Give It A Shot - Mars Shinshu Distillery Iwai Tradition Japanese Whisky

A few months back we featured a Japanese whiskey from Trader Joe’s, the Meikakuna, on one of our podcasts. It has been viewed over 1600 times on our YouTube channel with mostly positive reviews. It was the second Japanese whiskey we had tried and the second one that we really liked, so of course we were excited to try a third. As seems to be happening a lot lately, Andrew found an article that suggested a few to try. While he was not able to find the exact one listed, he found another from the same distillery. For this episode we will be trying the Mars Shinshu Distillery Iwai Tradition Japanese Whisky. It comes from Japan’s highest distillery and features a unique grain bill of lightly peated malt, rye, and corn. It is aged in four different types of wood and all of the whiskies used in the blend are between 3-20 years of age. What did we think? What do you think? Let us know in the comments below or join us live on Thursday nights to give us your feedback while we are live streaming on Twitch.