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• Sake and shochu to continue Japan’s UNESCO World Heritage assault
• Hakushu 12 returns in Japan on March 30, 2021
• [Premium] Japanese Whisky Standard Roundtable
• Suntory announces Yamazaki Limited Edition 2021, Hibiki Blossom Harmony 2021
• Helios Single Malt Kyoda Cask Strength, Mars Tsunuki Peated
• Hikari Distillery: Tokyo’s closest whisky distillery, but no rush
• Japanese whisky and spirits in 2020 + 2021 outlook
• [Premium] Mars Tsunuki Distillery: Back to Hombo Shuzo’s roots
• Komoro Distillery brings whisky back to Mt. Asama
• Review: KitKat Chocolatory Whisky Barrel Aged
• [Premium] Whisky Galore Interview: Yoshitsugu Komasa, Kanosuke Distillery Year 2
• Mars Malt Le Papillon I. io, Sherry Butt #3356
• Japanese Whisky Survey: Get your voice heard
• [Premium] Kanosuke Distillery: True Japanese Craft
• Wood spirits nosing by BenFiddich’s Kayama-san
• [Premium] The Tasting: Riku, Taketsuru, Togouchi Sake Cask Finish, Tsunuki The First
• Vermouth 851#001, Akashi Old Sherry Butt 12, Tsunuki Single Casks, Wa Bi Gin Double Cask Finish
• Yoichi Distillery adds a biogas power plant
• Review: Nikka Sesh
• [Premium] Whisky Galore Interview: Ichiro Akuto, “The Lovers of Whisky”
• Shizuoka Distillery to release Single Malt Shizuoka Prologue K in Jan 2021
• [Premium] Yasato Distillery, Japanese whisky with local ingredients and yeast cultures
• Suntory is releasing an Ao Discovery Kit, but you probably won’t discover much
• Asahimachi Apple Brandy, Single Malt Nagahama vol.2, Sleepy Owl
• Yamazaki 2020 Edition is released, just not to the public
• [Premium] Chichibu Daini Distillery: Direct-fired Distillation
• Review: Kanosuke New Born Peated
• [Premium] Ariake Sangyo: Wooden sake boxes to Japan’s only cooperage
• Exports of Japanese whisky set to overtake sake in 2020
• Ichiro’s Malt Chichibu The First Ten comes along in November
• Single Malt Akashi Beer Cask Finish
• Hanyu Distillery is being rebuilt and is coming back in February 2021
• Review: Mellowed Kozuru Limited, Cask #2155
• Suntory’s Ohmi Aging Cellar for whisky to expand yet again
• [Premium] Sakurao Distillery starts grain whisky distillation, fusing Japanese and Western techniques
• [Premium] The Tasting: Akitasugi Gin, Stilldam Gin, Ichiro’s Malt & Grain 505
• Whisky Okayama High Ball, Japan’s first single malt RTD
• fifty two seats of happiness x Venture Whisky
• [TWSC2021] Whisky Pros vs. Shochu Pros: TWSC2020 Shochu Results Comparison
• [Premium] Mamoru Tsuchiya interviews Akkeshi Distillery’s Keiichi Toita
• [TWSC2021] Shochu vs. whisky, and taking shochu global
• [Premium] Inside Akkeshi Distillery
• [TWSC2021] Going global with hybrid judging
• Getting grainy at Komasa Jyozo’s Hioki Distillery
• Akkeshi Single Malt Whisky Kanro, Single Malt Saburomaru 0 The Fool
• Hakkaisan’s Niseko Distillery launches in February 2021
• [Premium] Osuzuyama Distillery expresses Miyazaki in whisky
• Announcing Whisky Galore & nomunication.jp
• Newly Licensed Whisky Distilleries September 2020: Kyoto Miyako, Ide Jozoten, Toki no Sumika
• Crowdfunding launches for Tokyo Riverside Distillery, for gin and whisky(?)
• Review: Hitachino Highball
• New Whisky Roundup: Nikka Session, Komagatake LE 2020, Kanosuke New Born Peated, and Yamazaki?
