The House of Suntory has released both Hakushu 18 Year Old Peated Malt and an 18-year-old Yamazaki whisky aged in mizunara oak casks as part of their 100th anniversary celebration – Suntory was founded in 1923 by Shinjiro Torii who started making whisky at the Yamazaki distillery, located near Kyoto in Japan. 50 years later, Keizo Saji founded the Hakushu distillery in 1973, located in Hokuto.
House of Suntory Yamazaki 18 Year Old Mizunara is a limited edition whisky blend, aged in mizunara casks, bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof] and is said to offer notes of cinnamon, dark cherry, clove, coconut, nutmeg and peach.
House of Suntory Hakushu 18 Year Old Peated Malt is a blend of malt whiskies all aged for a minimum of 18 years, matured in re-fill American oak cask, bottled at 48% alcohol by volume [96 proof] and is said to offer notes of acacia honey, grapefruit, green apple, pineapple and sage.
House of Suntory Hakushu 18 Year Old Peated Malt is being made available for $1,585 per bottle while and House of Suntory Yamazaki 18 Year Old Mizunara is being made available for $1,990 per bottle.
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