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Drinking Japan by Chris Bunting – Japanese Whisky News
Chris Bunting, who is probably best known among whisky drinkers for his www.Nonjatta.com blog about Japanese whisky, has just published a new guide to Japanese alcohol culture with Tuttle Publishing Ltd. Drinking Japan is a 288-page guide based on a year and a half spent travelling around Japan exploring its unique alcohol culture. Bunting says: “Many people may know me for various bits of writing I have done about Japanese whisky, but I have t…
Get Whisky Live Japan Tickets
Tickets to Japan’s biggest whisky festival, Whisky Live Japan, will go on sale at 12 am tomorrow (January 5) at www.whiskylivejapan.com. This year’s extravaganza will be at Tokyo Big Sight, Odaiba on Sunday February 21. Entry tickets are 6,000 yen and tickets to the master classes (which must be booked and sometimes book out early) are 3,000 yen each. A Day Ticket which includes entry and three master class tickets is 13,000 yen. En…
Get Whisky Live Japan Tickets
Tickets to Japan’s biggest whisky festival, Whisky Live Japan, will go on sale at 12 am tomorrow (January 5) at www.whiskylivejapan.com. This year’s extravaganza will be at Tokyo Big Sight, Odaiba on Sunday February 21. Entry tickets are 6,000 yen and tickets to the master classes (which must be booked and sometimes book out early) are 3,000 yen each. A Day Ticket which includes entry and three master class tickets is 13,000 yen. En…
Craft Distillers Support Japan – Scotch Whisky News
Craft Distillers support Japan A group of independent Scottish Distilleries have agreed to collaborate to produce a unique whisky and donate all proceeds to the disaster relief effort in Japan. Each of the seven distilleries, representing the best craft producers in the Scotch whisky business, will donate a cask of their single malt that will be expertly blended to create a limited edition whisky, appropriately called the Spirit of Unity, which…
G&M Glenlivet 70yo Achieves £15,000 at Special Bonhams British Red Cross Japan Appeal Auction – Scotch Whisky News
I am delighted to inform you that a bottle of Gordon & MacPhail Generations Glenlivet 70 Years Old has sold for £15,000 at auction. The successful bidder has asked that the decanter be gifted to the people of Japan. The special, single item, charity auction was held at Bonhams, Edinburgh on 29 March 2011. The proceeds from the sale of the bottle, gifted by Gordon & MacPhail, will be donated to the British Red Cross Japan Appeal. Bonham…
Kensington Calgary Malt Messenger Number 41 – Scotch Whisky News
…MacKenzie and the G&M Longpond 1941 58 Year Rum which are my collector’s picks for July, August and September. I am planning my whiskies tours for 2011, and there is news on that too. I’ve also written an introduction to Japanese whisky which is timely given that there are now 4 different expressions available in the province (next month I’ll be featuring Sweedish whisky). As always you’ll find a list of New, Returned and Future whiskies, bu…
Tomatin Double-Decker On Tour in Japan – Scotch Whisky News
Tomatin Double-Decker On Tour in Japan As part of their 300 year anniversary celebrations, the Japanese distributor of Tomatin Single Malt Scotch Whisky is taking the brand on tour around Japan in a Tomatin-branded traditional red London-style double-decker bus. Kokubu & Co Ltd., established in 1712, is one of the largest food and drink distributors in Japan. They have carried the Tomatin brand since 2005, which is now the 6th best-selling…
BENRIACH AND GLENDRONACH JOIN CRAFT DISTILLERS IN SUPPORTING JAPAN – Scotch Whisky News
BENRIACH AND GLENDRONACH JOIN CRAFT DISTILLERS IN SUPPORTING JAPAN BenRiach and GlenDronach are two of seven independent Scottish distilleries collaborating to produce a unique whisky and donate all proceeds to the disaster relief effort in Japan. Each of the seven distilleries, representing the best craft producers in the Scotch whisky business, is donating a cask of its single malt that will be expertly blended to create a limited edition…
SMWS-Japan 20th Anniversary Bottling: 1.167 (1986 Glenfarclas) Review
Post by Stefan of Tokyo Whisky Hub Tomorrow, the first SMWS-Japan 20th Anniversary bottling goes on sale. (For more info, check this post.) It’s a 1986 Glenfarclas (25yo) drawn from a refill ex-bourbon hogshead. Bourbon wood is a bit of an unusual habitat for Glenfarclas. Cadenhead put out a few over the years, but you won’t find too many other exponents of ex-Bourbon Glenfarclas. Now, Japan gets a whole cask (218 bottles) – what…
Kensington Calgay “Malt Messenger No. 56a – Spring 2013 Part I” – Scotch Whisky News
…ou may know I run a side business organizing and guiding whisky tours in Scotland. This May I’ve decided to do something a little different, I am currently in the process of putting together my first ever whisky tour to Japan. The trip will consist of 10 days in Japan, including 3 full days in Tokyo seeing the sights and visiting some of the world’s finest whisky bars. Over the course of 10 days we will visit 5 world famous Japanese d…