Dominic RoskrowWhisky Japan
The Essential Guide to the World's Most Exotic Whisky
Dominic Roskrow is an award-winning drinks writer and the former editor of Whisky Magazine, The Spirits Business and Whiskeria. He has written eight books on whisky including The World’s Best Whiskies, 1001 Whiskies You Must Taste Before You Die and The Whisky Opus (for which he was nominated for the 2013 Fortnum & Mason Drinks Writer of the Year award), and has contributed to several more, including every edition of The Whisky Yearbook. He specializes in world whisky and whisky from non-traditional whisky-making regions. In 2007 he received the Scotch whisky industry’s highest honor when he was made a Keeper of the Quaich, and in 2010 he was made a Kentucky Colonel, Kentucky’s highest award.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD BY MIKE MIYAMOTO
08
INTRODUCTION
12
022 ONE
The History of Japanese Whisky
034 TWO
Making Japanese Whisky
060 THREE
The Whisky Distilleries of Japan
112 FOUR
Tasting Notes
138 FIVE
The Rise of Japanese Whisky
156 SIX
Japanese Whisky Bars
182 SEVEN
Bars Around the World
234 EIGHT
Whisky Cocktails and Food Pairings
246 NINE
The Future of Japanese Whisky
A TOURIST’S GUIDE TO JAPAN
262
WHISKY DIRECTORY, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS,
BIBLIOGRAPHY, GLOSSARY, INDEX, PICTURE CREDITS
276
