Distilled from barley and aged in oak bourbon whiskey barrels, creating a mellow taste and golden color. Nose is mainly wood, barrel notes. Tastes of toasted vanilla and green rye spices. Pair with grilled red meat or Chef J's charcuterie board. Good gateway for those who love bourbon/whiskey/scotch.
House of Suntory "Roku" Gin
$8.50
Roku is "6" in Japanese, so six unique Japanese botanicals were used to create this gin along with eight traditional gin botanicals. The six Japanese botanicals include the sakura flower, sakura leaf, sencha tea, gyokuro tea, sansho pepper, and yuzu peel.
Midori Melon Liqueur
$5.50
This vibrant green, original melon liqueur explodes with the fresh flavor of Japanese melons.
Takara "Yokaichi Kome" Shochu
$6
A rice-based, single-distillation shochu. This process allows for greater complexity, so look for aromas of pear, jasmine rice, delicate white flowers, and rainwater. The palate is more savory with flavors of salted pear, mineral, green olive, and lemon pith.
House of Suntory "Haku" Vodka
$7.50
The Japanese Craft Vodka
Haku is the premium Japanese craft vodka. Made with 100% Japanese white rice, the name Haku means “white” in Japanese. The word can also be read as “brilliant”. Filtered through bamboo charcoal, Haku has an unparalleled soft, round, and subtly sweet taste.
Masahiro Distillery "Okinawa Gin"
$10.75
Botanicals including roselle (from the hibiscus family), guava leaves, and long pepper, but the most interesting addition is goya, the green, bumpy Okinawan bitter melon. At 47% ABV, it’s bursting with floral flavours, tropical fruit, and green notes from the bitter melon.
Purple and pear shochu
$10.50
Rihei Shochu ginger
$10.50
Japanese Whisky
Gyokusendo PEAK Whisky (NEW) 43% ABV
$8
Blend of imported malt and grain creates a rich and round flavor ending with a sharp, bright finish. Gentle aromatics of raw honey, old temple incense, dried herbs and hint of sherry barrels. Delightful to use in cocktails or our Japanese Highball.
Eigashima Distillery "Akashi White Label" 40% ABV
$10
Eigashima Shuzo (known as White Oak Distillery in Japan) is one of Japan's oldest family-run distilleries. An excellent introduction to the Japanese whisky category.
Designed to be an approachable, sipping whisky, Akashi Whisky has a malty, citrusy characteristic complemented by hints of salinity due to its coastal location. This whisky is distilled from wheat, barley and rye with notes of subtle peat, aged in ex-bourbon, barley shochu, and sherry barrels. Tasting Notes - Vanilla and pine nuts delight on the palate, leading to a long, wheaty finish. The nose is slightly fruity with hints of lemon, cherry, toffee, oats and sea air. The palate is perfectly clean & easy with a touch of peat on the finish.
House of Suntory "Hibiki Japanese Harmony" 43% ABV
$16
Luminous. Delicate. A transparency that unveils complexity.
Color: Amber Tasting Notes -Nose: Rose, lychee, hint of rosemary, mature woodiness, sandalwood. Palate: Honey like sweetness, candied orange peel, white chocolate. Finish: Subtle, tender long finish, with hint of Mizunara (Japanese oak)
Kaikyo Distillery "Hatozaki Blended" 40% ABV
$9.50
A premium blend of whiskies, aged up to 12 years in barrel with a minimum malt whisky content of 40%. Light in style with a rich backbone of malt whisky character. Cereal notes and a light sweetness. Tasting Notes - Light, Cereal Grain, Citrus, Honey, Balanced
Looking for something fruity, easy-drinking and unique, look no further than Akashi Ume Plum Whisky, inspired by the traditions of Umeshu (Plum Wine). Freshly harvested, Japanese Ume(ooh-meh)sour plums are added directly to matured barrels of Akashi (white label) Whisky and aged for approximately 6-10 months depending on the season. Akashi Ume can be sipped neat, on the rocks, served with soda.
TASTING NOTES - Bright plum notes with hints of apricot, raisin jam, and honey. Smooth and sweet with a touch of acidity on the finish.
Mars "Traditional Blended Whisky" 40% ABV
$11
Tasting Notes;Nose / Aroma / Smell Grapes, Sherry, peat. Flavor / Taste / Palate Peppery, cherry, toffee, honey, ginger spice. Finish Long, crisp, rounded. Mars Shinshu Iwai Tradition Whisky is named after Kiichiro Iwai, also known as “The Silent Pioneer of Japanese Whisky,” Iwai-san and former mentor of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka and Suntory Whisky. Iwai sent Taketsuru to Scotland to learn the art of whisky-making. And he became the first Japanese to learn the art, Taketsuru returned to Japan, presenting a Whisky-making report -the Taketsuru Notes- to Iwai. This special Japanese blend is distilled with the waters that pass through granite rock, which is high in natural minerals. Iwai is a blended Whisky, made of both single malts, grains, and blended Whiskies. This mixture is then aged in a combination of ex-Bourbon, ex-Sherry, and ex-Wine casks, creating a perfect trifecta of harmonious flavor. Shinshu’s Whiskies are quality manifestations of their longstanding history of distilling. “Kame no kou yori toshi no kou": “Wisdom gotten from age is better than the shell of a tortoise.” With age comes wisdom, and damn good Whisky.
