A unique discovery was made some time ago in the world of booze; it was found that by mixing alcohol, sugar, and various flavourings of innumerable origin, a delicious concoction…
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World Exclusive: The Malt That Came in from the Cold Yesterday, we received a mysterious email from Speyside’s own Glenfiddich distillery. “We’re sending you something.” …
It’s been a decade since the inception of the Ardbeg Committee (officially founded on the 1st January 2000). It’s also been ten years since the release of Ardbeg 10 Year…
The Maker’s Mark party line is a stoic stubbornness when it comes to quality and, in more or less every production process, Maker’s use slower and often out-dated techniques to…
Imagine a world where you could try a glass of a whisky, or rum, tequila, even vodka for that matter, without having to buy the bottle first. A world with…
After one of the greatest montages in motion picture history (the training sequence in Rocky IV), came the epic fight between Rocky Balboa and Ivan Drago (a fight that ended…
Okay, so this was taken a couple of weeks after the jar was filled… Every good bartender (and home cocktail enthusiast) knows that a cocktail is only as good as…
Bruichladdich’s New Releases for 2010 The Bruichladdich distillery is one of Scotland’s most innovative. Their back catalogue is massive, and they are constantly…
When we flung open the MoM shutters this morning we were greeted with the sound of birds chirping and children playing as blissful sunshine poured into the room. We’ve…
Further to our prophetic post last week about Old Whisky, the release has been announced earlier today of the new Mortlach 70 Year Old – the oldest bottled…
Old whiskies have always commanded respect from the drinking public. It is widely thought that the older the whisky, the better. Distilleries have always pushed for this, because they can…
Yet more amazing samples of Japanese Whisky have turned up with us from the lovely folks at No 1 Drinks Company, so to whet your appetite – we’ve done a…
With so many amazing Japanese whiskies on the market, we thought we’d review one of our favourites – the Yamazaki 18 Year Old, a whisky from the more thickly sherried,…
Crikey. So, this is it. The Master of Malt Blog The internet then. Twittering. My-face. Spacebook. And so on… It seems to be the future, doesn’t it? We decided we’d…