The Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers Association has announced a new set of regulations aimed at curbing the spread of products labelled as ‘Japanese whisky’ that are sometimes nothing of the sort. Where the Scots have some of the strictest laws in the world about…
While Japanese distilleries were originally based on imported knowledge and skill from Scotland, they aren’t simply making Scotch in Japan. There are many unique elements to the production of Japanese whisky, and that’s part of the reason why the distinctive drams that result have had…
First, a few facts about Japanese whisky. So popular has Japanese whisky (not whiskey) become in recent years and so constantly ranked in the top 5 and 10 that it is no longer the discarded cousin of Scotch whisky. With the likes of Hibiki, Nikka,…
Following our earlier article on knowing Japanese whisky, here are five further things you need to know about this wildly popular beverage. While Japan was traditionally best known for its sake and shochu, today, it also has a thriving whisky industry that’s lauded by spirit…
Konnichiwa! Good to enjoy Japanese whisky, which is all the rage, and even better to know how it all began. You may know Suntory, Yamazaki, Hibiki. But Masataka and Shinjiro? Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t know these two. They’re not names of some…