“Is Japanese whisky Better than Scotch whisky?” Without a doubt it’s one of life’s great questions, up there with “should the chap in the Clash song have stayed or gone?”…
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The Dalmore has launched another one-of-a-kind expression this week: The Dalmore 16 Year Old Luminary No. 2 – 2024 Edition Whisky. The second chapter of The Dalmore Luminary Series, curated…
If you’re reading this blog, then you know Jess. You know her because she’s written for us for over five years. And because in the last couple of years, she…
Clase Azul is known for its beautiful decanters as much as the liquid inside them. This is luxury Tequila, the kind collectors love, the type that people pay the big…
Vanilla. Christmas cake. Baking spice. Orchard fruit. Oak char. Homemade apple pie. An autumnal bonfire. Pot-pourri. Old bookshelf must. Nail polish remover. The smell of yesterday’s cabbage and the ghost of last…
“I would hate to make a whisky that is boring”. Stephanie Macleod, director of blending, Scotch Whisky for Bacardi, has a lot of briefs and responsibilities when it comes to…
A bottle of whisky makes a great gift and we’ve got plenty of those. Thousands of bottles, in fact. But sometimes you want something a little giftier. Is ‘giftier’ a…
UPDATE: We have our winners, congratulations to… Thomas Rooney, winner of the first prize John Williams, winner of the second prize Ossi Paakkunainen, winner of the third prize If you…
Why, yes, there’s a market for everything… For example, in the year 2000, a slice of French toast, half-eaten by Justin Timberlake, sold on eBay for $1,025. Now obviously he…
We love agave here at Master of Malt. The sheer variety in the mezcal category alone is mind blowing, from the smoky and pungent, to fruity and aromatic, not forgetting…
There is a certain aura surrounding the very rarest of the rare… an allure… dare we say, a mystique? It could be a Rothschild Fabergé egg, some of that ‘white…
Easter is coming early this year, Easter Sunday is 31 March. How they, whoever they are, decide when the big day is anyone’s business. All we know is that it’s…
Before we dive into the murky world of bathtub gin, not literally, of course, we should take the time to differentiate between bathtub gin and Bathtub Gin. One is a…
When we think of the top rum-producing nations in the world, Jamaica is high on the list. It’s a unique country with a rich, distinctive culture and heritage, and it…
UPDATE: We have our winners, congratulations to… Tanya Forster, winner of the first prize: Chivas 25 Year Old inside a chocolate egg John Fenton, winner of the second prize: Chivas…
Easter is a time for celebration and, let’s be honest, lots of chocolate. We’ve taken it as an opportunity to craft some delicious spring cocktails, giving you the perfect inspiration…
A few years back I was at a literary festival giving a talk about booze history and someone in the audience asked where the current gin boom came from. Why…
It’s National Cocktail Day (NCD) on 24 March 2024! We’re sure this is a date you have circled in red pen and you’re counting down the days until you can…
Following on from our Scotch whisky regions article, we’re delighted to have a piece by Mark Reynier from Waterford in Ireland looking at how the whisky industry misuses the concept…
Where does the term whisky originate from? It derives from the Gaelic word uisge beatha (in Scottish Gaelic) or uisce beatha (in Irish Gaelic). It’s pronounced “ish-ka ba-ha” and they…