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Way back in August of last year, the lovely people at Master of Malt sent me some Whisky samples to try, and they sneaked in a suprise bonus…a dram of the new (well a little bit old now) rum from Ron Jeremy (porn star and all round legend – in certain circles) and Alcoholes Y Rones De Panama Distillery , the Ron de Jeremy . Yay! Whisky Drams! Funnily enough not too long before this package arrived I was contacted via Twitter by the PR guy from Ron de Jeremy asking my thoughts on how well it... Read Full Story

They say that if you want to have a successful blog, the key thing is timing and to write posts timely and when the subject you’re writing about is current and relevant. So here is my blog post about Sake Day in Japan which occurred 2 months ago on October 1st ! Sake day is so called as it’s around this time that the new brewing years sake is released. To celebrate this momentous event Ebisu Temple in Nishinomiya held a sake festival that weekend with the local breweries showing off some of... Read Full Story

Master of Malt announce St Isidore – a blended whisky created by bloggers St Isidore Whisky Master of Malt is proud to finally announce the release of the blended whisky, St Isidore , created entirely by whisky bloggers. To make this blend, the spirits retailer called upon the great and the good of the whisky industry including names such as Whisky Magazine , Edinburgh Whisky Blog , CaskStrength.net and Whisky Cast . Master of Malt started by sending blending kits to 10 prominent whisky... Read Full Story

On a recent trip to Awajishima (Awaji island, a tiny island inbetween Honshu and Shikoku, just off the coast of Kobe), we stopped in at the local sake brewery Sennenichi to pick up a bottle of the local brew to take home. Sennenichi Sake Brewery We were greeted very warmly and were very quickly invited for a mini-tour of the brewery by the extremely friendly owner. Passing through the cluttered main entrance/shop we passed a table where, until we arrived, the owner and a lady (possibly his... Read Full Story

Master of Malt has announced the launch of a revolutionary new whisky blending service, allowing whisky lovers to literally blend their own whisky. Now all you have to do to blend a delicious whisky of your very own is visit the Blend Your Own Whisky page, and using a set of sliders you can adjust the quantities of 10 different whiskies to make your own blend. Blend Your Own Whisky Once this is done you can personalise the whisky’s label with your name, and then order it! It couldn’t be... Read Full Story

At the end of September the Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club ( KR&C ) held their first annual Sannomiya Craft Beer Tasting Festival in the garden of their main building. Over 12 Japanese craft beers were on offer throughout the day and in the short time I was there I tried about 6 of them. Baird Beer All You Need Is Beer There were several live bands, a kids play area, food and a charity raffle for the Red Cross Japan and the International Disaster Relief Organization Japan. I won a t-shirt... Read Full Story

Hot on the heels of their Movember 2011 Charity whiskey , Master of Malt announce a spiced rum addition to their line up, “ Rumbullion! “. Rumbullion! Master of Malt are proud to announce the release of an intensely spiced, old-fashioned rum from Professor Cornelius Ampleforth . Rumbullion! is one of the most cockle-warming spiced rums on the market. Based on a blend of fine, high proof Caribbean rum, Rumbullion! is made using luxuriously creamy, sweet Madagascan vanilla , and a generous... Read Full Story

The Yamazaki A few days ago Suntory started accepting orders for a very special limited edition bottling of their “ Yamazaki Single Malt Whisky “. This whisky has been aged more than 50 years and is selling for the very reasonable (if you’re idea of reasonable is ridiculously expensive) price of ¥1,000,000 (about US$13,000)! The whisky is appropriately called “ Yamazaki Single Malt 50-Year-Old Whisky ” and is limited to 150 bottles. Unfortunately, in case you did have ¥1 million spare, they... Read Full Story

Just the other day a sample dram of the special Movember 2011 Charity bottling of a 9 year old Highland Single Malt from Glenfarclas and Master of Malt arrived in my post box. I haven’t tried it yet, but here’s what Master of Malt have to say about it… Master of Malt teams up with Glenfarclas for Movember 2011 Online retailer and independent bottler Master of Malt has teamed up with the legendary Scotch whisky distillery, Glenfarclas , to release a very special Charity bottling to raise funds... Read Full Story