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Nikka Yoichi Single Malt & Dingle Irish Gin Combo

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Nikka Yoichi Single Malt & Dingle Irish Gin Combo 

Combo:

1 bottle Nikka Single Malt Yoichi “Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Masataka & Rita’s Marriage – Whisky Finished in Apple Brand Barrels.  Bottled in 2020

2 bottles Dingle Irish Gin.

Yoichi Apple Brandy Wood Finish 2020 / Masataka & Rita 100th Wedding Anniversary

A Japanese single malt bottling from Nikka’s flagship distillery in Hokkaido. Nikka was founded in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru, a former Suntory employee who had studied at the University of Glasgow, and later trained as a blender at the now lost Hazelburn distillery in Campbeltown.  Taketsuru opened the Yoichi distillery in the same year as establishing the company, modelling its pot stills on the long-necked design of the Longmorn stills in Speyside.

Due to stock shortages in the Nikka warehouses brought about by unprecedented demand for Japanese whisky in the 21st century, the company discontinued all of its age-statements in 2015.

This is a 2020 bottling of whisky that has been finished in Apple Brandy Wood. It was released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the marriage between Masataka and Rita.

Dingle Original Gin

Dingle Original Gin is the product of a considerable amount of research, both technical and historical, and experimentation. Our aim was to create a totally unique gin, one which worked within the great tradition of gin distilling but which also came with a degree of innovation.

 

In terms of its broad style, this is what is categorised as a London dry gin but the unique character and flavour come from our painstaking and original choice of botanicals.

 

This combination of flavour elements are macerated in spirit for 24 hours. Then, when the spirit is distilled, it passes through a flavour basket in the neck of the still. This process underlines the attention to detail that is an essential part of our whole approach to the art of distillation.

 

We use, amongst other botanicals, rowan berry from the mountain ash trees, fuchsia, bog myrtle, hawthorn and heather for a taste of the Kerry landscape. It’s a formula unknown elsewhere and is calculated, amongst other things, to create the sense of place and provenance. The spirit is collected at 70% abv and then cut to 42.5% abv using the purest of water which we draw from our own well, 240 feet below the distillery.

 

Peter Mosley sums up DOG’s unique character in a few words: “The uniquely Irish botanicals give a fabulously fresh, floral character that perfectly balances the traditional juniper. But, to be honest, you really have to taste it for yourself.”

 

Dingle Original Gin is best served with large cubes of ice, a wedge of fresh orange and a sprinkling of juniper berries.