• RecoMentor, a whisky flavor search engine
• Kampai Samurai: Brian Ashcraft, sake & Japanese whisky
• Jameson Tokyo Limited, 2020 Edition
• Yamazaki 55 sets Japanese whisky record with $800K sale
• Review: Osuzu Gin
• Review: Kirin Whiskey Pure & Mellow Riku Land Discovery
• Tasting: A handful of legacy Japanese whiskies
• Japanese Malt Whisky Sakura, Tokyo Station’s new whisky spot
• Introducing Nomewnication Craft Gin
• Is Mars Whisky’s Malt of Kagoshima returning after a 36 year hiatus?
• Meet Kokuto Shochu, Amami Islands’ rum alternative
• Mars Malt Le Papillon A. cardamines
• Review: Ichiro’s Malt & Grain World Blended Whisky 505, “Silver Label”
• Review: Zeiver
• Osuzuyama Distillery brings Osuzu Malt New Make, Osuzu Gin
• Japanese Whisky Product List updated: Compilation, color, and Chinese editions
• Newly Licensed Whisky Distilleries, July 2020: Shinzato, Nagahama #2, Fuji Kaguya
• Infographic: Japanese Whisky Timeline
• Coronavirus be damned: Japanese distilleries reopening to tours
• Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition 2020: Shochu Division Results Announcement
• Review: The Sugawara Suikyou Oloroso Butt Finish
• Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition 2020 Results Announced
• Japanese Craft Gins, Summer 2020 Edition
• Event Report: The SG Shochu Cocktail Pairing Dinner
• Review: Kizashi Kihada Tonic Water
• Review: Shima Fukuro Tokachi Brandy Hokkaido Jukusei 30 Years
• Six bars in Japan are in Asia’s 50 Best Bars for 2020
• Akkeshi Distillery extracts first local peat
• Single Malt Nagahama via three bottles on May 19
• Yes, Suntory is making whisky at the Osumi Distillery… from rice
• The Essence of Suntory Whisky Volume 4: Sakura and Rice
• Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition 2020 goes remote
• Japan’s National Tax Agency now allows liquor takeout, delivery
• Suntory looking into distilling sanitizer in Japan
• Maoi Distillery, Japanese vermouth, and the Hokkaido Martini
• Kikusui Shuzo releasing Alcohol 77 at 77% abv, officially NOT sanitizer
• Why aren’t Japanese distilleries making hand sanitizer?
• Review: The SG Shochu IMO
• WWA 2020: Japan reclaims World’s Best Single Malt title
• Review: Suntory Japanese Gin Sui
• Inside Japan’s first mocktail bar: Low-Non-Bar
• Tokyo International BarShow 2020 canceled due to coronavirus
• Single Malt Yoichi, Miyagikyo Apple Brandy Wood Finish
• Single Malt Eigashima Sherry Cask, Blended Eigashima Sherry Cask Finish
• Review: The Japanese Bitters Sakura
• A visit to Hitachino Brewing Tokyo Distillery, Tokyo’s first open to the public
• Johnnie Walker Blue Label Japan Limited Edition 2020
• Masahiro, Hioki, Hikari, Kumazawa Distilleries get licenses to whisky
• Interview: Mamoru Tsuchiya, whisky journalist and Japan Whisky Research Centre chief
• Kirin Single Grain Whiskey “Fuji” on April 21
• Kirin Whiskey Pure & Mellow Riku Land Discovery
• Coronavirus leads to tour cancellations at Japanese whisky distilleries
• Niigata’s “Yaso” 80SPIRITS, 80GIN feature 80 plants+23 botanicals
• 3 new Mars: Lucky Cat Hana, Le Papillon A. puspa, Shinshu Bartender’s Choice
• Review: Suntory On the Rocks Whisky Shikomimizu-wari
• Kura The Whisky Sherry Cask Finish from Okinawa’s Helios
• Tasting: Shizuoka Distillery Private Cask 2019 New Make Spirit
• The SG Shochu wants shochu in your bar from February 14
