Whisky: The Final Edition | Ulf Buxrud | Playing Card Series

A luxury English-language coffee table book by Ulf Buxrud on the mythical Japanese Playing Card Series, Hanyu, Chichibu and collectible whisky.

Product Description
Whisky: The Final Edition – A Tale of the Supreme Collectible by Ulf Buxrud is a remarkable whisky book for collectors, Japanese whisky enthusiasts and anyone fascinated by rare bottles with near-mythical status.

At the centre of the book is Akuto’s famous Playing Card Series, one of the most sought-after collections of Japanese whisky ever released. Connected with Hanyu and Chichibu, the series has achieved cult status among collectors and is one of the most talked-about whisky collections in the world.

Buxrud places the bottles in their historical context. He explores the story of the Akuto family, Chichibu-Kikusui, Hanyu and Chichibu Distillery, showing how these names helped shape the modern reputation of Japanese collectible whisky.

A dedicated chapter presents the complete Playing Card Series. Each bottle receives a full page as a visual object, with the relevant bottle details on the facing page. The photographs come from Ulf Buxrud’s own collection, giving the book a personal and exclusive character.

The book also covers auctions, rules, fraud, counterfeits and even experimental mixology with these whiskies. Whisky: The Final Edition is therefore not a standard whisky guide, but a luxury document on the very highest level of collectible whisky.

Book Details
Language: English
Format: Hardcover coffee table book
Pages: 170
Author: Ulf Buxrud
Size: 29 x 29 cm
Barcode: 9789152709528
Weight: 1.3 kg
Subject: Japanese whisky, Playing Card Series, Hanyu, Chichibu, Akuto, collectible whisky, whisky auctions