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Posted: 1/9/2023 12:05:50 PM EDT
Can someone recommend some good Japanese whiskys? I realize they are probably all really good, but just looking for recommendations on things I can find at places like total wine. A friend of mine gave me this bottle of Legent, which is half American and half Japanese owned, I enjoyed it but I’m not a true bourbon connoisseur.
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Posted: 1/9/2023 12:08:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/9/2023 12:09:08 PM EDT
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I enjoyed this one. $72.00 @ Total Wine. The 'coffey' in the name has nothing to do with flavor profile. It comes from the name of the still.
It's branded as a scotch whisky, but I find it more 'bourbon-like' than 'scotch-like.' 
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Posted: 1/9/2023 12:15:16 PM EDT
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I like to occasionally sip on Suntory Whisky Toki. Really the only Japanese whisky I've tried. I buy it from Total Wine.
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Posted: 1/9/2023 12:57:09 PM EDT
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Japanese whisky is "scotch" or "scotch adjacent".
They do both blended and single malt. I like Hibiki. Suntory is the best known blended (think Johnny Walker). That Coffey Grain is high corn mash bill, hence the bourbonish taste. The Japanese craft distilleries are also branching into things like rice mash bills. |
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Posted: 1/9/2023 1:16:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I enjoyed this one. $72.00 @ Total Wine. The 'coffey' in the name has nothing to do with flavor profile. It comes from the name of the still. It's branded as a scotch whisky, but I find it more 'bourbon-like' than 'scotch-like.' https://www.totalwine.com/dynamic/x490,sq/media/sys_master/twmmedia/h05/h1c/12780138692638.png I bought one for a Christmas party one year. The booze snobs had never tried that but got a little twinkle in their eyes after the first sips. Based on their judgement I'd definitely buy bottles of it for gifts again. |
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Posted: 1/9/2023 1:31:59 PM EDT
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My cousin gave me a bottle of The Shin Japanese Malt Whiskey 10 year.
Taste good and very smooth. |
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Posted: 1/9/2023 6:25:10 PM EDT
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Yamazaki single malt is good if you like scotch. Unfortunately it's gone way up in price and I don't know if it's worth the current pricing, but it is pretty good. I remember being able to buy Yamazaki 12yr for around $40 years ago at the Asian supermarket in Orange County before it got popular.
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Posted: 1/9/2023 6:32:58 PM EDT
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I have enjoyed all of these so far with the Hibiki 12 as my favorite, Nikka close second.
Toki is a decent one for the price, but it's rather bland, it's used in highballs in Japan. What I have is rather limited as AL doesn't carry much in their state stores. Nikka Coffey is a damn decent widely available bottle. 
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Posted: 1/9/2023 11:09:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I like to occasionally sip on Suntory Whisky Toki. Really the only Japanese whisky I've tried. I buy it from Total Wine. Toki is very light on taste, a little sweet with some green apple and mint. It’d make a light highball, throw an orange wedge and cocktail cherry to give hints of an Old Fashioned. |
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Posted: 1/10/2023 10:20:53 AM EDT
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All great info, thank you
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Posted: 1/11/2023 2:54:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have enjoyed all of these so far with the Hibiki 12 as my favorite, Nikka close second. Toki is a decent one for the price, but it's rather bland, it's used in highballs in Japan. What I have is rather limited as AL doesn't carry much in their state stores. Nikka Coffey is a damn decent widely available bottle. I was going to say that all of the Japanese Scotches I’ve tried were decent to good so my comment wouldn’t have been that valuable. But I concur, I have had all of those in your pic and they are all good. Also agree with Hibiki and Nikka. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 2:55:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: All great info, thank you Try what you can find, all of them are at least ok. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:06:48 AM EDT
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