• Suntory announces The Yamazaki 55 Years Old
• Helios Distillery’s Japanese craft rum Teeda Aged 21 Years
• Single Cask Komagatake Minami Shinshu Beer IPA Cask Finish
• Japanese Whisky Festival 2020 on April 12
• Nikka Pure Malt NAS renewal announced for March 31
• Bar Arai Tateguten, Tokyo’s latest Japanese craft cocktail hideout
• Confirmed: Nikka killing Taketsuru 17, Taketsuru 21, Taketsuru 25, plans NAS rebirth
• Japanese Water Showdown: 11 Japanese sodas taste tested
• One million cases of Jim Beam sold in Japan in 2019
• Happy new year! What to expect in 2020 for Japanese whisky
• NEMA brings in non-alcoholic whisky-flavored gin
• SHOCHU Mix Up 2020 on January 26 in Ginza
• Suntory Japanese Gin Sui on March 10
• Asian bar powerhouse SG Group launching “The SG Shochu” in February 2020
• Review: Saburomaru Distillery “Cask Tales” #19080, #19097
• Review: No.223 ToRETOUR Cask, a single cask awamori
• Hokkaido’s Rishiri Island will have Japan’s northernmost distillery
• Review: Ichiro’s Malt Chichibu On The Way 2019
• Yamazakura Japanese Single Malt Whisky Asaka The First
• Take the Whisky Kentei in English on February 9, 2020
• Hitachino Brewing Tokyo Distillery to open in Akihabara on December 12, 2019
• Review: Mars Shinshu Komagatake 2012, 7yo, Whisky Festival in Tokyo 2019
• New study shows pigs fed shochu dunder are more chill and taste better
• Event Report: Gin-Posium Japan 2019
• Osuzuyama Distillery is now Miyazaki prefecture’s first whisky distillery
• Yokohama gets a craft gin distillery: Number Eight Distillery
• Event Report: Whisky Festival in Tokyo 2019
• The Yamato Single Malt Whisky probably isn’t whisky
• Mars Burn The Barrel Edition #2, Peated Malt
• Wakatsuru Whisky Moon Glow Half Moon 2019
• Gin-Posium Japan 2019, November 24
• Tantakatan Gin highlights Hokkaido’s spicy red shiso
• Whisky Festival in Tokyo 2019 – Festival bottle details
• The House of KI NO BI opens in Kyoto, Spring 2020
• Review: 018 Marinara, mitosaya Botanical Distillery
• The Essence of Suntory Whisky Volume 3: Cedar throwdown
• Review: The Matsui Mizunara Cask
• Review: ePower Premium Craft Gin Tatsumi Distillery
• Matsui Gin The Hakuto from Kurayoshi Distillery
• mitosaya Botanical Distillery: premium eau de vie from Chiba
• Dake Kanba is Hokkaido’s own Mars Whisky
• Suntory Whisky Royal, Year of the Rat Bottle, 2020 edition
• Review: 7 Years Old Kaiyō Whisky Japanese Mizunara Oak Finish The SINGLE
• Shibuya Edition joins Scallywag’s Adventure Series
• Kin no Bi Kyoto Gold Gin, the Goldschläger of Japanese gin
• Japanese Craft Gin Perfume Gin
• What if Sapporo Beer made whisky?
• Mars Whisky Sakura Cask Finish
• Japan’s first equity crowdfunded distillery project: Distillery Shakotan Blue
• Kanosuke New Born 2019 edition in late October
• Honkaku Shochu & Awamori Collection 2019 in Roppongi
• Japanese Craft Gin Roundup, Late 2019 Edition
• Review: Kaiyō Japanese Mizunara Oak The Peated
• Japanese Water Showdown: Still Water
• Whisky Festival 2019 in Tokyo, November 16-17
• Review: Kikka Gin Batch 004
• Review: Fuji Gotemba Distillery Blended Whisky Kumpu, 2019 Edition
• Japan-exclusive Knappogue 12 Barolo celebrates the close of the Heisei era
• Review: Kirin Whisky Oak Master Taru Kaoru
• TWSC details new “Japanese Whisky” requirements
• Aichi Craft Whisky Kiyosu, another fake. Probably.
