Japanese Whisky Tag

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...

Thanks for joining us in 2016 - it has really been a huge year for us at Tokyo Bird. We started the year in Japan, including the snow in Niseko, Nikka's Yoichi Distillery in Hokkaido, the White Oak Distillery in Hyogo and the Chichibu Distillery in Saitama....

We're counting down to Christmas here at Tokyo Bird - more specifically, for the Christmas Whisky Dinner on Tuesday, 20 December. For one night only, our head chef at Osaka Trading Co. Shota Sato will be behind the pass in collaboration with the Tokyo Bird team, dishing...

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...