Karuizawa Noh 1980 32 Year Old Cask #3565
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Lot number: 0563233
Winning bid: £1,850
Karuizawa distillery officially closed its doors in 2011, although it hadn't been producing whisky since 2000. Since then all the stocks have been bought by Number One Drinks Company who release them every so often.
Another release of Karuizawa as part of the Noh Series. Noh masks are one of the most important bit of the costumes in the Japanese drama theater act that is Noh, the masks themselves were hand carved from wood and have a consistency of bulging eyes and large mouths.
These masks represent different faces, such as ghosts, demons, goblins, old men, females and males. Most masks have been carved so the actor can change his characters facial expression by just tilt his head so the audience gain a different angle of his mask.
This label features the mask Ko-Jo, a god that takes the form of a old man. This release was exclusively for Norway and Sweden.
Distilled: 1980
Bottled: 2013
Age: 32 years old
Cask Type: Sherry Butt
Cask Number: 3565
59.2% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 335 bottles released
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