• Kampai Samurai: Jarom Reid, Johnnie Walker Brand Ambassador Japan
• Review: Kaiyō Japanese Mizunara Oak Cask Strength Whisky
• Single Cask Komagatake Voyager Estate Limited Edition
• Pocky meets Chuhai, I shit you not
• White Oak Single Malt Akashi Imo Sherry Cask 3 year
• Shinshu Absinthe Plain
• The Amazon Bar is back in Tokyo — and this time it might be better
• Single Malt Komagatake Limited Edition 2019
• Kanosuke Distillery launching single cask New Born series
• Ki no Jyu, Kin no Bi take Japanese craft gin to sky high prices
• Where to buy Japanese whisky in Tokyo (maybe)
• Review: Kaiyō Japanese Mizunara Oak Whisky
• Sake series 5: Sake today and how to start discovering
• So, about that Kaiyō Whisky
• Suntory invests another 6 billion yen to expand capacity at Ohmi
• Review: Harry Cranes Craft Highball vs. Nikka Black Highball Kaoru Yoru
• Review: Mars Malt Le Papillon C. thyodamas Sherry Butt #5152
• Sake series 4: Variations on a theme – sake processing and styles
• TOGA Tenku Whisky from Wakatsuru Saburomaru
• The Card Series “Price is Right” Contest
• Interview: Kimio Yonezawa, Owner-Toji, Akashi Sake Brewery & Kaikyo Distillery
• Review: Mars Malt Le Papillon L. japonica Cask #1698
• Black Nikka Rich Blend Comfort Aroma on October 16
• Sake series 3: Just junmai
• Tokyo’s most remote bar is 1000km from the city, and tomorrow it turns 20
• Review: The Fuji Gotemba BLEND KIT
• Kampai Samurai: Alex Davies, Head Distiller, The Kyoto Distillery
• Andaz Tokyo Edition Ki Noh Bi Cask Aged Kyoto Dry Gin
• Review: Ichiro’s Malt & Grain Japanese Blended Whisky Limited Edition 2018
• Sake series 2: The sake spectrum
• Tatsumi Distillery’s latest gin botanical: giant water bugs
• Review: Kanomori Craft Gin
• Mt. Rokko is getting a whisky distillery too
• Sake series 1: What sake is not
• Introducing sake expert Arline Lyons
• Introducing the nomunication.jp Shop and Japan Whisky Maker Map
• Kampai Samurai: Dramtastic, Brian Love, Japanese whisky
• Japan Whisky Research Centre aiming define “Japanese whisky”
• Inside Tokyo’s tiny new distillery: Tokyo Craft Liqueur
• Kampai Samurai: Stephen Lyman, shochu
• Wakatsuru Saburomaru unveils world’s first cast pot still
• Kampai Samurai: Rob Bright & Joe Robson, Japanese craft beer
• Grab a beer to go daily in Ginza for 2500 yen a month
• Mars Malt Le Papillon L. japonica
• Review: Suntory World Whisky Ao
• Niigata Kameda Distillery details trickle in
• Kampai Samurai: Stefan Van Eycken, Japanese whisky
• Introducing the Kampai Samurai interview series
• Mars Maltage “Cosmo” Manzanilla Cask Finish
• Ichiro’s Malt Chichibu The Peated 2018 meets chocolate
• Review: Legent Bourbon
• Meet Japan’s first real blended shochus
• Kyoto Distillery’s Ki No Bi Sloe Gin-type Haskap Liqueur
• Event Report: Tokyo International BarShow 2019 ~Cocktail & Music~
• The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo Premium Japanese Whisky Flight
• New umeshus from Matsui Whisky and White Oak
• Amahagan World Malt Edition No.2 Red Wine Wood Finish
• HIBIKI art lounge 2019 Art of Blending
• Moon Glow Limited Edition 2019
• Review: Hanyu, 2000-2013, Ichiro’s Malt, Kanda Bartender’s Choice, Barrel No. 959, 160/303, 60.9% abv.
• Review: THE ESSENCE of SUNTORY WHISKY YAMAZAKI DISTILLERY SPANISH OAK
• Gin Festival Tokyo 2019 on June 8-9
• Nagahama Distillery now accepting second round of cask owners
• Win free tickets to Tokyo International BarShow 2019 ~Cocktail & Music~
• The Matsui Mizunara Cask wins Double Gold at SFWSC 2019
• When is Tokyo getting its first subscription-based bar?
• Suntory Japanese Craft Liqueur Kanade is official
• Ikawa Distillery to become Japan’s highest with 1200m elevation
• Hanyu Card Series Full Deck Tasting in Gothenburg Sweden, Nov 2-3 2019
• KISS Rock Legends Sake Series
• Personal seal maker Otani to launch a whisky distillery
• Review: Hitachino Whisky, 2019 edition
• Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition 2019 first results are in
• I just funded this Single Cask Awamori project. Wait, single cask what?
