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Humiliation for Scotland as Japan's whisky is named 'best in world'
UK Daily Mail ^ | November 3, 2014 | Richard Mardsen

Posted on 11/03/2014 6:04:14 AM PST by C19fan

Japan has given the Scotch whisky industry a ‘wake up call’ - after a single malt from the Far East was named the best in the world. Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 has been given the title by Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible - which describes the drink as a work of ‘near incredible genius’. For the first time, the 2015 edition of the renowned publication features no Scottish distillery in its top five.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: whiskey
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To: warsaw44

Last I saw they were actually fairly cheap, in $50 range, because nobody expect Japanese scotch to be any good. Now that they’re #1 that’ll probably change.


21 posted on 11/03/2014 6:51:17 AM PST by discostu (YAHTZEE!)
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To: elcid1970

I never heard that slogan before. I only know the ‘relaxing times’ slogan as a result of one of the best scenes Bill Murray every filmed.

From Lost in Translation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiQnH450hPM


22 posted on 11/03/2014 6:53:18 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: ViLaLuz
This is so typically Japanese—to borrow from another culture and then excel.

Yes.

Not merely make a shoddy copy, like the Chinese, but excel in all senses of the word.

23 posted on 11/03/2014 6:59:34 AM PST by null and void (If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.)
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To: Vigilanteman

One thing the Japanese didn’t borrow from anybody, but excel at, is koi. Nobody breeds those swimming beauties—living jewels—like the Japanese.


24 posted on 11/03/2014 7:01:49 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

It was an Esquire magazine ad from 1969, where I first heard of Suntory. The Suntory drinker is in foreground while in the background he hunts on safari, wrestles alligators, or sings onstage like Tom Jones, with an admiring female always nearby.

;^)


25 posted on 11/03/2014 7:11:37 AM PST by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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To: Dusty Road

Drink Irish Whiskey. You will be pleased.


26 posted on 11/03/2014 7:13:56 AM PST by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: C19fan

Back when I used to drink ... 22 years and counting ... I had made the fairly basic discovery that scotches are amazingly varied. There is no reason to pay a high premium for a prestige label when a little research (well, ok, in my case a LOT of research) will probably turn up a moderately priced brand that suits your palate.


27 posted on 11/03/2014 7:18:44 AM PST by sphinx
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To: elcid1970

Found it!

What a GREAT ad! No wonder you remembered it.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=1969%20esquire%20suntory%20ad%20alter%20ego&qs=n&form=QBIRMH&pq=1969%20esquire%20suntory%20ad%20alter%20ego&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=F480C0E36DE1A8CDA69BF46F096FF0B6FA28E709&selectedIndex=0


28 posted on 11/03/2014 7:18:53 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

Totally agree. You can add cultivated pearls, wood block prints, cutlery and probably a couple dozen of other things to that list as well.


29 posted on 11/03/2014 7:46:41 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: edpc

If your looking for a decent rye try Templeton Rye out of Iowa - based on a prohibition era recipe - very nice.


30 posted on 11/03/2014 7:52:58 AM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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To: reed13k

Tried and liked. Supposedly Capone’s drink of choice.


31 posted on 11/03/2014 7:54:50 AM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: Fantasywriter

Esquire was the Maxim of its time. Ads were about cars, Rolexes, fancy liquors, travel, & always beautiful chicks nearby. Some things resist change.

When I was deployed, the new month rolled around when somebody in the tent asked, “OK, whose turn is it to buy the Maxim?”


32 posted on 11/03/2014 7:55:01 AM PST by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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To: Brother Cracker

A cowboy walks into a saloon and says, “Give me a Yamazaki.” Whereupon the whole house proceeds to kick his ass assuming he’s a homosexual.


33 posted on 11/03/2014 7:56:36 AM PST by onedoug
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To: elcid1970

‘When I was deployed, the new month rolled around when somebody in the tent asked, “OK, whose turn is it to buy the Maxim?”’

Great story! Also, thanks for mentioning the classic Santory ad. It was priceless, and I’m glad I had the chance to see it.


34 posted on 11/03/2014 8:22:14 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: CrazyIvan
"The Japanese have loved Scotch for a long time."

In John P. Marquand's 1930's Mr. Moto novels, Mr.Moto would often say something like, "It would be very, very nice to sit down with you when all of this is over and have a glass of your fine American whiskey. But right now, there is work to do."
35 posted on 11/03/2014 8:24:13 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: ViLaLuz
"This is so typically Japanese—to borrow from another culture and then excel."

They took Chan (sp?) Buddhism from China and turned it into Zen, with all of its refined - yet minimalist - aesthetics. When I was a kid, "Made in Japan" was a common joke, but while we were laughing, they were getting better, and even surpassing us in some ways.
36 posted on 11/03/2014 8:31:03 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Vigilanteman

‘You can add cultivated pearls, wood block prints, cutlery and probably a couple dozen of other things to that list as well.’

I wasn’t aware the Japanese excel in any of these areas. Thanks for adding to my knowledge.


37 posted on 11/03/2014 8:56:42 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: katana
Oh, and the Japanese (and American & Canadian) versions of “Whisky” are required by international trademark agreement to be spelled “Whiskey”. Even if the method of distilling and aging (in used American fired oak Bourbon barrels) is the same and they’re informally calling it Scotch.

Only Irish and American products are actually spelled whiskey, and in at least the American case, that's not even universal. Pretty much everywhere else in the world (including Scotland, Canada, and Japan), it's spelled whisky.

38 posted on 11/03/2014 11:25:42 AM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: RansomOttawa

You may be right, but I was told about the trademark usage of the spelling during a tour of the Glen Livet distillery in Scotland. And I swear it was before we did the tastings.


39 posted on 11/03/2014 12:58:38 PM PST by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: Steve_Seattle
Most western embassies in Saudi Arabia made an effort to hide their empties. The Japanese embassy in Jeddah 30 years ago merely used to toss their empty Johnny Walker red labels over the embassy wall.

When I was stationed in Japan nearly 50 years go, I didn't drink a whole lot of whisky, but I can remember going into a GI bar and ordering "Oji-san mizu" (Old Grand Dad and water).

40 posted on 11/03/2014 6:54:33 PM PST by Ax
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