Although sacrilege to some purists who want their best whisky mixer straight or on the rocks, Japanese whisky is extremely good for cocktails. In fact, some bars around the world import it especially for this purpose, as bourbon or Scotch simply does not do the trick in their minds. According to David Shenaut, a bar […]
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Some of our readers have been quite interested in the Suntory Old bottles. Apparently the word on the internet is that they are quite old, as in 19th century old. It’s true that they are old, old enough for Sean Connery to drink it in the 1967 Bond movie You Only Llve Twice , but […]
The Suntory Hibiki is as popular as ever, in March this year the company released a new blended of this whisky christened Hibiki Japanese Harmony. This blend has been well received by whisky fans and wet thought we’d introduce it to you. The blend is developed by a third-generation blender named Shingo Torii alongside with […]
Suntory’s the Hibiki is one of the more celebrated brands of Japanese whisky. It is a premium category product which has won over 30 international awards since 2004, including the Hibiki 21 years old being nominated as the world´s best blended whisky at the world whisky awards in 2013. Suntory is rightly proud of its […]
Whisky is not the first drink that pops into the minds of most Westerners when Japan is mentioned. Most people probably imagine the Japanese to be sake-drinking samurais. But the Japanese do in fact make all sorts of drinks, including sake, shochu, wines, beers and whisky. Beer is the most popular alcoholic drink in Japan […]
Ever heard of ji-whisky? Ji-whisky is a name the Japanese give to whiskies produced by small local breweries and distilleries. They differ in the sense that they are not distributed nationwide and are often not well known outside their local areas. The producers often specialize in brewing sake or shochu and only brew whisky on […]
In future blog posts we will be talking a lot about major individuals, past and present, in the Japanese whisky business. But first we thought we’d give you a glimpse of the fun by publishing this post written by Nori, a bartender in Tokyo who knows everything there is to know about the world of […]