Kaiyo 8 Year Old “K&L Exclusive” Cask #6933 Cask Strength Japanese Mizunara Oak Single Malt Whisky (750ml)
$99.99

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Oh Kaiyo! This is one of the most unique and controversial brands on the market today. They’ve managed to secure filling contracts with three major Japanese distillers, but are prohibited from disclosing the sources of two of the distillates. The third contract has no such stipulation. After speaking with their Master Blender Jeff Karlovitch regarding their desire to be as transparent as legally possible, we decided to give their new barrel program a try and thank god we did. This whisky took an unbelievably complex journey to reach our shelves. It was double distilled in 2014 at the Helios Distillery in Okinawa from 100% malted barley on their unique copper pot stills and filled into 450 liter first fill char 4 mizunara oak cask for aging at Kaiyo’s japanese facility near Tokyo for 3.2 years. It was then transfered to a used mizunara cask Toast 1 Char Level 2 for 3-4 months transport from Japan to the Kaiyo aging facilities in Liverpool England. Kaiyo uses the Liverpool warehouse because the city boasts some of most humid and mild aging conditions in the world. On arrival, they filled a second new mizunara oak barrel this time char 3 for another 4.5 years. Finally, they half filled 200L toast 1 char 2 barrel #6933 for an additional 6 month oxidative finish. This crazy ritual results in a fabulously complex expression. Japanese whisky in all but name, few can boast a cask strength single barrel single malt from Japan at this age or price. Only 87 bottles available!

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