Whisky Reviews

  We last spoke about Nagahama quite some time ago - at the time there were just 8 distilleries in Japan when the craft beer brewery had just abou...

    When people see or hear about Nikka whisky, what comes to mind might be the more commonly seen blends like Nikka From the Barrel, Nikka Days, ...

  When people see or hear about Nikka whisky, what comes to mind might be the more commonly seen blends like Nikka From the Barrel, Nikka Days, T...

  Upon first discovering the world of Japanese whisky, Nikka was actually the first brand I truly started to search for. If memory serves me corre...

  Today we've got a very nicely labelled Ichiro's Malt & Grain Single Cask World Blended Whisky that's specially bottled for La Maison du Whis...

    I was very lucky to be poured a sample of this single grain from a ghost distillery located in Chichibu. Highly sherried and with an incredibl...

Fruity and Spicy       Since my earlier reviews of the Shizuoka Prologue K and Prologue W, well-meaning connoisseurs have expressed some concern ...

  Karuizawa, 1982-2008, Number One Drinks Company, Sherry Butt no. 2230, 612 bottles, 58% abv.Nose: honey with a sharp lemon zest sort punch, raw...

  Karuizawa Vintage, 1984-2003, 18 years, Cask No. 8354, 58.7% abv.Before Karuizawa was shutdown and Number One Drinks took all the remaining cas...

  Black-50, 7 years, b.1987, Nikka Whisky, Deluxe, 40% abv.Rod Stewart used to make commercials for this blend.Nose: oily fruits, semi-cologne fr...

  Fukano Distillery Whisky, Distilled from Rice, 42.8% abv.So.... this distillery basically uses 100% rice in their mashbill and stainless steel ...

  Kirin 17, Premium Reserve, Blended Malt, 43% abv.Not much information from my sources. According to the bartender, this Kirin is a light blend ...