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Bottle archive / chubu

Hakushu 12 Year Old

Name: Hakushu 12 Year Old
Brand: Hakushu Distillery
SKU: hakushu-12

白州12年

Allocated Meets the JSLMA standard

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What it costs in Japan

Observed shop / shelf price

¥14,800

700ml · tax basis not recorded

Static FX equivalent: about $99 at ¥150/$ (2026-08); not an overseas observation.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

Observed shop / shelf price · 750ml · tax basis not recorded

$195

Observed price · checked August 2026
Total Wine & More listed price, 750ml. US bottles are 750ml against 700ml in Japan.

No markup multiple is shown unless both the Japan and overseas values are observed transaction/shelf prices with dated provenance.

Can you actually buy it here?

Shops receive limited quantities. Sells out, but turns up if you look.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

Is it Japanese whisky?

Mashed, fermented, distilled, matured and bottled in Japan, per the Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers Association standard.

How it tastes

Green apple and mint, with a wisp of smoke hiding behind it. Lighter than the Yamazaki and built for a highball — which is how most people in Japan actually drink it, whatever the price suggests.

Peat

Sweetness

Fruit

Spice

Oak

Smoke

Complexity

Body

Our estimates, scored the same way across every bottle so they can be compared.

Specification

Producer	Hakushu Distillery
Region	Chubu
Type	Single Malt
Age	12 years
ABV	43%
Casks	American oak
Best served	Highball, With water
Our rating	86 / 100 (editorial)

Where to buy outside Japan

The Whisky Exchange

ships from UK

Master of Malt

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