Japanese whisky is Big these days, no one can argue with that, and the soaring popularity of the water of life distilled in the land […]
Book review : Japanese Whisky by Brian Aschcraft
Tag: Japanese Whisky
Mars Shinshu – Iwai Tradition (Blended whisky)
With the surge of Japanese whisky, and everyone so keen on owning a Japanese whisky, more brands are hopping on the Japanese trend bandwagon, and […]
Ichiro’s Malt Wine Wood Reserve -Review
Day #3 of our little Japanese Whisky review series , and today with Ichiro’s Malt. For those who are not familiar with Ichiro Akuto, the […]
Tasting Karuizawa 1977 cask # 7026 Noh Whisky
Last week when going through my stack of samples in several boxes, and trying to make sense of what I got and should taste, I […]
Tasting Yamazaki Puncheon (2012 edition)
Been quite a while since I posted any Yamazaki tasting notes, and it’s always good to come back to one of my favourite Japanese distilleries. […]
Karuizawa Spirit of Asama–55% abv
So an affordable Karuizawa? what a grand idea! This was the intention of the lovely guys at Number one drinks, and the folks at TWE […]
#12blends Day 2 – Nikka All Malt
Day 2. yes. This dram was sent courtesy of Sandy Gould (@sjjgo on twitter) who sent a very interesting and delicious dram over : Nikka […]
Hakushu Heavily Peated
After a week long vacation due to the Passover holiday, I am back with new tasting notes and it’s fun to be back. What can […]
Tasting Greatness : Karuizawa 1983 Noh Cask #7576
The big K : Karuizawa. Highly estimated and not easy to get hold of, since they disappear so fast, and also because they are not […]
Chichibu The First – Ichiro’s Malt
Today we’re about to taste the first dram from Japan’s youngest distillery which has been distilling since 2008 – Chichibu. Only in 2011 the spirit […]