When visiting “The Mellow Bar”, our tasting room at the distillery, you may have a chance to try rare or experimental whiskies. Our approach to the Travel Retail Exclusive whisky is to bring “The Mellow Bar” experience to the world traveler.
 
To enhance the mellowness, our blenders focus on creating a richer and deeper whisky by carefully selecting rare spirits and blending them together at a higher ABV.Please enjoy a new perspective on our core expressions while imagining your time at “The Mellow Bar” – perfectly positioned to capture the beautiful sunset.
 

SINGLE MALT KANOSUKE – The Mellow Bar Reserve

Created from our 3 unique pot stills and then matured in our re-charred shochu casks previously holding “MELLOWED KOZURU”. By adding a hint of Mizunara casks, we have enriched our flagship single malt with full flavour and rich depth in a new expression for the discerning whisky traveler. Bottled at 55% ABV.
 
TASTING NOTE
Juicy flavours with a soft , caramel-like sweetness and a lingering sandalwood-like aftertaste derived from Mizunara oak.
 
COLOUR: Yellow amber
AROMA: Lemon peel, Custard cream, Caramelized Japanese candy
PALATE: Quince, Marmalade, Japanese cinnamon candy, Sansho(Japanese pepper)
FINISH: Elegant bittersweetness with light spice and citrus
 
Volume: 700ml
Alc./Vol.: 55％
Duty-free price: 11,000 JPY
 

 

KANOSUKE HIOKI POT STILL- The Mellow Bar Reserve

New style of Japanese whisky inspired by Irish pot still whisky. We distil this whisky from both malted and un-malted barley at our Hioki Distillery in stainless steel pot stills under vacuum pressure. The whisky is then matured at our Kanosuke Distillery warehouse in both new American white oak casks and ex-Bourbon barrels and then bottled at 61% ABV, to offer an enriched, cask strength version of our pot still whisky.
 
​TASTING NOTE
Rich, intense flavour, like a thick slice of toast topped with vanilla ice cream and marmalade.
 
COLOUR: Deep amber
AROMA: Apricot, Plum jam, Vanilla, Buttered toast
PALATE: Rich vanilla, Salted caramel, Marmalade
FINISH: Long rich with sweetness and touch of spice
 
Volume: 700ml
Alc./Vol.: 61％
Duty-free price: 13,000 JPY
 

 

KANOSUKE DOUBLE DISTILLERY – The Mellow Bar Reserve

Our premium Japanese blended whisky, honoring our founder’s grandfather – Kanosuke Komasa, brings out the distinctive characteristics of each distillery, a single malt whisky distilled at Kanosuke Distillery and a pot still whisky distilled at Hioki Distillery. Blended with a hint of Mizunara casks creates a perfect fusion of Japanese and Western flavours, it features a lingering aftertaste reminiscent of a sea breeze drifting through the distillery. Bottled at 58% ABV.
 
​TASTING NOTE
Similar to fruit yokan (Sweet Japanese red bean jelly), it is a perfect balance of Japanese and Western influences, with a lingering sea breeze and citrus impression.
 
COLOUR: Red amber
AROMA: Vanilla, Savory dashi, Oaky
PALATE: Yokan(Sweet Japanese red bean jelly), Salted caramel, Japanese cinnamon, Grapefruits 
FINISH: Sweet aftertaste with sea breeze, Citrus
 
Volume: 700ml
Alc./Vol.: 58％
Duty-free price: 15,000 JPY