Hibiki 12 Years Old Blended Japanese Whisky 50 cl

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We'll send them to be recycled and you'll save paper, carbon emissions and time at the recycling centre! Social drinking in Japan these days focuses on whisky highballs – cooling drinks made with blends or lighter malts mixed with ice and soda water – because Japan’s very hot and very humid climate demand a lighter style of whisky, devoid of heavier (or peated) flavors. Before the Japanese Whisky boom, it offered many whisky fans their first experience of what could be achieved from a blended expression and played a large part in changing people’s preferences. Don’t get me wrong, the Hibiki Harmony is a decent dram but it isn’t a patch on its predecessor and lacks any depth in taste due to its tender youth.

Its sister distillery , Hakushu, is located high up in foothills of the Japanese Alps, about a three-hour drive from Tokyo. Disputes that cannot be settled over multiple drams of whisky shall be solely submitted to the court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise. Your continued use of the Service after any such changes or updates take effect will constitute acknowledgement and (as applicable) acceptance of those changes or updates. The distillery produced both malt and grain whiskies which the company blended together, releasing its first Suntory White Label in 1929, the resulting popularity of which saw the firm renamed after it 1963.

The resulting influence was a welcome by-product, however, and now helps gives this whisky its distinctive flavor.

If my experience with Bastille 1789 is any indication, once you move away from the basic American and European oak, things start getting really interesting. Hibiki 12yo is made from a blend of over 30 whiskies, including some that plum liqueur cask matured whisky. Nose Juicy marmalade with real chunks of orange, cooked apples dusted with cinnamon, thick honey and plum wine.

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