Shinobu Distillery "The Koshi-No Shinobu Pure Malt" 43% ABV
$13.50
Tasting Note: Nose: Stewed stone fruit and red berries, with creamy oak and mint white chocolate. Palate: Lemon curd and citrus peel lead into oak char, chai spices and floral oak. Finish: Toasty oak and underripe red fruit linger. Like its sister vintage drams, Shinobu Pure Malt Japanese Whisky has spent most of its time aging in ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry casks. Then it was finished in those rare and delightfully expensive Mizunara oak barrels. It is a blend of 100% malt Spirits, with masterfully balanced profile. But Whisky-lovers will notice the influence of the Mizunara right away — with dense, wood-forward notes.
Sunday's Whisky Are Better Than Others 40% ABV
$13
Tasting Notes:Nose: aromas of yuzu, sugar snap pea and apple cider donut. Palate: shows notes of cocoa, fresh mint, and waffle with a rounded mouthfeel, in part from the soft water source. Finish: showcases more sweet baking spice notes with pink peppercorn and barley. Sunday’s Whisky is aged 3-9 years at cask strength in mostly ex-bourbon casks, with some whisky being aged in port, sherry, and wine casks to allow Yamaguchi-san to perfect the blend utilizing the varying flavors that each cask has imparted. The diurnal temperature shifts of Koriyama allow the casks to expand and contract to accelerate the process of aging. The whisky is then blended before adding the pristine, alkaline water from the nearby springs of Koriyama.
House of Suntory "Toki" 43% ABV
$8
Tasing Notes: Nose: Basil, green apple, honey. Palate: Grapefruit, green grapes, peppermint, thyme. Finish: Subtly sweet and spicy finish with a hint of vanilla oak, white pepper and ginger. A blended whisky from Suntory's three distilleries: Yamazaki, Hakushu and Chita. Toki has a different composition to another Suntory blend, Hibiki, as its main components are Hakashu single malt and Chita grain whisky.b Toki' means 'time' in Japanese. Try it in our signature highball.
Kojiki Blended Whisky 40% ABV
$10.50
Shows a clear and light pale golden color. Its rich sweetness and freshness reveal gentle and soft scents of wheat bread, orange peel, white peach and cotton candy. This whisky is composed of an unusual blend of 40% barley, (with a small percentage of the barley being peated), 30% wheat and 30% corn. The malted barley and grain whisky in this blend all come from the KOJIKI distillery, located in the Kansai area close to Kyoto along the shore of lake Biwa, the largest freshwater lake in Japan. Twice distilled in KOJIKI traditional pot stills, then aged for three years in Bourbon barrels, this whisky is then finished for three months in Sauternes barrels and for four months in Champagne casks.
Yamato "Blended Small Batch" 40% ABV
$12
Yamato was created by Aiko Importers after contacting one of the largest distilleries in the Yamanshi Prefecture and learning of excess barrels of Japanese Whisky that had not been assigned to a market and could be acquired. Aiko, under Japanses authority, was able to contract for this whisky, and developed the Yamato label to be bottled exclusively as a Small Batch Japanese Whisky. This whisky is a blend of malted barley Scotch whisky and selected Japanese grain that was grown in the Yamanashi Prefecture. The cold winters and fiery summers gives a rich flavour quality to the grain. The unique geographical location allows the whisky an intense maturation period, thereby losing a considerable amount as the "angel's share". To maintain the products natural character it is non-chill filtered. It is a blend of 3-8 year old whiskies aged in Mizunara Oak barrels. Tasting Notes: Nose: Distinctly confident liquorice-bourbon notes with near perfect bitter-sweet balance; burnt honeycomb and toffee also abound.Taste: Outstanding richness and sheen to the enormous barley-oak sweetness; again there is big bourbon influences with all the associated liquorice and molasses sugar. The barley adds an extra dimension. Finish: Long, wonderfully layered oak, offering variations on the sweet/dry theme, with some creamed toffee at the death.
Japanese Whisky (Premium)
Eigashima Distillery "Akashi Grey Label" 46% ABV
$18.50
Due to Eigashima’s coastal climate, Akashi whiskies impart a unique briny quality that is especially apparent in the Akashi Single Malt. Aged approximately 5-8 years in ex-Bourbon, sherry, brandy and barley casks, this whisky's prominent notes of salted caramel and subtle peat boasts a long, buttery finish. TASTING NOTES - Salted caramel, yellow apple, brown sugar, angelica fruits, mild peat.
Fukano Whisky 2020 Edition 40.6% ABV
$16.75
Tasting notes -
Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aroma is delicate and soothing with notes of rose petals, wild honey, toffee, and coconut cream.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
The flavor profile is elegant and smooth with light tannins and gentle notes of almond cookies, ripe red plum, vanilla, and tea.
Finish
Medium length with a lingering notes of toasted almond, banana, and coconut.
TAKAMINE Koji Fermented Whiskey
$16
Takamine Koji Whiskey is made with the patented Takamine Process, which uses an ancient Japanese mold, koji, to convert starches to sugars in a process similar to malting barley. Unlike malt whiskey where sugars are extracted in a warm water mash before yeast is introduced to start the fermentation, both the koji and yeast are active at the same time in a multiple parallel fermentation. This 100% barley ferment is then double distilled and aged in virgin oak and ex-Bourbon casks.
Distilled by the legendary king of Japanese distilling: Ichiro Akuto. Tasting Notes -Nose: Peach, dried apricot, sweet butterscotch and citrus zest aromas. Palate: Toffee first, followed by gingerbread, tropical fruits, black pepper and fresh cut hay. Finish: medium length with vanilla and dried tropical fruit.
AO Suntory World Whiskey
$13
Blended using whisky from Suntory Group’s own distilleries in five of the world’s most renowned whisky-regions: Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Japan and the US, Suntory World Whisky Ao, meaning blue, is named after the oceans that connect these whiskies of the world together.