Miscellaneous

Selected by Japanese whisky godfather, Stefan van Eycken with Hideo Yamaoka as part of their ‘Ghost Series’, edition #15 is a 4-year-old Akashi, made from single malts matured in sherry and bourbon barrels which were then vatted in a Tawny Port cask for one more year. The label is based on the woodblock print series ‘New For...

Selected by Japanese whisky godfather, Stefan van Eycken with Hideo Yamaoka as part of their ‘Ghost Series’, this is the 18th edition featuring artwork from Yoshitoshi’s “Thirty-six New Forms of Ghosts”: The Ghost of Wicked Genta Yoshihira Attacking Namba Jiro. The very first edition was released in 2013 from a Karuizawa single ca...

Eigashima Shuzo Akashi Asta Morris is a 5-year old Single Cask, aged in a First Fill ex-Bourbon Cask, bottled for Bert Bruyneel’s Asia Morris label in 2017.

Tottori is the line of sourced blended whiskies brought together by the Kurayoshi distillery in Tottori, Japan. Kurayoshi is known for its fresh spring water which is best-suited for producing whisky. The name “Kurayoshi” in Japanese was originated from the phrase “Kurashiyoshi”, which is translated to “Good Living” in English. This limited e...

Mars Amber Rare Old is a blended whisky, distilled at the old Kagoshima distillery, bottled at the end of the 1970’s

Mars Barrel 618 is a 20 year old whisky, distilled April 1989, aged on American White Oak Cask #618. This is one of 378 bottles, released December 2009.

Mars 2016, bottled 2020 for Ken’s Choice Kanade Shamisen range. This is one of 279 bottles.

Matsui Whisky Kurayoshi 21 years old Pure Malt.

Matsui Whisky Kurayoshi 23 years old Pure Malt.

Matsui Whisky Kurayoshi 25 years old Pure Malt.

Matsui Whisky Kurayoshi 33 years old Pure Malt.

This is a 30 year old blended Matsui whisky from Japan. Matsui whisky has a chequered past, originally bottling what was actually imported Scotch that had been aged in Japan at the Matsui-Shuzo warehouses and using packaging suspiciously similar to Suntory products.

Osuzu Malt American Oak Barrel Single Cask.

Osuzu Malt, handcrafted from local grown Barley, aged in Cedar barrels.

Osuzu Malt Chestnut barrel, bottled from a single cask for the 2023 Osaka Whisky Festival.

Osuzu Malt New Born, aged 18 months in a combination of Chestnut and American Oak.