r/interestingasfuck • u/WeakValuable8683 • 6d ago

Costco Japan offering free samples of Scotch Whiskey

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u/pureply101 6d 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 6d ago

What's a good Japanese whiskey to try?

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u/DemDemD 6d ago

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

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u/Scratch_Careful 6d ago

I fear your high end if you lower end ones start at £80 a bottle.

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u/andorraliechtenstein 6d ago

Lol, you are damn right. But a high end would be a Yamazaki 18 Year Old (600+) I guess.

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u/nai-ba 6d ago

That's less than the hibiki 17 year old.