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Glendronach 12 is the 200-year-old distillery’s entry-level scotch, aged in a combination of Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso sherry casks. The Whisky Study praises this bottle for its price-to-quality ...
Single malt yamazaki aged 12 years. There are three primary variants of Yamazaki whisky: Yamazaki Single Malt 12-Year-Old whisky; Yamazaki Single Malt 18-Year-Old whisky; Yamazaki Single Malt 25-Year-Old whisky; There are also other offerings outside of the US such as the 10-, 25-, 35- and 50-year-old whiskies.
The growing popularity of Japanese whisky has driven up prices, especially for rarer products. In August 2018, a 50-year-old Yamazaki first edition went for record $343,000 at a Bonhams auction in Hong Kong. [21] In early 2020, Suntory raffled off 100 bottles of Yamazaki 55-year-old in Japan for three million yen ($20,700) each.
Single malt whisky is associated with the Scottish tradition, although there are also Irish single malts and others. Penderyn, the only whisky commercially produced in Wales, is also a single malt. From the 15th century onwards, whisky was heavily taxed in Scotland, to the point that most of the spirit was produced illegally.
The store became the Kotobukiya company in 1921 to further expand its business and in 1923, Torii built Japan's first malt whisky distillery Yamazaki Distillery. Due to shortages during World War II, Kotobukiya was forced to halt its development of new products, but in 1946 it re-released Torys Whisky, which sold well in post-war Japan.
Hibiki was introduced in 1989 by Suntory, originally with expressions having age statements of 17 and 21 years. [5] (In the convention for whisky age statements, the age stated is the age of the youngest whisky in the blend.) A 30-year expression was introduced in 1997, and a 12-year expression was introduced in 2009. [5]
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