Japanese Whisky reviews

What is it with the Japanese? They insist on doing everything so perfectly. Just like this 15 year old beauty from the Asian powerhouse that is Nikka.Such a heady, almost dizzying, array of aromas greet…

Finally,its mine to taste and nose to my heart's content.Nose: sugar cane dipped in caramel syrup, sprinkled with fresh oak shavings then kept in a jar with a vanilla pod,take it out after a day and dust…

Nikka’s Kingsland blend was launched in 1974 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Nikka Whisky Distilling Company. These tasting notes were compiled from a 50ml sample that I…

I went on a bit of a treasure hunt for the 70th anniversary bottlings from Nikka distillery, which comes in a beautifull wooden box, holding inside it, 4 bottles. The first 2 are 12 year old cask stre…

Date is a blend made by the Miyagikyo distillery, located close to Sendai, a town 300 km to the north of Tokyo. The blend is a combination of malt and grain whisky produced in coffey stills. It is named…

Takesturu was the founding father of Japanese whisky. After spending a few years in Europe in the wine industry, he moved to Scotland for Scotch, where he spend a few more years learning the trade, then…