Tag Archives: Suntory
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
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Tagged Blended Whisky, Japanese Whisky, Suntory
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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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Auchentoshan 1990-2014, 23yo, 47.7% – Archives (Indian Ducks)
Auchentoshan and me have a bit of a weird history. Not a long one, mind. When I started my whisky journey and bought loads of starter whiskies, I really like Auchentoshan 10. Since there was so much out there, there … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990, Archives, Auchentoshan, Bourbon Hogshead, Free Sample, Lowlands, Morrisson-Bowore, Suntory, Whiskybase
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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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Yamazaki 1993-2008, 15yo, 62%, Heavily Peated
This single cask from Yamazaki stood there, on The Whisky Exchange’s website in 2008, staring me in the eye. You know, back in the day where a hundred bucks could buy you good Japanese whisky, from all over the spectrum. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1993, Heavily Peated, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Single Cask, Suntory, The Cask of Yamazaki, Yamazaki
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Heelslaying, or bottle ends in March
When the year started I announced how much smaller my collection had to be by the end of the year. Then, as more people were planning such escapades there was a twitter hashtag with updates on emptied bottles. I posted … Continue reading
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Malt Fascination 