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Glenglassaugh Distillery

The Glen­glas­saugh Dis­tillery is a 133 year old whisky dis­tillery located in a pic­turesque site just out­side the Spey­side region in North­east Scot­land, close to the small town of Port­soy, Banff­shire some 54 miles North­west of Aberdeen. The Dis­tillery was…


Karuizawa 1974, Bot. 2006, Cask No. 4578


Kawasaki 1976, Bot. 2009, Ichiros Choice

Dis­tillery once located between Tokyo and Yoko­hama, Kawasiki pro­duc­ing tra­di­tional sin­gle grain whiskey (90% corn, 10% malted bar­ley) which can still be a few bar­rels of emer­gency, as-refill sherry butt, com­pared with very old Demer­ara rum (in aging tropical). Very greedy.


Kawasaki 1981, Bot. 2009, Closed Distilleries

Now closed, the dis­tillery Kawasaki prepar­ing a sin­gle grain that bore the name of his hometown. Having got hold of a few bar­rels, Ichiro Akuto, owner of the Chichibu dis­tillery, we had enjoyed in May 2009, dur­ing a visit to the…


Kawasaki Distillery

Dis­tillery once located between Tokyo and Yoko­hama, Kawasiki pro­duc­ing tra­di­tional sin­gle grain whiskey (90% corn, 10% malted bar­ley) which can still be a few bar­rels of emer­gency, as-refill sherry butt, com­pared with very old Demer­ara rum (in aging tropical). Very greedy.

Unfor­tu­nately…