
Whiskey Wednesday: The Open Story of Uncle Nearest
Today is not about depleting old bottles but celebrating something relatively new that honors something very old. A story that […]
Whiskey Soaked Words
Today is not about depleting old bottles but celebrating something relatively new that honors something very old. A story that […]
It’s not all about whiskey over here. Just like this weekly bottle talk isn’t just about drinking. It’s a mental […]
I’m trying to cut down on the quarantine drinking so today’s bottle is a single 375 of Buffalo Trace Single […]
Continuing this month's conversation about Nikka comes the news that Nikka will be discontinuing the Taketsuru 17, 21, and 25 Year old expressions as of March of 2020.
The Taketsuru line represents NIkka’s history. It pays homage to its founding father as well as combining the art of both of the company’s distinct distilleries. The loss of the Taketsuru line is the loss of a piece of history but it does open a future. Whisky, and in particular Japanese Whisky, is having an incredibly large moment. Bit even if whisky distilled 25 years ago is being depleted left and right the world, and the flavor, that whisky represents is gone. The challenge now is to find the way to create the spirit that fills the barrel to be bottled in 25 years while still keeping the lights on in the years between.
I love a good story and Nikka Whisky certainly has a good story. A story of both an excellently crafted whiskey but also a phenomenal story in the life of the company’s founder, Masataka Taketsuru. The month of January is especially important to the story of Taketsuru and his redheaded Scottish wife, Rita. So, I thought I’d take some time and look at a few of Nikka’s offerings for the rest of January.
This is the story of a drink that got away from me. As I’ve said before I tend to turn […]
“I prefer things the Old Fashioned Way!” said every generation ever as things changed around them. The Old Fashioned is […]
In today’s edition of things you’ll never get to taste: Yamazaki 50 Year Old! On Friday August 17th 2018 a bottle […]
I’ve talked about it before but I’m really into traveling. Travel opens our eyes to new things, it also shines […]
One of the best things about traveling is seeing what is out there in the world that can’t be seen […]
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator […]
Despite being a self avowed fanatic of American whiskey the thing I’ve found myself writing about and drinking the most […]
Life is a bittersweet balance. I’ve been hosting Whiskey Wednesday for going on six years now. It’s exposed me to more bottles […]
You can always tell what a bar manager’s secret passion is. You’ll look at the backbar and no matter how […]
Every now and then I like to remind myself that Irish Whiskey isn’t spelt “Jameson’s.” I’ve talked about the explosive […]
Unicorns are all around. You can see them prancing through the Instagram forest, taunting you with delicious rivulets running down […]