This week's Whisky Wednesday features a pure malt whisky named after its founder and a founding father of the Japanese whisky: Nikka's Taketsuru Pure Malt 12 year old. Whisky: Taketsuru 12 year old Pure Malt Distiller: Nikka Whisky Country: Japan Type: Vatted malt whisky ABV: 40% Colour (what does it look like?): Bright...
It's a special Whisky Wednesday today because we've got our hot little hands on a very exciting, new-to-the-market whisky to share with you all! Suntory Whisky's highly-anticipated follow-up to its Whisky Bible-toppling Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013 has arrived at Tokyo Bird. Introducing this year's Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2016,...
[caption id="attachment_1234" align="aligncenter" width="600"] We visited the Chichibu distillery - home of Ichiro's Malt - in Saitama, Japan - blog post to come![/caption] Happy New Year everyone! We took a well-earned break in Japan over Christmas and New Year (check out our Insta) but we're back, ready and raring...
Welcome back to Whisky Wednesday! We return to our weekly whisky discourse with a bang: Suntory Whisky’s Yamazaki Limited Edition 2015. Whisky: Yamazaki Limited Edition 2015 Distiller: Suntory Country: Japan Type: Single malt whisky ABV: 43% Background Created by Suntory Chief Master Blender Shinji Fukuyo, this latest "Limited Edition" bottling from Yamazaki...
The past five weeks have been pretty epic at Tokyo Bird, with The House of Suntory popping up over five Wednesday nights at our Surry Hills small bar. Together with Suntory Whisky, our aim was to showcase the art of Japanese whisky to all you whisky...
This Whisky Wednesday at Tokyo Bird we've got a hard-to-find whisky to feature here on the blog and at our Surry Hills small bar: Suntory Whisky's Hakushu 18 year old single malt whisky. Whisky: Hakushu 18 year old Distiller: Suntory Country: Japan Type: Single malt whisky ABV: 43% Tasting notes Colour (what does it look like?): Deep...
This Whisky Wednesday at Tokyo Bird we've got an exciting new whisky to feature here on the blog and at our Surry Hills small bar: Suntory Whisky's new Hibiki Japanese Harmony blended whisky, launched in the Australian market just this week. Whisky: Hibiki Japanese Harmony Distiller: Suntory Country: Japan Type: Blend of...
We've got another Japanese single malt whisky for Whisky Wednesday here on the blog and at our Surry Hills small bar: Suntory's Hakushu 12 year old whisky. Learn about the whisky below and then come in to Tokyo Bird to put the tasting notes to the...
For this edition of Whisky Wednesdays at Tokyo Bird, we're featuring a Japanese single malt on the blog and at our Surry Hills small bar: Nikka Whisky's Miyagikyo 12 year old whisky. Learn about the whisky below, and then explore the tasting notes and get the best drinking recommendation from...
We're kicking off Whisky Wednesdays at Tokyo Bird! Every second or third week (or so...
