Quote Originally Posted by KiltedCodeWarrior
Is the blasphemy because it is not brewed/made in Scotland?

RJI, still figuring this whiskey thing out...
Partly that it's a single malt, made in the scotch tradition, yet not made in Scotland (or at least a country with Scot connections), but also that I even have it in the first place!

In my own defense, I wouldn't have even given a Japanese whisky a second glance, had I just seen it on the shelf; in this case, however, I actually went looking for it because of a favorable review in, I think, Whisky Magazine.

It was worth looking for.