Whisky Review

MARS The Y. A.” was born as a new whiskey brand specializing in “Yakushima-aged malt whiskey”.   It is made from malt distilled at the Mars Shinshu Distillery and the Mars Tsunuki Distillery. This blended malt whiskey is matured in the Yakushima Aging Cellar, which was newly established in June …

Mars Tsunuki Distillery will celebrate its 6th season in 2022. Bottled at Tsunuki Distillery as a private bottle of CLAUDE WHISKY. Mr. Tatsuro Kusano, who is in charge of distilling at the Tsunuki distillery, selects raw materials, mills, saccharifies, ferments, distills, and matures the sherry hogshead for about 5 years …

The Mars Tsunuki distillery will be in its sixth season in 2022. After the first release “Tsunuki THE FIRST” and the second release “Tsunuki Peated” , this will be the release of the “Single Malt Tsunuki 2022 Edition”.   You can apply for the lottery sale at the official website …

It was released as a “Tsunuki Distillery 2021 Limited Edition Bottle”. Originally, this bottle was to be unveiled at the “Tsunuki Distillery Festival 2021” scheduled to be held in November 2021. This is the fifth limited edition bottle. This is the first single cask bottle that uses raw material distilled …

The Mars Malt Le Papillon series expresses the beauty of Japan’s seasonal climate and natural environment, which forms the maturing environment for whisky, with a motif of butterflies that live in Japan. This is the eleventh in the series, and the first in the series to use Malt raw materials …

In November 2016, Mars Tsunuki Distillery, the southernmost whiskey distillery on the mainland, was born. The distillery is located on the east side of Mt. Kurata, and the whiskey is made from the high quality spring water of the mountain range, and is matured in an environment with a temperature …

In 2018,  “Saigodon” was created by Hombo Shuzo to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration. For copyright reasons, it is read straight as “Saigodon” instead of “Segodon” . Kiichiro Iwai, the creator of Mars Whiskey, was born in the Meiji era and now has a distillery in Kagoshima …

Single Malt Whisky from Mars Tsunuki Distillery Part 2 This is the “Single Malt Tsunuki Peated” that will be. Compared to the first release, “Tsunuki the First” which was released in April of last year, the peat used to dry the malt is more fragrant, giving it a smoky aroma …