As another year draws to a close, its a good time to highlight all of the amazing developments that have taken place for Japanese Whisky Review in 2015. It’s also an opportunity to look ahead to 2016 and the developments that are on the horizon. The upcoming year will be sure to delight Japanese whisky […]
Category Archives: Suntory
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 […]
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 […]
When asked, many Japanese answer that their favorite way of drinking whisky is as highball. To put ice in a long glass, to add whisky and soda is a way to drink whisky that both young and old enjoy. It was Suntory which populated this way of drinking whisky. In the 1950s when refrigerators became […]
Some weeks ago I talked a bit about the new whisky from Suntory, Chita Grain Whisky. By now, many bars in Japan serve Chita whisky. I live near Nagoya station and for a limited time a bar there was selling highball whisky with Chita at a discounted introductory price. I also talked something about the […]
We at dekantā are as busy as ever stocking up on quality whisky. These five bottles, freshly arrived, deserve a taste: White Oak Single Malt Whisky Akashi (152 USD) Eigashima is one of the more notable ji-whisky makers in Japan and is best known for producing a brand called White Oak Akashi. This very […]
Bottles are bottles are bottles. Or something…but some bottles look distinctly nicer than others. The Japanese are world champions in presenting their products in ingenious packaging. And Japanese Whisky of course is no exception. We at dekanta try our very best to satisfy customers demand for these novelty bottles, below you can see 5 of […]
In my previous blog I wrote about Nikka whisky for the first time, and also on the changing tastes of Japanese whisky lovers. As peat taste did not go well with most Japanese whisky drinkers at the time Black Nikka was made, It is an important part of Japanese whisky history and Masataka Taketsuru himself […]