![]() Opening way back in 1923 in Shimamoto in the Osaka Prefecture, the first whisky emerged in 1929, though to rather muted accolades. Founded by Shinjiro Torii, it was Japan’s first commercial distillery. Shortly after publication of that piece in May 2019, a full set of 54 bottles in Hanyu Ichiro’s Card Series, mentioned in the story, sold for HK$7,192,000 (just under a million bucks US!!).Īpparently, it was only one of four full sets remaining, although readers might recall that bottles from the series were known to languish on shelves for several years, considered almost unsalable only a few years before. If any reader was interested, I hope you got in quickly. Some may remember that we looked at a few of the astonishing whiskies from Chichibu, made by Ichiro Akuto. No secret that I am a fan of top Japanese whiskies. #kenfessions: the author is a fan of Japanese whiskies Yamazaki did not release a limited edition for 2018, despite the huge popularity of these releases from 2015 to 2017. Suntory, the owner of Yamazaki and a number of other leading Japanese whiskies, has discontinued its Hibiki 17-Year-Old (which would have devastated Bill Murray’s character in Lost in Translation) and the Hakushu 12-Year-Old Single Malt. The good news is that my information suggests that the Yamazaki 12-Year-Old has not been discontinued, but that does not mean it will not be in the near future. Stock up soon or say goodbye for many years. Non-age-statement whiskies have become much more common as, despite the construction of numerous new distilleries, they don’t have the necessary aged material and won’t for many years.Īnd if you think there is a problem now, the Rugby World Cup is about to kick off in Japan, bringing with it a great many well-heeled visitors who are expecting to drink and buy the best Japanese whiskies.Įven worse, next year Tokyo hosts the 2020 Olympics. As soon as I started researching, I found numerous references to this Yamazaki being discontinued – many top Japanese whiskies have been, in fact, thanks to the shortages because of worldwide demand. ![]() ![]() Even worse, I recently came across a wine list in China offering a 30 ml glass for a mere $440!īut that is the problem across the board with Japanese whisky these days. Today, it is about AUD$350 (I would guess at least well over twice what I paid – it has risen more than 70 percent in the last two years and apparently is almost always sold at more than twice the producer’s recommended price, such is demand). As it has been with me for a long while, I would have picked it up when the price was still very reasonable, though I don’t recall exactly how much I paid. “Way too expensive just to crack to drink,” he insisted, although I don’t buy bottles for resale so I have no idea what he was expecting me to do with it. ![]()
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