Japanese 5 Year Old Whisky

Small but mighty, Nagahama distillery sits on the shores of Lake Biwa. This single malt from Japan's smallest craft distillery has spent its time maturing in a trio of casks, starting in bourbon before moving to peated Islay whiskey, and finishing in a Sauternes cask. The result is a whisky that's l

This right here is a single malt from White Oak in Japan which has been aged in a red wine cask for five years. This maturation has helped to impart a whole heap of rich red berry notes to the spirit, making for warming whisky perfect for autumnal sipping.

This right here is a 5 year old blended Japanese whisky, released by the Hekinan Distillery. The whisky itself isn't chill filtered, and has a creamy flavour profile with plenty of vanilla and orchard fruits to it. The label features a rather fierce-looking bird upon it, which is exciting.

From Eigashima (White Oak) distillery in Japan's Hyogo Prefectures comes this lightly peated single malt Japanese whisky. This expression of Akashi matured in bourbon casks for five years.

Shizuoka's beautifully presented World Symphony Series welcomed this peated single malt in 2022, one that was matured in a single bourbon barrel before being bottled up at 50% ABV. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!

From Japan's Nagahama distillery — located on the shores of Lake Biwa in the Shiga Prefecture — comes this delightfully peated single malt. The whisky was matured for three years in bourbon barrels, before being bottled at a punchy cask strength of 61.2% ABV. A medley of fruit notes are balanced by

This expression from White Oak was aged for five years in sherry casks, and it's brimming with sweet, unctuous character that makes it a glorious sipper neat, it would also make a delightful Highball if you want to drink it like you're in Japan!

This single malt from Kanosuke Distillery was distilled in 2018 and spent time finishing in a cask that previously held hoppy IPA beer, bringing intriguing floral and citrus notes to the Japanese whisky. This release was initially bottled for the Modern Malt Whisky Market in 2021, non-chill filtered

This is a 5 year old Japanese single malt from the White Oak distillery - not one of Japan's most well-known whisky producers outside of the country, but an excellent one nevertheless. This expression was allowed to mature in red wine casks before bottling at 50% ABV, imparting a bounty of dark frui

From one of Japan's youngest distilleries (Shizuoka opened in 2017) comes this peated single malt distilled on 12 December 2018 (using the wash stills brought over from Karuizawa, no less), matured in a single bourbon barrel, and bottled in May 2022. This bottle was part of a private collection -

This is a 5 year old single malt from little-known White Oak, based in Hyogo (just west of Kobe). It was aged in a Sherry cask for those 5 years, resulting in generous helpings of lip-smacking Sherried sweetness.

Single malt whisky here from the White Oak Akashi range, matured for five years in a white wine cask. It's usually red wine casks that you see whisky matured in, but right here we're looking at one drawn from a white wine cask, resulting in... Well, a different flavour profile, as you would expect k