The Miyagikyo Distillery, founded in 1969, was the second Nikka distillery to be built by Japanese whisky legend Masataka Taketsuru, coming just over 30 years after its sister distillery, Yoichi. While Yoichi was built on the island of Hokkaido in the far north of Japan, due to the climate conditions there being similar to Scotland, […]
Japanese whisky giant Nikka has aimed to bolster its range with a new limited edition blended whisky named “Midnight Cruise”. The whisky will make up part of their “Black Deep” range and is set for release in early June. The latest release in the series follows on from the Extra Sweet, Extra Sherry and Aromatic […]
The news that the Nikka 12 and a number of other Japanese whiskies have been discontinued will probably come as no surprise to many of you. Over the past year or so, it’s almost become the norm to wake to news that another one of our beloved expressions has been cut from the production lines. […]
It’s not long now until Santa will be eating his cookies and drinking his milk in your front room, and he’s a big guy, so we hope you have plenty for him! For Day 3 of our 2018 Christmas Countdown we’re looking at a whisky that features outstanding design, incredible liquid and is highly collectable. […]
It’s Day 8 of our Christmas Countdown and that means we’re almost a week away from Christmas Day. By this point, our shopping should be finished, our turkey should be sourced and our Christmas lights should have been hanging from every wall in the house for some weeks now. If you are indeed that organised, […]
It’s the second day of our 12 Day Christmas Countdown leading us right up to the big event when we’ll hopefully wake in the morning to many bottle shaped gifts under the tree. Today, we’re looking at some of the year’s best limited edition releases from one of the finest whisky producers in the whole […]
After a long break (I was on a strict whisky-only diet) we’re back with the latest instalment of our Japanese Pair series, a range dedicated to pairing the very best Japanese whiskies with delicious dishes. So far we’ve paired the Yamazaki 18 with some gorgeous Wagyu beef, the Hibiki 21 with nigiri sushi, and the […]
The whisky results of the International Spirits Challenge 2018 were published today, on May 11th. There are some wonderful Gold winners in the Japanese whisky categories this year which are, as usual, dominated by the giants of Japanese whisky, Suntory and Nikka. In last year’s competition, Suntory was named “World Whisky Producer of the Year” […]
In recent news by Suntory, Japan’s largest drinks companies have come together to combat the rising issue of air pollution in Asia. It seems it will be a common interest in protecting the environment, and not whisky, that will bring these major industry players to collaborate. Japan’s most major beer makers, Suntory, Asahi, Kirin, and Sapporo, […]
It’s that time of the year again as Japanese whisky lovers await the final results of the World Whiskies Awards competition. For the fans that don’t remember, Japanese whisky rocked the competition last year, after expressions were named the World’s Best Blended, World’s Best Single Cask Single Malt, and World’s Best Grain. 2017 was huge […]
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