Whisky Review

This is the second release of the “Kyoda Single Cask” single malt Japanese whisky from the Helios Brewery and Kyoda Distillery. The concept is to “enjoy the character of the cask to the fullest”. Using English peat malt, the malt whisky was distilled at the Kyoda Distillery in 2019, aged …

Five years have passed since the Nagahama Distillery started operation, and in the spirit of the distillery’s concept of “one brew, one barrel,” only the finest malt whisky from the original bottles lying in the cellar was carefully selected and blended to become the Nagahama Distillery’s first single malt whisky. …

“YUZA Second edition 2022” was released in early October from the Yuza Distillery of Kinryu Co. in Yamagata Prefecture. The first edition, released in February 2022, was made exclusively from bourbon barrels and was a true royalty. This second edition was carefully selected from those casked from February to July …

The two new products, “Single Malt Yoichi Aromatic Yeast” and “Single Malt Miyagikyo Aromatic Yeast,” will be released in 2024. 90th Anniversary of NIKKA’s Founding The new products will be launched in 2021, and will focus on the depth of Nikka Whisky’s diverse range of whiskies and the history of …

The two new products, “Single Malt Yoichi Aromatic Yeast” and “Single Malt Miyagikyo Aromatic Yeast,” will be released in 2024. 90th Anniversary of NIKKA’s Founding The new products will be launched in 2021, and will focus on the depth of Nikka Whisky’s diverse range of whiskies and the history of …

The Komagatake Limited Edition has been released annually since 2018. This year’s limited edition of 60,000 bottles is very large and may be relatively easy to obtain. The product name was “Limited Edition” until 2020, but the word “Limited” (limited, special, slight) has been eliminated and the product name has …

The “MARSMALT Le Papillon” series expresses the splendor of Japan’s seasonal climate and natural environment, which forms the environment in which whisky is matured, using butterflies that live in Japan as a motif. This is the thirteenth in the series, and the theme is the “C.brillantinus”, which inhabits deciduous broadleaf …

The distillery’s limited edition blended malt whisky Batch.1 has been on sale at the Saburomaru distillery’s directly managed store “Reiwagura” since August 5 (Fri.), 2022. It is sold exclusively at the storefront of Reiwagura. Each customer can purchase up to two 500ml bottles. 1. Maker Wakatsuru Shuzo Co. Established 1862 …

Akkeshi Blended Whisky Taisho, the eighth in the Akkeshi Whisky “Twenty-Four Season Series,” has been released. Finally, one third of the release has been completed. It has been three months since the last single malt whisky Seimei was released. Part 1 Single Malt Whiskey KANRO Released on October 28, 2020 …

This is the second in the W series, consisting of the original spirit from the wood-fired direct distiller W, the successor to Shizuoka Distillery’s latest release, Prologue W, which was released in 2021. 100% foreign barley is used. 70% of the malt used was Scottish malt. Peated malt and is …