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Mars Shinshu Distillery/Mars Shinshu Iwai 45 Japanese Whisky 750 ml
Mars Shinshu Iwai 45 Japanese Whisky 750 ml
$34.99
About this bottle
Mars Shinshu Iwai 45 is a Japanese whisky from Mars Shinshu, one of Japan's smaller and higher-altitude distilleries, run by Hombo Shuzo. The Iwai line is named for Kiichiro Iwai, an engineer who worked on Japan's earliest whisky production and helped write the technical standards other distilleries later followed. Iwai 45 leans into a bourbon-adjacent mash bill aged mainly in ex-bourbon barrels and is bottled at 45% ABV. Expect vanilla and corn sweetness on the nose, a palate of caramel and light spice, and a smooth, approachable finish that trades Scotch-style complexity for easy drinkability.
How to drink Mars Shinshu Iwai 45
Try it as a highball with soda water — the classic Japanese serve — where its bourbon-leaning sweetness stays bright rather than getting heavy.
Specs
Whisky90 proof · Nagano, Japan
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Who was Iwai?
Kiichiro Iwai, an engineer who worked on some of Japan's earliest whisky production and helped establish technical standards later used across the industry.
How is this best served?
As a highball with soda water, the classic Japanese way to drink a lighter, bourbon-leaning whisky like this.
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