Japan can be counted in with the serious whisky producing countries. So serious, that the Miyagikyo distillery could well afford itself an experiment and presented this whisky as the result. Normally column stills are only used for the production of grain whisky. However, Nikka distilled a herd of 100% malted barley in their Coffey stills; an older type of column still, developed by Aeneas Coffey. The result is a surprisingly rich whisky with remarkable smoothness.
