Bainbridge Yama American Single Grain Barley Mizunara Japanese Oak Cask, 45%, $495
Experimentation is the hallmark of America’s craft distilling movement. But even during this ambitious era, few distillers forge ahead with the determination of Bainbridge ’s Keith Barnes. Already a proponent of locally grown organic grain, Barnes set out to design a whiskey with a Japanese connection that would benefit the historic site of the village of Yama on Bainbridge Island, the last remaining first-generation Japanese immigrant village in the U.S.
After some consideration, Barnes decided to pursue mizunara oak, a rare and distinctive variety from the Japanese island...
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