I fell in love with whisky at the young age of 16, not in consequence of tasting it, but through the pages of World Whiskey, a book written by Charles MacLean. The first encounter was through the history of whisky and that was enough to get me hooked. Whisky is ever evolving, and while we are alive, we get to experience its journey. New styles emerge from all around the world, like Japanese whisky, and even after such a successful century for Japan in the world of spirits, we are beginning to see the rise of a new style of Japanese single grain whiskies that are made from malted and un-malted rice.