• Black Chai Gin from Brown Sugar 1st.
• Is Kyoto Distillery readying some liqueur?
• No, Yamazaki Limited Edition 2019 probably isn’t happening
• Suntory announces The Yamazaki Neko Cask 2019 edition, celebrating our feline friends
• Niigata Beer also unveils whisky distillery plans
• WWA 2019: Japan dominates in blends & grain
• Hakkaisan Brewery to open a whisky distillery in Niseko
• Japanese Craft Gin Tsukusu from Nishi Shuzo
• Review: THE ESSENCE of SUNTORY WHISKY YAMAZAKI DISTILLERY MONTILLA WINE CASK
• Suntory’s Japanese Craft Liqueur Kanade
• Review: THE ESSENCE of SUNTORY WHISKY YAMAZAKI DISTILLERY REFILL SHERRY CASK
• Chichibu, 2010-2018, Cream Sherry Hogshead Cask 2633, 48/285, 59.6% abv.
• Photo Report: Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition
• Komasa Gin Hojicha
• Three new Mars single malt whiskies
• Harry Cranes Craft Highball
• Mars Komagatake Heavily Peated, 2014-2017, Cask No. 1855, 502/578, 59.8% abv.
• Yep, Japan now has a kale chuhai
• Nukada Distillery launches with the Hitachino Highball
• Are Nikka and Suntory distilling whisky in Kagoshima?
• Review: Akkeshi New Born Foundations 3
• Black Nikka Deep Blend Night Cruise, May 28
• Will Maruzen Foods become the MGP of Japanese whisky?
• Japanese Craft Rum: Teeda Aged 5 Years
• Tokyo’s Best Happy Hours
• Grand Hyatt Tokyo exclusive: Ichiro’s Malt & Grain Maduro
• The Essence of Suntory Whisky Volume 2: Yamazaki loves Spain
• Japanese gin exports grew 600% in 2018
• Hisashi Sugimoto, Bar Oak, and The Tokyo Station Hotel
• Nikka details pricey Yoichi & Miyagikyo Limited Edition 2019
• Dassai Umeshu lands globally on March 1
• The Nikka Tailored is coming on April 9
• Junenmyo Half Decade, the Hokuriku-only whisky from Saburomaru
• Review: The Matsui Single Malt Japanese Whisky Sakura Cask
• Mars Whisky “Kasei” for LMDW
• Kirin to invest 8bio yen into Fuji Gotemba Distillery
• Craft Bitters Citrus from Okinawa’s Mizuho Shuzo
• There’s finally a certified Vegan sake
• Japan Pisco Association launch & Pisco Sour Day
• Ki No Bi Edition G: ex-Henri Giraud Champagne Barrels
• Johnnie Walker Blue Label Japan Limited Edition 2019
• Review: The Cask of Yamazaki 1993, b. 2003, White Oak Hogshead No. 3P70284, Ohmi Aging Cellar Location 54-W-23-4, 12/216, 55% abv.
• Review: Wapirits Tumugi
• Review: Karuizawa 31, 1981, Shinanoya Private Cask 5th Anniversary, Bourbon Barrel Cask Number 4961, 228 bottles, 60.0% abv.
• Review: Karuizawa 21, 1991, The School of Malt – Lesson III, Number One Drinks, Selected by Dave Broom, Sherry Butt #9091, 63.7% abv.
• Review: Kawasaki 29 year old sherry butt #7414, Whisky Live Tokyo 2011
• Review: Karuizawa 30 year sherry cask #5347, red geisha label
• Akkeshi New Born Foundations 3 has Hokkaido Mizunara on March 5
• Suntory premium whisky bottle concepts
• More discontinuations: Kakubin White, Yellow, Chita 350ml, Nikka 12, Nikka Coffey Malt, Nikka Coffey Grain
• Yomeishu’s craft gin is called Kanomori
• Kanosuke Owners Club is the Kanosuke Distillery’s cask ownership program
• Araside, 2010-2017, Duncan Taylor, European Vintage Hogshead Cask 1 of 2, 330 bottles, 55% abv.
• Suntory World Whisky Ao coming on April 16, 2019
• Review: Hibiki Blender’s Choice, 43% abv
• Mars Shinshu getting a 1.2bio yen upgrade this year
• Review: Hanyu and Kawasaki Blend, Ichiro’s Malt & Grain Single Cask Blended Whisky, Exclusively Bottled for The 13th Anniversary of The Mash Tun Tokyo, Cask No. 7880, 100 bottles, 60% abv.
