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Nikka's cocktail-focused blend — light, citrusy and designed for mixing with soda.
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Ash Carrington
April 10, 2026
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Masataka Taketsuru's original premium blend — created in 1962, still a benchmark of Japanese blending.
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April 10, 2026
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Japan's oldest whisky distillery licence — sake-maker's single malt with a maritime Kobe influence.
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April 10, 2026
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Nikka's premium blend — Yoichi and Miyagikyo malts tailored into a sophisticated, well-dressed whisky.
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April 10, 2026
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Japanese blended malt from Tottori — clean, refined and matured with mizunara and other Japanese woods.
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April 10, 2026
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A world malt blended in Japan — mizunara cask finishing adding a distinctly Japanese signature.
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April 10, 2026
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Japan's newest distillery — using a wood-fired still salvaged from Karuizawa, producing spirit of astonishing quality.
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April 10, 2026
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Japanese blended whisky matured in a railway tunnel — a novel concept with modest results.
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April 10, 2026
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Kirin's malt whisky from the slopes of Mount Fuji — elegant, fruity and distinctly Japanese in precision.
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April 10, 2026
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Japanese blended malt finished in yoshino sugi (cedar) casks — aromatic, unusual and distinctly Japanese.
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April 10, 2026
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Affordable Japanese blended malt — named for a lighthouse, with a gentle maritime character.
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April 10, 2026
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Kirin's grain whisky from the foot of Mount Fuji — clean, delicate and distinctly Japanese.
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April 10, 2026
