Last year, on December 17 (Sat.) and 18 (Sun.), 2022, the Institute of Whisky Culture hosted “JAPANESE FES 2022 in TOKYO“, a two-day event featuring a large collection of Japanese whiskies, gins, and spirits. We went to the event to check the latest Japanese whisky trends and provide valuable information …

Japanese Whisky, Single Malt Yoichi Aromatic Yeast. The rare original whisky aged for more than 30 years in active casks was added to unite the aroma with freshness and a sense of gravity to reach a harmony as a whisky.

The official website of Asahi Breweries, Ltd. has released information on the release of “Single Malt Yoichi Aromatic Yeast and Single Malt Miyagikyo Aromatic Yeast” as the second product in the “NIKKA DISCOVERY Series”. The release date is September 27. It’s been about a year since the last NIKKA DISCOVERY …

Yoichi 10year is back, this time from the Yoichi aging products that were discontinued in August 2015! At that time, Yoichi “10years”, “12 years”, “15 years”, “20 years” and Miyagikyo “10 years”, “12 years”, “15 years“ were sold out due to shortage of undiluted sake. If the shortage of sake …

Asahi Beer announced that it will raise the prices of some of its products starting with shipments on October 1, 2022. The price increase will apply to 10 whisky products, including "Single Malt Yoichi" and "Single Malt Miyagikyo" in the Japanese whisky category. Standard-priced products such as "Black Nikka" are excluded.

Information on the release of “Single Malt Yoichi Grande and Single Malt Miyagikyo Grande” has been released on the official website of Asahi Breweries, Ltd. The release date is April 12, 2022. Limited quantities.List price: 10,000 yen (excluding tax). Product for duty free stores at airports.   The bottle further …

The World Whiskies Awards, a whisky competition to select the best whisky in each category from among whisky entries from around the world, has announced the results of the preliminary rounds for each country for 2022. In this article, I will introduce the results of the first round in Japan, …

We are pleased to announce the opening of the second edition of our new Japanese Whisky Catalog . We have compiled a lineup of Japanese whisky sales information scattered across the web, including information on manufacturers, brands, and products released in the past, in an easy-to-understand manner, in the hope …

Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka and known as the “father of Japanese whiskey” , put all his skill and pride into creating this blended whiskey as the culmination of his passion for whiskey, and named it after himself as his last work. A crane stands in the northern land. …

Japanese whiskey has become popular worldwide in the past few years. The production of old famous whiskies such as “Yamazaki” “Hakushu” “Hibiki” “Taketsuru” “Yoichi” and “Miyagikyo” has been drastically reduced due to a shortage of original sake, and they are currently distributed in Japan at a higher price than the …