Kaiyo Cask Strength Mizunara Oak Whisky Flor de Cana Still mostly dry

Still mostly dry

The finish features sweet corn and peanut brittle with a bit of baking spice tingle

followed by dried herbs with a clean bitter finish

Juniper and wildflowers envelop the nose

Kaiyo Cask Strength Mizunara Oak Whisky Flor de Cana Still mostly dryKaiyo, which translates to Ocean, is a fascinating endeavor in aging. After an initial, land based stint aging, this whiskey spends three months ocean aging before being returned to port in Japan and aged further before bottling. Kaiyo is aged in Mizunara Oak, a rare and expensive Japanese variety of very porous oak. Because the trees grow crooked, they need to be around 200 years old before they will make a barrel. Japanese whiskies are almost never