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- JSLMA Standard Japanese Whisky: The Unofficial List
- Kourui Shochu and Grain Whisky, Differences and Similarities
- Nikka’s Yoichi Distillery gets its first new warehouse in 32 years
- Hanyu Distillery crowdfunding launches April 11, 2021
- Japanese Whisky Standard: Nuts, Bolts, Loopholes
- [Premium] Shinozaki Distillery Report, Craft Gin from Fukuoka
- Event Report: Japanese Whisky Day, April 1, 2021
- Review: Sumida River Sand (Kachidoki Edition)
- Recent Releases, April 2021: JWRC 20th Anniversary Single Casks, Ghost #15, Kyoto Whisky, and more
- [Premium] Stilldam Saga Kusunohana Distillery Report
- Saburomaru and Nagahama team up for Japanese craft whisky’s first stock swap
- Newly Licensed Whisky Distilleries, Feb 2021: Yakuza Edition
- [Premium] Tatsumi Distillery: A lone man goes down the rabbit hole of craft distilling
- Japanese Whisky Standard Q&A
- Hakushu Peated Malt 2021, Lucky Cat Choco, Akkeshi Blended Usui
- Asahi teams up with HOPE to make whisky from local Tohoku barley
- [Premium] World-class Spirits and Liqueurs at Suntory’s Osaka Factory
- Finally, a standard for Japanese Whisky
- Announcing Japanese Whisky Day: April 1
- Review: Helios Single Malt Whisky Kyoda Cask Strength 2020
- [Premium] Japanese Whisky: A Century’s Journey
- Review: Tsunuki Single Malt Japanese Whisky Limited of Minami-satsuma City
- Review: Single Malt Japanese Whisky Shizuoka Prologue K
- Japan’s most socially distanced izakaya opens on February 5, 2021
- Newly Licensed Whisky Distilleries, Jan 2021: OEMs, Reijin, Kuju Distillery
- 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)
- Tokyo International BarShow 2018 ~Bar Mythology~ is May 12-13! Win free tickets!
- Take the aroma of sake to the afterlife with One Cup Ozeki sake incense sticks
- Mars Whisky Saigo Don Blended Whisky on April 14
- Japanese whiskies win Worlds Best Single Malt, Blended Malt, Blended Limited at World Whiskies Awards 2018
- Lottery now open for Mars Single Malt Komagatake Aged 27 Years
- Chuhai Watch: Strong Zero Plum, Yamazaki Umeshu Soda, Mogitate Apple
- Ki No Bi Sei Kyoto Dry Gin
- Akashi Oloroso Sherry Cask 3 Year Old 1st Fill
- Japanese Craft Gin MIZUHO
- Black Nikka Rich Blend Extra Sherry on May 29
- Review: Sakurao Gin Original, Sakurao Gin Limited
- Review: Helios Distillery KURA The WHISKY Rum Cask Finish
- Chuhai Watch: Coca-Cola’s chuhai coming to Kyushu this summer
- Helios Distillery’s KURA The Whisky Rum Cask Finish
- What’s the difference between barley shochu and malt whisky?
- Marsmalt Le Papillon A. hippia japonica
- Chuhai Watch: Mogitate Lycee, Hyoketsu Salty Dog, Hokkaido-only Nikka, and more
- Review: Akkeshi New Born 2018 Foundations 1
- Kavalan Solist Brandy Y’s Cask Single Cask Strength
- Single Malt Komagatake Y’s Cask pre-orders open
- Hibiki Blender’s Choice coming September 4. RIP Hibiki 17?
- Happy Chinese New Year from Nomunication!
- World Whiskies Awards 2018, Japan Round 1 & 2 results
- Chuhai Watch: Honeydew Hyoketsu, Pineapple Kokushibori, and more!
