‘Scottish Samurai’ honoured with blend

A WHISKY honouring a Scot who played a key role in modernising Japan will be re-released to mark the anniversary of his death.

Thomas Blake

Glover, from Aberdeenshire, travelled to Nagasaki in 1859 and went on to co-found both Mitsubishi and the brewery that would later become the Kirin Group.

The whisky, named after the “Scottish Samurai” – The Glover – first launched in 2015, with £1,000 bottles of the rare blend selling out in 24 hours. Fusion Whisky and its distillery partner, Adelphi, said a temporary shortage of top quality Japanese whisky had prevented the partnership from following up quickly on their sell-out 18-year-old variant.

David Moore, Fusion Whisky director, said: “I am excited by the prospect of a new release of The Glover, the whisky that celebrates the life and legacy of Thomas Blake Glover, a true Scottish legend who had a profound impact upon Japan.”