Visit: Yamazaki Distillery, Osaka
Suntory-owned Yamazaki is probably, and arguably, Japan’s best known whisky. And for good reason too – the distillery from which that hallowed spirit is made is the…
Weekender: Chill baby, it’s just a beer… label on a milk bottle
More calendars and weird baby related stuff again this week, just not as weird. South Africa receives good news at the start of March while yet…
Yamazaki and Hakushu release a Distiller’s Reserve edition
Of late it has gotten harder to get your hands on a bottle of Yamazaki, or a Hakushu, thanks to an explosive surge in demand for…
Love on the rocks with noh ice
We who keenly appreciate our spirits have our dos and don’ts — for some of us, single malt scotch on the rocks may be an abomination.…
水 nada, have some Mizunara
One interesting element of Japanese whiskies is a unique hint of sandalwood and coconut, which is often attributed to Mizunara, a porous oak almost exclusively used…