Whisky Reviews

  It's officially been a decade since Nikka first sounded the alarm that it had begun to seriously deplete its aged stocks of whiskies - in 2015, ...

    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, ...

    This is a vatting of Yoichi single malt from 1990 to 1999 and bottled around 2014/15. This means 16 to 25 year-old Yoichi went into this and b...

    Tasting Notes Nose: Chinese herbal broth (ginger, liquorice, angelica root, coriander seed, lotus seed, Chinese yam) with chicken, aloe vera, ...

    Yoichi, Sherry & Sweet, 55% abv.I haven't been to the distillery, or any Nikka distilleries for that matter, but I heard these were only s...

    Not a part of the decades lineup, but those barrels from a single vintage. Has this at the end of 2019.Nose: grapes, raisins, turns to vanilla...

  Supposedly bottled around 2015, sold at the distillery shop only ¥6480? Part of the "decades" series, like 1990s, 1980s, etc., which are vatting...

    According to the label, this bottle was made from 4 different types of malt whisky distilled in 1990. These go for quite the pretty penny on s...

  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...

  How funny is that one of the most anticipated Japanese whiskies of 2022 is technically something that's already been around for a while. We're h...

    I had an opportunity to taste this Yoichi 1980’s with the courtesy of The 1980’s bar a few nights ago. This is a limited distillery only relea...

    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...