The Yamazaki is Japan’s most popular single malt whisky; it is also the most exported Japanese whisky, the most award-winning whisky, the most famous whisky, the most, frankly, everything whisky! First sold in 1984 it has since then become a world renowned, being named the best whisky in the world by so many that there […]
It is quite safe to say that the Taketsuru is one of the most exiting whiskies that we stock here at dekanta, having won the World Whisky Awards for best blended malt six times out of ten! The Taketsuru more or less owns the award, so, if you like blended malt, then you’re not likely […]
You may already be aware that the Japanese are constantly striving to gain perfection; they have the habit of taking whatever they like or need from abroad (be it croissants, cars, or curry), and making it as good or even better than the original. Scotch is no exception. The Japanese whisky industry dates back to […]
There are all sorts of things happening at dekanta now as we are celebrating our one year anniversary. Because of this we have no shortage of free stuff we are giving away, including a gift pack of Japanese sakes, a whisky tasting set with fine Japanese whiskies, and many other things. Makiyo Masa, our founder […]
We at dekantā are constantly looking for interesting bottles to stock and introduce to our customers. This month, as the one-year anniversary of dekantā approaches, we’ve decided to do something new. This month, we are introducing a brand new category of ‘exotic’ bottles; these exotic bottles are not whisky, but instead, are a variety of […]
Whisky is quite an interesting drink, which we wouldn’t be selling and writing so much about it if we didn’t think so, too. In fact, it is so interesting that there is, by now, a World Whisky Day! Beat that Vodka! In all fairness, we also have World Beer Day (another interesting drink), but let’s […]
What do people think of when they think of Japan? It’s difficult to answer that question, Japan being the cultural superpower that it is all sorts of things come to mind. Some think of pop culture items such as anime and manga, for others it is sushi or perhaps sake. Then there is Toyota, Mitsubishi, […]
We at dekantā have been quite busy in recent days and weeks coming up with new products for our customers. Many of them write to us with requests on items they would like to purchase and recently, we got a request for glassware, original Japanese whisky glasses to go with the whisky. It goes without […]
We at dekanta just got these wonderful pictures of our favorite whiskies, we thought we’d share a few with you, with them, we rebublish a post on this great whisky, which you should try out if you have not done so already! – The Miyagikyo distillery is Nikka’s second distillery, founded back in 1969. With […]
Note on naming: the official name of the distillery is actually Hombo Shuzo Co (Hombo breweries), while it is often called Honbo Ms (Mars after the whisky), Shinshu (after the distillery), Mars Shinshu etc. in colloquial language. We prefer just calling it Mars after the whisky it makes. If you know your Japanese whisky, then […]
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