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Nikka Miyagikyou 10yo
700ml 45.00% |
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The 10yo demonstrates the Japanese love of subdued oak, sweet barley and bright alcohol, mouthfilling and finishes sweetly choclately. The 10yo been described as the "kid who sits quietly in the back of the class."
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Nikka Miyagikyou 12yo
700ml 45.00% |
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$220.00 |
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The 12yo is a little less shy, showing more sweet malt and honey and a slightly oilier palate. Once again, balance is the key here.
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Nikka Pure Malt Black
500ml 43.00% |
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$105.00 |
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The Pure Series pays homage to home of single malt whisky: Scotland. This is a vatting or blending of
Japanese and Scottish malts in a style similar to the great romantic notions of what Lowland, Speyside and Islay malts should be.
Pure Malt Black is a medium bodied gently peated vatted malt (using both Speyside and Yoichi distillery single malts) that is long and silky and very finely tuned. This is
the type of blend that shows the true worth of the vatters and blenders art.
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Nikka Pure Malt Red
500ml 43.00% |
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$105.00 |
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The Pure Series pays homage to home of single malt whisky: Scotland. This is a vatting or blending of Japanese and Scottish malts in a style similar to the great romantic notions of what Lowland, Speyside and Islay malts should be.
The Pure Red a vatting of the Miyagikyou malt with a lowland Scottish distillery to produce a light, fragrant whisky.
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Nikka Pure Malt White
500ml 43.00% |
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$105.00 |
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The Pure Series pays homage to home of single malt whisky: Scotland. This is a vatting or blending of
Japanese and Scottish malts in a style similar to the great romantic notions of what Lowland, Speyside and Islay malts should be.
the Pure Malt White it is a fat, pungently oily Islay malt has been added to a blend of creamy Japanese whiskies and it's the attack peat that's the name of the game.
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Nikka Taketsuru 17yo
700ml 43.00% |
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A vatted malt put together by Nikka's as a tribute to its founder, Mr Taketsuru.
A big, waxy, full bodied malt, plenty of baked apple & creamy toffee flavours. Round and rich with vanilla and mocha notes on the finish.
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Nikka Yoichi 10yo
700ml 45.00% |
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$190.00 |
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The Yoichi distillery hails from the west coast of Hokkaido, an environment Mr Taketsuru found was closest to his beloved Highlands of Scotland. The other feature of this distillery is that it exclusively uses first fill & virgin American oak casks, but uses a charring technique to reduce those overly sweet & coconut new oak flavours.
The 10yo shows the distilleries distinctive richness along with some notable bubblegum notes, very much an easy drinking dram.
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Nikka Yoichi 12yo
700ml 45.00% |
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The Yoichi distillery hails from the west coast of Hokkaido, an environment Mr Taketsuru found was closest to his beloved Highlands of Scotland. The other feature of this distillery is that it exclusively uses first fill & virgin American oak casks, but uses a charring technique to reduce those overly sweet & coconut new oak flavours.
With the 12yo, there's that natural palate richness again but wham! Out comes the intensive peat and some very sweet fruitcake notes.
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Nikka Yoichi 15yo
700ml 45.00% |
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The Yoichi distillery hails from the west coast of Hokkaido, an environment Mr Taketsuru found was closest to his beloved Highlands of Scotland. The other feature of this distillery is that it exclusively uses first fill & virgin American oak casks, but uses a charring technique to reduce those overly sweet & coconut new oak flavours.
And then we end up with the most sumptuous even luxurious malt I've had in ages, so let me introduce you to the 15yo. And did I mention its lingering complexity of
flavours? Well I have now.
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Sapporo 15yo Single Cask 1221
700ml 59.00% |
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Sadly out of stock. After much searching I couldn't find a thing on this whisky then the Nonjatta Blogsite found that it was a Japanese bottling of a Scottish whisky!
Regarding its taste, I've got no idea!! Chris from Nonjatta tells me that it was distilled in 1990 and matured in sherry cask. So an unknown sherried single…mmmmm so I wonder what it could be? Something special,? Something intriguing? A whisky of note maybe? But very fascinating indeed.
