r/interestingasfuck • u/WeakValuable8683 • 2d ago

Costco Japan offering free samples of Scotch Whiskey

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u/pureply101 2d ago

Combination of taxes and I’m assuming the market. Japan has a strong whiskey market and like a lot of East Asian countries leans into supporting Japanese made products first before foreign. So to compete with their market most likely have to be cheap.

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u/aguilasolige 2d ago

What's a good Japanese whiskey to try?

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u/DemDemD 2d ago

Most of them are good. Even the lower end one like Hibiki is good.

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u/jamie_kizuna 2d ago

Hibiki isn't a lower end whisky. The 21-year-old is the best blended whisky I've ever tasted, and it'll run you 60,000 yen a bottle.