Good Enough, Isn’t… 2015 in Review
Good Enough, Isn’t… 2015 in Review

What a year it’s been. It’s always nice to have a bit of an old roundup at about this time – so here we go! First up, we must acknowledge…

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Kew Organic Gin
Kew Organic Gin

Today we’d like to tell you about a new and extremely exciting gin! There are always new gins coming out, of course, but how many of them are made with…

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Ardbeg Ships Free This Christmas!
Ardbeg Ships Free This Christmas!

You know how we hate charging for shipping? We want to banish the mere concept of “shipping charges” to the land of wind and ghosts where it can stay. In…

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Up to £100 Off Your Order When You ‘Pay with Amazon’
Up to £100 Off Your Order When You ‘Pay with Amazon’

From now until the new year a lucky customer who pays for their order on Master of Malt using the “Pay with Amazon” option will be refunded up to £100…

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Whisky Christmas Crackers! Gin Christmas Crackers too!
Whisky Christmas Crackers! Gin Christmas Crackers too!

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…

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We’re Indie Islands Bottler & Grain Bottler of the Year!
We’re Indie Islands Bottler & Grain Bottler of the Year!

After being named Highland Independent Bottler of the Year in 2014 at Whisky Magazine’s Independent Bottlers’ Challenge, we’re extremely proud to announce that for 2015 Master of Malt have picked…

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Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 12 – Van Ryn’s Distillery
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 12 – Van Ryn’s Distillery

Our worldwide magical mystery tour continues! OK, it’s neither magical (I am no wizard) nor is it a mystery (I’ve got it all planned out. Sorta.), but we will be…

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FREE SHIPPING (for orders over £99)
FREE SHIPPING (for orders over £99)

UPDATE: Free Shipping for large orders will now be available until further notice! A few months ago we talked about how much shipping charges suck, and then we did something…

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Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 11 – James Sedgwick Distillery
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 11 – James Sedgwick Distillery

Gosh, it certainly takes a lot of effort to run over 5,000 miles. The Proclaimers only walked over 1,000 (or at least they said they would), I wonder it took…

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Exclusive Telegraph Whisky Experience Offer for Master of Malt Blog Readers
Exclusive Telegraph Whisky Experience Offer for Master of Malt Blog Readers

On the Monday 30th of November and Tuesday 1st of December, the Telegraph will once again be presenting their Telegraph Whisky Experience at One Whitehall Place in London, bringing together…

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A Drinks by the Dram Advent Calendar, with three drams, on a white background“Build Your Own” Advent Calendar!

Find out how you could curate all 24 different 30ml sample drams and build your own Advent Calendar – what a perfect Christmas treat! Well, that title really says it…

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Plans For A Brand New Gin Distillery in Kyoto Unveiled
Plans For A Brand New Gin Distillery in Kyoto Unveiled

As Master of Malt’s newly-designated geography enthusiast, what with my Around the World in 80 Drams blog series and all, it’s very exciting to hear of a new distillery being…

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Snazzy New Website
Snazzy New Website

Mobile phones – marvellous devices, we’re sure you’ll agree. Aside from the obvious (‘the obvious’ depending massively on your relative dirtiness of mind), you can use them to buy everything…

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Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 10 – Santamanía
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 10 – Santamanía

We’re on week 10 of the Around the World in 80 Drams adventure, and we’ve made it to mainland Spain to enjoy some very exciting gin! Last week I left…

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Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 9 – Xoriguer
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 9 – Xoriguer

Welcome to week 9 of our Around The World in 80 Drams tour, the blog series where we find out all about spirits from far off lands and learn just…

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Diageo Special Releases 2015
Diageo Special Releases 2015

It’s that time of year once again and last night Diageo invited us to the Serpentine Sackler Gallery to taste the 2015 Special Releases! There are nine this year. That’s…

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Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 8 – Janneau
Around The World In 80 Drams – Week 8 – Janneau

It’s week 8 in our Around The World In 80 Drams tour – we’re one tenth of the way through! We’re making our third and final stop in France this…

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Whisky in Space (2015: A Space Oddity)
Whisky in Space (2015: A Space Oddity)

Space. The final front ear. Home of paranoid robots named HAL, space stations that ain’t no moons, cats and David Bowie. Recently whisky has also been crowbarred into this list…

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