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Bottle archive / tohoku

Nikka Coffey Malt

Name: Nikka Coffey Malt
Brand: Miyagikyo Distillery
SKU: nikka-coffey-malt

ニッカカフェモルト

On the shelf Does not meet the standard

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What it costs in Japan

Observed shop / shelf price

¥5,500

700ml · tax basis not recorded

Static FX equivalent: about $37 at ¥150/$ (2026-08); not an overseas observation.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

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

$75

Observed price · checked August 2026
wine-searcher US average, 750ml. Weaker than a single named retailer — averages blend ordinary shops with specialist importers. Replace when a Total Wine listing is confirmed.

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?

Stocked by ordinary Japanese liquor shops and supermarkets at list price.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

Is it Japanese whisky?

Does not meet the JSLMA standard, usually because some of the liquid was distilled outside Japan. Several producers say so openly — this is a statement about the category a bottle belongs to, not about its quality.

How it tastes

All malt, but run through continuous Coffey stills rather than pot stills, which is why it legally could not be called single malt in Scotland and tastes like nothing from there. Not Japanese whisky by the JSLMA standard either: part of the older stock in the blend came from Ben Nevis distillate. Worth trying beside the Coffey Grain to hear what the still is doing.

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

Specification

Producer	Miyagikyo Distillery
Region	Tohoku
Type	Single Malt
Age	No age statement
ABV	45%
Casks	American oak, Sherry
Best served	Neat, On the rocks
Our rating	83 / 100 (editorial)

Where to buy outside Japan

The Whisky Exchange

ships from UK

Master of Malt

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