Nikka

Tasting notes: The nose on this is a study in suggestibility.  I say this because it smells red.  Before Bill can elbow me, I explain that this has a real 99 Luftballons [...]

Tasting notes: “Heart of Darkness.”  That’s what I say to myself as I walk across the shimmering hot tarmac in my brand-new Chuck Taylor specials.  Squish, squish, [...]

Tasting notes: The Nikka Miyagikyo (NAS) Single Malt Japanese Whisky opens with goat haunches stewed in sherry with mushrooms, burgundy, and sage. We got also smudge sticks [...]

Tasting notes: The Nikka Yoichi Single Malt (No Age Statement) nose opens with a light high note, like the arioso melody made by a jazz flautist wooing a [...]

Tasting notes: This dram is a story in three rather unrelated parts. The first part is a light, perfumed story all its own, one that opens with our protagonist growing up [...]

Tasting notes: Subtle and inviting, like a neighborhood movie theatre with art deco style, cool posters, and a balky exit door into the alley through which you could sneak in [...]

Tasting notes: Nosing this dram is like opening the door to a closet that turns out to be four times larger than you expected it to be. And finding a perfectly cooked venison [...]

Tasting notes: Wow, the nose on this is grainy and malty, and yet completely different from both grain and malt. A wine and mushroom consume, perhaps? I’m riding through a [...]

Tasting notes: Imagine a rum-soaked holiday fruitcake that’s loaded with prunes and larded with jelly beans, gummi bears, and Swedish fish. Got it? Really locked down in [...]