• Japanese Whisky Product List books now available in English
• Japan’s first non-alcoholic gin: NEMA
• Review: Nikka Tsuru 17, Blended, 43% abv.
• Review: Mars Komagatake, Yakushima Aging Cellar, d.2014, 1,140 bottles, 59% abv.
• New author: Eric Yee, @starvinggigolo
• Yodobashi Camera begins selling alcohol
• Infographic: Japanese Whisky in 2018, year in review
• Masataka Taketsuru: Nikka Lives On
• Link 8888, a sake aged in Chivas Regal casks
• Masataka Taketsuru: Post-War Nikka Whisky
• Kaikyo Distillery and Hatozaki Whisky
• New Japanese craft gins: Kitasuisho, 9148 Apple, Hioki
• Review: Kanosuke New Born
• Matsui Shuzo and the phantom Kurayoshi Distillery
• Review: Kyoto Dry Gin Ki No Bi Edition K
• 10 ways to drink Japanese whisky: #10, Choiso
• The Japanese Craft Gin: Koganei
• Furusato Nozei: Japan’s government-sponsored booze
• Shizuoka Distillery begins all-Shizuoka whisky production
• Whisky pens: Pure Malt Jetstream Inside
• Kinmon Akita brings whisky into the world of aged sake
• Single Malt Okayama for Tenmaya 200th Anniversary
• Masataka Taketsuru: Independent at Yoichi Distillery
• 10 ways to drink Japanese whisky: #9, Half Rock
• Event Report: Gin-Posium Japan 2018
• Event Report: Whisky Festival 2018 in Tokyo
• Masataka Taketsuru: Japanese whisky’s dark early days
• Review: Single Malt Whisky White Oak Akashi Sake Cask
• Kirin is killing Fuji Sanroku Tarujuku 50°
• Amahagan World Malt Edition No.1 from Nagahama Distillery
• Kayuki Ume Spirits from Nakano BC
• Japan business drinking culture guide
• Craft Gin The Inland Sea Setouchi
• Kiuchi Shuzo to launch Yasato Distillery
• The Ghost Series #9: Akashi 2015
• Masataka Taketsuru: Launching Japan’s first whisky distillery
• Plastic Oceans Charity Auction includes Karuizawa 50yo, Yoichi 1988 Single Cask
• Nikka Days whisky released, EU only for now
• Marsmalt Le Papillon P.maackii Single Cask Japanese Whisky
• Masataka Taketsuru: Grain Whisky & Marriage to Rita
• Akayane Craft Gin Heart (Aki), (Fuyu), Premium Vodka
• Is Kaikyo Distillery Japan’s next whisky distillery?
• Gin-Posium Japan 2018 on November 25
• Kanosuke New Born is born
• 10 ways to drink Japanese whisky: #8, Ice Ball
• It turns out Oenon made a Japanese craft gin
• Yamagata’s Yuza Distillery goes live in November
• Shizuoka Distillery opening for public tours
• Single Malt Whisky White Oak Akashi Sake Cask… what is it?
