Kaiyo Whisky "The Unicorn" Mizunara Oak 10 Year

46% ABV

Malt Whisky made on a Coffey still at the Nikka Distillery that is teaspooned with malt from another unnamed Japanese Distillery. All of the Kaiyo Whiskies are aged in Japanese Mizunara Oak, a slower growing, porous grained variety of oak that is much rarer and prized than the ubiquitous American White Oak or European varieties. Because the trees do not grow straight vertically and have a higher water content, it takes nearly 200 years for a Mizunara Oak tree to be large enough to be harvested. 

The Unicorn is aged for 5 years in Mizunara casks and a further 5 years in wet, unrinsed Bourbon barrels that previously held a "unicorn" whiskey. This whiskey may have been made at the Sazerac Distillery for a prominent Kentucky family with a Dutch sounding name, but you didn't hear it from us.....