News Details & Crowdfunding for Di Tripper Distillery from Hakodate
Behind the Cask LLC's crowdfunding campaign for the Dee Tripper distillery in Hakodate, Japan, is gaining popularity. Details of the distillery and return items are explained.
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Whisky Review [Review] Kanosuke HIOKI POT STILL – Characteristics, taste, list price, where can I buy it?
KANOSUKE HIOKI POT STILL", the second standard product after "Single Malt KANOSUKE", has been released. It is distilled at the distillery in Hioki, Japan, using a new type of Japanese pot still inspired by Irish pot stills. This is a new form of Japanese whiskey from the Yoshinosuke Komasa Distillery. The suggested retail price is 12,100 yen (tax included).
News Suntory to Raise Prices of Five Brands, Including Hibiki, Yamazaki, and Hakushu, from April 1, 2024. Background, market price, and future impact
On November 21, 2023, Suntory announced a price revision for certain domestic premium whiskey products. The price of 19 products of 5 brands including "Hibiki", "Yamazaki", and "Hakushu" will be raised from April 1, 2024. The same applies to "Macallan" and "Bowmore". The contents of the price increase, background, market price trends, and future impact are discussed.
News Maoi Distillery owner’s Casks [Reception opens 8 October 2023]
In this third phase, applications for ownership of a total of 25 casks of three types, including two types of whiskey casks and one brandy cask, will open at noon on Sunday, October 8, 2023. Private casks made from 100% Hokkaido malt will also be available.
New Release [November 21,only 3000 bottles limited release] Kirin Single Blended Japanese Whiskey Fuji 50th Anniversary Edition
The second edition of the Anniversary Edition series from Gotemba Distillery, a rare distillery in the world where the entire whiskey production process is carried out in a single distillery under the motto "Clean and Estery.
News Suntory Yamazaki Distillery reopens.[November 1,2023]
Hakushu Distillery has just reopened and Yamazaki Distillery will also reopen for tours next month on November 1. This year is 2023, 100 years after the Yamazaki distillery was built. We will report on what has changed at the Yamazaki Distillery and the current status of reservations for tours during this renovation project, which is also the conclusion of the millennium year.
New Release “YAZŪKA” Second. produced by Kazuya Yoshii (Nagahama Distillery)[November 8, 2023]
The second YAZŪKA collaboration between Nagahama Distillery and Kazuya Yoshii. The two extremes of an artist's life, "origin" and "climax," are incorporated into the whiskey.
New Release [November 2023 release]Shizuoka Distillery Reserve 100% Shizuoka Barley ex-Bourbon Barrel 5 years
A press release on Gaiaflow's official website announces that the "first 100% Shizuoka Prefecture barley whiskey," in the form that Gaiaflow Shizuoka Distillery was aiming for, will be released in late November 2023!
News Japanese Whisky Stories Fukuoka 2023 [October 8,2023]
Japanese Whiskey Stories Fukuoka 2023" will be held on Sunday, October 8, 2023. There are about 20 whiskey distilleries. In addition, open seminars will be held by "Miyake Seisakusho" (distiller manufacturing) and "Ariake Sangyo" (barrel manufacturing).
Whisky Review [Review]Single Malt Komagatake 2023 Edition
The 2023 Edition is a single malt whiskey bottled in a limited edition 2023 bottle with a balanced vatting of bourbon barrel, sherry cask, and port cask aged base spirit.