I am sitting in the Bar at the lovely family owned Hotel Spreeblick in Lรผbben, Germany. It is a well stocked bar and Thomas, the owner, knows something about whisky. We have had some great talks about whisky all the times we have been to the hotel.
Hakushu caught my eye and I had to try it. This was my first whisky from the Hakushu distillery and if I know my self, it will not be the last one to warm my throat.
It is a fine peated whisky but I am not blown away in smoke and tar but more quiet that turnes this whisky into a fine everyday dram.
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๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ: Hakushu
๐๐๐ข๐: 12 Years Old
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: Single Malt
๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ: Japan
๐ผ๐๐: 12 Years old
๐ผ๐ก๐ %: 43
๐พ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ: Maybe; Ex-Bourbon and Ex-Sherry
๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐: ?
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ง: ?
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: ?
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: ?
๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐: Could be hard to find. Japan are low on stock. In May 2019 Suntory announced that they discontinued the 12 YO and now have a Hakushu NAS insted.
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๐: Some smoke notes, fruity, some sweetness
๐: Pears, butter cookies, grassy, plums, green tea and nice gentle smoky undertones
๐: Short, salty, orange bitterness, a touch of smoke
We don’t get too many information on the bottle on the cask used, colour, filtration or when it is distilled and bottled – Maybe it is my lack of Japanese language understanding
๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ (4/6)
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐๐๐๐๐ ด๐ ผ
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ’๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ – ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ข ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ – ๐’๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ
๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ
๐ฅ – ๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