There's often talk of how Yamazaki (and by extension its parent Suntory) don't do single casks no more - well, if you're a legendary PGA golf club that might not be the case!

The Riviera Country Club was founded in 1926 by the members of the Los Angeles Athletic Club and was thus originally known as the Los Angeles Athletic Club Golf Course, located in the Pacific Palisades on the west coast. Over the century of its running, its become famous for being the venue for many of the greatest tournaments and having counted innumerable celebrated faces as its members.

Designed by famed architects George C. Thomas Jr, William P. Bell and later Ben Crenshaw and Billy Coore, the Club has been the site of three major golf championships - the 1948 US Open and the 1983 and 1995 PGA Championship, and is scheduled to the host the 2026 US Women's Open as well as the golf tournaments to be played during the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. It's even hosted equestrian events as part of the modern pentathlon category competed during the 1932 Summer Olympics, and was also the place where famed actress Elizabeth Taylor learnt to ride. The Riviera Country Club has historically counted members from Humphrey Bogart to Gregory Peck, and even Walt Disney himself.

And so in 2026, the Club is due to celebrate its landmark Centennial, and as such calls for a 13 Year Old Yamazaki Single Cask.

Distilled in 2011 and due to be bottled in 2026, the Riviera Country Club 13 Year Old Yamazaki Single Cask was aged in White Oak casks in the Ohmi Aging Cellar, cask number BBWY30090. The commemorative whisky is due to be bottled at 55% ABV.

Kanpai!

88 Bamboo Editorial Team