Kaiyo The Kuri Chestnut 750ml

Kaiyo is a Japanese whisky brand known for aging and finishing sourced Japanese malt and grain whisky in unusual Japanese woods rather than standard American or European oak. The Kuri gets its name from kuri — Japanese chestnut — the wood used to finish this expression, a far less common choice than Kaiyo's better-known Mizunara oak releases. Chestnut is more porous and imparts a different character than oak, often described as spicier and more resinous. This is a good bottle for whisky drinkers who already know Kaiyo's Mizunara range and want to compare a different Japanese wood side by side.

How to drink Kaiyo The Kuri

Pour it neat to catch the chestnut wood's spicier, more resinous character before it gets diluted — this is a whisky built for comparison tasting against Kaiyo's Mizunara expressions, not for burying in a mixed drink.

WhiskyJapanese Chestnut (Kuri) · Japan