Japanese Snake Whiskey

The label features some sort of giant snake dragon with many people hands confronting a rightfully confused chap with a sweet mask.

Japanese snake whiskey.

I ve been interested in japanese as a language and as a culture since i was about 15 years old. In april 2017 my wife and i moved to fukuoka japan to go to school for 2 years. Habu snakes are venomous and native to areas in southeast asia and other large island groups including. A blended japanese whisky made with malts and grains from distilleries on japan s honshu island.

Suntory old whisky is a series of whiskies from suntory first released in 1950 when it was considered the classiest of all of suntory s whiskies. Snake whiskey or wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by infusing snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol. Despite its relative youth the japanese whisky industry has since firmly established itself on the global stage. Don t give up the japanese whisky hunt because with enough cash and persistence you can still find age statement bottles along with plenty of newer more readily available blends.

Still haven t gotten the nerve to drink it though the whole snake alcohol thing creeps me out. Snake whiskey or wine for sale. It still holds its own as most people are pleasantly surprised when they try it. According to historic records the beverage was first consumed in china during the western zhou dynasty and was believed to reinvigorate a person according to traditional chinese medicine.

Moonshine equivalents like everclear. 5 essential japanese whiskies we can t stop drinking. The yamazaki distillery near osaka began making whisky in 1923 and is now one of around ten distilleries though the figure was higher before the economic slumps of recent decades. Known for a distinctly silky style japanese whisky is giving the rest of the booze producing world a run for its money.

It s a snake in a bottle of liquor. Habushu ハブ酒 is an awamori based liqueur made in okinawa japan other common names include habu sake or okinawan snake wine habushu is named after the habu snake trimeresurus flavoviridis which belongs to the pit viper family and is closely related to the rattlesnake and copperhead.