Tenjaku Japanese Whisky

Strong, warm, sweet, earthly

Screwtop bottle, pale gold hue. The nose is heavy cream, salted butter, vanilla, caramel sugar. Finished oak barrel, flowery perfume. Freshly cut pear. The slightest hint of ripe raisin. The nose is very creamy and milky; smooth, light and without much burn. Taste is more of the milk cream. It's so buttery smooth on the palate too: creamy and slick. Once you chew on it a bit it becomes not unlike a creamer you'd put on coffee or tea. (Note to self: try this in coffee.) There is also butterscotch and homemade applesauce, with the skins. A dry, ashy finish that offsets the soft creaminess of the taste. There is almost nothing harsh in Tenjaku. It's a really pleasant dessert whisky in the Scotch tradition.

Huge apple and pear nose with a little flowers; pear, banana, and some custard notes; a little astringent finish; almost disappears on the finish