{"title":"Gifting","description":"\u003cp\u003eBottles that work as a present — chosen because they are good, recognisable and arrive looking like something. Japanese whisky from Yamazaki, Hakushu and Hibiki, Islay peat from Lagavulin, Royal Salute in its porcelain flagon, Tasmanian single malt from Lark, and Champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are buying for someone whose taste you do not know, a Japanese blend or a Speyside is the safest ground: both are approachable and neither is a statement about what the recipient ought to like.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"yamazaki-12-year-old","title":"Yamazaki 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky","description":"\u003cp\u003eJapan's first commercial single malt, distilled at Suntory's Yamazaki distillery outside Kyoto, where three rivers meet and the humidity shapes how the spirit matures. Matured in a combination of American oak, Spanish oak and Japanese Mizunara — the last of these is what makes it unmistakably Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoft stone fruit and coconut on the nose, ripe peach and candied orange through the palate, and a long finish where the Mizunara turns towards incense and sandalwood. Drink it neat, or over a single large block of ice; Suntory's own preference is a highball with good soda.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Suntory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572060881142,"sku":"SH-WHY-YAMAZAKI-12-YEAR-OLD-700","price":299.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/yamazaki-12-year-old-3.png?v=1788446470"},{"product_id":"hakushu-12-year-old","title":"Hakushu 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuntory's forest distillery, set high in the Southern Japanese Alps in Yamanashi and drawing its water from the granite of Mount Kaikomagatake. The spirit is lightly peated, which is unusual in Japanese whisky and gives Hakushu its green, herbal signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFresh-cut apple and pear, basil and mint, and a wisp of smoke that arrives late rather than announcing itself. Bright and clean enough to drink neat in warm weather, and the classic base for a highball with a mint leaf.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Suntory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572060913910,"sku":"SH-WHY-HAKUSHU-12-YEAR-OLD-700","price":309.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/hakushu-12-year-old-3.png?v=1788446469"},{"product_id":"lagavulin-16-year-old","title":"Lagavulin 16 Year Old Single Malt Whisky","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe benchmark Islay single malt, distilled on the island's south shore between Laphroaig and Ardbeg and matured for sixteen years — long, by Islay standards, and it shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep peat smoke wrapped around sweet sherried fruit, with iodine, seaweed and a dry, tarry edge. The length is what separates it from younger Islay whisky: the smoke recedes slowly rather than dropping away. Drink it neat, after dinner, with nothing competing for attention.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lagavulin Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572060979446,"sku":"SH-SCW-LAGAVULIN-16-YEAR-OLD-700","price":159.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/lagavulin-16-year-old-2.png?v=1788446467"},{"product_id":"lark-classic-cask","title":"Lark Classic Cask Single Malt Whisky","description":"\u003cp\u003eLark restarted whisky distilling in Tasmania in 1992, after a 153-year ban had kept the island out of the trade entirely. Classic Cask is the distillery's signature release, matured in small Australian oak casks previously used for fortified wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall casks mean more contact with wood and faster maturation: expect honey, malt, orchard fruit and a spiced, slightly resinous oak character. A good introduction to Tasmanian single malt and to what Australian whisky actually tastes like.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lark Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572062290166,"sku":"SH-WHY-LARK-CLASSIC-CASK-500","price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/NIkka-Whisky-from-the-Barrel-500ml_2c6821c7-7e7c-4b10-a4cd-dca6f9fd9119.webp?v=1788451435"},{"product_id":"karu-lightning-gin","title":"Karu Lightning Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eKaru's navy strength gin, and the bottle that put the distillery on the map: it took the trophy for best contemporary gin at the International Wine \u0026amp; Spirit Competition in 2021, against the whole category.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt on double juniper and three tiers of citrus — herbaceous lemon myrtle, bitter ruby grapefruit and sweet mandarin — with rose geranium running underneath. Navy strength usually means heat first and flavour second; this is the other way round. Add water and the floral side opens right out. Outstanding in a negroni, where most gins simply disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karu Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572062388470,"sku":"SH-GIN-KARU-LIGHTNING-GIN-700","price":98.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/karu-lightning-gin.png?v=1788502381"},{"product_id":"glenfiddich-18-year-old","title":"Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Small Batch Single Malt Whisky","description":"\u003cp\u003eEighteen years in Oloroso sherry casks from Spain and in American oak, then married in small batches rather than as one large vatting — which is what the Small Batch name records.