Nikka Coffey Grain Japanese Whisky – 70cl

The whisky that reveals one of the most fascinating and least-explored corners of Japanese whisky production — the Nikka Coffey Grain is a pure single grain whisky distilled from a 95% corn and 5% barley mashbill in Nikka's legendary vintage Coffey continuous stills at Miyagikyo, originally imported from Scotland by founder Masataka Taketsuru in 1963. First released in 2012 as the flagship expression of Nikka's celebrated Coffey Still range, it is a whisky with no direct equivalent in the Japanese category — closer in grain composition to a bourbon than to a Scotch, yet producing a character that is entirely and unmistakably its own: sweet, creamy, and lusciously smooth, with a rounded elegance that only the Coffey still's particular form of continuous distillation can achieve.

Matured in re-filled, remade, and re-charred American oak casks that allow the sweet, mellow character of the Coffey distillate to express itself fully without being overwhelmed by new oak influence, and bottled at 45% ABV, the Coffey Grain is the essential backbone of Nikka's blended whiskies — including the celebrated Nikka From the Barrel — presented here in standalone form for the first time. Meets all criteria of Japanese whisky as defined by the Japan Spirits & Liqueur Makers Association.