Whisky Reviews

    Mars Komagatake Limited Edition, b.2019, 48% abv.Says it was distilled in Miyada, Nagano? Drank in 2020.Nose: a good amount of apple cider, fr...

    Mars Maltage "Cosmo", b.2019, Manzanilla Sherry Cask Finish, 42% abv.Interesting that it's blended but also finished in manzanilla. These malt...

  This expression would be available at Whisky Live Singapore 2023. 88 Bamboo readers get an exclusive $30 OFF discount when you purchase Connoi...

    I managed to make it to The Malt Affair for the second year running and had a blast. The Malt Affair is an annual community-led whisky fest in...

  Ichiro's Malt, or Chichibu Distillery, based in the Saitama Prefecture and established by Ichiro Akuto, has been inarguably the most successful ...

  Ahh we're well in the Golden Age of Kanosuke!  Kanosuke has been highly praised in this new wave of Japanese whisky distilleries hitting the mar...

  This is Edition #2 of Kanosuke's Artist Series, which is inspired by the Japanese Five Elements Philosophy as a holistic way of life, and from t...

  Whisky Talk Fukuoka is one of the most highly anticipated whisky festivals not just in Japan but globally, with many fans flying in simply to at...

  Kanosuke has been lit to say the least. Getting really popular and building a real cult following. And the proof is in the pudding, they make re...

  I've had the incredible fortune of having tried 3 bottlings from the Ghost Series, which comes from one of Japanese whiskies' most authoritativ...

  One of the many interesting things that this recent - by which I mean the last 10 years or so - whisky boom has brought along to the Japanese wh...

  In an early 2023 blog post by Dornoch Distillery's commercial director, Vhairi Mackay, on the distillery's website, he talks about how this Kano...