Ltd. (SAKURAO B&D) (formerly known as Chugoku Brewery Co., Ltd.), famous for its SAKURAO GIN, launched a project in 2015 to build a new distillery as a 100th anniversary project. SAKURAO DISTILLERY was born in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, known as the town of Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage Site, …
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【Review】 Single Malt Japanese Whisky Sakurao
Ltd. (SAKURAO B&D) (formerly known as Chugoku Brewery Co., Ltd.), famous for its SAKURAO GIN, launched a project in 2015 to build a new distillery as a 100th anniversary project. SAKURAO DISTILLERY was born in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, known as the town of Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage Site, …
Read More »【Review】Single Malt Japanese Whisky Sakurao SHERRY CASK STILLMAN’S SELECTION
(SAKURAO B&D) (formerly known as Chugoku Brewery Co., Ltd.), famous for its SAKURAO GIN, launched a project in 2015 to build a new distillery as part of its 100th anniversary project. SAKURAO DISTILLERY was born in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, known as the town of Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage …
Read More »[Review] THE LAST PIECE
T&T TOYAMA’s first Japanese bottler, “THE LAST PIECE” has been released. The “Japanese Edition” is a blend of original whisky from five distilleries in Japan, while the “World Edition” is a blend of five distilleries in Japan plus additionally aged Scotch malt in Japan. The blue one is Japanese Edition …
Read More »[Youtube Video #5] Single Malt Japanese Whisky Sakurao & Togouchi 1st Release CASK STRENGTH
The fifth installment of the Japanese Whisky Dictionary’s Youtube video distribution! This time, we’re going to show you the “Single Malt Japanese Whisky” from “Sakurao Distillery” , which is located a little west of Hiroshima City, near the Seto Inland Sea. This time, we would like to introduce “Single Malt …
Read More »[Released on June 6, 2022] Single malt Japanese whisky SAKURAO SHERRY CASK
(formerly known as Chugoku Brewery Co., Ltd.), famous for its SAKURAO GIN, has announced on its official website that the stillman has selected SAKURAO DISTILLERY’s best sherry casks to produce this single malt Japanese whiskey. The information on the simultaneous release (in limited quantities) of three types of single malt …
Read More »T&T TOYAMA Inami Aged Warehouse completed (first bottlers business in Japan)
Construction of the Inami Matured Warehouse for T&T TOYAMA, a joint project by Takahiko Inagaki of Saburomaru Distillery and Komei Shimono of Malt Yama, was completed on April 22, 2022. As the world’s first Japanese whiskey bottlers business, the casks of whiskey collected from several distilleries in Japan have been …
Read More »“World Whiskies Awards 2022” Japan Qualifier Results Announcement and List of Award Winners
The World Whiskies Awards, a whisky competition to select the best whisky in each category from among whisky entries from around the world, has announced the results of the preliminary rounds for each country for 2022. In this article, I will introduce the results of the first round in Japan, …
Read More »[Review] SINGLE MALT WHISKY “TOGOUCHI”
SAKURAO DISTILLERY was born in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, known as the town of Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage Site. Operations began in January 2018. Ltd. (formerly known as Chugoku Jozo Co., Ltd.), famous for its SAKURAO GIN, started the project in 2015 as part of its 100th anniversary. The …
Read More »[Review] SINGLE MALT WHISKY “SAKURAO”
Single Malt Whisky SAKURAO SAKURAO DISTILLERY was established in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, known as the town of Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage Site, and started operations in January 2018. Ltd. (formerly known as Chugoku Jozo Co., Ltd.), famous for its SAKURAO GIN, began the project in 2015 as part …
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