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.” …
Right, the word on our fantastic, once in a lifetime Cooley competition… There are just 88 chances left to enter, and only a few days remaining (the competition closes…
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…
One day we went on an expedition into our warehouse, looking to see what wonders and secrets it might hold. It’s a dark, ominous place, with towering piles of boxes,…
With some great new products in, we decided to a do a quick tasting. We now stock a couple of Jefferson’s bourbons, and this morning we put the eponymous whiskies…
In September of last year, Overasselt, a once peaceful Dutch village, was alight with the warmth and revelry of a happy, if slightly raucous bunch of whisky connoisseurs from all…
It’s high time for our next competition. As you may know, 2010 marks our 25th year in business and we really are terribly excited about it. Wouldn’t you be? Think…
Cask finishing is rather trendy these days, and it’s becoming a case of the more exotic and unusual the better. Murray McDavid took this to a whole new level with…
For a huge number of us peat-freaks (yes, we here at Master of Malt include ourselves firmly in this category), Ardbeg whisky is the absolute pinnacle of Islay distilling, and…
The headlines have become rather depressing these days, filled with unscrupulous rogue traders and Brits abroad attempting to stem catastrophic oil spills with sporting goods and general bric-a-brac grade detritus….
We made a pact… To boldly offer samples of what no online retailer has ever offered samples of before. We started with some old favourites, and had some pretty exciting…
12 New Samples! Just a quick post to let you know which samples we’ll be adding to the site today. We’ve been adding loads and loads and the range is…
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…
The Next Batch of Whisky Samples The sun is shining, the sky is blue and the birds are just about to start getting on our nerves. But times are good,…
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…
Alchemy is one of Science’s earliest precursors; it is the tool the ancients used in the search of the three most desirable treasures known to mankind: gold, eternal life, and…
Signatory came up with an excellent game plan: find the best single cask whiskies in Scotland, and package them beautifully. Unsurprisingly, they’ve been very successful. The range is…
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…