Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Kilchoman & Jura Day
Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Kilchoman & Jura Day

Greetings traveller, In this special issue of Tales From The Isle – available with a choice of two covers – we visit both Kilchoman and Jura distilleries! Which cover will…

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Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Bowmore Day & Gartbreck
Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Bowmore Day & Gartbreck

Greetings traveller, In today’s Tales From The Isle I’d planned to bring you the story of the devil’s final visit to Bowmore in some detail, but an action-packed day at…

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Five New Boutique-ys Including a Bruichladdich
Five New Boutique-ys Including a Bruichladdich

Well these have certainly been a wee while coming, but all good things, etc… Truth is, I’ve sort of forgotten that any other type of whisky other than ‘peated’ exists…

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Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Laphroaig Day & iPed 2014
Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Laphroaig Day & iPed 2014

Greetings traveller, They say that the devil no longer visits Islay, which is why one policeman is sufficient for a population of thousands. We’ll be taking a closer look at…

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Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Caol Ila Day
Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Caol Ila Day

Greetings traveller, Traditionally-rigged tall ships are pretty cool. Ships like the Bessie Ellen, for example, Britain’s last wooden coasting ketch still under sail. These days it’s a regular sight at…

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Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Bruichladdich Day
Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Bruichladdich Day

Greetings traveller, In this issue of Tales From The Isle we travel to Bruichladdich over on the Rinns of Islay. This was good news for us as we’re actually…

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Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Lagavulin Day
Feis Ile 2014, Tales From The Isle – Lagavulin Day

We’ve made it to Islay! In fact, we’ve been here since Thursday (quite keen) but it hasn’t all been plain sailing. Alexandra and I actually missed our ferry, which, as…

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Feis Ile 2014 – Giveaways, Offers & Tales From The Isle!
Feis Ile 2014 – Giveaways, Offers & Tales From The Isle!

Attention world! It’s that time of year once again (already?!) when the Master of Malt team are getting ready for yet another action-packed adventure at Fèis Ìle, the epic Islay…

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Master of Cocktails – The Americano Bolognese
Master of Cocktails – The Americano Bolognese

Well hello there you. Time for another #MasterofCocktails me thinks. This week we made a twist on a classic, which is genuinely better than the real thing. We’re making an…

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New Product Range: Bitter Bastards
New Product Range: Bitter Bastards

So – cocktail bitters then. The salt, pepper, Worcestershire Sauce and Encona of the Cocktail world. Cocktail seasoning if you will. This new, and tremendously exciting launch sees the phasing-out…

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Master of Cocktails – The Corpse Reviver No. 2
Master of Cocktails – The Corpse Reviver No. 2

Right then chaps – it’s #MasterofCocktails time once again. This week we made another real classic – The Corpse Reviver No. 2. It’s yet another excellent recipe taken from The…

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New Product Range: DARKNESS! Single Malt Whiskies
New Product Range: DARKNESS! Single Malt Whiskies

Doesn’t really take a huge deal of explanation, this one, does it? What we’ve gone and done is take a range of delicious single malts, and finished them for a…

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NEW: Master of Malt 10 Year Old Blended Whisky
NEW: Master of Malt 10 Year Old Blended Whisky

It’s all go over here at the moment and having recently launched the Reference Series, there is another exciting project or two just on the horizon, not to mention some…

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Master of Cocktails – Piña Colada
Master of Cocktails – Piña Colada

This week’s #MasterofCocktails is a bank holiday treat – Piña Coladas! Now, there are two reasonably important ‘tricks’ to this drink, well, one really… The first trick is NO ICE….

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The London Whisky Weekender – A Weekend of Whisky Fun (In London)
The London Whisky Weekender – A Weekend of Whisky Fun (In London)

What are you doing on May 16th to May 18th? If you’ve got plans, cancel them. If you don’t have plans, make some and then cancel them, because the wonderful…

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Will Grain Whisky be promoted to the Big League as David Beckham signs for Haig Club?
Will Grain Whisky be promoted to the Big League as David Beckham signs for Haig Club?

Ah, David Beckham. What a fine figure of a man. And now one who’s set to join the whisky industry as the face of Haig Club single grain whisky (from…

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Master of Cocktails – The Modern Cocktail No. 2
Master of Cocktails – The Modern Cocktail No. 2

This week on #MasterofCocktails we’re making a lesser known cocktail – the ‘Modern Cocktail No. 2’, taken from the superb reference tome that is The Savoy Cocktail Book. Now –…

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The Glenlivet Nàdurra Oloroso
The Glenlivet Nàdurra Oloroso

The Glenlivet is one of most popular single malts in the world, selling around 11 million bottles a year (they’re second only to Glenfiddich in terms of overall sales) and…

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