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Suntory Hakushu 12yo
700ml 43.50% |
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$165.00 |
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This is a first for the Odd Whisky Coy, but is comes highly recommended. This is Suntory's second and youngest distillery (Yamazaki being first), having been built in 1973. It once held the clain to be one of the biggest distilleries on earth...having 36 stills in operation. From the distillery, "Hakushu 12yo has aroma of pears, crushed leafy bracken a hint of citrus. You can enjoy subtle smokiness and the sweet poached pears on the palate".
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Suntory Hibiki 17yo
700ml 43.00% |
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$190.00 |
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A splendid blend, made with aged malt and grain whiskies from Suntory's three distilleries. Awarded a Gold 'Editor's Choice' award from Whisky Magazine and was awarded a category prize at the 2010 World Whisky Awards.
From Dave Broom, "Toffee sweetness stretches along the palate. Very clean and clear. Sweet with sultana and cherry. Long and silky. Relaxed and laid back. This is excellent blending. Score: 8.5 / 10"
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Suntory Yamazaki 10yo
700ml 40.00% |
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$105.00 |
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Suntory's entry level single malt whisky. Suntory claim, "Distilled and bottled in Yamazaki distillery, which is the oldest distillery in Japan. The palate is sweet and creamy with the gentle influence of white oak and the freshness of green apple. Gentle sipping dram."
However Chris from the excellent Nonjatta blog site states, "freshly painted rooms and antifreeze were the first thoughts but I detected some floral and smokey notes in there after the paint dried. The palate was a bit of a surprise after the hyperactive nose: quite a restrained, well rounded drink. I definitely preferred it to the Yamazaki 12. It was sweet at first, then dried off a bit with a well controlled oaky flavour hitting the back of the mouth. It was never out of control like its elder brother."
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Suntory Yamazaki 18yo
700ml 43.00% |
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$220.00 |
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From Suntory comes this marvellous flavoured and extremely smooth single malt. Showing great complexity and a lovely balance of fruit, silky malt and a touch of smoke.
One of the few Japanese malts to be partially matured in Japanese oak
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Dunkeld Atholl Brose
700ml 35.00% |
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Gordon & MacPhail's legendary liqueur that uses only the finest Benromach single malt blended up with honey and special herbs. Luscious, sweet and very rich.
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Glenfiddich Liqueur
500ml 40.00% |
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The honey and spice liquered version of the world's favourite malt.
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Lark Slainte Whisky Liqueur
350ml 35.00% |
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$65.00 |
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Bill Lark's very popular liqueur finally makes it onto the Odd Whisky Coy's list. Slainté is a marriage of mature single malt whisky with a distilled spirit of herbs and spices produced in a smaller copper pot still. The two are carefully combined to give the right complexity of character, spiciness and sweetness, whilst maintaining the delightful overtones of the whisky.
Pleasantly sweet but not over the top, fresh with herbal notes initially on the palate, leading to a lingering, rich, malty character.
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Macallan Amber Liqueur
700ml 25.00% |
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$155.00 |
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Ever had a Macallan that tasted of pecans and maple syrup? Well this is it. It came with a lot of surprise and left rather rapidly with the same sense of surprise. Overall an extraordinary whisky based liqueur.
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Pimms No 3 Winter Cup
700ml 25.00% |
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A seasonally available brandy based Pimms mixer that has been infused with spices & orange peel.
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| RUM |
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Alchemist Gardel Guadeloupe Rum Agricole 10yo
700ml 46.00% |
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$120.00 |
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From a closed (burnt down) distillery located on the Caribbean island & French colony of Guadeloupe, comes this very refined & highly intriguing Rhum Agricole that was distilled from sugar cane juice not molasses.
Even more intriguingly it has been matured for 10 years. Sweet, very aromatic, deeply flavoured showing plenty of honey, toffee pudding & vanilla notes. Long and very lingering palate. As Gordon says, “close you eyes, burrow your toes in the sand and listen to the waves crash on the shore”.
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