Whisky

Suntory 2000 Single Cask, bottled from Barrel #ER65384 in 2011.

Suntory Single Cask 2001, bottled from a Hogshead in 2012.

This 12-year old Yamazaki was bottled in 2001 for the Japanese Crime Writers Association,

Yamazaki 2008 Refill Sherry Cask is one of three Yamazaki’s released in 2019 for The Essence of Suntory series.

This 2009 Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel was the first release under this label.

Yamazaki 2009 Montilla Wine Cask is one of three Yamazaki’s released in 2019 for The Essence of Suntory series.

This Yamazaki 2009 Puncheon initial release comes from short and stout 480L American oak puncheons that are coopered by Suntory themselves. Because of the low contact ratio of puncheons, maturity is slower, so Suntory says we can expect flavor closer to the original spirit.

This 2009 Yamazaki Sherry Cask has been bottled for Japanse singer/songwriter Shinju Tanimura, who signed it on March 28, 2010.

This 2009 Yamazaki Sherry Cask was the 1st release in this range, causing worldwide chaos with its 2013 release 4 years later.

This is the 2021 release of The Essence of Suntory, distilled at Suntory’s Yamazaki Distillery in 2009, and bottled in 2021 after more than a decade in American Oak casks. It’s made using Golden Promise barley, whose profile might be familiar to fans of The Macallan. Golden Promise is a brand name of malt most famously associated with The Mac...

Yamazaki 2010 Mizunara Japanese Oak Cask was the first in a line which continued until 2022.

This Yamazaki 2010 release comes from short and stout 480L American oak puncheons that are coopered by Suntory themselves. Because of the low contact ratio of puncheons, maturity is slower, so Suntory says we can expect flavor closer to the original spirit.

This is the 2021 release of The Essence of Suntory: Yamazaki 2010 Islay Peated Malt, 11 years old, aged in American oak.

This 2011 Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel is the second release that year, one of 5 different bottlings released since.

This Yamazaki 2011 release comes from short and stout 480L American oak puncheons that are coopered by Suntory themselves. Because of the low contact ratio of puncheons, maturity is slower, so Suntory says we can expect flavor closer to the original spirit.

This 2011 Yamazaki Sherry Cask was the 3rd release in this range, which started in 2009 and caused worldwide chaos with it’s 2013 release.