- Sakurao Gin comes out on March 5, 2018
- Suntory’s The Cocktail Bar Professional Gin & Tonic, Moscow Mule RTDs
- Beam Suntory partners with Alibaba for official Tmall webstore
- Single Malt Komagatake Double Cellars Bottled in 2018
- Picture Report: Chivas Gold Signature Awards 2018
- Final Fantasy Whisky commemorates 30 years of the series
- Review: Muji Sake, 2017 edition
- Chuhai Watch: Spring Feeling
- You Missed the Devilman Whisky
- Suntory launches “THE ESSENCE of SUNTORY WHISKY” series
- PBO Bartender’s Competition 2018 on March 18
- Liquor Mountain Ginza 777 Grand Opening on Jan 11
- Chuhai Watch: Citrusy winter, cherry & strawberry, green apricot
- Muji Sake comes again on December 22, 2017
- AKAYANE Craft Gin from Sata Souji Shoten
- Swallow’s Paradise
- Shikoku Topaz
- Kyushu Blast
- Iyosa
- Mars Whisky Single Malt Komagatake Yakushima Aging
- 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
- Review: PiscoLogía Acholado
- Japanese Whisky Distilleries to Watch 2018-19: Asaka Distillery, Chichibu Distillery, Nukada Distillery
- 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
- Masahiro Okinawa Gin, a first for Japan’s Ryukyu paradise
- What is Interior Liqueur?
- Whisky Hills 2017 is all about Jim Beam
- Chuhai Watch: Kirin Hyoketsu Strong Nanko Ume
- Review: Kozue Japanese Craft Gin
- Asahi Whisky? They just got a license for it
- Wakayama Craft Gin “Kozue” comes out of nowhere
- Chuhai Watch: -196°C Strong Zero Green Apple, Kokushibori Pear, Honshibori Citrus, Hyoketsu Orange Cowboy
- Event Report: Sweden’s Box Destilleri Tokyo Launch Reception
- Single Malt Komagatake [1988] 29yo for Shinanoya ships today
- Whisky Festival Tokyo 10th Anniversary Bottle: Chichibu 2011
- Review: Rockland Distillery Ceylon Arrack, Colombo No7 Gin, White Rum, Dark Red Rum
- Nikka Black Aromatic officially announced
- Chuhai Watch: Kirin Bitters Yuzu, Hyoketsu Premium Pinot Noir
- Ki No Bi private bottling by Shinanoya, “Sen no Suzu” for Gin & Tonic
- 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
- Chuhai Watch: Mogitate Oroblanco
- Japan Distillery Map now live!
- Amazon Bar in Ginza open only October 20-29
- High Five climbs to #13 in “The List”, Bar Ben Fiddich ranked for the first time
- 4 Japanese bars rank in 51-100 listings of World’s Best Bars 2017
- Shizuoka Distillery Premium Bottle Selection reservations open Oct 12, 12PM JST
- Sasanokawa Shuzo Asaka Distillery’s first whiskies released
- Suntory unveils 2018 Year of the Dog bottles for Royal and Old
- Japan Gin Association Gin-Posium 2017 on December 3rd
- Chuhai Watch: -196°C Strong Zero Yuzu Double
- Yamazaki Whisky barrel-aged Master’s Dream beer from Suntory
- Coming to Tokyo Combinis Soon: Canned Hot Sake
- Nagahama Distillery New Make 59° Peated
- Kyoto Distillery announces Ki Noh Bi Aged Gin. Where’s Kyoto Distillery Whisky?
- Chuhai Watch: Mogitate Sixer, Hyoketsu Apple, Horoyoi Mikan
- Whisky Festival Tokyo 2017 seminars announced
- Gubit: Tokyo’s own drink-a-day subscription app
- Mars Distillery Single Malt Komagatake Nature of Shinshu Shinanotanpopo
- Chuhai Watch: Bitters Pink Grapefruit, Hyoketsu Strong European Pear, Kokushibori Apple
- Nikka officially announces Yoichi Rum Wood Finish, Miyagikyo Rum Wood Finish. And Moscatel!
