In a follow up to yesterday’s serendipitous collaborative review, we interrogate the purpose and provenance of Nikka’s Coffey Malt. It’s something of an odd fish that we seem to, oddly, appreciate.

The Colonials try to find a good bottle they can review as a collaboration. This is harder than you might imagine, given regional availability, but they settle on an enigma: Nikka’s Coffey Grain.

Warning. Nick will likely score this harshly. After a life-changing Ben Nevis epiphany, nothing has matched since. Tyree steps in to help on this Blackadder Ingelred 18yo.

In trying to understand why Ben Nevis is such a ‘connoisseur’s malt’ Ainsley assembles a trio of indies and pours them alongside each other for a cosy night hiding from the Parisian rain.

While confessing to some obsessions when it comes to things of a Japanese origin, Gilbert is puzzled as to why it’s taken him five years to get through a bottle of Nikka’s Hibiki Harmony

Tyree tries to de-mystify the art of blending to replicate an elusive Japanese malt without breaking the bank.

It’s complex, it’s savoury — it’s bliss

Three solid iterations from one of the Highlands’ most characterful distilleries

It won the award for Best Blended Whisky for a reason.

Coire Leis; can’t quite face down the classic 10