Nikka reviews

At Domo Bar, Madrid, Nov 16 2015, writting down my impressions beside the NYT crossword.It pours golden to copperish. Very sweet aromas of banana, caramel, muesli and molasses. Mouthfeel is both soft and…

One of the few Japanese Whiskys once can still obtain easily and that seems to be hitting US shores as of recently, Nikka must have caved in and had it bottled in 750ml rather than the customary 500ml…

Suntory had only just released its blend ‘Toki’ when Nikka launched this ‘Days’ as successor to the very popular (and much better!) Nikka All Malt. The big difference is of course that Days is not only…

The Nikka Black Crossover is the limited edition of a blend that Nikka released in 2017. It comes in a square black bottle.The nose starts with sweet and fruity flavours: oranges, a touch of sherry,…

Black Nikka is a very popular Japanese blended whisky. This limited edition was bottled in 2016 to commemorate its 60th anniversary. It contains malt and grain whisky from Yoichi and Miyagikyo distill…

Neat at Barcelo Madrid Tower Hotel. It pours clean dark golden, some amber highlights. Aroma is very intense and sweet: vanilla, crème brûlée, pudding, caramel: all that. Some red hot pepper and tobacco…

Beautiful 50 cl bottle that looks like a perfume's. Inside it the whisky looks much darker, but once poured it is dark wheat with some greenish highlights. Aroma is very intense and sweetish: cookies,…

This lesser known blend by Nikka is meant for the Japanese market. The label says ‘Malt Base Whisky’. What does that mean? That it contains malt whisky and thus is a blend, I suppose, as this Nikka is…

The Nikka Coffey Malt Whisky has no age statement. The reviewed bottle is owned by @Maddie. The whisky was sampled when the bottle was first opened and again 3 weeks laterNose: strong intensity malt…

Both Yoichi and Miyagikyo single malts are distilled in traditional pot stills, but the company Nikka also has several column stills as well, called Coffey stills. Those are used to create both grain and…