At the bar, set in the middle of this garden, I sit one night sipping a glass of Hakushu single malt.

WSJ: The Ascent of Japanese Whisky | The Cult of | WSJ. Magazine May 2013

It said sales of its Islay Single Malt increased by 12% with the Japanese malts, Yamazaki and Hakushu, selling well in the UK and Europe.

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In some you will find, apart from the typical array of sake, library-like shelves lined not with vellum spines but with dark-gold bottles of Hakushu, Laphroaig, Bowmore and Yamazaki.

WSJ: The Ascent of Japanese Whisky | The Cult of | WSJ. Magazine May 2013