90 Excellent
Kaiyo ‘The Peated’ Mizunara Oak Japanese Whisky
Distiller
Undisclosed
Bottler
Kaiyo
ABV
46%
Age
NAS
Price
$60 to $99.99
Kaiyo "The Peated" blends peated malt whiskies from undisclosed Japanese distilleries, which are then matured in ex-Madeira casks for two years before a final ocean maturation in Mizunara oak.
Aggregated Reviews
Raided Score: 92Drinkhacker By Christopher Null Think of it as an Islay Scotch, but with a big twist in the mix. Fun stuff. Read Full Review Raided Score: 92Wine Enthusiast By Kara Newman Adding water pulls it all together, creating an effect like vanilla cookies sprinkled with coarse sea salt, plus a puff of peat smoke. Read Full Review Raided Score: 85Whiskyfun A briny smokiness, some seaweed, some tea-ish oakiness, a fresh smoke, touches of lemons and bananas… In truth this is very good. Read Full Review Raided Score is a conversion from an external site's score, to our in house uniform scoring system. Please see the FAQ for more.