Nikka Whisky Yoichi Single Malt Non Age, Japan (45%, 70cl) net30

Nikka Whisky Yoichi Single Malt Non Age, Japan (45%, 70cl) net30Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka. After studying in Scotland, meticulously writing and studying how to make whisky, he became the first Japanese to learn to make the spirit. Being employed at Kotobukiya for 10 years he decided to go independent, creating his first distillery in Yoichi, Hokkaido. In 1940 the first Nikka was launched. Boasting a range of whiskies, each as smooth as the last, and becoming known for their blends, Nikka swept the

made from fermented sugarcane juice

lime juice

The result is a liqueur with off-the-charts sweetness and a nose of powdered cocoa

Old Fashioned

and powerfully aromatic

while also offering insight into the foundations of high ester Jamaican rum

above ground

and a light touch of eucalyptus

representing a collaboration between Velier and the historic Long Pond Distillery

then pressed

or in classic cocktails like the White Russian or Espresso Martini

and traditionally fermented in stainless steel vats and distilled in copper stills