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Day 1
MARS Shinshu
Maltage “Cosmo”
Blended Malt whisky
ABV: 43%
Color: deep gold

Viscosity: 4 (out of 10) slight legs
Nose: Rose, cherry, hint of vanilla
Palate: harsh, peaty flavor, slight metallic
Finish: good lingering tail of smoke that fades into a fennel flavor

Notes: Highly rated, but misses the mark

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Day 2
White Oak Distillery
Tokinoka Black
Blended whisky (50 Grain/50malt)
Triple casked
ABV: 50%
Color: deep gold

Viscosity: 4 (out of 10) slight legs
Nose: fresh pastry, sweet apple
Palate: vanilla carmel musky oak
Finish: very complex, charred barrel flavors come out. Very long finish

amazing blend, very complex

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Day 3
Hakushu
Distiller's Reserve
Blended whisky
ABV: 43%
Color: straw

Nose: Herbs grassy notes
Palate: Spicy with cucumber and melons
Finish: long finish with a nice spice, peat and tea.

Notes: Superb whisky, feels like visiting a forest

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Day 4
Nikka Days
Blended Whisky
ABV: 40%
Color: Old Gold

Nose: slight peat, fermented rice and apples
Palate: sweet and peppery, but a bit on the thin side. Apple, caramel malt and peat finish
Finish: Apple, caramel malt and peat finish

Notes: serve with water, very nice drinkable whisky

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Day 5
Kurayoshi Pure Malt
Blended Whisky
ABV: 43%
Color: Straw

Nose: Sweet oak and honey, with a hint of earthy peat.
Palate: Harsh start, sherry notes, raisin and cinnamon
Finish: spicy finish with a smokey sweet note

Notes: Passable with some ice. Not recommended

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Day 6
Yamazaki Distiller's Reserve
Single Malt
ABV: 43%
Color: Old Gold

Nose: Strong fruit smell. Cherry and dried fruits, sandlewood, hint of coconut
Palate: Dried berries, oak, peach, and a bit of spice
Finish: Long vanilla tail, smokiness

Notes: Excellent whisky, great value. Even go as far as to say it could go toe to toe with a 12 or 14 year MaCallan or better

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Day 7
Hatozaki
Blended whisky

ABV: 40%
Color: Gin Clear

Nose: light malt, cereal notes and some lemongrass
Palate: Grain sweet, touch of honey. Slight floral notes
Finish: nuttiness lingers with more cereal notes

Notes: passable. Might be okay to mix

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Day 8
Nikka's Yoichi
single malt whisky

ABV: 45%
Color: Straw

Nose: Full, smokey peat fades to citrus
Palate: Powerful smokey and char flavors lots of spices, very “Chewy” and complex
Finish: Long silky finish, mature fruits peat turns to herbs and malt, and slight coastal saltness

Notes: Absolutely a divine whisky, just a full Smokey flavors throughout. Drink straight and savor every drop as you walk along the coast

FUCK

drank my #whisky too fast... now i have none

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Day 9

Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky
(95% corn, 5% malted Barely)

ABV: 45%
Color: Light Amber

Nose: Sweet, caramel vanilla and fruits
Palate: dark sweet, grains, and a bit of smoke
Finish: Light fade of caramel, toasted bread, char

Notes: young grain whisky, casual no frills sipper to break up routine. Nothing special

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Day 10

Mars Kasei
Blended whisky

ABV: 40%
Color: old gold

Nose: florals with some fruit and a hint of smoke
Palate: green apple, some smokey notes, followed by honey and some malt
Finish: vanilla and citrus with a nice char that lingers

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Day 11

Nikka Coffey
Malt Whisky

ABV: 45%
Color: Light amber

Nose: Oily Butterscotch and vanilla, with bits of caramel
Palate: Butterscotch and roasted pastries notes of spice and minerals
Finish: medium fade of butterscotch malt fruits and vanilla

Notes: Decent sense of balance, medium bodied and slightly oily.

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Day 12

Togouchi Premium
Blended Whisky

ABV: 40%
Color: White wine

Nose: Strong grain alcohol with some fruit notes
Palate: Harsh astringency, with some smokey peat
Finish: bit of honey that fades quick

Notes: Supposedly they took a rejected Scotch, and a rejected Canadian whisky. Took it to japan, stuffed into an abandoned railway tunnel, and after 3 days it was resurrected as this abomination and called “Premium”

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Day 13

The Chita (Suntory)
Single Grain (corn) whisky

ABV: 40%
Color: yellow gold

Nose: hints of caramel, pear, oak
Palate: Slight Honey vanilla a little caramal slight fruit
Finish: same flavors but trails off with a bit of char

Notes: really hard to draw any flavors from this, it is lacking any punch, and feels like it is trying to be not moonshine but failing

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Day 14
Mars Komagatake (2021 Edition)
Single Malt whisky

ABV: 48%
Color: Light Gold

Nose: Grassy, with lemon and ginger
Palate: Strong barley sugars, ginger, raisins and a hint of citrus
Finish: barley sugars linger with a nice trail of a smokey char

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Day 15

Nikka White oak
Single Malt (Barley)

ABV: 45%
Color: Light gold

Nose: Peaty smoke, vanilla, dried fruit, some pear
Palate: Lots of peaty char, but hard to pull out any flavors.
Finish: Smoke at the end with a bit of honey finish

Notes: really young whisky and almost seems it was trying to have barrels do most of the work.

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Day 16

Hatozaki Pure Malt
Blended Whisky
ABV: 46%
Color: White wine

Nose: slight vanilla, some florals, and a bit of fruit.
Palate: harsh sweet grains, some grape and lite pepper and vanilla
Finish: very short, lots of char and smokey grains

Notes: young rough and boring whisky

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Day 17

Hibiki Japanese Harmony
Blended whisky

ABV: 43%
Color: Light gold

Nose: Rich woodness, hint of berries and apple
Palate: Medium body, buttery with some fruits.
Finish: Honey that trails off with some smokey car, vanilla, and fruits come up at the end like a blossoming flower

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Day 18

Kaiyo Cask Strength
Blended Malt whisky

ABV: 53%
Color: Deep gold

Nose: strong Juicy pear, and apples, hint of maple syrup and vanilla. Good “bakery” smells
Palate: strong pear, bit of salt, oak, apples
Finish: Nice orchard flavors, trails off into oakyness, and finishes with a bit of salt and honey

Notes: Excellent “Mizunara Oak” whiskey. Very complex flavors and only a slight burn even at 53. Top notch

@Kinnison well I was gonna work late, but now….