Please purchase shipping protection to protect your purchase. We are not liable for damages incurred during shipping and transit. We cannot ship to PO boxes, APO/FPO addresses, or anywhere outside the United States. If the item is not currently in stock delivery may be delayed. No shipments are delivered on Saturday or Sunday. Orders placed on Friday after business hours, Saturday or Sunday will be shipped out 3-5 business days from the following Monday. All orders placed Monday through Friday will be shipped out in 3-5 business days after processing. Non-California residents accept all responsibility for determining if their state or county laws allow alcohol products to be shipped to their state or county.Īll orders take 1-2 business days for processing. The customer is solely responsible for the shipment of alcohol and must abide by their local and state laws. What’s even more disingenuous is how the “old companies” deride the new craft distillers for selling young whiskey with “gimmicks” in small barrels to create an aged effect.You must be at least 21 years of age to order and a signature of someone at least 21 years of age is required upon delivery. I guess I am most upset because I bought the whole line of BS about how aged whiskey is superior, blah blah blah. Why would I go back to spending top dollar for an 18 yo whiskey that they admittedly say isn’t better, just older. They make a profit at the risk of losing loyal brand followers who will not accept the rationale for very highly priced aged whiskies once the market corrects and the new customers have moved on to another hot item. The ONLY reason for the high prices is the increase in demand and they are pouncing. reason for a similar price for younger whiskey. If the higher prices were justified by the distillers because of the longer aging time for older whiskies- loss of volume etc- there is ZERO. All-in-all there’s nothing wrong with the Harmony, I’m just struggling to get a whole lot out of it which makes its high price difficult to manage. 87.50 125/litre 87.50 Add to Trolley View all in Japanese Whisky Whisky Hibiki is one of Japan's most awarded, collectable and well-loved whiskies and is regarded as a global legend in whisky having won innumerable awards for its uniquely complex yet delicate flavour. The 12 is richer and more complex than the Harmony and has more to explore across the palate and nose than the Hibiki Harmony. Hibiki Harmony is nicely done, but tasting it next to the Hibiki 12 shows a none-too-subtle difference. Good balance, medium body and a rounded mouthfeel. Medium in length and dotted with notes of malt, fruit and graham crackers. Notes of apricot and golden raisins play here as well accompanied by notes of malt and a bit of spice. Fruity with notes of apricot, golden raisins, hay, toasted malt, a touch of cocoa and a bit of alcoholic sting. It’s not a very complex aroma, but it is good. The NAS replacements are rarely as good as what they replaced and it seems incredibly unfair to charge the same for a product that doesn’t deliver a sensory experience similar to what it replaced. I understand this is a function of supply and demand on a product that takes over a decade to create, but what I don’t like is when they charge the same price, or sometimes higher, for the NAS version as they did the age-stated one. They either keep the same statements that every one knows and loves and jack up the price or they release a NAS version that tries to copy the profile of its counterpart as best it can. The NAS trend is a tad annoying, but I get why distilleries are beginning to deliver releases like this.Īs whisky consumption continues to rise the stocks of older whisky shrinks and as that happens the distilleries have a choice. Made of the same combination of Yamazaki malt, Hakashu malt and Chita grain as Hibiki 12, the Hibiki Harmony is a no age statement (NAS), presumably younger, version of the famous blend and was pushed out to the market as stores of older whisky dwindled. Hibiki Harmony is Suntory’s response to their whisky shortage.
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