Whisky Reviews

   Nikka From The Barrel is one of the most iconic whiskies from Japan, it's a huge fan favorite, it's where many folks first encountered whiskies...

  Kanosuke Distillery is probably the hottest of the rising stars from Japan's latest wave of distillers - a phenomenon that is certainly worth be...

  It sounds like a pretty attractive option to invest in an asset you could actually taste yourself. With the rising prices of whisky around the w...

  Nikka Days is probably the newest product to join the Nikka stable - only released in mid-2020, it joins other blended whisky expressions from N...

  My experiences with Shizuoka’s core range offerings have been very consistent. Their 3-year-old whiskies are respectable in quality despite thei...

  Amidst this swirling maelstrom of praise and adulation for Japanese craft distilleries, I've always felt that Shizuoka Distillery’s offerings ha...

  Time sure does fly! Somehow I've begin keeping time by the intervals of official Kanosuke releases...2021's 1st Edition, 2nd Edition, 2022 Limit...

  Chichibu has aced the private bottling game with by now hundreds (might even be a thousand actually) of private bottlings for a whole host of pr...

    A year ago - that's 2022 - the jury was still out on which of the new crop of Japanese whisky distillers was the frontrunner of this new wave...

In a half tipsy stupor from merrymaking at yatai food stores with the friendly folks of Fukuoka, I clamoured towards Bar Westie @barwestie2015, a w...

    Eigashima Ryo 7yo, d.2009, KINKO Selected Release, Bourbon barrel, 56% abv.KINKO is a shop in southern Kyushu if I remember correctly. They do...

    Fuji Gotemba 25yo, Small batch, 46% abv.Single grain distillery exclusive bottle. Normal people can't get in. Wild turkey casks.Nose: intense ...