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Taste Testing Shizuoka 2020, 3 Year Old, Karuizawa Still, MexicaNOH Single Cask Bottled For Armandrinksss
November 20, 2024
Aaron Kovalcsik Follow Aaron on Instagram, or catch him at the one and only Aloha Whisky Bar! Read more of Aaron's reviews The ba...
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Shizuoka 2018, 5 Year Old, Only One Mizunara Cask, Private Cask for KINKO, 57.3% ABV | 静岡 2018-2023 オンリーワンミズナラカスク 5年ウイスキーキンコーさんPB
June 25, 2024
Is this not such a striking label? Those familiar with the Japanese bar scene might quickly recognise it as being from Kinko, a reputable liquor...
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Two Shizuoka Ex-Bourbon Private Cask Bottlings for M&E Drinks
August 16, 2023
It sounds like a pretty attractive option to invest in an asset you could actually taste yourself. With the rising prices of whisky around the w...
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Shizuoka Pot Still K & Pot Still W Imported Barley Head-to-Head
July 2, 2023
My experiences with Shizuoka’s core range offerings have been very consistent. Their 3-year-old whiskies are respectable in quality despite thei...
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Shizuoka United S vs. Contact S Head-to-Head
July 2, 2023
Amidst this swirling maelstrom of praise and adulation for Japanese craft distilleries, I've always felt that Shizuoka Distillery’s offerings ha...
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Two Shizuoka's Two Barleys: Shizuoka Pot Still K Japanese Barley First Edition, 55.5%, & Shizuoka Pot Still W Imported Barley First Edition, 55.5%
January 10, 2023
Whisky has roughly three ingredients - barley, water, yeast. Yet, it isn't the easiest in the world for all three of them to serendipitously app...
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A Pair Of Shizuoka's: Blackadder Raw Cask Single Malt Shizuoka 2018, Bourbon Cask, 3 Year Old, Cask No. 781 & Blackadder Raw Cask Single Malt Shizuoka 2018, Red Wine Cask, Japanese Barley, 3 Year Old, Cask No. 1357
October 26, 2022
This reminds us of... glazed doughnuts for the bourbon cask and Fanta grape for the red wine cask! Try this if... You've a sweet tooth or ju...
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Shizuoka Contact S Single Malt, 55.5% ABV
March 20, 2022
Fruity and Spicy Since my earlier reviews of the Shizuoka Prologue K and Prologue W, well-meaning connoisseurs have expressed some concern ...
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