Whisky Reviews

  Ah two Japanese single malt expressions from the famous independent bottler, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), that I thought I'll never be...

  One of the great opportunities for world whiskymakers ie. those operating outside of Scotland, has always been the freedom to mature whiskies in...

  Quietly, Suntory released, pretty much unannounced, a pair of domestic duty free NAS bottlings - one from Yamazaki and the other from Hakushu - ...

    Nestled within the central Japanese Alps is Mount Komagatake, also known as Kiso Komagatake. The stratovolcano is the tallest peak within its m...

  It might surprise some, but before there was Kanosuke Distillery, there was Hioki Distillery - yes, Kanosuke's parent, Komasa Jyozo, which many ...

  For this year’s Whisky Live Paris and Whisky Live Singapore, Chichibu Distillery unveiled a very pretty series of single cask whiskies in collabo...

  Part of major spirits distributor La Maison du Whisky's annual collection - it's not completely wrong if you compared it to an annual fashion sh...

  Aloha Whisky Bar in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan, is a well-beloved bar, and as is always the case, it is the bartender that makes the bar, not the a...

  It's been a hot minute since Chichibu last released a new OB from the distillery - the folks have been hard at work getting Chichibu Distillery ...

  Mars Maltage "Cosmo", b.2020, Wine cask finish, 43% abv.Nose: smells like a dishwasher sponge, a weird wax, moldy crayons, caramel butter, synth...

    This is a vatting of Yoichi single malt from 1990 to 1999 and bottled around 2014/15. This means 16 to 25 year-old Yoichi went into this and b...

    Tasting Notes Nose: Chinese herbal broth (ginger, liquorice, angelica root, coriander seed, lotus seed, Chinese yam) with chicken, aloe vera, ...