This time, we will introduce some delicious whiskeys that we bought in April 2025 or drank at bars.
1st: Hyakuseifuma Tsunuki 2020-2025
Second bottle/box from the right in the image
I attended the Tsunuki seminar held at Rudder and was able to taste and purchase it there.
『Chichibu Whiskey Festival 2025This Tsunuki uses liquid yeast, which was also released in a limited edition bottle.
As for the taste, you can feel the bitterness of blue fruits such as green apple and muscat, guava, lychee, grapefruit pith and fruit skin, and it is extremely delicious.
Although it has only been aged for a short time, it is very fruity and shows us how important the fermentation process is in the manufacturing process.
『Whiskey Talk Fukuoka 2025” event-limited Tsunuki also uses liquid yeast, so be sure to check out liquid yeast in the future.
2nd: ACORN Bushmills 2002 21
Bushmills released by ACORN.
As for the taste, you can feel the yellow peach, apple, lemon, and creaminess.
Honestly, it's delicious enough to buy, but the bottle is expensive at 60,000 yen, probably because it's labeled as Bushmills. .
I would like to buy it when I can afford it.
3rd bottle: Asaka Blended Malt Japanese Whiskey Mizunara Wood Reserve
Although it is Asaka, it is a blended malt Japanese whisky, so it is a blend of Asaka and other whiskeys from other distilleries.
The hint can be found in the description of Sherry Wood Reserve, which won the world's highest award at WWA20222: ``A carefully selected blend of aged domestic sake and Asaka Distillery's unprocessed sake. ” is written there.
The fact that Asaka was aged in storage. .
So it's the unprocessed spirit from that distillery.
As for the taste, you can feel the sense of Mizunara firmly, but you can also feel the vanilla, orange, citrus, and elements of Asaka and that distillery.
If there is a time when I can buy it, I would definitely like to buy it.
4th bottle: BAR Lemon Heart 40th anniversary bottle Glenburgie 1998 26 years
This bottle commemorates the 40th anniversary of the manga bar Lemon Heart.
As for the taste, I think it has a tropical flavor of guava and panchon fruit, as well as spicy ginger and herbal elements.
I would like to buy this too if I have the money.
5th: Asaya Shoten x Bar Bacchus Royal Black La 2015 9
Two on the right of the image
『Whiskey & Spirits Festival 2025 in YokohamaI sampled it at `` and it was delicious, so I ordered one on the spot.
As for the taste, the raisins are exploding.
It has a rich, dark taste similar to dried fruit, and I don't feel any harshness from sherry.
Although it is short-ripened, it made me think that it can produce this kind of flavor.
Impressions
Normally, there wouldn't be many good releases from March to May. .
I thought that, but last month'March 2025” had some good releases, and this month also had some pretty good releases.
This theory may need to be reconsidered. .
If possible, I would like to buy a bottle that I think is delicious, but I don't have enough money to keep up with it. .
Of course I can participate in whiskey events and look for delicious bottles while drinking at a bar, but I need to increase my annual income even more than I currently do.
I will try my best to not drink alcohol all the time.
