Japanese Whiskies Overtook Scotch, Voted The Best
Apr 29, 2008 Around the Word
No more Scotland! Now Japanese whiskies are the best.
Quoted from Times Online:
Yoichi 20 years old, distilled on the shores of the Sea of Japan, has become the first variety produced outside Scotland to win the coveted single malt award in an international competition run by Whisky Magazine, the main industry publication.
The whisky, distilled near the city of Sapporo on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, beat dozens of other varieties, including last year’s winner, Talisker 18 years old, produced on the Isle of Skye.
Suntory Hibiki, the brand advertised by the washed-up actor played by Bill Murray in the film Lost in Translation, scooped the award for the world’s best blended whisky. The historic double for Japanese whiskies has provoked consternation in Scotland, where whisky is as integral to a certain strand of national identity as bagpipes, haggis and the kilt.
Anyone tasted Yoichi 20 year old before? How’s the taste?
Times Online: Ochone! Japanese whisky is voted the best in world
The Sun: Japanese whiskies are ‘the best’
Tags: Hibiki, Japan, Scotland, whisky, Whisky Magazine, Yoichi
