The Yamazaki
A few days ago Suntory started accepting orders for a very special limited edition bottling of their “Yamazaki Single Malt Whisky“.
This whisky has been aged more than 50 years and is selling for the very reasonable (if you’re idea of reasonable is ridiculously expensive) price of ¥1,000,000 (about US$13,000)!… Continue reading
Suntory Aki Raku
Japan is a country with four very distinct seasons and these are usually marked by the release of seasonal beers (or more often than not these days, daisan or low malt fake beers) from the main brewers here.
Last year I reviewed the Aki Aji 秋味 (Taste of Autumn)
A Sapporo Happoshu
Ok, this news is a little bit old, as the Daily Yomiuri reported it back in January, but I’ve been busy and not had time to put this post up.
Basically it seems that some of the major Japanese brewers, Suntory and Sapporo to be precise, are essentially stopping… Continue reading
The highball craze in Japan continues unabated with Kirin Brewery just announcing the launch of two new highball cans on November 17th this year.
Four Roses Highball and I.W. Harper Highball.
Most highballs in Japan use Suntory whiskey it seems, so this is the first to use Kentucky whiskey.
Suntory themselves have re-released, after a 43-year absence, a canned high-ball made from the company’s Tory’s… Continue reading
Unlike in, say England, where we do fireworks when it’s cold and miserable in November, in Japan the fireworks season is the height of summer. In fact our city’s fireworks display and matsuri (festival) is tonight.
To celebrate the fireworks (hanabi 花火 in Japanese) season, Suntory have released a new design for their Kinmugi (Rich Malt) daisan can.
Rich Malt Hanabi Special
