Whisky Reviews

  For a whisky that feels so modern and versatile, its history stretches surprisingly far back. Chances are you’ve seen that squat blocky little b...

  The 1980s marked a period of heady optimism in Japan with a miraculously booming economy and a people increasingly drawn to finer things in life...

  Many often trace the origins of the global Japanese whisky boom to this scene in the 2003 cult classic film Lost in Translation, where Bill Murr...

    For my first whisky review with 88 Bamboo, I felt no whisky would have been more appropriate than the Kaiyō Mizunara Oak Cask Strength whisky....

     While Komagatake single malt made at Mars Shinshu Distillery exhibit more subtlety and elegance, the single malts matured at Mars Tsunuki Dist...

    Another famous ghost series bottling at Stefan Van's 2019 liquid ghost tasting seminar at Whiskytalk Fukuoka.Nose: light body, light wood, ins...

  Thought I'd open this up tonight, I've got the aged statements stashed away, but picked this up in duty free a few months back. Very similar to ...

A very special 2017 bottling for the infamous Mash Tun Bar in Tokyo, a blend of approximately 70% Hanyu 1991 and approximately 30% Kawasaki 1982. ...

  Mars Whisky, Burn The Barrel, Blended Japanese Whisky, Virgin American White Oak Barrel Finish, 40% abv.One of those mysterious Mars blends tha...