This can now be bought in Israel. Prices are on average about 500 Shekels (about £100). It is not approved for the strictly kosher consumer as (as you say) it does contain some wine cask maturation.
@KanpaiPlanet21 күн бұрын
Thanks for the info! 🥃🥃🥃
@whiskywhereabouts25 күн бұрын
Great sneak preview, Mac!
@KanpaiPlanet24 күн бұрын
Kanpai! 🥃🥃🥃
@thewhiskyenthusiast26 күн бұрын
Sounds delicious Mac but it'll be very hard to find for us I'm assuming. Maybe at London in September let's see.
@KanpaiPlanet24 күн бұрын
I hope they bring it because our is a very good dram
@thewhiskyenthusiast26 күн бұрын
Wow what a video! You get medical info, sake history, 2 different spirit reviews, cocktails and food! Thanks guys, absolute delight to watch!
@KanpaiPlanet24 күн бұрын
That means a lot coming from you! 🍶🍸
@thewhiskyenthusiast26 күн бұрын
Brilliant video Mac, thanks so much for the information. I always learn a lot from your videos. Kanpai 🥃
@KanpaiPlanet24 күн бұрын
And I from yours! 🥃🥃🥃
@user-ru5me5on3m27 күн бұрын
Thanks for unique content!❤
@KanpaiPlanet26 күн бұрын
Thank YOU for watching and commenting!
@gabrieltansf27 күн бұрын
Amazing interview Mac! Appreciate your honesty! Thanks for the front row seat for the tasting of the new OTW !
@KanpaiPlanet26 күн бұрын
That means a lot coming from you! I think this is one you'd really enjoy! Kanpai! 🥃🥃🥃
@joeJoe-pb3su27 күн бұрын
Sounds like a great one.
@KanpaiPlanet26 күн бұрын
It really is! 🥃🥃🥃
@c.s843528 күн бұрын
I liked it too. Armandrinksss
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
🥃🥃🥃
@astroboy350728 күн бұрын
Wow 😮I hope it’s bloody good Mac for the price point too!!! 😊✌🏻
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
Not the cheapest drop but it is wonderful. Average age 11 years. Such a great dram. YMMV but I'm buying a bottle if I can. Kanpai! 🥃🥃🥃
@titusfong28 күн бұрын
very interestingly that when a week before you released your last video on the red wine cask I bought my first chichibu. And a week ago before you released this video, it happened I bought my second bottle of chichibu, the 2022 peated 😆 really want to see someday if I can buy this On the way 2024 at a reasonable price 😊
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
What a coincidence! This one is well worth hunting down. Good luck!
@kojikawaguchi454028 күн бұрын
Great review. Perfect,like always. KANPAI
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
Your words mean a lot to me! Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Kanpai! 🤓🙏🥃
@WhiskyMystery28 күн бұрын
That was fun. Never tried a Chichibu.
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
Wow! Given everything, I'm surprised! Perhaps that should be the topic of your next video in your return to WhiskyTube 🤔🤓🥃🙏
@WhiskyMystery28 күн бұрын
@@KanpaiPlanet Haha Thanks Mac
@Carlosyabrudy28 күн бұрын
Great stuff. Let’s see what happens with chichiboooooo later
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
It's only going to get better and better! 🥃🥃🥃
@willchinlee28 күн бұрын
Bravo Mac. I can't wait to hunt this bottle.
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
Kanpai! I'm pretty proud to have delivered the world's first review of this exciting new whisky! I appreciate the comment!
@peathead445028 күн бұрын
Great video, Mac. Thanks for sharing this in your distinctive way. Always interesting and enjoyable to watch. Slàinte mhath / Kanpai
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
Thank you so much sir for your continuous support!
@maltymission14 күн бұрын
what Frank said: always entertaining, always insightful and knowledgeable. Another feather in the Kanpai Planet hat! Well done Mac!
@KanpaiPlanet11 күн бұрын
Thanks Menno! When legends like you and Frank are giving me props I know I'm doing something right! Kanpai to you both! 🥃🥃🥃
@GregsWhiskyGuide28 күн бұрын
Intriguing, I hope the Whisky Live Paris stand next September won't be too busy to let me approach it to taste it, Mac...and Yumi is lovely. I had the chance to try the 2013 release here & loved it, but prices were already high at that time & other Japanese distilleries (especially the Nikka & Suntory group ones) were releasing almost their last crazy good bottlings before the 2015 shortage...Thanks for these first promising impressions & all infos !
