Japanese Whiskey Yamazaki 18

This is why whiskies matured in the hardwood cask are so treasured and yamazaki s mizunara release last year was no exception.

Japanese whiskey yamazaki 18.

Im no whisky expert and bought the yamazaki 18 as a punt due to its great reviews and the fact i had never tasted a jp whisky before after tasting it i came to the conclusion that it was a very good whisky first impressions were a rich floral sherry bouquet sweet woody smooth balanced very rounded after finishing it though i would probs not buy again due to its high price point well i have. Yamazaki 18 year old is an award winning japanese single malt. An 18 year old japanese whisky of the highest quality this is the pinnacle of yamazaki distillery s output. Japanese whisky is a style of whisky developed and produced in japan whisky production in japan began around 1870 but the first commercial production was in 1924 upon the opening of the country s first distillery yamazaki broadly speaking the style of japanese whisky is more similar to that of scotch whisky than other major styles of whisky.

Being one of suntory s most popular products you know you have quality when you have yamazaki. Not so expensive that it s unattainable but at the same time probably not affordable enough to be considered an everyday whisky. Yamazaki whisky is suntory s flagship single malt whisky from japan s first and oldest malt distillery multi layered with fruit and mizunara aromas. This legendary 18 year old whisky earned a gold at the 2007 international spirits challenge and a double gold at the 2005 san francisco world spirits competition.

From yamazaki was born the surprising delicate yet profound experience of a japanese single malt whisky. Go to shop liquors inc. Yamazaki 18 year old is an award winning japanese single malt. Yamazaki 18 is another one of those highly lauded and hard to find japanese whiskies that people seem to go ga ga for and this time it s warranted.

This legendary 18 year old whisky earned a gold at the 2007 international spirits challenge and a double gold at the 2005 san francisco world spirits competition. Everything i said about the yamazaki 12 years being a good but unexciting whisky does not apply to the yamazaki 18 this is a dynamic and exciting whisky. Yamazaki distillery the yamazaki single malt japanese whisky aged 18 years 750ml 799 00 1 065 33 1000ml. Mizunara a type of japanese oak is a challenge to work with due to its permeability.

Only 5 000 bottles of the 18 year old whisky were created for sale worldwide and that number is constantly dwindling.