Despite only arriving on the whisky playing field comparatively recently, Japan has some of the very greatest malts in the world. This set of five 3cl samples demonstrates how utterly astonishing some ...

If you're looking for a whisky with a bit of personality, then Monkey Shoulder is the one for you. This unique blend gets its name from the Scottish slang for a muscular strain suffered by malt men ...

The Gin and Tonic is a classic for a reason. Especially when the sun comes out, there are few drinks that are more satisfying. We’ve even written an article on How to make the perfect Gin and Tonic.

A wonderfully sherried 15 year old dram from Glenfarclas, boasting oodles of dried fruit notes. It’s bottled at 46% ABV simply because this was the strength that George Grant’s grandfather preferred ...

A peated single malt whisky from Japan's Yamazaki Distillery! Peaty whiskies from Yamazaki are not very common at all, with just a smidge of peat featuring in its regularly released expressions. A ...

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Coachbuilt blended Scotch whisky was inspired by the similarities between whisky blending and coachbuilding, ie. making a bespoke motorcar. Jenson Button was introduced to whisky expert George ...

The term ‘white rum’ covers a lot of ground, but it is often used by producers, retailers and drinkers as a broad descriptor for rum with no, or very little colour. This can be due to the fact that it ...

Both Nikka and Suntory have a rich and long history. In fact, they share a common father in Taketsuru Masataka. Let’s take a closer look. The Suntory story starts in 1879 with the birth of founder ...

Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! You surely know these lyrics from Dead Man’s Chest, a song from Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island (1882), the ultimate pirate tale. There are so many ...

Now that summer is here, or putting in an occasional appearance, the team at Master of Malt has been thinking about how to make the perfect Gin and Tonic. It might seem like the most humble of all ...

With the news of Balblair’s longstanding distillery manager John MacDonald’s retirement, we thought we’d pay him a visit at the historic Highland Scotch whisky distillery and have taste of some of our ...