• Benzakura Distillery 9148 gin, Recipe #3891
• Japanese Whisky could learn a thing or two from Japanese Wine
• Review: Mars Whisky Single Malt Komagatake Limited Edition 2018
• 2019 Year of the Boar bottles of Suntory Whisky Royal, Suntory Old Whisky
• Suntory Haku Vodka is now official, and available in the US
• 10 ways to drink Japanese whisky: #7, Mizuwari
• Review: Mars Whisky The Lucky Cat “May”
• Review: Miyagikyo Manzanilla Wood Finish, Yoichi Manzanilla Wood Finish
• Event Report: JR East Hotels Craft Cocktail Competition 2018
• Mars Whisky The Lucky Cat May
• Masataka Taketsuru: Rita & Campbeltown
• Review: Chichibu Chibidaru 2018
• Akashi Cabernet Franc cask from Isetan/Mitsukoshi
• Review: Sakurao Gin Hamagou
• Yoichi and Miyagikyo Manzanilla Wood Finish on Sept 26
• Whisky Festival 2018 in Tokyo is November 24-25
• Review: Nikka Black Deep Blend Extra Sweet
• Suntory and Karimoku team up for K Chair, made from whisky casks
• Infographic: 20 Late Night Options in Tokyo
• 10 ways to drink Japanese whisky: #6, Hot Whisky
• Komasa Jyozo Distillery Festival November 10-11
• Single Malt Komagatake Limited Edition 2018
• Ki No Tou is Kyoto Distillery’s Old Tom Gin
• The next Japanese absinthe: Kusushiki
• Jameson Japan Limited Bottle
• Masataka Taketsuru: Rothes Life, Whisky Life
• Akkeshi Distillery starts using Hokkaido malt
• Akayane Craft Gin HEART (Natsu)
• Sakurao Gin Hamagou arrives September 3
• We’re getting more Fuji Sanroku Signature Blend
• Event Report: Gin Live Tokyo 2018
• JR East Japan Hotels Creative Cocktail Competition 2018 on September 24
• Masataka Taketsuru: To The Mecca of Whisky via America
• Yamazaki Umeshu is getting a smoky cask-aged edition
• Kirin’s Fuji Gotemba Distillery
• Whisky licenses for Nikka’s Satsuma Tsukasa Distillery, Kizakura’s Tamba Factory
• Infographic: Japanese Whisky, Real or Fake?
• Review: Benizakura Distillery’s 9148, Kyoya Distillery’s Hinata
• Masataka Taketsuru: Beginning the Journey, 100 Years Ago
• Wakatsuru Saburomaru Distillery launching cask owner program
• Taste Test: Japan’s Clear Beers
• Sakurao Gin Original & Nikka Coffey Vodka win spirits awards back-to-back
• Nikka Black Deep Blend Extra Sweet in September
• Yamazaki Distillery closed today due to earthquake
• BLACKADDER Chichibu 4yo Virgin American Oak Barrel Cask No.2862 63%
• Event Report: GINfest Tokyo 2018
• PBO Cocktail & Bar Festa 2018 is on July 29
• Japanese Craft Gin Roundup, it’s World Gin Day 2018!
• Komasa Gin from Komasa Jyozo coming July 28
• Tasting Report: Lemon-Do Chuhai, Coca-Cola’s first alcoholic drinks
• Trademark Watch: The NISEKO distillery, Yamato Whisky
• nomunication.jp hosts a Whisky Bottle Share on July 21
• Shizuoka Distillery re-opens Premium Bottle Selection program for 2019
• Marsmalt Le Papillon H.glaucippe liukiuensis Single Cask Japanese Whisky
• Review: Nikka Black Rich Blend Extra Sherry
• 10 ways to drink Japanese whisky: #5, Twice Up
• Gin Live Tokyo 2018 is being held on July 28
• Infographic: Japanese Whisky, Then vs. Now
• MOON GLOW Limited Edition 2018
• Review: Tarusky Premium Blend, 12-year cask aged shochu
• 10 ways to drink Japanese whisky: #4, Mist
• Akita Whisky: Another new Japanese malt whisky in 2023
• Introducing the Nomunication Forums! Join the Nomikai today
• Interview with Dave Broom at Tokyo International BarShow 2018
• Suntory All-Free All-Time: clear non-alcoholic beer coming soon
• Event Report: Tokyo International BarShow 2018
• It’s official: Hakushu 12 and Hibiki 17 are being halted
• Jameson Caskmates Tokyo Edition is Jameson+DevilCraft
• Suntory Haku Japanese Craft Vodka is coming
• Japan’s first single malt whisky now on Amazon Japan
• 10 ways to drink Japanese whisky: #3, Samboa Highball
• Asta Morris Chichibu 6yo Bourbon Barrel 1st fill Cask No.1552 60.9%
• Tokyo Shochu Rakuen 2018: June 24, 48 distilleries, 150 minutes
• Wakatsuru Saburomaru Distillery: more details emerge
• GinFest Tokyo is June 9-10, celebrating World Gin Day
• 10 ways to drink Japanese whisky: #2, Whisky Float
• Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2018: Tokyo edition
• Japan Distillery Map now even better!
