Beautiful example of custom bottling. This is 35yo Karuizawa 1981 called „Lucky Coin Edition” created for Behind the Bars Cocktail Bar in Utrecht.
 
Limited to only 10 sets.

Type: Japanese single cask whisky
Distillery: Karuizawa
Distilled: 1981
Bottled: 2017
Age: 35
Cask number: #6183 & #4059
Cask type: sherry cask
Strength: 56,5% & 60,6%

A Japanese whisky distillery

Karuizawa whisky, produced by the distillery established in 1955 near Mount Asama in Miyota, Japan, is now a rare and highly sought-after collector’s item since the distillery’s closure in 2001.

It is worth noting that originally, the company produced not only alcoholic beverages but also pharmaceuticals and chemicals. Suzuki Chuji, the second son of the Ajinomoto brand founder, started with soybean cultivation and established the Showa Brewing Corp. in 1934, later renamed Miraku Breweries Corp. in 1949. The Karuizawa distillery opened six years later, initially using Scottish barley and sherry casks for their whisky production.

Karuizawa 1981 35 years old Lucky Coin

Anyone interested in the Karuizawa 1981 called “Lucky Coin Edition,” created for Behind the Bars Cocktail Bar in Utrecht, knows that it is a set of two bottles.

These are:

Karuizawa 1981 35yo cask#4059 ‘Lucky Coin’

 
Bottled: 2017
Cask type: sherry cask
Strength: 60,6%
Size: 700 ml

Karuizawa 1981 35yo cask#6183 ‘Lucky Coin’

 
Bottled: 2017
Cask type: sherry cask
Strength: 56,5%
Size: 700 ml