A few weeks back I decided to open up two of my more special bottles - Yamazaki 1984 and Taketsuru 35. Both are well regarded, highly rated, and extremely expensive on the secondary. In light of this crazy year, I felt it would be a good idea to give them a try and see if the hype is real! The #Taketsuru 35 is not particularly rare, as there were 10,800 total bottles released over almost a decade, with the quantity released per year varying between 700-1200 bottles. However,

A 1960/2010 anniversary Yamazaki Malt and Grain Blend kicks off the first of my "Obscure but Probably Rare" whisky posts Updated 3/14/21 to highlight more strongly that this is not guaranteed to be or contain 50 year old Yamazaki Known Information Distillery: Yamazaki Whisky Type: Malt and Grain Blend Age of Malt: *possibly* 50 year Yamazaki malt Age of Grain: 20 year Grain (probably Chita as 2010-20=1990 and Chita was built in 1972) Release Year: 2010 Bottling Type: Company