The explosion of craft whisky in Japan follows a boom and bust in the industry. Long viewed as an inferior copycat of Scotch, Japanese single malts and blended whiskies started racking up ...

Traditionally, Japanese whisky was made with rice as its primary ... and cherry blossom barrels. However, the whisky that ...

Japanese whisky might have taken early inspiration ... Made in rare Mizunara barrels, this single-malt expression from the Kurayoshi distillery has "fresh, floral aromas on the nose", a hint ...

Even so, the spirit has become quite popular among whisky/whiskey lovers. Japanese whisky barrels lining the wall of a distillery - ArtNat/Shutterstock While you'd think it's safe to assume ...

Then suddenly, the Japanese tax authority introduced new regulations to restrict the color and clarity of shochu. Put it simply, shochu cannot look like whisky. Now Fukano’s barrel-aged shochu ...

In this article, we’re going to look at four things that every whisky lover, new and old, should know about Japanese whisky ...