Kirin 50% Blend
Review by Nonjatta contributor - Dramtastic:
Kirin 50% Blend
Nose: Butterscotch, blanched pears, vanilla, creamed corn, oak, mixed herbs, shellfish.
Palate: Creamed corn, green apple skin, butterscotch, rye, red grapes, a tad soapy.
Kirin 50% Blend
Nose: Butterscotch, blanched pears, vanilla, creamed corn, oak, mixed herbs, shellfish.
Palate: Creamed corn, green apple skin, butterscotch, rye, red grapes, a tad soapy.
Finish: Short, green apple skins, red grapes, rye, butterscotch. Better than expected, the soapy element and short finish lets it down. About $12 a bottle in Japan.
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This whisky was rated very highly by Jim Murray this year. Not sure if it's as good as he says but it's definitely great value.
When I was last in Japan I took a bottle of this & a bottle of Super Nikka Rare Old on my travels so I could have my daily dram. Both of these offer a lot of enjoyment for ridiculously little money! At home in Australia you can barely get a bottle of cheap & nasty blended Scotch for the price of one each of these. Bargain!!
Where would I find this bottle in Tokyo will be heading there in January 2013. Thinking of buying it to try.
jerrychng, this stuff is available every where. Go to a supermarket and you should be able to get a bottle for around 900 yen.
Was lucky enough to try a bottle brought back to Toronto by a good friend. I would probably rate it a little higher than dramtastic did...using his scale maybe a 81 or 82 (the bottle was finished some time ago, so working from memory)
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