7. Whisky Distilleries in Shikoku Region

7. Shikoku Region.

Tokushima Prefecture

7-1. Nisshin Shuzu Awano-Distillery

Image source: Nissin Sake Breweries Ltd

Established on 30 December 1948 as a comprehensive manufacturer of alcoholic beverages under the motto ‘Every day is a new day’, while maintaining the traditional skills of a sake brewery that has been in existence since the end of the Edo period.
The company offers products using local specialities, such as ‘AWA GIN’ made from Tokushima Prefecture’s Yamada Nishiki grade rice, the liqueur ‘Sudachi Shochu’ and the authentic shochu ‘Naruto Kintoki Satomusume’.
Their sake Hisago Taikou has won gold 19 times in the National New Sake Competition and AWA GIN has been awarded IWSC Silver, so their ability and track record are impeccable and expectations for whisky production are high.
The Awano distillery, established on 28 March 2023, will be the first whisky distillery in Shikoku and aims to start sales from April 2026.

Representative products of the Awano distillery

日新酒類 ＡＷＡ ＧＩＮ アワ ジン クラフトジン 45度 720ml

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アワ ジン クラフトジン 45度 720ml AWA GIN

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Ehime.

7-2. Ume Bijin Shuzo K.K. Distillery name unknown

Image exhibited: official distillery Instagram

Founded in 1916 in Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture, the distillery produces a wide range of products, mainly sake, but also liqueurs, shochu and gin.

The company obtained a licence to produce whisky in 2023. There are very few posts about whisky on its website and Instagram.

Well water drawn from a water vein 30 metres underground is used to prepare sake. It is assumed that the same is used for the whisky. The distiller, of which only one image is available, is believed to be of the type made of stainless steel with the upper line section switched to copper.

It has already been sold for the first time as a malt whisky under the name ‘Taki’, probably Newborn, but only by reservation at the brewery and at the Iyotetsu Takashimaya shop.

Representative products of the Umebijin sake brewery

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梅美人酒造

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