Japanese Whiskey Ranked Best in the World
Scottish whiskeys were left out of a popular industry ranking.
Scottish whiskeys were left out this year in a popular industry guide.
A Japanese company makes the best whiskey in the world, according to an industry guide.
Next year's edition of Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible gave the top spot to Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013, according to the Daily Mail, which received a copy of the yet-to-be-published guide.
According to its website, the Yamazaki distillery, "Japan’s first single malt whisky distillery," was built in the 1920s to "create a whisky uniquely suited to Japan’s climate that would be embraced by the Japanese."
For the first time in the Whiskey Bible's 12 years of publishing, a Scottish brand wasn't in the top five.
According to Daily Mail, Murray writes:
Where were the malts which took you on hair-standing journeys through dank and dingy warehouses?
Some have taken their eye off the ball and not brought into account the changes which have altered the face of whisky.
They began to believe their own PR hype and standard brands started standing still or going backwards."
