Whisky Reviews

  When people see or hear about Nikka whisky, what comes to mind might be the more commonly seen blends like Nikka From the Barrel, Nikka Days, T...

    Miyagikyo, 45% abv.A few decades ago, Miyagikyo produced some of the best whisky Japan had to offer, but with the popularization of Japanese w...

  Nose: full body, great depth, syrup, crystalized grapes, a honey caramel mix comes after some air time.Palate: medium body, seems a little dry, ...

  These two expressions form the core of the house of Nikka, the second largest whisky distiller in Japan, and also one whose contributions have p...

    If you're not enthusiastic about yeast, you really need to be. It's the stuff that makes distillers laugh and cry. Sometimes simultaneously. I...

“You put your right foot in You put your right foot out You put your right foot in And you shake it all about You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn ...

Perhaps the most heavily-anticipated set of Nikkas that came out of 2021 was Volume 1 of Nikka’s Discovery Series. The series intends to give fans...

  A great selection of Nikka whiskies this evening at Straits Clan. For me, I thought the Miyagikyo single malt and the Taketsuru pure malt were...