JAL highlights advanced limited sales of Kanosuke Japanese Whiskey on international flights

(Left) KANOSUKE HIOKI POT STILL 2024 LIMITED EDITION and (right) SINGLE MALT KANOSUKE
Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced its aim to encourage visitors to explore various parts of Japan by purchasing and enjoying Japanese craft whisky produced at craft distilleries scattered throughout the country. This is a part of JAL’s initiative to create relationships and societal connections through air transportation.
As the sixth product in this series, a limited number of KANOSUKE HIOKI POT STILL 2024 LIMITED EDITION, a Japanese style pot still whisky from the KANOSUKE DISTILLERY (by Komasa Kanosuke Distillery Co., Ltd.,) will be available through an advanced limited order on international flights.
SINGLE MALT KANOSUKE, the first standard product of the KANOSUKE DISTILLERY, will also be available on all international flights.
KANOSUKE HIOKI POT STILL 2024 LIMITED EDITION
This is the first batch derived from KANOSUKE HIOKI POT STILL, a Japanese-style pot still whisky using unblended whisky that was cask-matured in KANOSUKE DISTILLERY’s dunnage warehouse. This whisky uses unmalted barley and malted barley as ingredients at the HIOKI DISTILLERY and is stored in brand new American white oak casks, bourbon casks, and shochu charred casks. The harmony of bitterness and sweetness sets it apart from the standard product.
This whisky features the aroma of crème brûlée, fresh oak, apricots, and green plums, blended with vanilla, caramel sauce, charred oak, cocoa and matcha flavors that unfold on the palate, giving a full-bodied, sweet-bitter finish.
This product is availableto JAL international First Class and Business Class passengers for flights departing from February 1 to February 28 with advanced sale from January 25, and for flights departing from March 1 to March 31, with advanced sales from February 25. Purchases are limited to one bottle per person per flight.
Price: $96 USD (JPY15,000)
SINGLE MALT KANOSUKE
SINGLE MALT KANOSUKE is a mellow flagship whisky from KANOSUKE DISTILLERY. Made from three lightly peated pot stills, it is aged in re-charred American white oak casks as the key cask used to mature Shochu Mellowed Kozuru. This Japanese single malt whisky is highly acclaimed both in Japan and abroad.
The aroma is sweet, like honey and lemon tea. It has a spicy flavor reminiscent of garlic and ginger with a hint of smokiness that spreads on the palate, followed by a gentle and long-lasting taste of elegant, sweet bitterness.
This product is available to all JAL international flight passengers from February 1 to March 31.
Price: $58 USD (JPY9,000)
Passengers must be aged 20 or older to purchase. The products cannot be brought onto connecting flights and reselling or purchases for commercial use are strictly prohibited, JAL said in its press release.