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The Sasanokawa Brewery, Asaka Distillery, and the online store Fukushimaya Shoten have been working on a whisky barrel owner system for the past five years. From 2022, the sixth year of the program, Sasanokawa Brewery and Azumi Distillery will take over the program and continue it as the new “Asaka Distillery Whisky Barrel Owner Program.” It does not mean that you buy one barrel, but rather you share one barrel …

Release information on the release of “Single Malt Kanosuke” from Komasa Kanosuke Distillery Co. The release date is January 18, 2023. This is the first “standard product” single malt Japanese whisky from the Kanosuke distillery. However, it is not yet known how stable the supply will be. Kanosuke Distillery has announced that they are not able to provide a stable supply at this time. However, the distillery has been increasing …

This is the second release of the “Kyoda Single Cask” single malt Japanese whisky from the Helios Brewery and Kyoda Distillery. The concept is to “enjoy the character of the cask to the fullest”. Using English peat malt, the malt whisky was distilled at the Kyoda Distillery in 2019, aged for three years in oak casks, and bottled at cask strength out of the barrel. It has a rum cask …

The Sasanokawa Brewery, Asaka Distillery, and the online store Fukushimaya Shoten have been working on a whisky barrel owner system for the past five years. From 2022, the sixth year of the program, Sasanokawa Brewery and Azumi Distillery will take over the program and continue it as the new “Asaka Distillery Whisky Barrel Owner Program.” It does not mean that you buy one barrel, but rather you share one barrel …

The Japanese Whisky Dictionary’s 8th Youtube video! In this 8th installment of the Japanese Whisky Dictionaries, we would like to introduce “Single Malt Japanese Whisky Shizuoka Pot Still K Pure Japanese Barley First Edition” from “Gaiaflow Shizuoka Distillery”, located in the Tamagawa district of the Okushizu area of Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, on the banks of the Abenakagochi River, a tributary of the Abe River, a first class river. 1. …