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$134.99
White Oak Akashi Japanese Single Malt. It is bottled at 46%, the product of lightly peated malt. It is composed of 7 year old sherry matured, 5 year old white wine, and 4 year old ex-Bourbon casks.
500ml mlOUT OF STOCK
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Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: very nutty and malty, almonds, cherry blossoms and toasted oak; a faint hint of clean smoke with vanilla cream and Winegums.
Palate: sweet, malty and toasty; still nutty and creamy, more vanilla; light, floral and elegant; the gentle smoke accents the delicate body and profile; more Winegums, almonds and lemon-citrus notes.
Finish: sweet, creamy, floral and malty; long and lingering with some tingling warmth!
Comment: this is a lovely and elegant malt, more complex than the age would have you believe.
Producer Description: "White Oak Akashi Single Malt, made with lightly peated barley, is a combination of single malts from 3 casks: 7 years matured in sherry cask, 5 years matured in white wine cask and 4 years in bourbon cask. This whisky is a rare find in North America due to its small production. Only a limited number of bottles will be released into the Canadian market."
Distiller's Tasting Note
Fragrance: Sweet and clove.
Taste: Pleasant bitterness, full-bodied depth with spice, peat-like character and a hint of aniseed and candied ginger.
Finish: Smokey with some tannin notes.
$63.99
Note: Nikka's own website notes that this bottle does not meet the criteria to be called a Japanese Whisky. The good news is that might mean it also contains Ben Nevis Single Malt, as the Ben Nevis Distillery is also owned by Nikka.
Nikka's venerated from the Barrel has been a staple of our whisky shelves for years and will hopefully remain so. This creation from Nikka is a blend of grain and malt from multiple distilleries owned by the company. It is always bottled at 51.4% ABV after the components are married in refill casks for up to half a year to marry together and become a cohesive whole.
500mL bottle.
From the Producer: “Produced from a blend of Miyagikyo and Yoichi single malts and a single grain whisky, NIKKA FROM THE BARREL embodies the expertise of the distillery’s master blenders. Intense, round, and generous, this ambitious, powerful, controlled, high-alcohol blend is acknowledged for its originality. This is a bold whisky. It seizes you and seduces you. It asserts its own style.
$94.99
Note: Nikka's own website notes that this bottle does not meet the criteria to be called a Japanese Whisky. The good news is that might mean it also contains Ben Nevis Single Malt, as the Ben Nevis Distillery is also owned by Nikka.
It is unusual to see single malt whisky distilled in a column (AKA continuous or Coffey) still, but here you have it and the result is superb. Formerly exclusive to KWM in Alberta, this is one hell of an interesting dram, soft, layered and very complex.
The sugar yield of malted barley compared with corn and wheat is not favourable, especially when you take the cost of malting and corn subsidies into account. So the Nikka Whisky Co. must have some other designs than simply creating bulk whisky by running barley through their Coffey stills.
$151.99
*Currently Limited - 1 Per Customer Maximum*
The base of the whisky, Japanese single malts and grain, have been matured in American oak casks. The dressing is the more rare and complex Sherry and Mizunara (Japanese oak) notes. The single malts have been sourced from Hakushu and Yamazaki and the grain whiskies from Chita. This is the first Suntory whisky made available in Canada in more than 2 years.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: clean, floral and grainy with a touch of juicy malt; delicate fruits, melon and kiwi with lots of vanilla and subtle spices.
Palate: juicy, fruity and floral with toasty American oak and rich spices (Mizunara?); lots of fruits here, more melon and kiwi, silky grains and chewy malt mingle with orange peel and vanilla bean.
Finish: long, toasty and silky with fading fruits, spices and sugars.
Comment: Japanese blends never seem to disappoint, and this one is no exception. It is very elegant and complex. Hopefully we get more than promissed...
Distiller's Tasting Note
Nose: rose, lychee, hint of rosemary, mature woodiness, sandalwood.
Palate: honeylike sweetness, candied orange peel, white chocolate.
Finish: subtle, tender long finish, with hint of Mizunara (Japanese oak).
$26.99
This Brandy Umeshu is a blend of Japanese plum wine and brandy made by Eigashima Shuzo Co. of Akashi City in Japan. Bottled at 14% ABV. 500ml bottle.
