It's another big Whisky Wednesday as this week, we introduce Suntory's latest release: the Yamazaki Mizunara cask 18 year old single malt, 2017 edition. We're a bit torn when it comes to rare bottles of whisky. On the one hand, we're privileged to receive these once-in-a-lifetime bottles...
It's been a while between Whisky Wednesdays so we thought we'd start 2017 with a big bang. We procured this bottle in Japan and very carefully (wrapped in many layers of winter clothing!) brought it back a couple years ago and kept it on the down-low...
Thanks for joining us in 2016 - it has really been a huge year for us at Tokyo Bird. We started the year in Japan, including the snow in Niseko, Nikka's Yoichi Distillery in Hokkaido, the White Oak Distillery in Hyogo and the Chichibu Distillery in Saitama....
We're counting down to Christmas here at Tokyo Bird - more specifically, for the Christmas Whisky Dinner on Tuesday, 20 December. For one night only, our head chef at Osaka Trading Co. Shota Sato will be behind the pass in collaboration with the Tokyo Bird team, dishing...
It's been an epic year for us at both Tokyo Bird and Osaka Trading Co., plus we're coming up to our second birthday 'TB'. Thanks to all our awesome customers for all the good times and great drinks during the year! Now, let's send it off...
For a lot of Japanese people, Christmas means KFC - that's right, Kentucky Fried Chicken! Apparently a marketing campaign from the 1970s cemented the Colonel as a Christmas fixture in Japan (he kinda looks related to Santa, no?) with fried chicken taking place of turkey for the...
This week's Whisky Wednesday features a special bottle made by Suntory's Yamazaki Distillery especially for a Japanese restaurant chain - but we've managed to get our hot little hands on a couple. Whisky: Yamazaki 12 year old Watami President's Choice Distiller: Suntory Whisky Country: Japan Type: Single malt whisky ABV: 43% Colour (what does...
This week's Whisky Wednesday features an older (wiser?) pure malt whisky to one from a few posts back, named after its founder and a founding father of the Japanese whisky: Nikka Whisky's award-winning Taketsuru Pure Malt 21 Year Old. Whisky: Taketsuru Pure Malt 21 Years Old Distiller: Nikka...
Come in to Tokyo Bird during Negroni Week, Monday 6 - Saturday 11 June 2016. We'll donate $1 from every Negroni sold in the week to the Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre - a local community group that has been working with the local community of Surry Hills...
We're featuring our first Australian whisky on the blog - part of the World Whisky Flight we did for World Whisky Day last month: the Starward Wine Cask single malt from Melbourne, Victoria. Whisky: Starward Wine Cask Single Malt Distiller: New World Whisky Distillery Region: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Type: Single malt whisky ABV: 41% Colour (what does...