On the shelf at Great American Craft SpiritsOpen and pouring · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
- Proof
- 90
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- GrainCoffey Grain Whisky
- MSRP
- $64.99
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“Miyagikyo Coffey-still corn grain bottled alone at 90 proof — creamy Japanese grain icon”
Tasting notes
- nose
- tropical fruits, coconut, and banana with honeyed citrus lift from Coffey corn grain
- palate
- rich, soft, sweet grain with vanilla wafer and creamy continuous-still texture
- finish
- delicate honeyed citrus fade
Mash bill
A blend of several whiskeys, so no single grain split.
Predominantly corn distilled as grain whisky through traditional Coffey continuous stills at Miyagikyo. Corn drives the tropical-fruit and honeyed-citrus sweetness that makes Coffey Grain unusually drinkable as a standalone bottling rather than only a blender's stock. The still — patented by Aeneas Coffey in 1830 and valued by Masataka Taketsuru after his 1919 Scottish training — retains creamy ingredient character modern columns often strip away.
- Cask
- Old American oak (refilled, remade, re-charred)
- Best served
- cocktail
Why it's craft
Rare single-bottled Japanese grain whisky from historic Coffey stills — craft technique inside a major Japanese house.
Nikka Whisky
Corporate-owned · Est. 1934 · Tours
Sources: nikkawhiskyusa.com, nikka.com, hotalingandco.com