Mars Whisky

Single Malt Whisky, 'Tsunuki Bakemono #05 - Single Cask T719'

Single Malt Whisky, 'Tsunuki Bakemono #05 - Single Cask T719'

Single Malt Whisky Tsunuki Bakemono 05 Single Cask T719 Mars Whisky
  • Limited edition single cask single malt Japanese whisky produced at Mars Tsunuki Distillery in Kagoshima, Japan
  • The 5th release in the Mars Bakemono series, which highlights illustrations from the famous Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll, an illustrated text (emaki) from Japan’s Edo Period (17th–19th centuries) by an unknown artist featuring various yōkai (magical creatures from Japanese folklore)
  • Cask #T719
  • 100% malted barley peated to 50 ppm and twice distilled in copper pot stills
  • Aged 5 years 11 months in an unspecified ex-sherry hogshead; distilled in June 2018 and bottled in May 2024
  • No added coloring
  • Non-chill filtered; 60% ABV

This is the fifth release in Mars’s Bakemono series and the second to come from the Mars Tsunuki Distillery in southern Kagoshima. It depicts a creeping old man named Mi-no-kedachi, or “standing up body hair.” This unsettling, hunched grandpa is theorized to be a spirit of fear or fret. Best shake off the shivers with a dram of full-bodied, peated whisky.

Info

Producer:
Mars Whisky
Vintage:
NV
Country:
Japan
Region:
Kagoshima
Spirit Type:
Japanese Whisky
Spirit Sub Type:
Single Malt / Malt / Pure Malt

Sizes Available

Full Bottle JP-XMR-62-01 6/700ml

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Press & Reviews

Whisky Advocate
Score
92
Date
2025-01-07
"Beautifully balanced with well-integrated smoke and sand dune aromas, plus black cherry, raisin, chocolate, black currant mousse, and a rising note of cranberry. This peated whisky excels at delivering chocolate-covered cherry flavors, with cranberries, clove, fig, date, and unsweetened chocolate, then residual smoke drifting into the finish of raisins and spicy fig. The high proof is noticeable, but even with plenty of water, it still delivers a flavorsome dram. (U.S. exclusive)"