Japanese Whisky reviews

This was the first dram from a Nikka tasting at my local. Miyagiko aims to produce a luxuriantly fragrant malt.* Nose: Floral (lavender and rose?), chamomile, sun baked hay, apple, fresh cur grass men…

A pure malt which is primarily made from Yochi malt. No age statement and no statement as to the other ingredients.* Nose: Marzipan, peaches, nectarines and golden syrup come first, underneath there are…

A blend of single malts (pure or vatted malt) using unnamed Islay whiskies, matured in Japan and sold to you and me for our own convenience.* Nose: smoke, white pepper, sugared flowers and coconut,…

Matured from grain and malt whisky, the liquids are re-casked to marry the spirits and flavours.From there its out of the casks and into the bottles. Nice to see* Nose: marzipan, toasted cereal, banana…

Yochi produce what they consider to be a masculine whisky. The use of coal fired stills gives this whisky a more robust and confronting single malt then the sweeter more floral stuff i tended to expect…

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…