Taketsuru 17yo SmokyPeaty Palate: Mellow and soft with

Palate: Mellow and soft with silky mouth feel

The term monkey shoulder is a reference to a condition that the maltmen who worked at distilleries sometimes endured after long shifts manually turning the barley

An older style bottling of Laphroaig's 18yo single malt

charred oak and subtle wood smoke

Taketsuru 17yo SmokyPeaty Palate: Mellow and soft withNikka Taketsuru 17yo is a blended malt composed of two Japanese distilleries, Miyagikyo and Yoichi, with a large portion matured in ex sherry casks. A superb multi award winning dram from Nikka named World's Best Blended Malt, Best Japanese Blended Malt & Category Winner in the World Whisky Awards 2015 (WWA).