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Today’s cocktail is one for all those mixing Scotch whisky doubters out there. We’re using Black Bottle Double Cask to make Scotland’s answer to the Manhattan. It is, of course,…

April 13, 2022Henry Jeffreys

Since 1885, the Giffard family has been making some of the bartending community’s most loved liqueurs and syrups. Millie Milliken travelled to its home of Angers, France, to meet the…

April 13, 2022Millie Milliken

This week we’re shining the New Arrival Spotlight on an independently-bottled whisky from one of Speyside’s more obscure distilleries. It’s Auchroisk 12 Year Old 2009 Storm (Fable Whisky). It was…

April 11, 2022Henry Jeffreys

Huge news from Ireland: the technical file for Irish single pot still whiskey is set to be updated. The change will increase the number of grains such as oats, rye,…

April 7, 2022Adam O'Connell

This week we’re resurrecting a lost cocktail created by Dick Bradsell for The Times in 1982. It’s a kind of proto-Bramble called the Thunderer!  The Bramble is the second most…

April 6, 2022Henry Jeffreys

As part of his series on whisky heroes, Ian Buxton looks at the life of a man who transformed whisky and made the world domination of blended Scotch possible, Aeneas…

April 6, 2022Ian Buxton

At the tail-end of 2020 it was announced that WhistlePig would be partnering with Moët Hennessy – given that its rye whiskey is all about farm to bottle, how will…

April 5, 2022Jess Williamson

Puppies aren’t just for Christmas, and Easter doesn’t have to be all about chocolate. Make this year about boozy treats instead with our top ten spirits for Easter. Easter approaches…

April 5, 2022Adam O'Connell

Why hunt for Easter eggs when you can win a bunch of boozy prizes? Read on to learn more about not one, but TWO competitions… They’re part of our Master…

April 4, 2022Adam O'Connell

A metaverse distillery, a white wine emoji, as well as new whisky from Glen Scotia, Tamdhu, and Craigellachie. It’s all in this week’s round up of booze news, the Nightcap:…

April 1, 2022Master of Malt

We teased its launch, you guessed. Was it a limited-edition Mortlach? No. A barrel-proof Black & Gold? Nope. Our showstopper new brand is here. This is Port Amadán. 25-year-old Islay…

April 1, 2022Master of Malt

The Jameson Anthology is a new collection that blends music and malt, the past and the present, and some delicious pot still whiskey. Here are the details. “We’re getting the…

March 31, 2022Adam O'Connell

The drinks world proliferates with various masters like master blenders and master distillers. But do these terms have any validity or are they just marketing flimflam? Ian Buxton investigates.  The…

March 31, 2022Ian Buxton

Today, we’re making a cocktail with its heart in old Louisiana. Like an Old Fashioned but with a French twist, it’s the drink of New Orleans. It is, of course,…

March 30, 2022Henry Jeffreys

As part of our focus on Japan this week, we’re looking at five Japanese spirits to enjoy this spring including whisky, gin and vodka. Ah! Spring is in the air…

March 30, 2022Master of Malt

As part of our Japan focus this week, we’re taking a closer look at a brand that celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Since its launch in 2012, Nikka Coffey…

March 29, 2022Henry Jeffreys

When we talk about a Spritz, you probably picture a red, fizzing concoction shimmering in the Venetian sun. But there’s more than one way to get your Spritz on. Here…

March 29, 2022Adam O'Connell

The team at the Darkness has put together a phenomenal collection of sherry cask whiskies from distilleries including Bowmore, Glenrothes, and the Dalmore plus a mystery bourbon from Tennessee that’s…

March 28, 2022Master of Malt