Created by the “madcap” Professor Cornelius Ampleforth, the romantically- and SWA-appeasingly-named Proprietary Barley Spirit Drink combines the Professor’s signature love for infusin’ and mixin’ with his passion for whisky and…
Ben came into the office excitedly today, clutching a bottle of rum. He thrust it at me declaring Nick Masters (a chap from Ron Abuelo’s UK distributor Hi-Spirits) had heralded…
It’s hot today in Tunbridge Wells. Really hot. Whilst it’s never too hot for whisky (by Jingo I could go for a Great King Street Highball right about now), the…
‘twas some nights before Christmas (alright, three months before) And Ben was a-mixing some bitters for all He flavoured them richly, with many a plant And left them to marry…
We get a lot of crap through the post here at MoM towers, being the industrial superpower that we now are. This one however, took us somewhat by surprise….
If you can cast your minds back to July of this year (has it really only been two and half months?), you might remember the magic and excitement of the…
Today I have the supreme pleasure of tasting the latest batch of Aberlour a’Bunadh. Of all the on-going cask strength whiskies, a’Bunadh is steadfastly in the top three of our…
It’s official – Maltstock is Awesome. I mean, last year’s event was really, really good, but this year it kicked up a gear in every conceivable way. Having sung…
New product day is always a good day, and today is no exception as we announce the release of Professor Cornelius Ampleforth’s Bathtub Gin. Like anyone named Cornelius, Professor Ampleforth would…
We’ve been sitting on this one for a few days now, ever since the email from Diageo arrived. In fact, this has been under strict embargo until today! You guessed…
We recently got the full range of Mezan rums in, and we’re very excited about them. You see, it’s rum as it should be, rum approached in much the same…
Today I’m tasting a brace of “craft” rye whiskeys from the High West distillery – the first legally licenced distillery in Utah since US Prohibition ended. I’m starting off with…
Balblair have teamed up with WIRED Magazine to come up with a very cool competition with some equally cool prizes. The distillery is encouraging amateur photographers, and the competition will…
I’ve long held up Bushmills 10yo as one of my all-time favourite Irish Whiskeys, predominantly because it has such an incredibly clear and obvious flavour component within it, that of…
As many of you will remember, a Master of Malt contingent attended last year’s Maltstock event, and had an absolute whale of a time – read all about it here……
New product announcements! Hurrah! Yes, today we are announcing a terrific addition to the Handmade Cocktail Company’s sterling range of ready-made bottled cocktails. Many of you cocktail enthusiasts have already…
Yes, Day two of the Make it 2 Bushmills competition started early. Very early indeed. As we prepared to roll out to the first event of the day (barrel rolling….
So after a slightly shaky start this morning (you may have guessed that the pristine looking cup of coffee posted on the blog this morning was put there merely to…
Wouldn’t usually write a blog post before I’ve been on a trip – sort of defeats the point really, but as I’m sat here in the departure lounge having legged…
The two most popular choices for whisky ageing – sherry casks and bourbon barrels – offer a totally different style of single malt and here at Master of Malt, we…
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