Nikka Session is designed for the Japanese highball tradition — a blended whisky assembled specifically for mixing with soda water. The name refers to the social, session-drinking context in which highballs are consumed in Japan.
The blend prioritises citrus brightness and lightness — qualities that sparkle when mixed with cold soda. Neat, it is pleasant but insubstantial. In a highball, it becomes exactly what it was designed to be — a crisp, refreshing, social drink.
Nikka Session is a purpose-built cocktail whisky. Judge it in a highball, not in a Glencairn glass. In that context, it succeeds admirably — bright, clean and exactly right for social drinking.
