Category: News
Japanese whisky news, reported from Japanese-language primary sources.
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Kyoto gets a third Whisky Lab bar at Shijo Karasuma
Liquor Mountain and Kyoto’s Tanks bar group open Whisky Lab. Shijo Karasuma on November 16, their third whisky bar in…
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Aeon’s Topvalu label adds Akkeshi and Kanosuke single casks
Aeon’s Topvalu range now includes single casks from Akkeshi, Sakurao and Kanosuke plus a Shizuoka single malt, priced from ¥11,000…
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Hinokami’s first whisky festival brings a sakura-cask malt
Hinokami holds its first Makurazaki Whisky Matsuri on November 8, with a 564-bottle malt aged in an all-cherry tub cask,…
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Ichiro’s Malt Chichibu gets Ridge and Silver Oak wine casks
JALUX and Venture Whisky pair Chichibu with Ridge and Silver Oak wine casks: a 63% single malt at ¥99,000, shipping…
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Akkeshi starts a Hokusai zodiac series with Hitsuji
Akkeshi’s first release after the 24 Sekki series opens a 12-year Hokusai zodiac run: Hitsuji, a 52% single malt at…
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Kanosuke and Mars Tsunuki release a six-year spirit swap
Kagoshima’s Mars Tsunuki and Kanosuke traded new make in 2020. Six years on, each releases a blended malt from the…
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Maoi’s first single malts pit Hokkaido barley against UK
Hokkaido’s Maoi distillery releases two 3-year single malts on December 1: Audax from local malt in sherry casks, Bishop from…
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Kobe Distillery releases its first single malt in November
Kobe Distillery’s first single malt ships November 16: 2,000 bottles at 47% plus a 200-bottle bourbon cask at 59%. Japan-only…
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Karuizawa Whisky launches a members-only cask owners’ club
The new Karuizawa distillery formed Owners Club 1955 for its cask buyers, with a 10-year maturation term. Prices and overseas…
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Tetsu 2026 pairs sake yeast with Bordeaux wine casks
Nishibori Shuzo’s Oyama distillery releases two 1,000-bottle Tetsu whiskies on November 20, made with sake yeast and Bordeaux first-growth wine…
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Hibiki pours 21 and 30 Year Old at Roppongi Art Night
Suntory’s free one-night Hibiki installation in Roppongi Hills on October 31 adds a three-component tasting flight and 30ml pours of…
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Matsui Shuzo opens preorders for 2027 zodiac whiskies
Matsui Shuzo’s sixth zodiac series marks the 2027 Year of the Sheep with a 43% Kurayoshi pure malt and a…