Whisky Reviews

  I first stumbled upon the Hibiki Blossom Harmony releases a couple years ago when searching relentlessly online for locations near me to buy Jap...

   It seems like Suntory's still in a rather celebratory mood over the recent major milestone of its Yamazaki Distillery having hit its 100th anni...

  How about that! We're going to taste what has been billed as whisky from Japan's most scenic distillery! Most folks in the Japanese whisky scene...

  Is this not such a striking label? Those familiar with the Japanese bar scene might quickly recognise it as being from Kinko, a reputable liquor...

  Disclaimer alert before starting this review: this is perhaps – in my whisky journey thus far – the whisky I have hyped up to myself the most. T...

  This is a relatively obscure Yamazaki single malt release under the Suntory umbrella. It is probably the cheapest age-stated high-proof Yamazaki...

    For my first whisky review with 88 Bamboo, I felt no whisky would have been more appropriate than the Kaiyō Mizunara Oak Cask Strength whisky....

Ichiro’s Malt Chichibu IPA Cask Finish 2017 - Review It's been over 15 years since Chichibu Distillery in Japan's Saitama Prefecture has been oper...

     While Komagatake single malt made at Mars Shinshu Distillery exhibit more subtlety and elegance, the single malts matured at Mars Tsunuki Dist...

  While whiskymakers can rely on several levers to imbue their whiskies with flavor - none is more reliable or as overused as cask maturation. Of...

  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...