Nikka reviews

Nose : Sweet almost Bourbon-like notes here. banana . Demerara sugar. lovely actually. some cinnamon too. I like this nose very very much, it feels much richer than the 40% ABV, lovely stuff.Palate:…

The Nikka selection is a bit confusing with products named almost alike. For example Nikka has "The Blend" and "Blended Whisky" which are two different products. When I ordered this whiskey from the web…

Having just tasted the Pure Malt Black (which, by the way, is now available at the LCBO), we move on to the Pure Malt White (which, by the way, is not). This blended malt is mostly made up of malt dis…

Having just tasted the Pure Malt Black (which, by the way, is now available at the LCBO), we move on to the Pure Malt White (which, by the way, is not). This blended malt is mostly made up of malt dis…

Parts III and IV of my Nikka Tasting notes cover two whiskies in the Pure Malt range - Black and White. These are both blended malts so could be considered antecedents to the Taketsuru Pure Malt expre…

The second whisky of our evening was this award-winning blend (Best Japanese Blend, No Age Statement at the 2011 World Whiskies Awards). Whereas the bottle of Tsuru 17 was a gorgeous decanter, this one…

Last night, my good friend Igor Kossov hosted a Nikka whisky tasting for a couple of us, including the guys who run scotchblog.ca. There were six whiskies on offer - and I was able to bring samples back…

Nikka Black Special is a Coffey grain whiskey and it has been in the market since 1965. For me it was an everyday easily drinkable dram. That's why I decided to call it a Rush Hour whiskey. And just like…

Nikka From the Barrel is a Japanese blended whisky (grain whisky, and malts from Nikka's Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries). As a rule, I don't enjoy blends, but this expression was a pleasant surprise…

The Nikka Pure Malt Black is a peaty Japanese whisky produced from predominantly Yoichi malt with some Islay malt in the mix. The Pure Malt should actually be called a blended malt, but let us be honest…