The whiskey world can be susceptible to fads and hype—indeed, a certain degree of gimmickry is to be expected in a market as crowded as this one. The current obsession, as you’ll no doubt be ...

Making oak gall ink all started with sending secret messages. Learn to make other invisible inks and send messages to your friends. Entomologists are scientists who study insects. If the story of the ...

What Makes Mizunara Oak Casks Special? The scarcity of mizunara is a factor in why so many distilleries want casks made of the wood. “Each tree must come to an age of 200 years before it can be ...

Hardy to -20, Japanese emperor oaks do best in full sun and well-drained soil. These trees aren’t all that easy to come by. I found mine at a rare plant sale a couple of years ago, but they do ...

A New Challenge for Japanese Sake, Aiming to Become a Japanese Whiskey [BOKKA] a tree-scented Japanese sake. FARM8 Co.,ltd. ... Normally, when making whiskey, it is aged in casks made of oak trees.

Angel’s Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Japanese Mizunara Oak Casks is a blend of four-year-old and nine-year-old bourbons finished for two years in Japanese oak before bottling.

The mighty oak is truly a remarkable tree. Oaks have sustained humans for more than 6,000 years. Oaks have often been referred to as generous, hospitable, scholarly, surveyors, and long-lived.

But this is where things get interesting: Of late, a particular type of wood, the finicky Japanese oak tree known as mizunara, has become the flavor of the month, so to speak. And this time, it ...