January’s bottle of the month is not a single bottle. Rather, Karuizawa collectively is the bottle of the month. You may ask why, and our answer is simple: Karuizawa is so rare that awarding bottle of the month to one single bottle might very well result in our bottle of the month going out of […]
You’ve heard about Ichiro Akuto, right? If you haven’t, it’s about time you did! He is a rock star of the Japanese whisky world, and his family have been in the alcoholic brewage making industry since the 1600s. Ichiro’s father ran the Hanyu distillery and began experimenting with whisky making, until his unfortunate bankruptcy. Ichiro […]
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When it comes to Japanese whisky, all sorts of flavors are available. The majority of whiskies made in Japan are however similar to Scotch in taste and manufacturing methods while it has then been modified to make more suitable to Japanese tastes. A few decades ago, many Japanese people liked whisky with a vanilla taste, […]
Our whisky of the month is the Hakushu 18 Year old, a truly wonderful drink from Suntory, we thought we might want to give you a little more info on this whisky and the distillery it is made in, so here it is: In 1973, a year after the Chita Grain Distillery was founded the […]
It’s busy season for Santa and all his little helpers toiling away at Santa’s factory at the north pole. Every now and then, production quotas at the factory are not met, there are all sorts of reasons for this, shortage of hay (for the reindeers who handle to logistics of moving raw material to the […]
One famous Japanese whisky I have not talked about so far is Ichiro’s Malt, the famous whisky from Venture Whisky owned by the charismatic Ichiro Akuto. Ichiro’s Malt is very popular overseas, but it is also popular among Japanese whisky fans. It can be a bit difficult for bartenders to evaluate this whisky, while some […]
Have you had a chance to try out Nikka’s Yoichi yet? If not, you should. Yoichi may not be quite as famous or popular in the West as Suntory’s Yamazaki or Hibiki, none the less it has a special place in Japanese whisky history. Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka spent most of his life […]
It’s December, The Christmas season has finally arrived, we at dekantā have received many emails from customers looking for that perfect gift and as a result, we are busy stocking up on new bottles and gift sets. Lets take a look at a few bottles and sets which make an excellent gift for any fan […]
In my last article I introduced JBA whisky. While this whisky is by no means famous, its history is well known by Japanese bartenders, given the name stands for the Japanese Bartenders Association. Since 1868, Japanese people have gradually become accustomed to Western drinks, and in 1910 the first Western-style bar opened in Ginza. Bartenders […]
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