The 5TH BATCH of the FAR EAST OF PEAT series is the third in a series of original sake exchanges with the Saburomaru Distillery. This time, however, it is a blended malt whisky, blending selected Scotch malts with the 2019 production of Saburomaru Hebrew Peated Malt, without the original exchange …
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San Francisco Spirits Competition 2023: List of Award Winning Products
“The San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2023,” which began in 2000 and has become one of the most influential liquor competitions in the world, was held in the United States in April 2023! This year, more than 3,000 spirits were entered in the competition, and happily, our country’s whiskies won …
Read More »Saburomaru Distillery reaches One million Smoky Highballs! Twitter Campaign
The first canned smoky highball developed and sold in Japan by the Saburomaru Distillery, which has been on sale at Seven-Eleven stores in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama prefectures since February 14, 2023, has finally sold a total of 1 million bottles! To show our appreciation, we launched the “One …
Read More »[Win a bottle of Saburomaru Single Cask Whisky!] YOIYO 11th release! Lotte x Saburomaru Distillery, Takahiko Inagaki Selection
“YOIYO [Saburomaru Distillery] Takahiko Inagaki Selection,” the 11th in the “YOIYO” series, is now available from Lotte’s [Japanese craft sake chocolate]. The YOIYO series has previously collaborated with Mars Shinshu Distillery, Akkeshi Distillery, Gaiaflow Shizuoka Distillery, Mars Tsunuki Distillery, and Sakurao Distillery, but this is the first time for Saburomaru …
Read More »[Review] Single Malt Saburomaru II 70th Anniversary Spanish Oak
This whisky commemorates the 70th anniversary of Wakatsuru Brewery and Saburomaru Distillery, and is aged in new Spanish oak barrels from the original spirit distilled at ZEMON. This whisky was specially bottled as a single cask, cask strength. It is a superb bottle with a hefty peated 50 PPM, but …
Read More »[Lottery sales until 23:59, February 26, 2023] Single Malt Saburomaru II 70th Anniversary Spanish Oak (Saburomaru Distillery)
Saburomaru Distillery announced the lottery sale of a new product “Single Malt Saburomaru II 70th Anniversary Spanish Oak” on the official Saburomaru Distillery Twitter page. The lottery sales are limited to members of the “Me and ALC.” online store. “ZEMON” distilled single malt whisky, single cask aged for more than …
Read More »[Review] Single Malt Saburomaru 2019 3 years T&T TOYAMA COLLECTION
T&T TOYAMA’s new brand “T&T TOYAMA COLLECTION” is an original brand of distilled and aged sake from distilleries around Japan, carefully selected by Mr. Inagaki and Mr. Shimono of T&T TOYAMA for their high quality and individuality. This single malt Saburomaru 2019 3 years old appears to be a single …
Read More »[Release at Seven-Eleven on February 14, 2023] Smoky Highball from Saburomaru Distillery
The first Smoky Highball can developed and sold in Japan by Saburomaru Distillery has been renewed and is now even tastier. The alcohol content has been changed from 8% in the previous version to 9% in this one. It will be available at Seven-Eleven stores in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and …
Read More »[Released on February 14, 2023] Single Malt Saburomaru 2019 3 years T&T TOYAMA COLLECTION
T&T TOYAMA COLLECTION is an original brand of whisky carefully selected by Mr. Inagaki and Mr. Shimono of T&T TOYAMA from among the original whisky distilled and aged at distilleries around Japan for its high quality and individuality, and this time it seems to be released in a single cask. …
Read More »JAPANESE FES 2022 in TOKYO Report
Last year, on December 17 (Sat.) and 18 (Sun.), 2022, the Institute of Whisky Culture hosted “JAPANESE FES 2022 in TOKYO“, a two-day event featuring a large collection of Japanese whiskies, gins, and spirits. We went to the event to check the latest Japanese whisky trends and provide valuable information …
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