Whisky Reviews

“You put your right foot in You put your right foot out You put your right foot in And you shake it all about You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn ...

  Today, we review a Nikka series very often seen in Japanese convenience or grocery stores.    Pour a Nikka Black, and white people in Tudor-era...

Perhaps the most heavily-anticipated set of Nikkas that came out of 2021 was Volume 1 of Nikka’s Discovery Series. The series intends to give fans...

  A great selection of Nikka whiskies this evening at Straits Clan. For me, I thought the Miyagikyo single malt and the Taketsuru pure malt were...

Fragrant and Floral      Score one of the best whiskies to come out of Japan in years here!   It’s been a quiet few years for the Japanese whisky ...

  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...

  Nikka Tsuru 17, Blended, 43% abv.The family name of the founder of Nikka, Taketsuru, 竹鶴, is composed of the Chinese characters for "bamboo cran...

  Miyagikyo, Moscatel Wood Finish, 2017, 46% abv.This is an interesting release. In the later part of 2017, Nikka released Yoichi and Miyagikyo M...

  Nikka Single Coffey Grain, 12 years, 70th Anniversary, 58% abv.Released around 2008 in a series of 4 bottles. Coffey is basically in reference ...

  Yoichi 12, 45% abv.Founded in 1934, the Yoichi distillery is the oldest of the three main Nikka distilleries. The founder of Nikka, Masataka Ta...

  Miyagikyo 15, 45% abv.The Miyagikyo distillery was founded in 1969 and used to be called Sendai distillery due to its proximity to Sendai. Unli...

  Yoichi Heavily Peated, 3000 bottles, 48% abv.This bottling was released around 2015 along with the Miyagikyo Sherry Cask. Was a big hit and qui...