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    Originally posted by roopi
    Nikka from the Barrel 500 ml is at Costco for $48.00. Picked up a bottle tonight. Hope it's as good as the reviews say.
    I'm a big Nikka fan and have my own little collection of Japanese whiskies, so I tried very hard to like Nikka from the Barrel (about the finish my 2nd bottle) but for some reason it's just not doing it for me. 7/10. I much prefer Nikka Pure Malt Black ($63), or even Taketsuru Pure Malt ($68) in that price range. The Barrel is not a cheap whisky either as since it's only 500ml!

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    Originally posted by RX_EVOLV


    I'm a big Nikka fan and have my own little collection of Japanese whiskies, so I tried very hard to like Nikka from the Barrel (about the finish my 2nd bottle) but for some reason it's just not doing it for me. 7/10. I much prefer Nikka Pure Malt Black ($63), or even Taketsuru Pure Malt ($68) in that price range. The Barrel is not a cheap whisky either as since it's only 500ml!
    Did you get those in town?

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    Originally posted by roopi


    Did you get those in town?
    The Pure Malt and Taketsuru Pure Malt can easily be found locally (COOP, liquor depot, etc). Best time to buy them is at Highlander when they have their 10% off sale, which seems to happen once a quarter or so.

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    My scotch collection has been growing... Here are some of the nicer bottles. Quite a range of tasting notes here depending on the mood.


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    It's almost that time of year for willow park's biggest whiskey event

    https://www.willowpark.net/product/W...Warehouse-2016

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    Had some of this the other night. God it was good!!


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    I bet!!

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    Saw Suntory Toki today at the liquor store. I've never heard anything about this before. Anyone try it yet? Curious before I buy a bottle.

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    Originally posted by roopi
    Saw Suntory Toki today at the liquor store. I've never heard anything about this before. Anyone try it yet? Curious before I buy a bottle.
    Which store and how much was it?

    I bought a bottle from Costco in San Francisco for $37 and had it over a couple weeks while road tripping through California. It's very light, floral, fruity, not terribly complex. Made for a perfect summer vacation drink though. I'd buy it again, but I'll probably wait until it's 25° and the sun is shining.
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    Originally posted by Strider


    Which store and how much was it?

    I bought a bottle from Costco in San Francisco for $37 and had it over a couple weeks while road tripping through California. It's very light, floral, fruity, not terribly complex. Made for a perfect summer vacation drink though. I'd buy it again, but I'll probably wait until it's 25° and the sun is shining.
    I bought a bottle at Costco NW. It was $46.99 I think. Pretty nice, a little smokey so different than my other bottles. They also had a bunch of the Nikka From the barrel again which is ~$49.99.

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    Yep it's $47 at Costco. Opened mine last week.

    If you like Japanese whisky I think you'll like it. It's a blend of Yamazaki, Hakuchu and Chita and the Hakuchu really comes through. Unfortunately so does the Chita, which is a grain whisky and might not be everyone's cup of tea. Other than that the whisky is a bit one-dimensional and fairly light so it's nothing spectacular. I like it and I think it's worth $50. I wouldn't pay more than $60 though..

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    ops double posted

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    Thanks for the Costco heads up on this. I saw it at Safeway for $64.99. Costco at $47 is worth a try.

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    Just got back from Japan, brought back a few bottles of Whisky from the trip: Hibiki Master's Select, Yamazaki Limited Edition 2016, and a mystery box...

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    Nice pick up! What's in the mystery box!? Yamazaki 25??

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    Originally posted by Illusive 4-2
    Just got back from Japan, brought back a few bottles of Whisky from the trip: Hibiki Master's Select, Yamazaki Limited Edition 2016, and a mystery box...

    Nice! Hmm is it Yama/Haka 18? Was just in Japan as well and it looked like Yama 25 was basically sold out and the 18's were basically only available as duty free specials.

    Only thing I brought back was a bottle of this that I randomly found in a liqour store in Kyoto... they only had 1 bottle left and it was reasonably priced

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    They had a few places with Yama25 this past month. With the exchange rate worked out to be about $4200cad. wasn't overly worth it.. i'll just have to enjoy my Yama18s.

    That pure malt you can buy here I think.

    We should have guesses on the mystery box. Whomever is right gets a dram.

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    Couldn't find the Yamazaki 25 aside from Nobu; a single there cost almost as much as the bottle in the box. The Hibiki and Yamazaki 25 were completely sold out everywhere I looked, with duty free advertising it for 250,000 Yen (~CAD$3,150).

    Was lucky to come across the Limited Edition 2016 at the distillery in the gift shop, don't suspect they will have them in stock for much longer, even with one bottle per person restrictions.

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    The Taketsuru 21 has long been sold out in Canada. Few years now. Only the NAS Pure Malt left so that's a very good find!

    Any hints on the mystery box?

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    The yama/Hibiki at the airports are all travelers edition aka Limited Edition.

    Surprisingly they had a lot of limited Edition at the liquor store at Ginza station and Tokyo Station. Few other surprises there in the 200-300,000 yen range.

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