Whisky Reviews

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

  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...

  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...

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

  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...

    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...