Karuizawa 48 Year Old 1964 (cask 3603)

This is an excellent whisky to mix with coke, add a few ice cubes and sit by the pool. The coke really tones down the burn and makes it enjoyable

I absolutely loved this whisky. It was absolutely incredible. However, my child's college fund and my truck as a trade in for this was difficult decision.

I can with ease afford to spend 3k on this however, I don't believe I have been drinking whisky long enough to fully enjoy and understand what it is I am enjoying. I'm 34 and have been seriously into whisky and scotch for about 4 years now. I grew up seeing my Father drink scotch but in my twenties the goal was to get drunk not enjoy the taste. I have tasted many expressions in this short time and have a growing selection but I still feel that this one is a decade or better on the experience level. If you have not been passionately searching and empirically experiencing for 10 or better you will be cheating yourself. Don't get me wrong, a dog will enjoy Kobe steak if you give it him or an ape can drive a Bugatti but it is the total experience I am seeking by completely understanding what is I am partaking and the real knowledge and wisdom to put into proper context. Not just being some douchebag saying " Ya I bought the Karuizawa 1964, and it's awesome".

Hello there! The bottle number is 85. --The Chaps at Master of Malt

what is number of this bottle ?

Hi there! The bottle is number 41. --The Chaps at Master of Malt

What is the number of the bottle you have in stock?

well deserved pat on the back and shake of the hand for the post above. I'm not spending 9k on a bottle of anything either, but value for money is all a relative business. I'd rather spend £100 on a bottle of whisky and have 10 nice glasses than I would 10 bottles of wine for a tenner each - because I prefer the taste, enjoyment and experience of good whisky. Other people think I'm nuts to blow a ton on a bottle of drink. On another note: how the hell does this retain 57.7% after 48 years in cask!!

...just wait until the 1960 comes along...

It’s difficult to argue that there is much value in the review of a product which the author hasn’t, in fact, tried. However, in an effort to present the other side of the “it’s expensive, so it must be a rip-off” argument which inevitably crops up every time a release like this is made available, here goes.

Some things are expensive, some things are cheap, and people tend not to agree on which is which – for some people spending more than £20 on a wristwatch (or a bottle of whisky) is a terrible waste of money, for others spending less than £100 might seem foolish – why, just think how much more you’ll enjoy the £100 watch than the £20 one?

If someone would rather have the thing than the money, who are we to stop them? It’s all a matter of degree and perspective – almost everything we buy would be considered expensive to our parents. Does paying £2.40 for a latte represent good value for heating up 11p worth of ingredients? Of course not! Unless it does, unless you’d rather have the frothy coffee than the money in your pocket, in which case it is.

I can’t afford to spend £9k on a bottle whisky, in fact I can’t afford to spend £9k on a car, but if I had a few million in the bank and that amount of money were neither here nor there to me I might well indulge myself with a bottle like this – the drinking of which would, I’m sure, be a unique and remarkable experience.

From the reviews I’ve read of this bottling, it sounds utterly delicious – I love Japanese whisky and this is a good 20 years older than anything I have ever tried. I would dearly love to see what that additional maturation does for one of my favourite spirits.