There s simply not enough aged stock on hand to produce that 8 year old bourbon or 12 year old scotch today while ensuring there s some left for tomorrow.
Yamazaki 12 year old discontinued.
The yamazaki 12 year old japanese whisky sample was provided to me by my good friend matt from the whiskey dude youtube channel.
Yamazaki is suntory s flagship single malt whisky from japan s first and oldest malt distillery.
And yamazaki 12 is also out of stock.
Yamazaki did not release a limited edition for 2018 despite the huge popularity of these releases from 2015 to 2017.
Suntory the owner of yamazaki and a number of other leading japanese whiskies has discontinued its hibiki 17 year old which would have devastated bill murray s character in lost in translation and the hakushu 12 year old single malt.
The first of suntory s whisky to get the axe hibiki 12 was discontinued in 2015 so despite its status as the youngest of the line s age statement collection it s no easier to track down than its older siblings.
Suntory says its 12 year old hakushu and 17 year old hibiki whiskies are being discontinued due to supply constraints following a years long boom in popularity.