American? NOPE!
Scottish? NOPE!
Irish? NOPE!
LOL
JAPANESE!!!.........yes......you heard right!
And: all whiskey are blind tested by a jury! emphasis on: BLIND TESTED!
VOTED World’s Best Single Cask Single Malt – Chichibu Whisky Matsuri 2017
VOTED World’s Best Blended – Hibiki 21 Year-Old....2017.....
VOTED World’s Best Grain – The Fuji-Gotemba Distillery Single Grain 25 Year-Old Small Batch......2017 award...
VOTED Best Japanese Single Malt – Hakushu 25 Year-Old.....Last but not least, Hakushu 25 Year-Old wins in the Best Japanese Single Malt category for the third time, having received the award in 2016, and 2009.
VOTE BEST WHISKEYS OF 2016 edition of the World Whiskies Awards were announced on March 19 and again Japanese whisky is rewarded with four titles of "World's Best Whisky
VOTED Malt Maniacs Awards 2015 results : Triple reward for Chichibu distillery !
VOTED Nikka Whisky named “Distiller of the year” at the ISC 2015 Trophies !
With no less than 13 medals including 8 golden
AWARDS
International Spirits Challenge 2015 : 32 medals for Japanese whisky !
AWARDS
Ichiro’s Malt Hanyu “The Joker” best Japanese whisky of the year according to the Whisky Advocate Magazine
AWARDS
Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013, best whisky in the world according to Whisky Bible 2015
VOTED! AGAIN!!! Suntory is (again) the “Distiller of the year” 2014 at the International Spirit Challenge
AWARDS
ISC 2014 results ; the Kirin whiskies surprise
AWARDS
ISC 2014 results ; Nikka whiskies also largely rewarded.....Nikka whiskies collects no less than 8 gold medals and 18 silver
AWARDS
International Spirits Challenge (ISC) 2014 ; Suntory whiskies rewarded once again 9 gold medals and 13 silver were attributed to Suntory whiskies at ISC 2014, held in the UK, and in which 400 whiskies from all around the world were tested blindly by a jury of 11 spirits industry professionals such as master blenders or distilleries managers.
O.K......going further back would take too long!!!! BUT!!! more world awards!
source 1; https://dekanta.com/japanworldwhiskyawards2017/
source 2: japanese-whisky.com/about-whisky/awards/world-whiskies-awards-2016-japanese-whiskies-rewarded-again
jack daniels who? Johnnie Walker blue label what??? what are you talking about?
Damn! who knew......(i just found out a few days ago too!)
Hard to argue with those results!
I enjoy a good whiskey as much as the next guy.........BUT!....gotta try a Japanese whiskey next!!!!
well.....they are very patient perfectionists........quality over quantity........
video by: Suntory whiskey
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