- Suntory Yamazaki Mizunara 2017 Edition announced
- Chuhai Watch: Tabisuru Hyoketsu Forest Berry
- Event Report: Grand Malt Tasting 2017
- Chuhai Watch: Kirin Hyoketsu Strong Tosa Buntan
- Golgo 13 Whisky: Single Malt Scotch to Commemorate Manga’s 50th Anniversary
- Chuhai Watch: Suntory -196°C Strong Zero Pear Double
- Jameson Caskmates finally released in Japan. And it’s cheap
- New Nikka Single Malts: Yoichi Moscatel Wood Finish, Miyagikyo Moscatel Wood Finish
- Nikka Black Aromatic coming November 21st
- Asahi Beer wins design award for senior-friendly mini beers
- Shibuya Sake Festival 2017: Sept 30 & Oct 1
- Chuhai Watch: The CHOYA HIGH BALL
- Event Report: 3rd PBO Cocktail & Bar Festa 2017
- Johnny Walker Highball Studio @ Roppongi Hills, Sept 7-24
- Chuhai Watch: Kokushibori Grapefruit, Pineapple, Strong Zero Apple, Hyoketsu Kiwi
- Japan-only Jack Daniel’s Black Halloween Box 2017
- Lemon Sour Festival? I’m not kidding. Oct 20-22
- Honkaku Mugi Shochu + Sherry “Taru no Shizuku”
- Meet the Distillers, Sept 6 @ Roppongi BrewDog
- Suntory Kakubin 80th Anniversary Pop-up Bar in Roppongi Aug 31 to Sep 3
- Chuhai Watch: Sparkling Rosé & Sparkling Mango, Winter Mandarin & Winter Yuzu
- 2017 Yokohama International Cocktail Competition on Oct 9
- Japanese Beer: Draft vs Bottle vs Can
- Paul Giraud visiting Japan September 5-8, hosting faux distillery tours
- Chuhai Watch: New Kirin Strong Hyoketsu, Bitters Lime & Ginger, Honshibori Autumn Citrus
- Event Report: Malibu Because Summer Flair Challenge 2017
- Haircuts & Highballs at Dewar’s BARBER BAR in Shibuya
- Chuhai Watch: Strong Zero Double Orange, Horoyoi Red Apple
- Nikka releases new Yoichi Distillery Limited Blended Whisky
- Whisky Festival Tokyo 2017: 26-Nov
- Jose Cuervo Express in Japan chugs through Tokyo on Sept 3
- Chuhai Watch: Kokushibori Premium Aromatic Yuzu
- Wolfburn Japan Exclusive bottling announced, only 500 available
- Chuhai Watch: Sapporo Salt and Lemon Sour
- Suntory quadruples sales targets for Roku Gin, announces overseas release
- PBO Cocktail & Bar Festa 2017 on Aug 27
- Chuhai Watch: Wilkinson HARD Non-sugar Lemon
- Ki No Bi Gin wins IWSC 2017 Gold Medal
- New Otani Hotels Cocktail Competition 2017 on August 18
- Chuhai Watch: Kokushibori Summer Mango
- Chuhai Watch: -196°C Strong Zero Bitter Citrus
- GMT2017 – Moët Hennessy Diageo Grand Malt Tasting
- Tokyo Sumidagawa Brewing to launch 3 new beers
- Chuhai Watch: 13 New Chuhais over Chuhai Season
- Maker’s Mark CRAFT HIGHBALL STAND, Ginza
- Chuhai Watch: Hyoketsu Strong Hard Lime
- Nikka Coffey Malt Whisky wins Trophy at ISC 2017
- Hibiki 21 wins Supreme Champion Spirit at ISC 2017
- Chuhai Watch: Hyoketsu Strong Apple Cooler
- Chuhai Watch: Strong Zero Frozen Mandarin
- 2017 Lead Off Japan Expo event report
- Tokyo Bay Nouryousen 2017 launches for summer
- Amazon Japan releases Dash Buttons for beer & chuhai, leads world
- Reminder: Nikka Coffey Gin & Coffey Vodka drop today
- Shuiku no Kai Launch Party event report
- 6 Japanese bars rank in Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2017
- Nikka Black Aroma Bar @ Roppongi Hills, 6/22-7/9
- Lemon chuhai by Ebisu Ojinjo’s Shinichi Watanabe
- Japanese Sake Fair 2017 Photo Report
- RUGBY x SAKE Festival 2017
- Shuiku no Kai Launch Party: June 25
- La Maison Cointreau Japan 2017
- Nikka Whisky to release barley shōchū
- 2017 Tokyo International BarShow: Nihon Gin
- Yoichi Distillery, Nikka Whisky
- Ehimehime
- Suntory announces DNA GLASS Project
- Yakult Samurai
- Bar Times Store releases bar tool box
- Chichibu Whisk(e)y Matsuri 2017 announced
- 2016 Autumn Tsukiji Hashigo-shu
- 16th Annual Yokohama Cocktail Cruise