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
Thanks Greg! I hope you can try it at Whisky Live Paris. It's a great dram for sure!
@Whiskynewspaper28 күн бұрын
Reviewing before a general release. Talk about being VIP! Incredible video as always. Thank you for sharing.
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Please share far and wide! 🥃🥃🥃
@Audioholik128 күн бұрын
love your vids mac, pls keep it up! and would love to try this whisky!
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
This is a good one for sure. I hope you get a chance to sample it. Kanpai! 🥃🥃🥃
@lunaarran696528 күн бұрын
Great tasting note and really interesting interview! Will keep my eyes open for this one. Really a big fan of Chichibu
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
Thanks so much! This is one of the best of recent times for sure. Kanpai! 🥃🥃🥃
@go0122socc28 күн бұрын
Great interviews. All the information that makes you want to drink as soon as possible🎉
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
Great to hear! I hope to have whetted some appetites! Kanpai! 🥃🥃🤓
@chrishughes320628 күн бұрын
Great video Mac! nice to see Yumi again. She is a really passionate, eloquent speaker. Great concept, great story, great whisky. I am sure most people watching this video will be on the way to wanting to try this !!
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
Yumi is a legend and I can't thank her enough for appearing in this video! 🥃🥃🥃
@fakenihonjin45528 күн бұрын
Great content Mac! Super informative, hopefully I can get my hands on a bottle!
@KanpaiPlanet28 күн бұрын
Highly recommended! Thank you for watching and commenting. Kanpai 🥃🙏🤓
@GregsWhiskyGuideАй бұрын
New comment (hoping it doesn't disappear like previous one, not your fault, Mac, but due to some weird mysterious YT trickery ?) : Great video, Mac, dense & very informative (as always) & with a great background story for this brand. Also kudos to Nanbu for this "tour de force"' from them to create a gin with only 2 ingredients (plus of course the rice base spirit) ! I think also that, as for every country, it is often very interesting (if not crucial at least to try) to pair one's region food with same region wine & or spirits. Couldn't help pouring me something special to go along your video, the only unaged Japanese spirit that I have except Ki No Bi gin, an indie bottlings Shochu (details/pics on your Instagram DM). So yeah, well done, Mac & Kanpaï ! 👍
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Thanks for watching Greg and for your comment. Glad you got to pair this amazing story with some solid shochu too! Kanpai!
@JeffWhiskyАй бұрын
Absolutely fantastic video Mac and Chris really added depth to it. Cheers to Nanbu Bijin
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Thanks Jeff! It's a truly incredible story. I appreciate you watching and commenting. Kanpai!
@sakelovers8856Ай бұрын
Nanbu Bijin is a great brewery - Kuji san is inspiring and leading the industry! We should try this vodka and gin!
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Thank you for your comment! I couldn't agree more-Kuji-san and the team at Nanbu Bijin are truly inspiring and have made remarkable contributions to the industry. Their vodka and gin are definitely worth trying, and I'm sure you'll be impressed by their quality and craftsmanship. Kanpai!
@cindybissig9225Ай бұрын
Great video! Tried them both and excited to see what their whisky will be like ☺️
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Looking forward ro reviewing that on Kanpai Planet! The intersection of sake and whisky!
@whiskywhereaboutsАй бұрын
Great story, and very intriguing mix of ingredients and terroir in this spirits. Cheers, Mac!
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Thanks for watching and commenting. I think this is an incredible story and believe any drinks fan would find it fascinating, so anything you can do to share the video would be appreciated! Many thanks.
@vanmilton8606Ай бұрын
Hey Mac (and Chris)! Is any part of the vodka’s sake-like flavor due to koji? Is it used in the process at all? The description makes the flavor sound similar to kome shochu, but I know that starts as sake made via multiple parallel fermentation which then gets distilled. Either way, sounds delicious, can’t wait to try it. Cheers, awesome episode!
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Hi Van. The koji will have played some factor for sure, given the underlying sake base of the vodka! Hope you get a chance to try it soon, and when you do please let me know your thoughts! Kanpai!
@jimm8799Ай бұрын
Would love to try the vodka, even though I am not a vodka person. This one sounds interesting. Unlikely I will find it around here.
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
One for the Japan trip!
