Kujira 5 Year Old Single Grain Whisky

Shinobu Lightly Peated Pure Malt Whisky

$99.99

This "lightly peated" Pure Malt (Blended Malt) whisky from Shinobu is made from Peatead single malt sourced from distilleries in the Highlands and Speyside of Scotland. It was blended in Japan and finished in Mizunara casks for 6 months before bottling at 43%. 

The fact that this "Japanese whisky" was made from Scottish malt, is not unusual...it falls into a category I call "Japaneseish"... and event the big guys have done it. It was well received at the Calgary Whisky Festival, so we figured we'd better give it a go!

Producer Description

"Shinobu Lightly Peated Pure Malt whisky and 10 Year Old are the first peated whiskies to be released by Shinobu distillery. Peated whisky was sourced from selected distilleries, Highland and Speyside regions, and carefully blended by the master blender. Finished in Mizunara wood for more than 6 months."

About Shinobu Whisky

"The Shinobu Distillery, in collaboration with Niigata Beer Distillery, is located in the Japanese seaside region of Niigata on the country’s western coast. The area is famous for its “Three White Treasures” - snow, rice, and sake, which have been cultivated there for centuries. Shinobu Pure Malt whiskies are crafted by master blender, Mr. Usami Ken who blends malts aged in sherry, bourbon, and Hogshead casks before finishing them in Japan’s unique and prized Mizunara Oak. Famous for imparting rich, honeyed flavors of apples, pears, cloves, and nutmeg, Mizunara Oak has been used in Japan since the 1930s and is now sought-after by whisky makers around the world. world. All Shinobu whiskies are created without chill-filtration or added color to protect and enhance their deeply complex and robust flavor."

Kujira Whisky Inari

$75.99

This Ryukyu Whisky is distilled for 100% Indica rice, and blended with other whiskies for a fruity profile. 47%.

More About the Product

Kujira – Japanese word for “whale”. Ryukyu Islanders consider the whale, the largest creature in nature and prolific in the Pacific waters surrounding the island, as the guardian of peace and nature.

Ryukyu – a chain of Japanese islands in the western Pacific Ocean between Japan and Taiwan. 3,120 square miles (1,205 square kilometers). Okinawa is the largest and most populous island in the Ryukyu chain.

Inari - In Japanese mythology “Inari” is the god primarily known as the protector of rice cultivation.

Indica rice – Indica rice is one of the two major eco-geographical races of Oryza sativa (O. sativa indica). It is the major type of rice grown in the tropics and subtropics.

Kujira 10 Year Old Whisky Bourbon Barrel

$199.99

Distilled from 100% premium Indica rice and matured in Bourbon casks for more than 10 years!