W/NW: Whisky, Whiskey

The night before meets the morning after.

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Fujifilm XF10
Yokosuka, Japan - June 2020

All the best,
Mike
 
A hand-filled bottle from the Westland distillery. The distillery tour itself is really interesting (currently on hold due to COVID), but being able to hand-fill a somewhat exclusive bottle is a nice bonus.

Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Ultrafine eXtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes. Three individual black and white frames shot through Tiffen #25 Red, #58 Green, and #47 Blue filters, respectively, then combined using GIMP to create a trichrome color image.


2020.05.14 Roll #245-04817-positive-trichrome.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr
 
Nikka Black ~ Deep Blend Whisky
Perfect for a kitchen drinker like me :D

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Sigma Sd Quattro H, Sigma 20mm f1.8 EX DG lens
Yokosuka, Japan - September 2020

All the best,
Mike
 
A thumb’s worth of Evan Williams Single Barrel, half teaspoon blood orange bitters, two teaspoons simple syrup, orange twist (and of course rubbed around the rim of the glass before you drop it in), two Luxardo cherries with a teaspoon of their delicious dark syrup, one large ice cube. The perfect Old Fashioned.

Oh yeah and a Hasselblad 907x on the side - how could I forget :)


907x and an Old Fashioned by Vince Lupo, on Flickr
 
What else would a Fujifilm camera guy drink?

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Question for Dourbalistar - What do you see at the bottom of the bottle?

Fujifilm X-H1 , Fujinon XF 16mm f1.4 R lens
Astia film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - January, 2021
 
One of a handful of new Japanese single malts released recently.

Acros stand developed in Adonal, shot with the Carl Zeiss S-Planar 120mm adapted to my Pentax 645n.
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Tsunuki
 
WJJ3 said:
One of a handful of new Japanese single malts released recently.


Acros stand developed in Adonal, shot with the Carl Zeiss S-Planar 120mm adapted to my Pentax 645n.
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Beautifully shot, WJJ3! Looks like you got your hands on something special.

On a somewhat related note, it seems that Japanese whisky makers are finally setting industry standards for what can be considered "real" Japanese whisky:
https://www.nomunication.jp/2021/02/17/finally-a-standard-for-japanese-whisky/
https://whiskycast.com/japanese-whisky-industry-sets-standards-for-japanese-whisky/

With the new labelling standards, some of my favorites like Nikka Coffey Grain and Whisky from the Barrel (Post #123) don't meet the new criteria of "Japanese Whisky".
 
dourbalistar said:
Beautifully shot, WJJ3! Looks like you got your hands on something special.

On a somewhat related note, it seems that Japanese whisky makers are finally setting industry standards for what can be considered "real" Japanese whisky:
https://www.nomunication.jp/2021/02/17/finally-a-standard-for-japanese-whisky/
https://whiskycast.com/japanese-whisky-industry-sets-standards-for-japanese-whisky/

With the new labelling standards, some of my favorites like Nikka Coffey Grain and Whisky from the Barrel (Post #123) don't meet the new criteria of "Japanese Whisky".
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Thank you sir! The First from Tsunuki Distillery is a tasty whisky. It will be interesting to watch them develop and refine the character of their single malt.

Thanks for sharing the news of the new standards. Definitely another good step toward getting clarity in the category of Japanese whisky.

BTW, Nikkei news is reporting that Nikka's Coffey Grain meets the new standards :)

I'm not surprised From the Barrel doesn't meet the new standards. It's just too delicious and inexpensive to believe Nikka is blending it entirely from domestically produced and aged stocks.

I'm a big fan of Nikka and it's sad to see what their whisky lineup has become...
 
WJJ3 said:
Thank you sir! The First from Tsunuki Distillery is a tasty whisky. It will be interesting to watch them develop and refine the character of their single malt.

Thanks for sharing the news of the new standards. Definitely another good step toward getting clarity in the category of Japanese whisky.

BTW, Nikkei news is reporting that Nikka's Coffey Grain meets the new standards :)

I'm not surprised From the Barrel doesn't meet the new standards. It's just too delicious and inexpensive to believe Nikka is blending it entirely from domestically produced and aged stocks.

I'm a big fan of Nikka and it's sad to see what their whisky lineup has become...
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Ah yes, you are correct about the Coffey Grain, I misread the note on Nikka's website. :bang: Do you know if the Coffey Grain is back in production? Last year, I read news that production was "temporarily suspended". Here in the US, it has been out of stock for at least the past six months or so, if not more.
https://www.foodandwine.com/news/nikka-suntory-japanese-whisky-discontinued
https://www.nomunication.jp/2019/01...ikka-12-nikka-coffey-malt-nikka-coffey-grain/
 
dourbalistar said:
Ah yes, you are correct about the Coffey Grain, I misread the note on Nikka's website. :bang: Do you know if the Coffey Grain is back in production? Last year, I read news that production was "temporarily suspended". Here in the US, it has been out of stock for at least the past six months or so, if not more.
https://www.foodandwine.com/news/nikka-suntory-japanese-whisky-discontinued
https://www.nomunication.jp/2019/01...ikka-12-nikka-coffey-malt-nikka-coffey-grain/
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It's kinda hard to tell if Nikka is shipping it again or if it's still in suspended mode. I haven't seen it on the shelf anywhere for about a year, but it looks like it is available on amazon etc. over here...
 
WJJ3 said:
It's kinda hard to tell if Nikka is shipping it again or if it's still in suspended mode. I haven't seen it on the shelf anywhere for about a year, but it looks like it is available on amazon etc. over here...
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One of the big box retailers here in California shows it as "expected to be in stock in February 2021", so maybe that's another sign that it's back in production?

WJJ3 said:
BTW, Dourbalistar, pretty cool trichrome color images you are making!
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Thank you! It has been really fun to experiment with that process. :)
 
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