Suntory has a brand of whisky that only use Japanese oak for aging...I can't recall which one it is what it is at the moment.
If you got the $$ and the inclination, get a less sweet bourbon, a decent Scotch, and whatever Suntory brand I am thinking of but can't remember the name of right now, and do a blind taste test with some like minded friends.
Compare notes (do not have to be written down, but I have found that writing it down helps fake the idea, er, helps promotes the idea that this is a scholarly endeavor) and find out how much the tree actually makes the taste.
FWIW, I found the Japanese native oaks to be "perfume-ee", aka 'more nose than tongue'....not as in perfume-ee as in 'smelling like an off brand French tart sauce'.
Now excuse me, I have to go pretend I care about earning my hourly wage while dreaming of a better tomorrow.
PS
'tart sauce' was some slang I heard once from a Polish person who learned English slang from a non-Polish person...I have zero idea if this is real slang meaning "cheap perfume a prostitutes would use" but that is how I am using it here because I do not know any better yet like the way it reminds me of my dear old dad complaining to dear old mom how my three mean older sisters were getting "tarted up" to go to the home coming dance....ah, dads' and their fear of their daughter's virginity.
If you got the $$ and the inclination, get a less sweet bourbon, a decent Scotch, and whatever Suntory brand I am thinking of but can't remember the name of right now, and do a blind taste test with some like minded friends.
Compare notes (do not have to be written down, but I have found that writing it down helps fake the idea, er, helps promotes the idea that this is a scholarly endeavor) and find out how much the tree actually makes the taste.
FWIW, I found the Japanese native oaks to be "perfume-ee", aka 'more nose than tongue'....not as in perfume-ee as in 'smelling like an off brand French tart sauce'.
Now excuse me, I have to go pretend I care about earning my hourly wage while dreaming of a better tomorrow.
PS
'tart sauce' was some slang I heard once from a Polish person who learned English slang from a non-Polish person...I have zero idea if this is real slang meaning "cheap perfume a prostitutes would use" but that is how I am using it here because I do not know any better yet like the way it reminds me of my dear old dad complaining to dear old mom how my three mean older sisters were getting "tarted up" to go to the home coming dance....ah, dads' and their fear of their daughter's virginity.
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