Legally, a rice whisky is indeed whisky. The proper definition says it clearly: a distillate, that has only 3 ingredients, Water, A CEREAL, and yeast. Matured in oak casks for st least 3 years and bottled at least at 40%abv. This Japanese rice whisky, is matured in single brandy casks. Bottled at 41.9%abv with a peach color. On the nose, very fruity. Spicy clove and plum liquor. Raw rice; Prunes and plums. Sider. After a first sip the aroma changed into glue, and a blackberry marmalade. On the palate, gooseberries, raw rice, ginger. Very grapy, winey. The brandy cask is very present here. Aftertaste is the best part. Again this Raw rice feeling, ginger, sider. Spicy and dry. Overall, if you have this at a blind tasting, you will surely think it is a sweet plum liquor. Very fresh and easy drinkable, not very complex and short finished, this is not a bad dram, it just doesn't feel like whisky. My score for it is 82 over 100.
About this bottle
From the Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan, the Ohishi Single Brandy Cask is a whisky distilled from rice and aged in ex-brandy casks. The Ohishi Distillery uses at least 30% gohyakumanishi rice grown on its own fields, rounded out with mochi rice Kumamoto. Founded in 1872, this is one of the oldest distilleries in Japan, located on the banks of the Kuma River, a water source that is prized for its purity.
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A complex, Blended Japanese Whisky by Ohishi Distillery on Kyushu, Lowlands, Japan made with organic mochi rice from Kumamoto & add gohyakumanishi rice; then blended from a small number of ex-Brandy barrels after aging. It has an aromatic birth with sake, a sour floral note & a hint of nuts; while a rich & thick life adds notes of honey syrup, tart apples, sake, hints of caramel & almonds; that led to a sour death of medium length with hints of oak tannins & toasted almonds. April 2019 / 2021 / August 2022
Strange unpleasant aroma. Pretty sweet taste, almond and honey, then a weird sour tail that I really don't care for. Rich with a nice tail, and tastes like a quality whiskey, but that sour tail ruins it for me.
This is almost brandy. It smells like sweet apples and dry white wine. The barrel shows on the palate with some vanilla, caramel and a bit of oak alongside the green apple and grape.
Hot and young, the rice sweetness shines through, but it’s thin and incomplete. Needs more time in the barrel. Glad I tried it at half price
Subtle Carmel and honey nose. Light sweet honey taste. Works to sip. The more I drink the sweetness becomes addicting.
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