Tag: Toki

• Drinking Poetic (on a Wednesday): Highballs

  

  I’m a whiskey purist. Bourbon, Scotch, Japanese, Barrel Strength, it doesn’t matter, I drink it neat. For years I was determined that not even a drop of water would come between myself and my sweet, sweet barrel aged nectar. What’s changed me? The highball.       The highball is nothing new. It’s a simple class of…

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  September 27, 2017

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• Whiskey Wednesday: The Harmonious Hibiki Harmony

  

  In recent years Japan, traditionally the Land of the Rising Sun could easily be called the Land of the Rising Whisky. And while that is a terrible turn of phrase, it is nevertheless true. Ever since Glenfiddich started promoting their Single Malt in the States in 1963 whiskey drinkers- especially malt whiskey drinkers, have been…

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  April 26, 2017

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• Whiskey Wednesday: Time For Toki

  

  In Japanese Toki means ‘time’ and the adage goes in time everything comes back around. In a market obsessed with single malts Japanese Whisky is an ongoing example of the relevance and power of blends. Since importing whisky making from Scotland nearly a century ago distillers in Japan have been breaking down the individual components…

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  April 26, 2017

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  Beam Suntory, Bottled-In-Bond LA, Japanese Whisky, Suntory, Toki, Whiskey Wednesday