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Why GlenAllachie Was the Whisky to Watch in 2025GlenAllachie whisky has been one of the talking points of the year. Chiefly, The World Whiskies Awards 2025 named GlenAllachie’s 12 Year Old as the World’s Best Single Malt. The Speyside…
How GlenAllachie Makes WhiskyAs we take a deeper look into GlenAllachie Distillery and the story behind its rise, it’s necessary to look past the headlines and into the way the distillery actually makes…
Top 10 Rums Under £50 for ChristmasThe key to getting the best rum gifts for Christmas 2025 is to keep it simple. You want to buy something warming, festive and under £50. You can find something…
Top 7 brandies for Christmas 2025These are our picks for the top 7 brandies for Christmas 2025! A glass of brandy for Christmas is traditional. An elegant way to celebrate the big day, a good…
Win Hennessy Cognac prizes for Christmas!Who wants to win some Hennessy Cognac prize bundles for Christmas? All of you? Great! We’ve got goodies upon goodies among some very fine Cognac indeed. There’s a first-place and…
Win a bundle of Prakaan Thai Whisky!Prakaan Thai Whisky is a recent arrival at Master of Malt. We were so excited about Thailand’s first single malt that we even wrote a proper article about it. But…
Paul John Christmas Edition 2025: A Review and A RambleThe Paul John Christmas Edition 2025 is here. It’s the eighth release in the much-loved annual limited edition (every previous bottling has sold out on Master of Malt), and is…
Bring Back The SnowballThe Snowball. A simple, sweet cocktail, born of a combo of advocaat and lemonade that was, for a time, a symbol of Christmas. At least in the UK. Now it’s…
20 Years of Kilchoman Distillery: From Bold Upstart to Islay MainstayAs 2025 marks 20 years of Kilchoman, we’re looking back at the story of the Islay farm distillery that went from plucky outsider to island mainstay. If a stranger wandered…
Top 10 The Rum You Need To Buy This ChristmasLooking for the Top 10 best rum gifts for Christmas? Look no further. Shop more rum here and other Christmas selections here. Christmas and rum go together like mince pies…
Top 10 Rich Fruit & Nut Whisky for ChristmasIf Christmas could be bottled, it would taste like Rich Fruit & Nut Whisky. We categorise Whisky By Flavour on our website because we believe it helps people choose the…
What Are The Most Expensive Rums In The World?The most expensive rums in the world mix extreme rarity, long ageing, lavish decanters and, in some cases, price tags built more on myth than market reality. After comparing retailer…
The 2025 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection ArrivesThe Buffalo Trace Antique Collection lands each autumn, and the 2025 release arrives with its usual fanfare and a very welcome plot twist. The Buffalo Trace Antique Collection now includes…
Why Teeling is the Whiskey Brand of the Year 2025The recent Spirits Business Awards 2025 named Teeling as the Whiskey Brand of the Year. The ceremony, held on Thursday, 13 November, gave awards out across five categories: Retail &…
A Whisky Lover’s Guide to Surviving ChristmasA good Christmas whisky guide doesn’t just tell you what bottles to gift or which dram would make the ideal after-dinner sipper. It prepares you for the inevitable. The 12-hour…
Festive Champagne Secrets from a SommelierIf you love a drop of Champagne at Christmas, this guide is for you. It’s a collection of a few festive Champagne secrets from a proper sommelier. Namely Philippe Marques…