• Japan to commercialize wood liquor by 2020
• Sapporo’s Benizakura Distillery now open, releases craft gin 9148
• Chuhai Watch: orange vinegar, apple ginger, mango, oroblanco
• 10 ways to drink Japanese whisky: #1, Whisky Highball
• Black Nikka Rich Blend Extra Sherry is official
• Chichibu Distillery to start using Chichibu mizunara this year
• Akkeshi New Born Foundations 2 is peaty this summer
• Bombay Sapphire The Tonic Essence tonic-izes your soda
• Kagoshima’s Japanese Craft Gin Juju
• Tokyo Cocktail 7 Days 2018 cocktail week runs May 18-27
• Suntory Hakushu Distillery
• Tokyo Whisky and Spirits Competition happening March 2019
• Chuhai Watch: Pear, sumomo, kiwi, acerola, and melon soda
• Coca-Cola’s first alcoholic drinks just got real: “Lemon-Do” chuhais coming May 28
• There might not be a Yamazaki Limited Edition 2018
• Kanosuke New Pot from Kanosuke Distillery, April 28
• Tokachi Brandy’s new Shima Fukuro brandies now available Japanwide
• “Kohaku no Yume” TV drama to be based on the life of Suntory’s founder, Shinjiro Torii. Airs fall 2018!
• Review: Suntory The Cocktail Bar Professional Gin & Tonic, Moscow Mule
• Akayane Craft Gin Heart (Haru)
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• World Whiskies Awards 2018, Japan Round 1 & 2 results
• Chuhai Watch: Honeydew Hyoketsu, Pineapple Kokushibori, and more!
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• Chugoku Jozo opens Sakurao Distillery for Hiroshima’s first single malt whisky & craft gin
• Chuhai Watch: Kirin Hyoketsu fruity blends and Suntory Strong Zero Pineapple
• Event Report: Gin-Posium Japan 2017
• Japanese Whisky Distilleries to Watch 2018-19: Nagahama Distillery, Wakatsuru Saburomaru Distillery
• Event Report: Tokyo Whisky Festival 2017
• AWA GIN is Shikoku’s first Japanese gin
• Review: Nikka Black Aromatic
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• Ki No Bi Navy Strength ALLGIN Edition
• Shizuoka Distillery Private Cask 2018 coming soon
• Glenmorangie Astar, Johnnie Walker 18, Ballantine’s Single Malts coming to Japan
• Japanese Whisky Distilleries to Watch 2018-19: Shizuoka Distillery, Akkeshi Distillery
• Nagahama Distillery New Make 59­° Heavily Peated
• Chuhai Watch: strawberries, peaches, and lemons
• Chichibu Whisk(e)y Matsuri 2018: February 18
• Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique Y’s Cask pre-orders begin
• Trump Winery now available in Japan
• Blend of Tokachi celebrates 50 years of Hokkaido’s Tokachi Brandy
• Chuhai Watch: -196°C Strong Zero Acerola, Asu no Shequasar, Mogitate Hyuganatsu
• Mars Whisky releases The Lucky Cat Mint blended whisky
• Henn na Bar, the Weird Bar, is Japan’s first robot-staffed bar
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• Whisky Hills 2017 is all about Jim Beam
• Chuhai Watch: Kirin Hyoketsu Strong Nanko Ume
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• Chuhai Watch: -196°C Strong Zero Green Apple, Kokushibori Pear, Honshibori Citrus, Hyoketsu Orange Cowboy
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• Japanese Craft Gin Pop-up Bar at Mandarin Oriental Tokyo, Nov 2017
• Whisky Festival Tokyo 2017 official cocktails
• Asaka Distillery Cask Owners Round 2 sign-ups open
• Chuhai Watch: Suntory -196°C Strong Zero White Grape
• Wolfburn Distillery Virtual Seminar on 12-Oct, 8PM JST
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• Japan Distillery Map now live!
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• High Five climbs to #13 in “The List”, Bar Ben Fiddich ranked for the first time
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• Shizuoka Distillery Premium Bottle Selection reservations open Oct 12, 12PM JST
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• Suntory unveils 2018 Year of the Dog bottles for Royal and Old
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• Chuhai Watch: -196°C Strong Zero Yuzu Double
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• Whisky Festival Tokyo 2017 seminars announced
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• Japan-only Jack Daniel’s Black Halloween Box 2017
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• Whisky Festival Tokyo 2017: 26-Nov
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• 2017 Lead Off Japan Expo event report
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