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If you love a Negroni, you’ll love our New Arrival this week. Take the ingredients of a classic Negroni, add the orangey, chocolatey goodness of real Jaffa Cakes, bottle it…

February 7, 2022Henry Jeffreys

A £73 million Guinness brewery and venue is coming to London, Heaven Hill adds to its considerable portfolio, and Kilchoman and the Cotswolds distilleries expand. It’s The Nightcap: 4 February…

February 4, 2022Master of Malt

White Peak is releasing its long-awaited single malt. To mark the occasion, we visited Derbyshire’s first full-scale craft distillery to capture on film the story behind Wire Works Whisky. Every…

February 3, 2022Adam O'Connell

Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham are the Thinking Drinkers, two friends who a few years ago had the brilliant idea to combine booze with comedy. We spent some time with…

February 2, 2022Henry Jeffreys

This is a cocktail inspired by Queen Elizabeth II, who is celebrating her platinum jubilee this year. That’s 70 years on the throne! You’d need a drink after that so…

June 2, 2022Henry Jeffreys

The day of enforced romance is here and we’re ready to play Cupid and help you touch the heart of your favourite whisky fan. Here’s our answer to the question…

January 31, 2022Adam O'Connell

From Champagne to cream liqueurs, each of these bottles is the Barry White of the drinks world: sure to get you in the mood for romance. Oh my! Here are…

February 3, 2022Henry Jeffreys

Diageo’s ‘Four Corners of Scotland’ grand plan for whisky tourism is very nearly complete. We visited the Speyside outpost, Cardhu, to see how the team had got on revamping the…

February 1, 2022Henry Jeffreys

If you love American whiskey, you might be interested in three special bottlings that have just landed at Master of Malt. It’s three casks of Jack Daniel Single Barrel whiskey….

January 31, 2022Henry Jeffreys

A collection of 9,000 bottles of whisky goes for more than £3m, a spate of boozy thefts, and Tequila slammers with caustic soda. It’s a wild ride of a Nightcap…

January 28, 2022Master of Malt

Ron Abuelo in Panama makes delicious high-quality long-aged rums. We sat down with their brand ambassador Cristóbal Srokowski to learn more about a Latin American rum brand with a rich…

January 27, 2022Henry Jeffreys

Love good quality Scotch but don’t want to spend too much on a bottle? Well, don’t overlook blended whisky, says Ian Buxton. From the big boys like Johnnie Walker and…

January 28, 2022Ian Buxton

What was in demand from Master of Malt customers in 2021? Why, these charming bottles of booze right here. Let’s find out what they are and how they became so…

January 27, 2022Adam O'Connell

This week we have a cocktail that has nothing to do with horses or donkeys, and not much of a connection to Russia. It’s the Moscow Mule! The Moscow Mule…

January 26, 2022Henry Jeffreys

Finishing off our dryish January coverage, Lauren Eads takes a look at an often-overlooked member of the drinks family which offers maximum flavour but with around half the alcohol of…

January 26, 2022Lauren Eads

Following a bumper crop of entries to our Burns Night poetry competition 2022, we are delighted to announce the winner who will receive a bottle of Glengoyne 21 Year Old,…

January 25, 2022Master of Malt

Lowland distillery Lochlea’s first single malt is here! This is not a drill! We can’t imagine this will stick around long but we wanted to let you know what to…

January 25, 2022Adam O'Connell

Not one, but two Master of Malt exclusive whiskies, a Ben Nevis 1998 and mysterious Orkney single malt, have made it our way via the legendary Berry Bros. & Rudd….

January 24, 2022Adam O'Connell