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Nose: Serges of strawberries & cream chewy lollies (Allens), mandarine zest, gingerbread, white chocolate, flat sarsaparilla.
Taste: Salty licorice, sarsaparilla, black forrest cake, slight peppermint.
Finish: Short and dry; but with an unusual,medium keyed, prolonged, gum numbing aniseed mouthfeel.
Balance: Nothing overly complex about this malt. Simple, a bit flat, always waiting for a change to come.
Comment: This is my third tasting but the first to accompany notes. This malt is intriguing. I seem to capture something different every time. There is always a note on the tip of my tongue which I can't pinpoint, making me go back for more. My personal preference out of the two no age statement malts from Nikka would have to be the Miyagikyo.
Reviewed by Clint A
Good to see a blog on the Kansai whisky scene - I am only familiar with Tokyo. One of my co-blogger will be heading back to Osaka next month so we will probably be contacting you with some questions! Looking forward to future reviews and posts.
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Thank you for the encouraging words. I look forward to writing a lot of personal reviews and providing a good spread of bars in the Kansai region, again, that I personally visit and review, while enjoying a dram.
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Two years ago, I bought a bottle of this from a 7-11 store on a trip in tokyo , for just 1680 yen, a very reasonable price with a good dram.
ReplyDeleteThe peat is obviously come along in the finished. I has a good experience in tasting such a no age Nikka.
The price sounds about right, compared to my local venue that stocks it.
ReplyDeleteI personally have not seen it being sold at any 7-11, interesting. I know the majority of 7-11 stores sell a lot of blends but the Yoichi no age statement? Lovely....
It was in July 2008, I bought a bottle of it from a 7-11 in Uedo. In July 2010, I has another trip to Tokyo, but can't find it in any conveniennce store any more.
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