Shinobu 10 Years And Hibiki Harmony – Both Award Winning Japanese Whisky

Couple days ago I had nothing to do, so I checked out Dan Murphy’s website and to my surprise they have the Hibiki Harmony in stock at their Melbourne CDB outlet. Below is a photo taken with my phone camera:

As you can see from the above image, Yamazaki 12 Year is also available. I still have at least 4 bottles or maybe more of the Yamazaki 12 but I prefer the Hibiki Harmony anytime.

So, I immediately WhatsApp my older daughter in Melbourne and asked her to use her Supp Maybank Visa infinite and get me 3 bottles of the Hibiki Harmony.

My daughter happily went to Dan Murphy’s as per instructed and below are the 3 new bottles of my Hibiki Harmony 🙂

Cost me about RM1,800 for the 3 bottles of Hibiki Harmony and I also earned 1800 air miles since my daughter used her Supp Maybank VI.

After my daughter got the Hibiki Hamony for me, I visited Dan Murphys website again and the Hibiki Harmony was no longer in stock. So I told my daughter and she said she “gasak” all the 3 bottles on the shelf.

The thing is, prior to my daughter purchasing the 3 Hibiki for me, I also have 3 unopened bottles of the Hibiki Harmony in my collection in Melbourne, so now I have 6 unopened bottles in Melbourne.

Then I saw at Dan Murphys website the Shinubo 10 Years Pure Malt Whisky which is an award winning Whisky.

Below are parts taken from Shinubo Distillery website:

“SHINOBU” means “forbearance” in Japanese, symbolizing the spirit of a samurai, like making great spirits which takes time, patience and persistence.

List of Major Awards

Gold Medal in the ISC for SHINOBU 10YO
Double Gold Medal in the SFWSC 2020 for the SHIN Malt 10YO
Gold Medal in the SFWSC 2020 for the SHIN Malt & SHINOBU 10YO
Category Winner in the WWA 2020 for SHINOBU 10YO & 15YO
Gold Medal in the 76th WSWA 2019 for SHINOBU Blended
Gold Medal in the SFWSC 2019 for SHINOBU Blended
1st Place Gold Medal in the IWC 2019 for SHINOBU Blended

As you can observe from the above, the 10 Year Old Shibubo has numerous awards.

So I googled Shinubo Whisky Malaysia and noted that one shop was selling it for more than RM800.

I have never tried the Shinobu and since it was selling for about RM200 less in Australia compared to KL, I once again asked my daughter to get a bottle for me.

So now I have a new Japanese Whisky, i.e. Shinobu 10 Year Old Pure Malt Added to my Collection in Melbourne.

I also noted that the Shinubo was selling for less than RM800 at another site but it was sold out. As usual, when a particular whisky wins the World Best Whisky Award, the price shoots up…. maybe that is why it is selling for above RM800 today in Malaysia. Maybe I should ask my daughter to get me another Shinubo 10 Year Old from Dan Murphy’s before it is sold out and the new batch costing more…… also so that went I go to Melbourne I will open it to try it out.

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