This book, a definitive guide to Japanese whiskies and a first in its category, is an endeavour to document the facts and figures of a formative and exciting segment of the Japanese whisky industry.

It is also an attempt to mirror the arduous work and joy surrounding the rise of a trade that became an industry on its own merits.

The 'Japanese Whisky' portrays all distilleries involved in the foundation of a unique chapter in the global history of whisky making. Some of these entities are gone; others are still operating at full steam. Each of the distillery portraits contains histories and comprehensive technical data, some never published before.

A special segment maps a vast number of whisky versions produced over the years. Tasting notes, photo documentation and comments are included for each of them.

Plenty of side information such as how to travel and visit distilleries, the Japanese whisky bar culture, how to and where to find Japanese whiskies and much more is highlighted in the book.


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Technical data

Hardback
Size 11.3 x 11.1 x 0.9 inches (285mm x 285mm x  22mm)
Shipping weight approx. 2 pound  (1 kg)
Pages approx 160
Illustrations Colour photographs
Language English
Price GBP 30, Euro 40, USD 60
ISBN 978-91-633-2093-4

Official release date May 1st, 2008

Available through publishers web page at http://www.buxrud.se/japan.htm

or at web book shops and whisky shops around the globe

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Content

 1.   Foreword.

2.   Introduction

3.   The history and development of Japanese whisky.

3.1 The early years.

3.2 The formative years

3.3 The two 'shoguns'.

4.   Origin of taste and flavours.

4.1 On fermentation practice.

4.2 On distillation practice.

4.3 On filtration practice.

4.4 On wood policy.

4.5 On maturation

4.6 Taste guide lines.

5.     The Whiskies, facts figures and taste.

5.1    Chichibu

5.2    Fuji Gotemba

5.3    Hakushu

5.4    Hanyu

5.5    Karuizawa

5.6    Mars (Shinshu)

5.7    Miyagikyo (Sendai)

5.8    Shirakawa

5.9    White Oak (Eigashima)

5.10  Yamazaki

5.11  Yoichi

5.12   Other producers

6.   Whisky bars, bar life and whisky shops.

6.1 Tokyo.

6.2 Elsewhere.

6.2 Whisky shops

7.   Travel tips

7.1 An itinerary suggestion

7.2 Rail connection advisor.

 8.   Japanese whisky on the web.

8.1  Auctions

8.2  Whisky blogs.

8.3  Whisky societies and web pages.

8.4  Translation tools.

8.5 Translation Guide

9.   Japanese whisky in print and at trade shows.

9.1 Books.

9.2 Periodicals.

9.3 Tokyo Whisky Trade Shows.

10 Bibliography

11 Index

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