Hakushu 25

Smoky offering from the stable of Suntory.

Jim Murray scored this 93 out of 100 in 2009

2020 World Whisky Awards Best Single Malt in the World

Let’s start off with the big one – the World’s Best Single Malt category. This is one of the most hotly contested and coveted awards in the entire competition, with many whiskies from the world’s best and most famous distilleries going head to head to impress judges. Japanese whiskies have won this award in the past, with the Yamazaki 25 Year Old winning in 2012 and the Hakushu 25 Year Old winning in 2018.

This year, the Hakushu 25 Year Old picked up the award for an impressive second time, cementing its place as one of the finest single malt whiskies on the planet. It’s not often that this award is picked up by a whisky that has won it before, and this only goes to show the sheer quality and excellence of this fine expression from Suntory.