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Public Voting Open Now! – IWSC Best Online Retailer Award 2014
Public Voting Open Now! – IWSC Best Online Retailer Award 2014

It always means an awful lot to us when we win retailer awards at Icons of Whisky (Whisky Mag), or indeed the eCommerce Awards (that one wasn’t even limited to…

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Master of Cocktails: The Ford Cocktail
Master of Cocktails: The Ford Cocktail

Greetings ladies and gents. It’s time for this week’s #MasterofCocktails – we’re doing a great little twist on a Wet Martini today – it’s a Ford Cocktail recipe. I first…

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Irish Whiskey Academy
Irish Whiskey Academy

I like a bit of Irish whiskey me. That’s why I made a point of writing a big ol’ three-part blog post about it earlier in the year. So, bearing…

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Master of Cocktails – The Brandy Crusta
Master of Cocktails – The Brandy Crusta

Right then ladies and gentlemen. Time for week’s #MasterofCocktails, featuring a Brandy Crusta recipe – a real life classic. This is a smashing drink, first brought to my attention by…

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Tasmanian Whisky – Everything You Need to Know! (Part 1: Sullivans Cove)
Tasmanian Whisky – Everything You Need to Know! (Part 1: Sullivans Cove)

We sent our man in Havana on a fact-hunting mission to Tasmania. Facing all manner of perils, from killer ants to the ferocious Tasmanian devil, he went boldly to every…

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Master of Cocktails – Banana Daiquiri
Master of Cocktails – Banana Daiquiri

Right then cocktail fans. Time for this week’s #MasterofCocktails extravaganza. This time, we’re making a Banana Daiquiri recipe. Course we are. This is a rather prep-heavy drink, and with most…

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Master of Cocktails – The Spiced Black Truffle Palmetto
Master of Cocktails – The Spiced Black Truffle Palmetto

This week’s drink (a day later than usual due to the bank holiday) is a twist on a Palmetto recipe, using the amazing Rumbullion! XO rum along with a couple of…

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Exclusive Overeem Bourbon Cask Release Competition
Exclusive Overeem Bourbon Cask Release Competition

WIN a place on the panel to choose which cask gets bottled as well as receiving a special personalised bottle of the resulting limited edition release! A proper competition this,…

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Glenfarclas 60 Year Old
Glenfarclas 60 Year Old

Back in the 1950s, when George Grant’s daddy was quite literally still in nappies, George’s grandfather was busy laying down stock for the future and to this day the family-run…

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Master of Cocktails – The Gimlet
Master of Cocktails – The Gimlet

Right then campers. Time for this week’s #MasterofCocktails. This week it’s a Gimlet recipe, one of those that’s super-simple if you do a bit of prep. We’re going to be…

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Dramboree 2014 – Another Whisky Weekend in Scotland!
Dramboree 2014 – Another Whisky Weekend in Scotland!

Ah, Dramboree. A truly fantastic event, and one that’s difficult to convey in all its glory within a blog post. (One of the many reasons it’s taken me a little…

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Master of Cocktails – Coffee Cocktail
Master of Cocktails – Coffee Cocktail

Well hello there Flip fans – it’s time for another #MasterofCocktails. This week, we have a Coffee Cocktail recipe for you. Confusingly enough, there’s absolutely no coffee (liqueur format or…

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Ballantine’s Want To Make #WhiskyEmoji Happen
Ballantine’s Want To Make #WhiskyEmoji Happen

They say a picture speaks a thousand words. If this is true, then emoji means you could write a novel in no time at all. If you’ve not got a…

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Master of Cocktails – A basic gin punch recipe
Master of Cocktails – A basic gin punch recipe

Hopefully you were all paying attention during the last #MasterofCocktails, as we made the most important part of this week’s drink(s) a week in advance – the Oleo-Saccharum (a fancy…

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Kitten who is the new Famous Grouse mouserThe Importance of Cats in the Workplace (Specifically in Distilleries)

Earlier this week, Amy Hopkins over at the Spirits Business posted a fantastic article that really spoke to us here at Master of Malt, all about the most famous mousers…

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Michael Owen Signs for SPEY Whisky
Michael Owen Signs for SPEY Whisky

We’re a little late to this one (busy ‘n’ that), but yet another footballm’n has in fact entered the whisky world. Following Haig Club’s signing of ‘Sir’ David Beckham, SPEY…

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Master of Cocktails – The Japanese Cocktail
Master of Cocktails – The Japanese Cocktail

Right then ladies and gentlemen – for this week’s #MasterofCocktails we made a Japanese Cocktail. It’s one of those oft-forgotten classics that really does work very well indeed if made…

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Master of Cocktails – The Sazerac
Master of Cocktails – The Sazerac

Another classic for this week’s #MasterofCocktails, the Sazerac. Now this really is a very, very simple drink, but, like the Mojito from a few weeks ago, one that people love…

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