Frontcover -- Title Page -- About this Book -- Contents -- How Did Japanese Whisky Become So Good? -- Part 1: Japanese Whisky Comes of Age -- Japan's Whisk(e)y History Begins -- The Local Drinks: Sake and Shochu -- Foreign Drinks Invade Japan -- The Scottish Connection -- The Revolutionary Sake-Inspired Malting Process -- How Japanese Whisky Swept the World -- The Karuizawa Distillery: A Japanese Legend -- How Japanese Whisky is Made -- About Japanese Barley and Peat -- Precious Made-in-Japan Casks -- Making Japanese Whisky Even More Japanese -- The Barrel Apprentice -- Japan's Whisky Drinking Culture -- Crafting a Very Japanese Cocktail -- What Makes Japanese Whisky "Japanese"? -- Part 2: Japan's Leading Distilleries and Whiskies -- Suntory Yamazaki Distillery -- The Hakushu Distillery and the Sun Grain Chita Distillery -- Tasting Notes for 29 Suntory Whiskies -- Eigashima Shuzo White Oak Whisky Distillery -- Tasting Notes for 12 Eigashima Shuzo Whiskies -- Nikka Yoichi Distillery -- The Miyagikyo Distillery -- Tasting Notes for 28 Nikka Whiskies -- Hombo Shuzo Mars Whisky Shinshu Distillery -- The Tsunuki Distillery -- Tasting Notes for 13 Hombo Shuzo Whiskies -- Kirin Fuji Gotemba Distillery -- Tasting Notes for 8 Kirin Whiskies -- Venture Whisky Chichibu Distillery -- Tasting Notes for 15 Venture Whiskies -- Afterword -- The Future of Japanese Whisky -- Acknowledgments.