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And the winners are… August edition is here. We’ve got plenty of champions to salute and competitions to draw to a close. Let’s get to it. You know how we…
Master of Malt tastes… Balvenie 25 Year Old – Rare MarriagesA very special Balvenie has just arrived at Master of Malt so we put it through its paces in the company of brand ambassador Alwynne Gwilt. It’s The Balvenie 25…
We’re growing! Wanna come and help?A decade ago we were just a few kids in a shed with big dreams, a lot of energy, and absolutely no idea what the fuck we were doing. Today…
Top ten experimental cask-finished whiskiesRemember that time we made a list of some of our favourite strange and sensational cask-finished whisky? Well, we couldn’t fit everything we loved on one list. So we made another…
A Journey Through ShochuIt’s the second and final part of our in-house educator Richard Legg’s journey through Japanese spirits. Today he looks at a spirit that can be made from sweet potato, rice,…
The seven new international bars giving us wanderlustAs the world begins to reopen for travel, we’ve scouted out some of the new bars that are opening abroad to add to our bucket lists – when we can…
New Arrival of the Week: Taylor’s Very Old Single Harvest 1896Our New Arrival is a bit outrageous this week, it’s called Taylor’s Very Old Single Harvest 1896, Yes, you read that year right. As you’d expect, it’s very expensive but…
The Nightcap: 6 AugustSettle in for the latest edition of our weekly news round-up featuring Tanqueray’s Summer Garden, regrettably drier Antarctic research stations, and a crafty, vodka-loving festival-goer plus some big news from…
Fanny Fougerat: championing a different side of CognacFanny Fougerat is on a mission to make your rethink everything you know about Cognac. So we caught up with the maverick producer to find out how she created a unique…
Cocktail of the Week: The RebujitoToday, we’re stirring up the ultimate Andalusian summer refresher. It’s an invigorating mixture of Tio Pepe Fino sherry and lemonade, the Rebujito! In recent years, the twin fortified wine superpowers…
Hidden stems: The joys of collecting glasswareFrom bric-a-brac finds to new ergonomic pieces, glassware collections and their owners come in many guises. How do you start? We asked some of the drinks industry’s most avid collectors….
Lifting the Lid on Bulk Scotch Whisky Sales to JapanToday, we’re delighted to have a new writer for Master of Malt, industry veteran Dr Nick Morgan. Here he brings us a tale of greed, deception, and short-sighted business decisions,…
New Arrival of the Week: Seven Hills Tokaj GinWe’ve got something a little unusual this week: a gin from Hungary which is flavoured with grapes normally used to make one of the world’s great sweet wines. It’s Seven…
The Nightcap: 30 JulyIt’s Friday, which means it’s time for another round up of all the interesting, funny, and downright peculiar goings on in the drinks industry. This week we have a drunken echidna…
Discovering El Salvador’s Ron ColónEl Salvador has long been known for its excellent coffee. Now, with the growing popularity of Ron Colón Salvadoreño, there’s a rum brand making waves, too. El Salvador is a…
Cocktail of the Week: The BullshotThe heyday of the Bullshot cocktail was in the 1960s and’70s when it was enjoyed by such stars as Joan Crawford, Malcolm McDowell, and, um, Rodney Dangerfield. Since then, it’s…
TBRC’s Foursquare rum raises money for Trailer HappinessYou may have heard that our friends at Trailer Happiness have had a truly rough time of it recently after flash floods wreaked havoc at the London bar. So we’re…
Royal Brackla Rediscovers Its Regal FormThe first royal Scotch whisky is once again having a crack at the core range game, introducing three new aged single malts, all finished in sherry casks. We tasted and…
