Japanese Whisky
As I’m currently living in Japan, I have the opportunity to acquire some domestically produced whiskies that are not often sold internationally.
I wrote a short guide on where you can purchase whisky in Japan.
Individual Reviews:
Amrut Portonova Batch 19 / 62.1% ABV
Tasted neat and with a nip of bottled water
This Amrut Portonova is a NAS/cask-strength whisky distilled in Bengaluru, India, and matured in ex-bourbon American oak and port pipes. My bottle in particular is Batch #19, from February 2017.
The back box describes the whisky and its heritage:
AMRUT Portonova…
Glenfarclas 25 for The Whisky Exchange / 50.5% / £125
Tasted neat
This 25 year old Glenfarclas was bottled specially for retailer The Whisky Exchange, and is still in stock!
Besides being “matured in oloroso sherry casks for a quarter of a century” and seemingly cask-strength / NCF / natural colour, we know nothing except the tasting notes, which read:
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Talisker 10 year old was the single malt that got me into whisky, so what can a single-cask, cask-strength, ex-sherry do?
Talisker 2010 Elixir Distillers 10 Year Old / 57.6% ABV
Tasted neat and with a bit of bottled water
This is a single cask Talisker, from Sherry Butt HL17807, a ten-year old Talisker at cask strength and natural colour…
Amrut Peated Cask Strength (Batch 38) / 62.8% ABV
Tasted neat and with a nip of bottled water
This lovely Amrut Peated Indian is cask strength, and natural colour — no age is disclosed! Press releases say this is peated to 23 ppm and aged “at least” 4 years, which in India’s climate, is more than enough.
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