@jimm8799Ай бұрын
@@KanpaiPlanet we will make it back there in the next few years. Looking forward to it!
@chriswhiffin5608Ай бұрын
Another great video, Mac. These really are well-produced.
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Many thanks Chris! Kanpai!
@neonnwave1Ай бұрын
If I see a bottle from this company in any of my liquor stores, I'm buying them. Nanbu Bijin is a legend.
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Whatever Kuji-san touches turns to gold!
@PaulKeast1977Ай бұрын
Love this story and I also love Vodka, Gin and Japan. This is pretty much my perfect blend.
@chriswhiffin5608Ай бұрын
Agreed, vodka and gin are probably the two spirits I've drunk the most over the years. And Japan really is a country I must get back to.
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
The perfect quadfecta! Kanpai!
@patrickrowland974Ай бұрын
Great to hear an inspiring story…but less so to have another two bottles on the list of future acquisitions. We need more videos from Kanpai Planet though!
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Working on it Patrick! Kanpai!
@kaorusakeandbeyond2997Ай бұрын
Fantastic. I should try both vodka and gin..! It’s a little off topic but when I visited Nanbubijin last year, I had white birch juice that is 100% pure sap of the tree, which was the weirdest drink I’ve ever had, with water-like texture with syrupy sweetness but without wood notes.. I guess the vodka doesn’t reflect the flavor of white birch still interesting to try
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
That syrup was probably there in the form of that thickness and creaminess! Thanks for your insightful comment!
@jammose6208Ай бұрын
He’s back! Also love that you have Chris on board for this one as well. It’s great to have two expert opinions that compliment each other, and the delivery from each of you creates a new and refreshing dynamic for the video. You know it’s a good Vodka if you’re both spending as long nosing it as you would a decent whisky! One thing that seems quite common across many of your guests and in the spirits they produce is that they’re exceptionally good at capturing the character of the region and the local ingredients often shine through very well. Kosuke also seems like a really jovial and likeable guy, not to mention having a huge heart. Jealous of the food and cocktail pairing at the end - definitely got hungry watching this video haha!
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
First off, thank you very much for your generous donation over at buymeacoff.ee/kanpaiplanet. Truly appreciated! Thanks for the kind words about the body! I was thrilled to have Chris Hughes on board for this one too; his expertise really adds a lot to the discussion. We're glad you enjoyed the dynamic and the in-depth nosing of the vodka. It's amazing how local ingredients can bring out the unique character of a region in spirits. Kosuke Kuji is indeed a fantastic guy with a big heart. Kanpai!
@jimm8799Ай бұрын
Love the backstories you give. My second time to watch this one. I still have an unopened bottle of the 12 that I will open for some occasion not too far in the future.
@robertbrotherton2118Ай бұрын
Just bought the miyagikyo after sampling at a whiskey event. Already enjoying Yoichi looking forward to trying them side by side. Really enjoyed your review. First time watching channel will definitely be watching more👍
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Thanks Robert for watching and commenting. Enjoy the drams! Please consider supporting Kanpai Planet at buymeacoffee.com/kanpaiplanet Kanpai!
@tedtaylor2371Ай бұрын
Good stuff, Mac. Many thanks...
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@dainumoАй бұрын
Nice video! Beautiful color. Beautiful bottle. I'll have to watch others enjoy this delight like Charlie standing outside of a candy store window. lol
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I know exactly how you feel - sometimes living vicariously is the next best thing to tasting it yourself. Stay tuned for more delightful dreams and experiences I'll be sharing! And please consider supporting Kanpai Planet at buymeacoff.ee/kanpaiplanet Kanpai! 🥃🥃🥃
@janethuenink4440Ай бұрын
Right at the start, two, Oh Wow’s! Thanks for sharing!
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Wow!
@jimm8799Ай бұрын
Why did they demo the distillery?
@KanpaiPlanetАй бұрын
Kirin didn't think it was worth keeping around. They wanted the wine business. Impossible to conceive now...
@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies2 ай бұрын
There are magical moments in life when you get the opportunity to taste an extremely rare and expensive whisky (or wine) that are worth the money just for its historical significance. Even if there are better bottles for far less money, its the story you're buying and tasting not just the whisky. Thanks for sharing! 🥃
@KanpaiPlanet2 ай бұрын
I could not agree more @EricWaitWhiskyStudies! 🥃🥃🥃