Whisky DistilleryAkkeshi Distillery: Visit Report (May 2023)
Kenten Ltd. , which has been producing whisky in Akkeshi-cho, East Hokkaido since 2016, presents a report on a visit to the Akkeshi Distillery in May 2023.
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NewsSuntory Yamazaki Distillery：Visit Report
One hundred years ago, Shinjiro Torii and Masataka Taketsuru of Kotobukiya (now Suntory) paid a visit to the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery, which was built on the border of Kyoto and Osaka prefectures, as a paid tour. Here is a report on the tour, the Yamazaki Whisky Pavilion, and their impressions.
Whisky DistilleryNikka Whisky Yoichi Distillery
After establishing the "Yamazaki Distillery" with Shinjiro Torii, the second whisky distillery in "Nikka Whisky Yoichi Distillery" in Japan, Masataka Taketsuru sought a climate and natural environment similar to that of Scotland in order to reproduce without any compromise the whisky making process he learned in Scotland, and he ended up in the northern land of "Yoichi". They sought a climate and natural environment similar to that of Scotland, and they found it in the northern land of "Yoichi". The distillation process that continues to this day, using direct coal-fired heating, is rare even in Scotland today.
News[Visit Report] Sakurao Distillery (Sakurao B&D)
The Sakurao Distillery started operations in 2017. Since the first year, in addition to whisky production, the craft gin "Sakurao Gin" has been popular. The whisky is aged in two locations, one in the Sakurao Distillery and the other in the Togouchi Tunnel. The distillery produces two brands with different tastes, "Sakurao" and "Togouchi", and will start producing grain whisky in 2019. The distillery is one of the distilleries that should not be overlooked for its future expansion into the global market.
Whisky DistilleryList of Japanese Whisky Distilleries (Updated in January 2021, 27 locations in total)
The latest list of whisky distilleries in Japan updated in January 2021, including Yamazaki distillery, Hakushu distillery, Yoichi distillery, Miyagikyo distillery, craft distilleries Chichibu distillery, Atsugishi distillery, Gaia Flow Shizuoka distillery, Mars Shinshu distillery, Mars Tsunuki distillery, Saburo Maru distillery, Azumi distillery, and 27 more! I'll be back!