Toki: Japanese Whisky Review
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- In this video I will review Toki, a Japanese whisky.
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I'm just getting into spirits at the age of 25, think I've waited long enough. Been drinking since 15 but always to a bad end, finding nightcaps to be way better and smarter than ~30 beers or a bottle of Skol. Excited to follow along! - Feel like respecting your drink is the first step toward not overdoing it.
Welcome to the world of whisk(e)y. It's a wild ride. Enjoy it by not overdoing it. Everything in moderation. Cheers!
I'm surprised by the negative comments here. I think this is a lovely whisky, especially if you consider it's a blend. A good, fresh, light summer sipper. And I have quite a collection of good single malts to compare it with.
Just goes to show you that everyone has different tastes/palates. I like it, but it's not one I reach for very much. I blew through my first bottle and this one has been on the shelf for a while with not much drain from it. Cheers!
Toki is best for cocktails in my experience (where it excels), don’t know why anyone would choose to drink it neat unless they don’t actually like whiskey
I see a highball in my near future. Cheers.
Suntory created Toki as a mixer.
It was the first Japanese whiskey I had tried. It is one of the few whiskeys I actively do not like. It almost turned me off from trying any other Japanese whiskeys, but I finally broke down and bought myself a Nikka from the barrel, which is one of my favorite whiskeys now. Interesting take on it. Makes me wanna try it again. Cheers!
Nikka From the Barrel will be reviewed in this series. Stay tuned. Absolutely revisit it and let me know if it changed. Cheers!
Trying Toki and writing off all Japanese whisky is like saying you hate Italian cars because you once rented a Fiat 500 lol. Btw Nikka FTB is not a true Japanese but blended with world whiskies.
My fiancé and I did a blind taste test today. 3 wee Cairns, 1 bottle of Scotch (Glenmorangie 10, 1 bottle of Irish (Jameson) and 1 bottle of Japanese (Toki Suntory).
I picked them based off of similarities in color and abv and thought the glemorangie tastes not so peated. I thought I would ace this test. I got Jameson right because I tasted the peated and immediately called the Toki scotch. I was blindsided in a blind taste test. I’m watching reviews now to make sure I’m not crazy. I’m glad Frieda and I aren’t the only ones who thought it was peated. 😊
Bonus: Frieda after having stated for years that Jameson was her “go to” out at a pub whisky…. On the blind taste said she didn’t like Jameson at all😅
Blinds are so much fun. It's crazy some of the notes you can get when you don't know exactly what you are tasting. Cheers!
I tried this, once, and I quite liked it.
This one is not that glamorous, but it will do for an inexpensive Japanese whisky.
For a “budget” whisky this blows most scotch and American whiskies out of the water. I get it for $30 and nothing in that range touched it, outside perhaps Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition (sometimes comes close).
It's nice to find something you like and it also be a budget friendly bottle as well.
Congrats on 800!! I love all the question marks on your specs lol.
The one knock on Japanese whisky... Not the most transparent. Thanks. Channel is definitely trending in the right direction. congratulations on your numbers as well. Keep it going!
one of my go tos, a three feels fair, id put it on a high 3. its just not offensive, good all around and isn't too specific, aka not too sweet too strong or too smokey
It not a complicated pour...and that's a good thing at times. Cheers!
I like your straightforward and comprehensive approach to reviewing whisky.
I'm almost caught up with your past reviews.
To your health 🥃
Much appreciated. Cheers!
This is definitely a whisky for Highballs, which is a huge thing in Japan, AYK. Suntory really pushes that style for Toki on their website. I believe they wish to reintroduce America to its own creation, that the Japanese fell in love with. There's at least one place I know that has a Toki Highball Machine, that's supposed to give you one made to perfection. 😊
I have yet to try a Highball. Looking forward to my first one soon.
great review, I love Suntory Toki.
I am happy with this bottle. I think it's a decent pour. I know a lot of people are spit on it, but I like it.
You have an eye for the multi-camera capture & edit process. I don't see it very often and I say that with YT having a near monopoly of my content consumption. I look forward to trying this whiskey as its half the price of the Hitori Japanese Harmony.
Thanks! As far as the whisky...don't expect too much from it. It's good for what it is. That's about it.
You have some great looking videos brother! Enjoy watching your production.
Thank you so much! I appreciate the feedback. I enjoy shooting them... And drinking the whisk(e)y. Cheers!
What is your favorite Japanese whiskey? I’ve heard good things about Hibiki.
I would say the Yoichi, Yamazaki 12, and Hibiki would be 1,2,3 for me.
Thanks for the review.
You are welcome. Cheers!
Please confirm whether its single malt or not
It is not a single malt.
Jesus what a review!!
Is that meant to be a positive or negative comment? 🤔😁
I liked it!
I am on my 2nd bottle. Cheers!
not peated. maybe really really low
Good to know. Thanks!
@@whiskeyisajourney just my opinion, not know for sure, cheers!
@@CarlosOrtiz-zv8fq got it. Thanks for clarifying.
Seriously I do not believe people can smell those accents you saying. I have a pretty good smell , and can't smell al these fruits etc.
When I first started out tasing and smelling whisk(e)y I could not get anything but ethanol and I thought people were crazy when they listed off their notes. Once I broke through the ethanol wall I stared to get different notes, but only the big dominant notes like vanilla, peat, or general spice. It was not until about 8-9 months into my journey that I started to find nuances under those dominant notes. With that said...what do you get when you smell and taste whisk(e)y?
that stuff is awful. It tastes like a Band Aid smells. Uck!
Wow! You get that much Band-Aid note on this? Interesting. I get a very slight peat note but not that much. Next time i go back to this I'll try and think Band-Aid as I have it. Have you had any Japanese whisky you liked?
@@whiskeyisajourneySuntory Hibiki is my fave. I used to drink Hibiki 17 and sometimes Hibiki 21 but then the Japanese whisky boom hit and things got crazy expensive so now Hibiki NAS but seems over priced. Toki is for the non Japan market only. I believe its to be mixed. Like for a Japanese style highball.
Not really a whiskey drinker but my god this stuff tastes awful.
Well I hope it didn't turn you off of other whiskeys. Have you found something you like?
@@whiskeyisajourney only one I spent more than 30 on was a kilchoman, even now I sometimes just smell at the bottle :D