It's been a while between Whisky Wednesday drinks, but here we are with Nikka Whisky's Taketsuru Pure Malt; a blended malt whisky for your reading and drinking pleasure. Whisky: Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt whisky Distiller: Nikka Whisky Country: Japan Type: Blended or pure malt whisky ABV: 43% Colour (what does it look like?): Light honey Nose (what does...
It’s here again! The week leading into World Whisky Day at Tokyo Bird takes off from Monday 14 May through to Saturday 19 May with whisky cocktails! World Whisky Day invites everyone to try a dram and celebrate with all types of whisky/whiskey. It’s all about making whisky fun and enjoyable,...
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...
Learn to make a perfect hand-chipped ice ball for your whisky or cocktails with Tokyo Bird bar manager, Yoshi Onishi, as part of World Class Cocktail Week. Yoshi will share the secrets of making your own crystal clear ice and demonstrate how to carve an ice...
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...
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...
We’re a bit excited to publicly announce some big news for us here at Tokyo Bird. Some of you may have already heard first hand from the boys, but here it comes...
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...