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaked apple and cinnamon, dried fruit and a rich, spiced oak character that the 12 Year Old only hints at. Softer and deeper rather than simply older-tasting. A whisky for after dinner, or for a long evening.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glenfiddich Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572063240438,"sku":"SH-SCW-GLENFIDDICH-18-YEAR-OLD-700","price":184.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/glenfiddich-18-year-single-malt-scotch-whisky-700ml-bottled.webp?v=1788450106"},{"product_id":"johnnie-walker-18-year-old","title":"Johnnie Walker 18 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky","description":"\u003cp\u003eA blend in which every whisky has been matured at least eighteen years, drawn from distilleries across Scotland's whisky regions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich and layered — dark fruit, toffee, soft smoke and a long, warming finish. The house style of Black Label carried through at greater age and greater weight. Best neat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Walker \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572063371510,"sku":"SH-SCW-JOHNNIE-WALKER-18-YEAR-OLD-700","price":189.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-a4f72bc206df0f28c94b5de6a506000a-Copy.png?v=1788450901"},{"product_id":"royal-salute-21-year-old","title":"Royal Salute 21 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky","description":"\u003cp\u003eCreated in 1953 as a tribute to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II — the twenty-one years refers to the 21-gun royal salute — and bottled in a porcelain flagon ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSherry-driven and deeply aromatic: dried fruit, dark honey, toffee and soft spice, with a long, rounded finish. A gifting whisky as much as a drinking one, and the flagon is a large part of the reason.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chivas Brothers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572063469814,"sku":"SH-SCW-ROYAL-SALUTE-21-YEAR-OLD-700","price":239.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/chivas_btl.webp?v=1788450567"},{"product_id":"hibiki-japanese-harmony","title":"Hibiki Japanese Harmony 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuntory's flagship blend, bringing together malt whiskies from Yamazaki and Hakushu with grain whisky from Chita. There is no age statement: the blend is built for balance rather than to showcase a number, which is the argument Hibiki has always made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoney, candied orange peel and white chocolate, with a thread of Mizunara oak incense underneath. Gentle and rounded, which makes it both a good introduction to Japanese whisky and a reliable gift. The 24-faceted bottle represents the hours of the day and the seasons of the old Japanese calendar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e700ml.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suntory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585274839286,"sku":"SH-WHY-HIBIKI-JAPANESE-HARMONY-700ML-700","price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/HibikiJapaneseHarmonyWhisky700ml-1.webp?v=1788531002"},{"product_id":"monkey-47-schwarzwald-dry-gin","title":"Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eForty-seven botanicals, a quarter of them from the Black Forest, including lingonberry. Rested in earthenware for three months before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe stock it because it is the most complicated gin most people will ever drink, and because the resting step is unusual enough to be worth explaining.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Forest Distillers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585707311350,"sku":"SH-GIN-MONKEY-47-SCHWARZWALD-DRY-GIN-500","price":102.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/monkey-47-schwarzwald-dry-gin.webp?v=1788519878"},{"product_id":"tanqueray-no-ten-gin","title":"Tanqueray No. TEN Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhole grapefruit, orange and lime go into the small still they call Tiny Ten, so the citrus is distilled rather than infused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe stock it because it is the bottle that proves what fresh fruit does in a still, and because it makes a Martini that needs nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Tanqueray \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585712423158,"sku":"SH-GIN-TANQUERAY-NO-TEN-GIN-700","price":89.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/tanqueray-no-ten-gin.webp?v=1788519878"},{"product_id":"the-botanist-islay-dry-gin","title":"The Botanist Islay Dry Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-two botanicals foraged on Islay, on top of nine classical ones, distilled slowly in a Lomond still that Bruichladdich rescued from a scrapyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe stock it because it is a whisky distillery's gin and it shows - more texture and weight than the category usually carries, and it rewards being drunk on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bruichladdich Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585713275126,"sku":"SH-GIN-THE-BOTANIST-ISLAY-DRY-GIN-700","price":94.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/the-botanist-islay-dry-gin.webp?v=1788519878"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/collections\/HibikiJapaneseHarmonyWhisky700ml-1_07a04a2a-b1ef-4d17-82d9-7bc832ed9a13.webp?v=1790238241","url":"https:\/\/www.spirithaus.com.au\/collections\/gifting.oembed","provider":"SPIRITHAUS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}