Japanese Whisky reviews

I've never tasted anything like this before, this is Rising Sun magic potion. The colour is a rich mahogany, like an Arabian Rabicano Racehorse. The nose is sublime, sweet chestnut, dark burnt cherries…

Chichibu distillery is located in the town of Chichibu, close to the city of Saitama and about 120 kilometres to the northwest of Tokyo. Ichiro Akuto, the distillery’s charismatic founder, started con…

Ginkgo is a vatted malt consisting of single malt from various Japanese distilleries and blended by Ichiro Akuto. It appears that there was one release of about 6,000 bottles. The nose is malty and quite…

Tasted a glass of this Japanese whisky at a bar near my home. I enjoyed it very much. Not too complex and with a finish that is medium at best, but it has a very pleasant palate indeed, especially in hot…

This is one of the very last expressions in Ichiro Akuto’s “Card Series”. It was distilled in 1990 and matured in a hogshead before being finished in a cognac cask (cask #525). It was released in 2012…

This 21st Century offering from Suntory will not disappoint. It is no Islay, since it has little to no smoke at all, but it is rather a nice warm weather scotch that goes well with ice, although I prefer…