A great guide to japanese whisky bars

Are you one of the lucky ones who are about to travel to Japan? I’ve been wanting to go for ages but haven’t come around to it yet.
Then you should pay our friend Chris and his blog Nonjatta a visit. Chris has just posted a great piece that guides you to the best whisky bars [...]

Ulf Buxrud’s guide to Japanese Whisky

Ulf Buxrud, Keeper of the Quaich is releasing a guide to Japanese Whisky.
The book is Ulf’s endeavor to document the facts and figures of a formative and exciting segment of the Japanese whisky industry. It is also an attempt to mirror the arduous work and joy surrounding the rise of a trade that became an [...]

Nonjatta redesigned

Just a short post to let you know that the Japanese Blog Emperor - Nonjatta has a new dress.

Nonjatta is probably the most comprehensive source on Japanese single malts for English speakers. Pay them a visit.
Good luck to you from Whiskygrotto.com!
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Another limited edition from Full Proof

Full Proof has released a limited edition of 204 numbered bottles filled with a Single Malt from the Kurizawa distillery.
The bottles are bottled ad Full Proof from cask 2221 and retails at a price of €105.
I personally bought two of the Hanyu 1988-2006 that are now sold out and I must say it’s something else [...]

Whisky Manga

Chris over at Nonjatta has published a fine story about Whisky featured in Manga yesterday.
Manga is the Japanese word for comics and print cartoons. Outside of Japan, it refers specifically to comics originally published in Japan, or works derivative of the style. Native Japanese are often unaware of the use of manga to refer to [...]

Uncle Torys ads

Got hold of this one from the great blog on Japanese Whisky - Nonjatta. It was just to beautiful not to post here. On his site, Chris Bunting (Writer of Nonjatta) has more info about Torys.
Check it out
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A blog on Japanese Whisky.

“I know nothing about whisky but this site is where I will dump everything I find out about this Japanese malt whisky thing…” Say’s Chris Bunting, the writer of Nonjatta.
The next time you finish your drink fast, say Nonjatta as it means something like “Drunk it all” in Japanese according to Chris.
Why not pay Chris [...]