Tag: Taketsuru

• Whiskey Wednesday: Take Off of Taketsuru

  

  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…

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  January 22, 2020

  Asian Whisky, History, Japanese, Malt, Nikka, Review, Spirits, Taketsuru, Whiskey Wednesday, Whisky

  17 Year, Blended Malt, Discontinued, Malt Whisky, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Pure Malt, Review, Taketsuru, Tasting Notes, Whiskey Wednesday, Whisky, Yoichi

• Whiskey Wednesday: Nikka Days of Our Lives

  

  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…

  bottledinbondla

  January 15, 2020

  Asian Whisky, Duty Free, History, Japanese, Malt, Nikka, Nikka Days, Review, Spirits, Suntory, Whiskey Wednesday, Whisky

  Blended Whisky, Japanese Whisky, Malt Whisky, Nikka, Nikka Days, Review, Taketsuru, Whiskey Wednesday, Whisky, Yoichi

• Whiskey Wednesday: Traditional Yoichi Changes

  

  After taking a look at what could be classified as one of the old school classics of Japanese Whisky, the new kid on the block, and the Americans jumping on the bandwagon I wanted to take a look at how things change.             While the Japanese Whisky world is less than 100 years old it is still deeply…

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  August 23, 2017

  History, Japanese, liquor, Nikka, Suntory, Whiskey Wednesday, Whisky

  Japanese Whisky, Miyagikyo, Nikka, Suntory, Taketsuru, Whiskey Wednesday, Whisky, Yamazaki, Yoichi