Hakushu 12 Year

Hm. "White Sandbar" here is an interesting animal. It's champagne colored self greets you with a vaguely "typical Speyside" fruit bouquet, and is fairly sweet with hints of peat and caramel in the mouth. It finishes kinda smoky. Stands up well to the Japanese highball treatment, making it a nice dinner drink. Not too hard to find in the US... possibly with good reason. It's not expensive, it's solid, but it's not amazing or stunning. I've got other things to buy, so probably wouldn't buy this again.

Tried at Carl's on 3/05/15

Hint of peat and spice, plums, vanilla, soft and smooth

¥5700 at Narita 2015