$67
The Brightest Whisky from the Hips range is a house blend bottled at 40% for the Dutch market, produced at Kirin’s Fuji Gotemba distillery in Shizuoka and matured in Ex-Bourbon casks for a clean, approachable profile of vanilla and gentle grain with a light fruit note.
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Hips The Brightest Whisky is a blended whisky produced at Kirin's Fuji Gotemba distillery in Shizuoka prefecture and bottled at 40% for the Netherlands market in a 720 ml format. The Hips label is a Fuji Gotemba brand positioned for the export trade, drawing on the distillery's malt and grain production in a lighter, entry-level blend.
Matured in Ex-Bourbon casks, the blend reflects the clean grain-forward character that Fuji Gotemba builds across its range, with American oak adding vanilla and a gentle fruit note. No specific flavour profile was declared. At 40%, the expression is accessible and mild, suited to a market-facing blend context rather than a collectors expression, and it represents the lighter, everyday side of the Fuji Gotemba output at the base of Mt. Fuji.
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