Taketsuru 17yo SmokyPeaty Bottled at 48%

Bottled at 48%

Bottled at 47%

The name comes from a practice of marking different ages of maturing barrels of whiskey with a dab of paint

The term monkey shoulder is a reference to a condition that the maltmen who worked at distilleries sometimes endured after long shifts manually turning the barley

The throne then usurped by a powerful peat and smoked barley

Taketsuru 17yo SmokyPeaty Bottled at 48%Nikka Taketsuru 17yo is a blended malt composed of two Japanese distilleries, Miyagikyo and Yoichi, with a large portion matured in ex sherry casks. A superb multi award winning dram from Nikka named World's Best Blended Malt, Best Japanese Blended Malt & Category Winner in the World Whisky Awards 2015 (WWA).