100,000 Scovilles Naga Chilli VodkaThe World’s Hottest Chilli Vodka

We’re going to introduce you to our latest product, but you’ll probably wish we hadn’t. You’ll wish we never even made it. You see, folks, we’ve created the world’s hottest chilli…

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The Dalmore Cigar MaltDalmore Cigar Malt – Back for good.

Last Tuesday evening, I was invited to the salubrious surroundings of the Four Seasons hotel on Park Lane, to sample the re-invention of a classic Dalmore Dram. This whisky provoked…

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Proprietary Barley Spirit Drink
Proprietary Barley Spirit Drink

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…

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The Old Fashioned Cocktail
The Old Fashioned Cocktail

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…

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Bushmills Whiskey Trip: Day Two
Bushmills Whiskey Trip: Day Two

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….

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Bushmills Whiskey Trip: Day One
Bushmills Whiskey Trip: Day One

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…

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Bushmills Whiskey Trip: Day Zero
Bushmills Whiskey Trip: Day Zero

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…

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Bourbon vs Sherry
Bourbon vs Sherry

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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Meantime Brewery and the College Beer Club
Meantime Brewery and the College Beer Club

We’ve long since been firm advocates of the Meantime Brewing Company, and it’s largely because they’ve had such great success in fighting against the rather dull mainstream of mass-produced lager…

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Breaking News: Last Stocks of Karuizawa Acquired
Breaking News: Last Stocks of Karuizawa Acquired

We’ve just received this press release from the Number One Drinks Company. This is literally the biggest thing to happen to Japanese whisky in decades! The entire remaining inventory of…

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Dailuaine 27 Year Old Whisky
Dailuaine 27 Year Old Whisky

It must be said, we’ve been on a bit of a bottling frenzy recently; in the last few of months alone we’ve put our name to four new casks, including…

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New Product entitled… erm… “Brown Drink”
New Product entitled… erm… “Brown Drink”

So – we’ve been doing our Drinks by the Dram whisky sample service for almost a year now, and in that time have decanted ‘loads’ of 700ml bottles into…

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The Winner of the Glenfarclas Competition
The Winner of the Glenfarclas Competition

You may remember a little while ago, we launched our biggest prize giveaway yet – a chance to win a 50 year old speyside, single cask, one-of-a-kind bottle of Glenfarclas…

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Guess that Booze!
Guess that Booze!

Okay then – new competition / announcement / sort of thing… If I told you that these images represented the ingredients of a brand new concoction we’re currently putting together,…

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Bar Review – Purl
Bar Review – Purl

Astonishing. It’s an easy term to bandy around (and god knows I’m possibly more guilty of doing so than most), but from time to time, one is simply so taken…

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The Winner of the Bloggers’ Blend Competition
The Winner of the Bloggers’ Blend Competition

The votes have been counted, the results are in, and we can now reveal the winning blend from the Bloggers’ Blend Competition. If you’re just tuning into this now and…

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