Your Japanese Whisky Starter Pack
To understand the coveted category, start with the essentials.
- story: Punch Staff
- illustration: Nick Hensley
Japanese Whisky Is Poised To Compete with Scotch
Late last year, spirits critic Jim Murray named a Japanese whisky from Yamazaki "the best in the world," with the implication that Japanese whisky is competing with the heavyweights of Scotch. Will…
Scotch Loses #1 Ranking to Japanese Whisky
The Scots were snubbed this year when the top spot in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2015 was given to a Japanese brand. In fact, as Time reports, Scotch didn’t even…
Tokyo Drift
In an endeavor to create a Far East variation on the Manhattan, Brad Farran combined Japanese whisky with Cardamaro and saffron-infused Strega.
