Explore Japan
Browse our list of Japanese Whiskey below, or return to the Borough Whisky Homepage here.
JAPANESE SINGLE MALT
Chichibu 2012 Virgin Oak Barrel #1685
59%
Price 25/50ml: £30/£60
Bottled exclusively for the Whisky Exchange, the virgin oak maturation gives a pleasant sappiness to Chichibu's classic characteristics.
Nikka Miyagikyo Single Malt
45%
Price 25/50ml: £8/£16
Warm and rich, buttery and chewy, sherried and rounded.
Nikka Yoichi Single Malt
45%
Price 25/50ml: £8/£16
Nikka’s proprietary smoky malt is both peaty and salty, yet subtle and nuanced.
Nikka Yoichi Single Malt 10yr
45%
Price 25/50ml: £15/£30
The 10 year shows more refinement than the NAS. Elegant peat with fruit shining through.
Suntory Hakushu Distiller’s Reserve
43%
Price 25/50ml: £8/£16
Created to cover the increasing demand of the 12-year-old, this is younger but still has the warming, smoky, honeyed characteristics of the original.
Suntory Yamazaki 12yr
43%
Price 25/50ml: £9/£18
Delicate and sweet, notes of cloves and assam tea, with candied lemon peels and a hint of toasted sugar cane.
Suntory Yamazaki 2023 Limited Edition
45%
Price 25/50ml: £30/£60
Matured in Mizunara casks, this whisky has bundles of coconut and vanilla with a faint hint of smoke.
JAPANESE PURE MALT
Mars Maltage Cosmo
43%
Price 25/50ml: £8/£16
Shinshu distillery’s flagship whisky, oaky and fruity, Werthers Originals and a touch of milk chocolate.
Nikka Pure Malt Red
43%
Price 25/50ml: £9/£18
Fruity and soft, predominantly Miyagikyo with a touch of Yoichi.
Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt
43%
Price 25/50ml: £7.5/£15
A wonderfully complex whisky named after the company’s founder. Dairy Milk, black pepper and coffee.
JAPANESE SINGLE GRAIN
Fuji Single Grain
46%
Price 25/50ml: £7/£14
Consisting of three spirits distilled three different ways achieves a delicate whisky. Floral tea, orchard fruit and dark chocolate give this dram a rich intensity
Nikka Coffey Grain
45%
Price 25/50ml: £7/£14
Buttery and sweet, notes of citrus. Like drinking a lemon cheesecake.
Suntory The Chita
43%
Price 25/50ml: £7/£14
Sugar Puffs, honey and brown sugar, citrussy on the palate and a touch of melon.
JAPANESE BLENDED
Hatozaki Blended
40%
Price 25/50ml: £5.5/£11
Super light and easy-drinking, this is a proper breakfast dram!
Nikka From The Barrel
51%
Price 25/50ml: £7/£14
The go-to Japanese whisky, spicy and punchy, fruity and malty; a great all-rounder.
Suntory Hibiki Harmony
43%
Price 25/50ml: £8/£16
Arguably also the go-to Japanese whisky, but more soft and sweet. Orchard fruits, buttery pastry and brown sugar.
Suntory Toki
43%
Price 25/50ml: £5.5/£11
Suntory’s other blended whisky - made with more Chita and Hakushu while Hibiki favours Yamazaki - this is an easy sipper with hints of spice and rounded sweetnessstry and brown sugar.