Two years ago, 15 Year. Last year, 20 Year. This year, 23.

sur,e bar 83rd is a tiny bourbon bar in a quiet corner of Kannai, Yokohama. We have only ten seats.

For seven years, we have built this bar one bottle at a time, one pour at a time, always asking the same question: how far can a small bourbon bar go?

In 2026, we may finally be getting close to an answer.

Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 23 Year

Even in the United States, the home of bourbon, Van Winkle is notoriously difficult to obtain. It is allocated, fiercely sought after, and rarely encountered in ordinary stores, bars or restaurants.

Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year sits at the very top of that legend.

And this year, the officially imported 23 Year allocated to Japan is just one bottle.

That bottle is coming to 83rd.

Not to a department store. Not to a grand hotel bar. Not to a nationwide restaurant group.

To a ten-seat bourbon bar tucked away in Yokohama.

That is exactly why this means so much to us.

When we opened seven years ago, having Pappy 23 behind our own counter felt almost unimaginable. It was the kind of bottle you read about, hear stories about, and hope to taste once in your life.

Yet somehow, after seven years of chasing bourbon seriously, we have reached it.

Seven years to reach 23.

A small bar, getting close to the summit of bourbon.

We do not believe a bar is measured by its size.

We believe it is measured by the bottles it chooses, the stories it tells, and the moments shared across its counter.

Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year is not simply an expensive whiskey for us. It represents a milestone in everything we have been building at 83rd.

And we are not bringing it in just to display it.

83rd is a bar. We are going to open it.

We want people to sit at our counter, smell it, taste it and understand why this name has become one of the great legends of American whiskey.

Serving details, price and the exact arrival date will be announced once everything is ready.

For now, consider this a preview.

In 2026, a ten-seat bourbon bar in Yokohama may be about to touch one of bourbon’s highest summits.

Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year.

Coming to sur,e bar 83rd.

Eight bottles in Virginia’s official lottery. One officially imported into Japan.

In February 2026, Virginia ABC’s official lottery drew 57,702 entries for just eight bottles of Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year. That’s about one bottle per 7,200 entries. Winning meant earning the right to buy a bottle.

That same year, just one bottle of the 23 Year is coming to Japan through the official distributor. We’ll open it at 83rd, our ten-seat bar in Yokohama’s Kannai district, and pour it by the glass as a special shot offer.

As a bourbon bar, we’ve reached a pinnacle we could hardly have imagined. As the owner, I’m proud to share this bottle with our guests.