Description
The Kanosuke 2021 The First Edition is Kanosuke Distillery's first single malt Japanese whisky, produced using all three pot stills and matured for three years in several oak cask types before being vatted and bottled at cask strength.
Kanosuke
Kanosuke 2021 The First Edition 3 Year Old, American Oak Cask, 2021, 58%
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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
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LowSGD 198
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Australian Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Sep 27, 2026SGD 263.29
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- Region
- Kagoshima
- Age
- 3 Years
- Vintage
- 2018
- Bottled
- 2021
- ABV
- 58%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- Kanosuke
- Origin
- Japan
- Cask type
- American Oak
- Bottling
- Official Bottling
- Peated
- Unpeated
- Single cask
- No
- Non-chill filtered
- Yes
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- N.A
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- Yoshitsugu Komasa
- Master distiller (distillation)
- Yoshitsugu Komasa
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- 15000
- Has box
- Yes
- Closure
- Cork
- Presentation
- Presentation box
- Series highlights
- Kanosuke's first single malt Japanese whisky release
- Historical context
- 2021 Japanese craft whisky emergence
- Special release
- First Edition
- Allocation
- Japanese market
- Nose
- Sharp fruity aromas, floral notes and sandalwood.
- Palate
- Floral, sweet and fruity with a pronounced high-strength bite.
- Finish
- Lingering fruit, wood bitterness and warming spice.