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Whiskey Festival 2024 in OSAKA details confirmed! Tickets on sale from 3/28(Thu) 12:00 noon

Whiskey Festival 2024 in OSAKA. tickets on sale from 12:00 noon on Thursday, March 28. Held on June 29 and 30, 2024. Explains the details of the event and how to purchase tickets. This is the first 2DAYS event in Osaka.
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[April 2, 2024] Japanese Craft Whiskey BOOK

Tokyo News, publisher of TV Guide magazine, released "Japanese Craft Whiskey Reading Book" on Tuesday, April 2, 2012.
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World Whiskies Awards 2024 – Japan Preliminary Round Results and List of Winning Products

The results of the category winners (Japanese qualifiers) of the World Whisky Awards 2024 have been announced. A large number of whiskies from whisky distilleries all over Japan were submitted, and many products won titles in each category. Full list of award-winning Japanese whisky products.
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The goal was reached within 3 hours of the start of the project! “Komada -A Whisky Family-” The project to revive the fantastic whisky “KOMA” has started!

A project to revive the fantastic whisky "KOMA" that appears in the film "Komada -A Whisky Family-," an animated feature film to be released on November 10, 2023, has started on a crowdfunding campaign. The goal was reached within 3 hours of the start of the project, and the project is already making rapid progress, exceeding the goal by more than 2.5 times.
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Could it be the saviour of the barrel shortage? Successful mechanisation of the recharging process of whisky casks, enabling a significant increase in production.

It is said that there are only about 50 cooperage craftsmen in Japan today. Whiskey casks are one of the three sacred items that are indispensable in these days of the craft whiskey warring states. Many companies are suffering from a shortage of whiskey barrels because they cannot keep up with the increased demand for whiskey barrels, which are made by hand. In order to break out of this situation, Shimada Lumber, Wakatsuru Brewery, and Sato Ironworks developed the "Barrel Roll," a machine that automatically scrapes the surface of whiskey barrels. They developed the "Barrel Roll."
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“Yamazaki Aged 25 Years” and “Hibiki 30 Years Old” won at the International Spirits Challenge 2023. Other GOLD and above award-winning products are also introduced.

Suntory's "Yamazaki Aged 25 Years" won the "Supreme Champion Spirit" award, the highest award in all categories, for the first time at the "ISC", a world-class liquor competition. Many other Japanese whiskies won awards. A list of Gold and above award-winning products are introduced here.
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San Francisco Spirits Competition 2023: List of Award Winning Products

The results of "SFWSC 2023", another year of turbulence, have been announced. Japanese whisky, standard whisky, up-and-coming whisky, and even whisky that you may not know where it comes from! We will also delve deep into the whiskies that are not so easy to find, and explain them from our own unique perspective!
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Saburomaru Distillery reaches One million Smoky Highballs! Twitter Campaign

Finally, the total sales of canned smoky highballs from Saburomaru Distillery reached 1 million units! To show our gratitude, we launched the "One Million Yen Hospitality in Toyama" campaign.
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JAPANESE FES 2022 in TOKYO Report

"JAPANESE FES 2022 in TOKYO", a two-day gathering of Japanese whiskies, gins, and spirits, was held on December 17 (Sat.) and 18 (Sun.), 2022, hosted by the Whisky Culture Institute. We bring you the latest Japanese whisky trends.
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T&T TOYAMA Inami Aged Warehouse completed (first bottlers business in Japan)

On April 22, 2022, the Inami maturation warehouse of "T&T TOYAMA" , a joint project between Takahiko Inagaki of Saburomaru Distillery and Mr. Komei Shimono of Maltyama, was completed. As the world's first Japanese whisky bottlers business, barreled whisky from several whisky distilleries in Japan will continue to mature.
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