Category Archives: – Japanese Whisky
Chichibu IPA cask, 2017 edition, 57.5%
I have very limited experience with IPA cask whiskies. Mostly because there aren’t many around. And, honestly, if Glenfiddich’s version is anything to go by, that’s not a bad thing. I tried a sip of this whisky at Maltstock last … Continue reading
Posted in - Japanese Whisky, Chichibu
Tagged - Festival, Chichibu, Ichiro's Malt, IPA cask, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Jon Beach, Maltstock, Masterclass, Tasting, Tatsuya Minagawa
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Suntory Royal Special Reserve, 43%
Sometimes you get your hands on a very strange and sort of unique sample. In this case it’s a very old Suntory from the 1960. From back in the days when Japanese whisky was anything but popular, not even in … Continue reading
Posted in - Blended Whisky, - Japanese Whisky, Suntory
Tagged Blended Whisky, Japanese Whisky, Suntory
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Just short of greatness
You know that feeling when you are tasting a very, very good whisky, but somehow it just doesn’t cross the magical 90-point threshold? You realize that you’re tasting whisky that’s way above average, but you can’t shake the feeling you … Continue reading
Yamazaki Limited Edition 2016, 43%
Mind that this is not the one that got the rave review from Jim Murray and went up in price from some € 80 to € 1500 in a few months. I have been able to try the previous two releases in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Limited Edition, Suntory, Yamazaki
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Yamazakura 16, 40%
This Japanese blended whisky is an exclusive release for Europe. It more or less showed up unannounced, but there has been some information given on Nonjatta.com. Apparently it consists of 16 year old whisky that was distilled somewhere in the … Continue reading
White Oak 14 and 15 years old – Eigashima Shuzo distillery
Eigashima is a Japanese whisky distillery that I know mostly of their Eigashima releases in those small dumpy bottlings. However, they also have their White Oak brand which releases some single malts now and then, mostly limited edition that never … Continue reading
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Tagged Akashi, Eigashima, Japanese market, Japanese oak, Japanese Whisky, Mizunara cask, White Oak, White wine cask
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Yamazaki 1984-2009, 48%
A while ago I traded a sample with whisky buddy BP. He’s a fanatic of Japanese whisky and kindly offered a dram of Yamazaki 1984. Knowing how good Yamazaki can be, and the rarity of the stuff at the moment, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Suntory, Yamazaki
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Yamazaki Limited Edition 2014, 43%
A while ago I reviewed the 2015 edition of Yamazaki’s Limited Edition. As with anything related to Japanese whisky, it was a rather popular post in last year’s statistics. I might even have had the first review of that online. … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japanese Whisky, Limited Edition, NAS, Suntory, Yamazaki
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Advent Calendar Day 2: Yoichi, 43%
With the ridiculous popularity of Japanese whisky of the last couple of years, the distillers have had to remove the age stated whiskies from the market. No more Yoichi 10, 12, 15, 20, and the same goes for Miyagikyo, and … Continue reading
Posted in - Japanese Whisky, Nikka, Yoichi
Tagged Advent Calendar, Drinks by the Dram, Free Sample, Hokkaido, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Master of Malt, NAS, Nikka, Yoichi
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Eigashima 5yo, Kiri Cask, 58% – OB for Gaia Flow
I had to look up what kind of Cask a Kiri cask is, but it turns out to be a Japanese white wine cask. This whisky was finished in that for two years, after maturing for the first three years … Continue reading
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Tagged Akashi, Eigashima, Gaia Flow, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Kiri cask, Single Cask, White Oak, Wine cask
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