Ichiro's Malt & Grain

Estery, subtle, and delicate. Notes of ginger, citrus zest, and vanilla.

Meh. I was told this was very good but didn’t live up to my expectations. The corn in this blend is strong. Easy to drink. Floral, vanilla and cereal nose is nice. Mild body. Dusty metallic note is not my favorite. It’s okay, not complex enough for my taste.

This review is for the limited edition. Nose: Very fruity (fresh apple juice, floral, dried peaches), then malty (oak and barley), then the slightest hint of cigar smoke poking in here and there. Taste: Malt (plain cereal), slight sweetness (vanilla), medium spice, slight metallic/iodine note at the tail end. A dash of water really opened up the sweetness. The fruity notes from the nose appear briefly, followed by characteristic bourbon (caramel and vanilla) and toffee notes. Finish: A warm spice (black pepper), plus a long bitter/metallic note. I really enjoyed fruitiness of the nose. The palate was missing the huge fruity notes on the nose initially, but really opened up with some water. The finish left a little to be desired as there were not many lingering flavors from the palate. The bitter/metallic note I got at the finish was off-putting.

A bit of vanilla on the front end with a spice and a bit of a bite for the finish

creamy sweetness, strawberry apple fruits, pleasant nosing, sugar, caramel mid pep 3 delicate but you get increasing heat on fruity and sugary, caramel, sugar, honey lightness and easy to drink 2.5 (mark down for the lack of complexity) low sustain oaky 2.25 2.5 imagine this is a good one for the girls and a good addition to the bar for jap whisky sweetness, cream, grape, mid high pep, apple pear, slight dryness 2.5 sweetness and creamy, candy sweetness, smoothness and ease to drink.. woody oaky at the tail end 2.75 finish slight sustain, oaky and little smoke 2.25 2.5