Whisky Reviews

    Before Number One, there was Mercian. Was it better then? Mixed feelings on that as some seemed to be good, but many did not, and I feel like ...

    Another pre-Number One release, quite young. Lucky to even find these around. Had this in late 2019.Nose: a sort of grape and fruit perfume, i...

    Had this in 2019 at the end of a delicious tasting. Just because I spotted it late. My bottle seems very different from what is posted on Whis...

Sometimes, whisky changes lives; it really does. If you think I'm being dramatic, just look to Daiko Nakamura, the man behind Shizuoka Distillery....

  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...

  Karuizawa × Kawasaki 1970s-2015, Time Slip, ex-Karuizawa Cask No. 6432, 249/282, 43% abv.Supposedly both Karuizawa and Kawasaki 1970s distillat...

  Kawasaki 1981-2009, Ichiro's Choice, Refill Sherry Butts, 87/710, 62.4% abv.Kawasaki is considered the sister distillery to Karuizawa and produ...

    Karuizawa 31, 1981, Shinanoya Private Cask 5th Anniversary, Bourbon Barrel Cask Number 4961, 228 bottles, 60.0% abv.This is a commemorative b...

  Karuizawa 21, 1991, The School of Malt - Lesson III, No. 1 Drinks, Selected by Dave Broom, Sherry Butt #9091, 63.7% abv.From the, in my opinion...

  Karuizawa 12, Blend of 31 to 12 Year Whiskies, 40% abv.Says it won IWSC Gold on the label. In my last post I offered a semi-summary of the comp...

  Karuizawa 15, old bottle.This vatted release hails from the days of old, before the domimeering blitzkrieg of Karuizawa single casks from Numbe...