We’ve got three words for you: Old Fashioned Trolley. Here’s two more: chocolate vodka. Where can you find them both? The Nightcap, duh. It’s the 25 November, which means you’ll…
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Whether they strike us with original new designs, redesign the retro, or are simply understated in their elegance, here’s our round-up of whisky bottles we love the look of. What…
A new cohort of our own independent bottlings is here and this week we’re focusing on that flavour that definitely isn’t boring: vanilla. Prepare to reconsider everything you know. Or…
This year we’re not just celebrating Old Fashioned Week, we’re having a whole Old Fashioned Month with Woodford Reserve bourbon so it’s the perfect time to take a closer look at the…
Few spirits have a cult following like peaty whisky with the signature smoky character you get from peat. So for the peathead in your life, we’ve rounded up some of our…
We’re incredibly proud to share the news that Master of Malt’s been named Food & Drink eCommerce Website of the Year at the prestigious UK eCommerce Awards for a second time!…
In a two-part special Dr. Nick Morgan looks at what happens when distillers mess around with the formula of well-loved brands. First up the sorry saga of when United Distillers…
This week we’re pressing the ‘world whisky’ button as three distinctive single malt whiskies have just landed at MoM towers from Scapegrace in New Zealand. You might be surprised to…
The whisky world has lost one of its most distinctive and original voices as Dominic Roskrow died on Saturday 19 November at the age of 61. We pay tribute to…
Chris O’Dowd speaks up for the common bird, The Macallan makes a movie, and a pop-up pub offers 66p pints for the World Cup. It’s all in the Nightcap: 18…
Big changes at one of the bright lights of the English whisky scene as The Oxford Artisan Distillery announces that Diageo is investing through Distill Ventures. News has broken today…
Well it’s Thursday again, isn’t it? Isn’t it just. That means, as ever, only one thing: it’s new Master of Malt independent bottling day! This week is a very, very…
Using the latest edition of Ian Buxton’s 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die as a guide, we’ve rounded up some of the biggest bargains in the whisky world. From…
You might recall back in the halcyon days of the Barbados Rum Experience we visited St. Nicholas Abbey Distillery. Here’s our promised rum diary from the day. Macaws and steam trains…
Glenmorangie A Tale of the Forest is a fascinating new whisky made by kilning barley with botanicals combustible materials like juniper berries and birchwood which shows how even Scotch whisky…
Just landed a very special new Cognac from Courvoisier inspired by the house’s ties with Europe’s royal families. It’s Courvoisier XO Royal. Courvoisier Cognac owes its early success to royal,…
Belvedere vodka has Daniel Craig dancing, Ardbeg Distillery breaks a record with a 1974 vintage whisky, and we can reveal that somebody royal really likes a Martini. It’s The Nightcap:…
In the light of various steep price rises in whisky, naming no names, Ian Buxton takes a look at what’s behind the changes and suggests that things might not be…
Another week, another bevvy of delights for you to get your glasses around. This week’s offering begins with a pair of Dailuaines. The meat in the aforementioned blog title. It’s…
Today we’re stirring up a winter warmer taken from Alice Lascelles’ new book The Cocktail Edit. It’s the Rusty Manhattan. For me, cocktail books fall into two categories, those written…