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generally though to be in the Scots vein of production I didn't even know Japan made whisky (whiskey?) until about a month ago when trying a Nikka Yoichi broug
by stinos 7y ago
generally though to be in the Scots vein of production
I didn't even know Japan made whisky (whiskey?) until about a month ago when trying a Nikka Yoichi brought to us by a Japanese colleague. We were very impressed. This was easily as tasty as many of the better Scotch single malts. In fact I bet if people wouldn't see the bottle and would be asked what it was the majority would say 'good Scotch' :)
- hackbinary 7y agoMany distilleries are now owned by Japanese. Eg, the Bowmore.
- GordonS 7y agoScot here - I'm really impressed with Japanese whisky. The Japanese seem to treat creating good whisky (and gin) as an artform - I love their persuit of perfection.
- olingern 7y agoI'm a big fan of Yamazaki 18 year for special occasions (hard to find right now) and the 12 year for an anytime drink. Hakushu is also great, but I haven't tried their 18/25 aged whiskeys. Yamazaki 18 won a 'Gold'[1] award five years back through the International Spirits Challenge and has been difficult to find reasonable prices since. 1 - https://www.suntory.com/about/award/ https://www.suntory.com/about/award/