Mount GayTales From The Barbados Rum Experience: Day Two

Day two at the Barbados Rum Experience meant a double dose of distilleries: Mount Gay and St Nicholas Abbey. The tours were so comprehensive we’ve decided to split the blogs…

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Smoky whiskySmoky Whisky Perfect For Bonfire Night

Remember, remember the Fifth of November fondly this year by stocking up on appropriately smoky whisky! Ah, Bonfire Night. The one occasion when our inner pyromaniac can be free and…

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Barbados rum experienceTales From The Barbados Rum Experience: Day One

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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Patron TequilaCelebrate Día de Muertos with Patrón Tequila Cocktails

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…

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Teeling Single Malt Calvados CaskNew Arrival of the Week: Teeling Single Malt Calvados Cask

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…

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Callooh CallayThe Nightcap: 28 October

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,…

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Master of Malt independent bottlesAs Old As Disney World, and Possibly Just As Corny

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,…

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Cocktail of the Week: The Champagne CocktailCocktail of the Week: The Champagne Cocktail

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…

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Balvenie SixtyBalvenie Celebrates David C. Stewart with 60 Year Old Whisky

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…

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Grand_MarnierWhat Do You Do With Grand Marnier?

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?…

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Dark Bargain 10 Year OldThe Best Halloween Cocktails

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?…

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Highland ParkWhat A Week Of Whisky!

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,…

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Top 10 whiskies you need to try in 2025: Burnt Oak 24 Year Old Blended WhiskeyNew Arrival of the Week: Burnt Oak 24 Year Old Blended Whiskey

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…

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Screamfest Kraken rumThe Nightcap: 21 October

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:…

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Worm tubs at TaliskerWhisky, Nostalgia, and The Magic of Worm Tubs

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…

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value bottlingsAnother Week, Another Slew of Amazing Value Bottlings

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…

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