The Barbados Rum Experience is back and Adam is fortunate enough to be here for the ride. So he’s going to share his rum diaries from the beautiful island this…
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Día de Muertos is upon us, the day when the dead rise from the grave. It’s one of Mexico’s liveliest holidays and Patrón Tequila has come up with three delicious cocktails…
Irish whiskey distillery Teeling continues its habit of using interesting casks to finish its whiskey with a product exclusive to Master of Malt: Teeling Single Malt Calvados Cask. We’ve had…
Is Springbank the world’s most admired whisky? Who is The Balvenie’s new malt master? Why is The Tucci making Martinis? The answers are revealed in this week’s Nightcap… Happy Halloween,…
Another week has passed, and another smashing set of Master of Malt independent bottles for you lucky lucky people. This week we’ve gone deep on the aged whiskies with not one,…
Perennial favorite George T. Stagg is back as the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) returns for 2022. Whiskey fans, assemble! The Antique Collection returns. The annual release of whiskies from…
This week we’re making a classic drink from the golden age of cocktails taken from a new book called The Cocktail Cabinet by Zoe Burgess. It’s the Champagne Cocktail! ‘Tis…
We tasted The Balvenie Sixty Years, the distillery’s oldest and rarest whisky released to date and tribute to malt master David C. Stewart MBE in his sixth decade at the…
In the first of a regular series, we’re looking at classic bottles and showing you how to use them in cocktails. First up, what do you do with Grand Marnier?…
Double, double, toil and trouble… We’ve returned to provide more horrifying Halloween drink-spiration! This weekend is the big one and Halloween just wouldn’t be the same without spirits, would it?…
So much amazing new whisky launched this week, we had to give them a shout-out. It was hard to select just a few standouts that have recently hit our virtual shelves,…
Burnt Oak 24 Year Old Blended Whiskey is one of the standout new releases we have on our virtual shelves, a mysterious and meaty blend of aged Islay whisky and…
Don’t saddle for anything less than a big bundle of goodies from the brand that infused its bourbon with habanero: Horse With No Name. Geddit? It’s our latest #BagThisBundle competition. I’ve…
Whisky distillers brace themselves for taxing times ahead, Kraken rum gets really scary and Bacardi appears to be adding to those 99 problems Jay-Z had. It’s all in The Nightcap:…
Sam Simmons aka Atom Brands’ head of whisky aka Dr Whisky, gives you the lowdown on an exciting new single malt Scotch whisky called Wormtub which as its name suggests…
More from the marvellous Master of Malt independent bottling range this week, including secret bourbon, a Port Ellen-esque rum, and French whisky. As promised, and continuing with the cadence we’ve set up…
Today we’re making a cocktail we guarantee you’ve never seen before because it was created by a group of staff right here at Master of Malt. Combining rum and smoky…
We often describe whiskies and other spirits as “funky” but what exactly does this mean? Dr Nick Morgan takes a journey into funk to find out. I doubt I”m not…
Halloween is approaching and this year we’ve created our own haunted house, full of all kinds of spooky spirits… ? Welcome to the Master of Malt haunted house, a place…
Hibiki’s latest limited-edition release Japanese whisky, Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2022, is a testament to symbolism, sakura, celebration, and expert blending of course. We had the opportunity to try some ahead…