Whisky Reviews

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 ...

    An early Whisky Talk Fukuoka bottling, this one being from the "Moon and Vanishing Animals" (月と失われゆく動物) series. This animal is the Japanese cr...

    Before Number One, there was Mercian. Was it better then? Mixed feelings on that as some seemed to be good, but many did not, and I feel like ...

    Another pre-Number One release, quite young. Lucky to even find these around. Had this in late 2019.Nose: a sort of grape and fruit perfume, i...

    Chichibu 6yo, 2009-2016, Malt Dream Cask for FOS, Bourbon no. 539, 76/177, 62% abv.For Bar Forest on the Sea (in Tokyo, Asaksa) on their 15 an...

    Iwai Tradition, Wine cask finish, 40% abv.Iwai Traditions are blends from Mars Shinshu distillery. A mashbill of 70% malted barley and 30% cor...

    This 3 year old Japanese whisky was bottled for La Maison du Whisky. Finally got to try it many, many moons ago at Whiskytalk Fukuoka 2019.Nos...

     I was able to join the special tasting seminar by Stefan van Eycken at Whiskytalk 2019. This tasting ended up going through a bunch of ghost s...

    Had this at a special tasting seminar by Stefan van Eycken at Whiskytalk 2019. This tasting ended up going through a bunch of ghost series bot...

    Another famous ghost series bottling at Stefan Van's 2019 liquid ghost tasting seminar at Whiskytalk Fukuoka.Nose: light body, light wood, ins...