Whisky Blog

At the WWA 2016 the Chichibu Single Cask #3867 has won the prize of the best Japanese Single Cask.

It was bottled with 59,4%, was only in Duty Free Shops available and is totally sold out,

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Nikka Whisky sold in 2014 45% more bottles in Europe. Only in France, the biggest whisky market in Europe, were 600.000 bottles sold.

Even in Japan the sales grow 20% in 2014.

For 2015 an growth of anot...

Update !!

You will be able to buy this whisky from the 20th of may in our webshop. 

Suntory introduced this week their new NAS Blend Hibiki Japanese Harmony. With an lower price tag than the Hibiki 12,...

World Whisky Awards 2015

As every year, many japanese whiskys were awarded at the World whisky Awards.

Single Malt Whisky
NAS: Miyagikyo (Nikka, 43%)
Under 12: Miyagikyo 12y (Nikka, 45%)
13 – 20: Yamaza...

Since the world know whisky critic Bill Murray announced that the Yamazaki Sherry Cast 2013 is the world best whisky, an worldwide Yamazaki Hype broke out.

In Europe the availability is shrinking and t...

Hombo / Mars presented some Single Cask bottling´s in June / July last year

Mars Single Cask Komagatake 1988 Cask # 568 (Sherry Cask) with 498 bottles

Mars Single Cask Komagatake 1988 Cask # 557 (Americ...

On the Tokyo Whisky Festival 2014, Eigashima / White Oak presented their new single cast bottling "Kiri Cask #61191"    

This 5 year single cask single malt whisky was stored in European oak cask for 3...

Suntory introduced this week their new NAS Blend Hibiki Japanese Harmony. With an lower price tag than the Hibiki 12, it will be cheaper to enter the Hibiki world.

You will be able to buy this Blend so...

It was not really a surprise that Suntory announced, that they will raise the prices for the Japanese Market, because the last raise of the prices was in 2008.

The prices will go up in an average of 20...

The first time Chichibu made an bottling for private whisky enthusiasts. It was made for the Restaurant Sushi & Soul in Munich (Germany) and  the Zoetrope Bar in Tokyo.

It was bottled in 2014 from the ...

Kenten Jitsugyou will start with the construction of a new whisky distillery in Hokkaido in 2015. This will be the 9th whisky distillery in Japan and the second in Hokkaido besides Yoichi.  As the com...

For the 80th anniversary of Nikka, 2 new whisky´s were reviled and one apple brandy.  

Named after the founder of Nikka, Masataka Taketsuru, a special version of the All Malt Taketsuru 21 was presented...

These day´s Hombo Mars introduced the new Komagatake sherry and American white Oak 2011 single Malt whisky.  This single malt is stored for more than 3 years in old sherry and American white oak casks...

This new Nikka 12 Years Premium Blend was introduced on the 30th of September this year  in Japan. As the Nikka  40 Year Old Premium Blend, this one was also released for the 80th anniversary of Nikka...

Jim Murray, the world famous critic for whisky, awarded the Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013, with 97,5 points out of 100 (That was the highest score he ever gave an whisky he tested).  

This verdict was not ...

This shop, located in the headquarter of the Suntory group, is an absolute must for every Japanese whisky enthusiast! They have over 100 Whisky's of different Brands in stock, with focus  on their own...

Nikka introduced an 40 years old blended whisky on the 30th of September this year, for the 80th anniversary of the Nikka distillery. 500.000 Japanese yen is the price you have to pay to get one bottl...

In 2011 the Shinshu Brenneri von Hombo Mars was reactivated after it was shut down in 1992.

Due to the reopening of the distillery in 2011, the Mars Maltage Komagatake "The Revival" 2011 was introduced...

The Yamazaki Single Malt Limited Edition 2014 was introduced this May in Japan.

This whisky is made of three different Yamazaki Single Malts:

- one 20 years old Single Malt whisky which was aged in Euro...

In 2014 whiskeys from Nikka and Suntory won several prizes in different categories at the WWA.

These reasoned won awards, are one part of the long tradition of winning awards at the WWA since 2001

The ...

On the 14th of august, one bottle of the 50 year old Yamazaki was sold on a auction from Bohams in Hong Kong.

The unknown buyer, bought this bottle of whisky for an unbelievable sum of  24,788 Euros, w...