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The Yamazaki Distiller’s Reserve is the new entry level NAS Yamazaki, now placed at the €50 mark the Yamazaki 12 occupied not too long ago. This is an excellent Speyside impostor that will have you wondering if Yamazaki and Glenlivet aren’t working together. It’s young. In fact, Suntory says that it was created to showcase…
Yamazaki needs no introductions. Japan’s first single malt distillery has been active since 1923. The Japanese market is fascinating as Japanese distillers don’t share stocks, thus each one needs to create all the different whiskys they need for blending. Consequently, the stillhouse at Yamazaki has short onion stills capable of making beefy and sulfury new…
At long last, we have a wintry day in Tel Aviv, and that put me in the mood for some Laphroig. I’m sure some of you will laugh to hear that winter here means intermittent rain and 15C degrees (59F), but for us this is a winter wonderland 🙂 One of the newer Laphroaig expressions…
About a month and a half ago, I gave my friend and fellow blogger Yoav access to the list of whiskys I had tasted, which I had just moved onto the computer. After an hour or so Yoav tells me that he has a challenge for me. He noticed the list was at 460 and my birthday was…
Tomorrow I’ll be celebrating my birthday, and start my 46th orbit around our local star. Incidentally, my birthday dram (to be reviewed tomorrow) will also be my 500th single malt. In the meantime, we’ll be closing out my 45th year with a review of the Macallan Ruby. The Macalla Ruby is comprised of 100% first…