– He came from the planet of soy.
– The cool guy…
– Kikkoman!
…but who’s this foreigner disrupting the established order of things? Kilcho–man?! I guess we’ll just have to settle this the Harry Hill way…
Fight!!!
So with oysters… which to use?
Round 1: Kikkoman VS Kilchoman Machir Bay on oysters – Fight!!!
Kikkoman or Kilchoman? Place your bets now!
We have a split decision ladies and gentlemen! The judge from England sees this round going to the soy sauce whilst the judge from Maryland has the Single Malt Scotch Whisky just ahead, what a suckers! It therefore all comes down to the judge from New York, who has marked her scorecard in favour of… Kikkoman!
Kikkoman 1 – 0 Kilchoman
– Gotta have soy sauce on oysters.
– Thank you, Kikkoman!
– Which to use on burger, dammit?
– I SAID… gotta have soy sauce for burger, too!
How though, do they fare in a tasting situation?
Round 2: Kikkoman VS Kilchoman Tasting – Fight!!!
Kilchoman Feis Ile 2013 – 60.1% abv
Kilchoman’s festival release is a vatting of casks 246 and 247, ex-bourbon casks where maturation took place for a period of 5 years. 500 bottles were produced.
Tasting note for Kilchoman Feis Ile 2013
Nose: Cookie dough, lime curd, custard. Fizzy apple sweets, cloudy lemonade.
Palate: Spirituous blueberry pancakes.
Finish: A touch of ice cream and peat.
Overall:
Tingly, fruity, creamy.
Kilchoman Loch Gorm – 46% abv
‘Loch Gorm’ is Kilchoman’s new sherry matured range and 10,000 bottles of this first edition have been released. It is aged for 5 years in Oloroso butts before a finishing period of 2 months in Oloroso hogsheads.
Tasting note for Kilchoman Loch Gorm
Nose: Soy! How appropriate! A little honeycomb polish, burnt raisins, flour and even mushroom. Perhaps a hint of lemon.
Palate: Sweet wine, a little thin. Some old rich wood develops (as well as damp wood?) and clove.
Finish: Peppered without being too hot, a little peat, dark wood and spices.
Overall: For its age, this is tremendous sherried hooch.
Kikkoman Soy Sauce
Kikkoman soy sauce is brewed naturally over several months and is made of soybean, wheat, salt and water.
Tasting note for Kikkoman
Nose: Mushroom pinwheels! Deep savoury, saltiness – delicious!
Palate: Woah! BIG hit of umami! Struggling not to screw up my face, that’s punchy!
Finish: Brine and a little truffle. I don’t feel great.
Overall:
I’m afraid there’s only one of those that I wouldn’t happily drink another glass of…
Kikkoman 1-1 Kilchoman
This round goes to Kilchoman!
So who wins overall? We have it as a draw, what does your scorecard say?
It shouldn’t need pointing out of course that Japan does also make some of the best whiskies in the entire world, but some people do take their soy sauce pretty seriously! Don’t believe me? Watch this video and just imagine they’re talking about a malt whisky distillery at certain points:
…and finally, here’s a handsomely scarfed Poochie!
Jake
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