Nose: Initially acetone. Cinnamon and apple pie, fresh cut timber, pears, vanilla, With water there is a sweet bubblegum note. Not particularly complex but it’s fresh and lively.
Palate: Huge alcohol punch without water. For myself, needed a fair dash of water to open up. Then we have pickled ginger, fermented blueberries, tart apples, kiwi fruit, cranberries and butterscotch.
Finish: For a young whisky quite some cask influence. Apple sauce, leather satchels, kiwi fruit, tart red berries, black tea like tannins, pepper and butter menthols.
Last Word: Bit unruly and lacks in complexity but there is no doubt about the quality of the distillation.
Rating: 84/100
Nose: Fresh! I’d suspect 1st Fill Bourbon Cask. Wood shaving’s, apple sauce, bread dough, white pepper, rolling tobacco, pollen, lemon zest, green mango. Some bourbon like spice & hint of perfume a la Four Roses. Water doesn’t make a huge difference, maybe a winey note, stronger vanilla & florals/pollen.
Nose: Old books, bay leaves, sweet pipe tobacco, vanilla, toffee, tea leaves, sugar coated mint jellies, licorice, orange peels, brine. Quite gentle, is there less Kawasaki Single Grain in this blend? I think so. Less savoury & sherried compared to the 
Nose: Loads of pepper and nutmeg! Earthy, old leather, dusty saloon floors, sherry, strawberry jam. Raisins, Anejo tequila agave, burnt pie crust, touch of burnt tire rubber, old Cognac rancio. With water there is vanilla and fruity/floral.
Nose: Sawdust, red apple peels, lemons, salted grapefruit, tea bags, decking stain. Balsamic, fish oil, oyster sauce, pepper. More dry and savoury than the more typical Miyagikyo sweet and fruity. Water doesn’t add much, maybe some white flowers.
Nose: Sherry soaked oak, burnt orange, fig paste, vanilla, white flowers. Blueberries, strawberry conserve, pepper. Some flintiness and incense. Elegant. Water makes the nose more floral-wildflowers.
Nose: Mechanics workshop, Dettol, fermented pears, apple sauce, lemon cough mixture, lacquered teak, gun powder, licorice, pouch tobacco, tea leaves. Water added you get some white chocolate and white flowers.
Nose: Some similarities to the 
Nose: Stone fruits such as nectarines and apricots. Old orange peels, cola, quite some pepper, some earthiness, old saddle bags, vanilla. sea spray. Water strengthens the vanilla and adds marmalade.
Nose: Decking stain, vanilla, dusty old books, tart red berries, nectarines, peach skins. Toffee, tar, black tea. A few drops of water reveals a floral element and turns up the toffee and vanilla.
Nose: Sweet marsala, nutmeg, seared orange slices, toffee, an earthy note, candy coated nuts, BBQ sauce, plum sauce, Turkish Delight, some flintiness, tar. With water this is more earthy also, vanilla, hession, sea spray.
Nose: Dates, ripe apricots, fudge, lemons, deck stain, red apples, pipe tobacco, leather, mushrooms, BBQ sauce.
Nose: Red berries, plum juice, wood stain, strawberry jam, grapefruit, wood shavings, raisins, white pepper, some earthiness, dusty oak.
Nose: Baking spices, cafe late, raspberry conserve, Arnott’s savoury shapes biscuits, raisin toast with butter, BBQ sauce, oyster sauce, orange cake.
Nose: The darkest cherries, brandy, raspberry coulis, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, the ubiquitous Christmas Cake.
Nose: Raspberries, menthol, Cherries Flambe, caramelized orange slices, orange soaked oak, walnuts, toffee, brandy, touch of shoe polish, Hokkaido baked cheese cake.
Nose: Ah the scent of youth. Vegetal, yeast, smokeless mezcal, poached pears, oak, a musty note, lemon detergent. Tasted blind, everyone in my Japanese Whisky Club picked this as a very young whisky(new pot).
Nose: Maraschino cherries, incense, plums grilled on a Korean BBQ, brandy covered Christmas pudding. Oriental tea, coal fired copper, orangey bourbon, cream cherry, flinty.
Nose: Stone fruits such as apricots and nectarines, malt, vanilla, treacle, new wood. Active wood spices and a hit of pepper. Mars peats at 3 different level and this one seems to be the lightest of those at maybe 4ppm.
Nose: Kicks off with loads of vanilla, toffee and honey. Poached pears, maple syrup, fresh cut timber. Certainly not a shy nose and a lot of what I would expect from a youngish whisky matured in 1st fill bourbon barrels.