All Whisky reviews

This blended malt is composed with Japanse malt whisky from Shinshu Mars, but blended with Scottish malt whisky. Can we still call this Japanese whisky? Yes, according to Japanese law.The nose is dark…

Musashi is the old name of the Japanese province where you can find the Hanyu Distillery (or what’s left of it). While this Golden Horse tries to link itself to Hanyu, it has absolutely nothing to do…

Bushu-Nakagawa Station is the name of a Japanese trainstation connecting Hanyu and Mitsumineguchi. While this Golden Horse blend is often connected with Hanyu, it has nothing to do with the distillery…

Eigashima – aka as White Oak – Distillery produces only 2 months per year, so there is not a lot of output. The rest of the year is dedicated to the production of sake and shochu. This Akashi Meïsei is…

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…

While Suntory allows its malt whisky stocks to matured to be able to have the age statement Yamazaki and Hakushu return to the world stage, we have to settle for young(er) stuff. So Toki saw the light…

In 2014 I attended Spirit of Toronto for the express reason of attending a Masterclass with Ashok Chokalingam presenting some Amruts, including some LCBO exclusive single casks. To be transparent, he had…

In November I opened this bottle of Amrut CS. Not just any CS, but one of the 2007 Special Edition bottles produced before it became a standard offering with batch numbers. After tasting this in a…

This is part 2 of my H2H of the two “Detroit River” samples provided to me by the gracious @Cricklewood. I enjoyed the first sample very much. Let’s see how this one holds up relative to the “Detroit…

Another blind review from samples sent by the admirable Cricklewood. This will be part 1 of a H2H between these two samples labelled “Banks of the Detroit River I & II.” Now, the distillery that comes…