At the start of July, some of the MoM team attended Imbibe Live, one of the UK’s leading drinks trade shows since it was established in 2010. I hadn’t been…
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While we all love our whisky here at Master of Malt, nobody knows who any of us are. So who cares? These whisky drinkers are legitimately famous. What they all…
Flavoured gins showcase the versatility and creativity of gin distillers, with examples ranging from the floral to the fruity and beyond. Here’s a review of some of the best-flavoured gins…
Black Tot Master Blender’s Reserve – 2024 Edition is now available from Master of Malt. Next Wednesday, the 31 July, is known in the rum world and in naval circles as…
For the last six years, the person who has run this here blog was Henry Jeffreys. Henry Jeffreys became a writer after working in the wine trade and publishing and…
Callum Palmer, of Nottingham’s Tilt Bar, has won the Boutique-y vs. the World competition! That Boutique-y Whisky Company asked all drink lovers from industry professionals to amateurs to mix up…
Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Glen Grant, Glengoyne, Glenfarclas, Glen Scotia, Glen Garioch, Glen Moray, Glen Keith, Glen Elgin, Glen Spey, Glenkinchie, Glen Ord, Glendullan, Glenrothes, GlenAllachie, Glencadam, Glenglassaugh, Glenturret, Glentauchers, Glenlossie,…
The Rump@blic rum range has just landed at Master of Malt! Just in time for National Daiquiri Day (in the States, anyway, but there’s no reason we can’t mix one…
The name Don Fulano refers to a Mexican gentleman of unknown or undisclosed identity. But at the centre of this Tequila brand is a well-known family. Descendants of a Portuguese…
You wanted a list of the most expensive whiskies in the world, so here they are. What makes these whiskies expensive is often the age and rarity of the liquid,…
England has a long and often dark history with rum, dating back to the colonial period in the Caribbean and extending to the Royal Navy’s tradition of issuing daily rum…
Whisky is a drink for summer. We promise. We know, we know. You’ve been told it’s all fireplaces and cigars. Winter warmers and cold remedies. Men in kilts and stags…
World Rum Day is this Saturday, 13 July, and that seems as good a time as any to put our spotlight on a product you, the dear customer, have been…
We’ve just got in some extremely rare single malt whiskies and more from Fragrant Drops including perhaps the best single malt I’ve tasted this year. Fragrant Drops is an independent…
“Tastes like Heaven, burns like Hell.” Love it or hate it. Not real whisky. Frat parties. Shots, shots, shots. Canada. An awful lot is said about Fireball. For a simple…
Even though the weather hasn’t been behaving as it should, at least in Britain, we still love a BBQ. Or even an indoor BBQ, just put everything under the grill,…
Water is one of the core whisky ingredients alongside grain, yeast, and father time. The word whisky actually derives from the term ‘water of life’. But there’s not one huge…
It’s Mojito Day on 11 July so we’re stirring and muddling one of Cuba’s most famous cocktails with a rum that mixes Jamaican with Martinique. It might not be the…
As I am sure you’re all aware, it’s Piña Colada day on Wednesday 10 July so we’re showing you a simple way to make one of the world’s great cocktails….
Earlier this week I took a trip to Raffles, London for an event with The Balvenie Scotch whisky. The venue is an outpost of the legendary Singapore hotel and is…