Visited Paris over the weekend and found these two in LMDW. Usually more into Scotch but with 89 for the Blanton's and 39 for the WellerbI couldn't pass up. Meanwhile, all the Scotch was ridiculously overpriced.
It's nice but overpriced. Value wise I consider the Harmony a 40/50 dollar whisky, but it's nice and inoffensive I guess. In that price range, looking at blends I would definitely take a Dewar's 21 yo over the Hibiki.
There are a lot of rules regarding Scotch Whisky, but the amount of distillations isn't one of them. So triple distilled whisky can still be Scotch Whisky (Auchentoshan for instance distills 3 times). It is not common in Scotland though.
Picked up these 2 blends. The Compass Box is a mix of 23 YO Macallan, 25 YO Highland Park, 37 YO Caol Ila and some other other 25/26 YO whiskies. Seeing as both Compass Box and Dewar's haven't disappointed me in the past, I'm hoping these will be worth it.
Having a little Japanese and Indian tasting tonight. In order:
Hibiki Japanese Harmony
Hibiki 12
The Nikka 12
Hibiki 17
Taketsuru 17
Amrut Greedy Angels 10 yo
Some damn fine whiskies. The Hibikis were good but would never pay what they go for right now. Taketsuru 17 is a little better value...
After passing on this before, got a good price on this and couldn't pass it up. Only 40.5% ABV (81 proof) which gave me pause, but I bit the bullet anyway.
Nice bottle, I've only seen the 10 year old and 21 year old around, didn't even know this one existed. Hopefully will pop up outside of travel retail soon!