Selected by Japanese whisky godfather, Stefan van Eycken with Hideo Yamaoka as part of their 'Ghost Series', edition #15 is a 4-year-old Akashi, made from single malts matured in sherry and bourbon barrels which were then vatted in a Tawny Port cask for one more year.

The label is based on the woodblock print series 'New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts (1889-1892)' by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, an ukiyo-e painter who was active from the end of the Edo period to the middle of the Meiji period, and expresses the unique aspects of Japanese whisky. This is 1 of 849 bottles.

Content 50cl - volume 61,5%

Suntory is owner of the Suntory Sunbirds, a men's volleyball team based in Osaka city, founded in 1973.

This bottle was released in 2022, containing Hakushu 1973 Vintage as a base, blended with Chita grain whiskies from the same period.

Content 700ml - volume 43%

Suntory Hibiki, bottled in a decanter styled as a Biwa, a Japanese short-necked wooden Lute. This is part of the Suntory Instruments Collection.

Content 600ml - volume 43%

Mars Amber Rare Old is a blended whisky, distilled at the old Hobo brewery, bottled at the end of the 1970's

Content 720ml - volume 40%

Hanyu Golden Horse was launched in 1948, the very first whisky sold under the supervision of Toa Shuzo. This Hanyu Golden Horse Excellent is a limited release blended whisky, bottled at the end of the 1970's.

Content 720ml - volume 43%

Karuizawa Ocean Special Old 12 years is a pre-1987 blend from Kawasaki Grain and Karuizawa malt whiskies.

Content 180ml - volume 43%

Shirakawa Gold King Deluxe is a malt whisky, bottled in the 1970s.

Content 760ml - volume 43%

Shirakawa King Extra is a blended whisky, bottled in the 1970s, containing not just Japanese whisky but also Scotch Malt whisky from Aberlour, Laphroaig and Macallan.

Content 720ml - volume 74° Proof

This 15-year old Yamazaki Pure Malt Tarudashi (straight from the barrel) Gensyu (original spirit) is a discontinued distillery-exclusive bottling.

Content 500ml - volume 56%

Yamazaki 18 years Pure Malt, 1st edition, released in 1984.

Content 750ml - volume 43%

Suntory Hibiki 17 years Kacho Fugetsu 'Chrysanthemum & Crane', released in 2016 for the international duty-free market, limited to 600 decanters.

Content 700ml - volume 43%

This Yamazaki Pure Malt 12 years old was bottled between 1991 and 2004.

Content 750ml - volume 43%

This Yamazaki 1993 Pure Malt Tarudashi (straight from the barrel) Gensyu (original spirit) is a discontinued distillery-exclusive bottling. The neck label says Winter 1993 so we assume this was distilled in the last part of 1993.

Content 500ml - volume 58%

Shirakawa Single Malt is amongst the rarest of it's kind on the planet. The final remaining Shirakawa vintage malt was identified in Takara Shuzo’s Kurokabegura in 2019. The liquid had been distilled in 1958, aged in cask, then transferred to ceramic jars at the distillery. When Shirakawa closed, it was put into stainless steel tanks at Takara Shuzo’s factory in Kyushu where it lay untouched until 2019. This whisky was bottled and released on the market on 13th September 2022.

According to experts there is no other Single Malt Shirakawa known to exist but yet we have one: Shirakawa King Whisky Pure Malt 12 years old, not to be confused with the blended Shirakawa which was sold under the same name, often containing Scottish malts from Aberlour, Macallan and Laphroaig. This bottle appears to be a 1980's release and, as such, it's highly unlikely it does containing anything else then Shirakawa Pure (Single) Malt.

Content 720ml - volume 43%

The Essence of Suntory Yamazaki 2019 edition Montilla Wine Cask is one of three Yamazaki's released in 2019. Distilled in 2009.

Content 500ml - volume 55%

Yamazaki 2008 Refill Sherry Cask is one of three Yamazaki's released in 2019 for The Essence of Suntory series.

Content 500ml - volume 53%

Suntory 2007 Special Mysterious Whisky a.k.a. Nazo is a 12-year old special release for Mystery Writers of Japan (MJW).

Content 600ml - volume 43%

Yamazaki Pure Malt Tarudashi (straight from the barrel) Gensyu (original spirit) is a distillery-exclusive bottling from around 2010.

Content 500ml - volume 58%

Yamazaki 2020 Mizunara Japanese Oak Cask is one of 5 different Yamazaki expressions which were launched 4th November 2020. These were not for sale in regular stores, where you would expect them, but in a number of selected bars instead. Mizunara was obviously the most sought-after one, selling at nearly three times the price at introduction and shortly afterwards much higher on the secondary market.

Content 700ml - volume 48%

This Yamazaki 1999 Single Cask DS70261 was bottled for owner HIRO in 2012.

Content 700ml - volume 52%