Hakushu 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary 43% 70cl 54.5

Hakushu 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary 43% 70cl 54.5Hakushu 12 Year Old 100th Anniversary Edition 43% A thrilling release from Japanese single malt distillery Hakushu to mark parent company Suntorys century of whisky making. This has been aged for 12 years in various cask types, exactingly blended to capture the distillery character. Hakushu offers a very subtle peat quality, which here shows up in green, herbaceous, gently smoked notes. A remarkable expression from the forest distillery. Official

damson jam and soft orange and honey mix across the mid palate

some spices and dried fruit

the distillery build only got underway in 2011

A nice rounded palate

This Single Cask Lingers on the palate rather nicely

2% and limited to 275 bottles

with some dark chocolate and soft pepper notes this Rye is showing signs of exceptional quality

bright and spicy

Palate: The palate has a lot of things hitting the front of the palate to entice you into this dram

Dewar's 12 40% Vol Scottish Blended Whisky

with red apple skins

The balance and complexity are distinctive