very wet and cold)….
If there was ever a word so god damn awful it’s guaranteed to send a shudder down your spine it is the dreaded p-word – prohibition *a wolf howls in…
It’s that time of year again – the weather has given up the pretence of caring, the trees are shedding their leaves like a sinking ship sheds ballast, and the…
Mini casks. Pretty awesome, huh? I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked, either by bar owners or just experiment-loving whisky-geeks, whether we can get hold of…
Today Bowmore made a monumental announcement that they are releasing the oldest Islay Single Malt ever produced, ever… Bowmore is the oldest distillery on Islay and is famous for producing…