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Japan has given the Scotch whisky industry a 'wake up call' - after a single malt from the Far East was named the best in the world.
 
Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 has been given the title by Jim Murray's Whisky Bible - which describes the drink as a work of 'near incredible genius'. For the first time, the 2015 edition of the renowned publication features no Scottish distillery in its top five.
 
And to rub salt in Scotland’s wounds, the auld enemy has won European Whisky of the Year - the honour going to Chapter 14 Not Peated, from the English Whisky Company.
 
The Yamazaki Single Malt, from Japan’s oldest distillery which dates back to 1923, was given 97.5 marks out of 100 by Murray - who hailed its ‘nose of exquisite boldness’ and finish of ‘light, teasing spice’.