https://jpwhisky.net Japanese Whisky Dictionary Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:00:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://en.jpwhisky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-jwd_logo-32x32.jpg https://jpwhisky.net 32 32 https://en.jpwhisky.net/sakurao-sauternes-2-59976/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:36:43 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=59976 A Sauternes cask-finished Whisky from Sakurao Distillery in Hiroshima Prefecture has been released. Here’s a review of this bottle that brings out a new side of Sakurao! This is part of the popular “Stillman’s Selection” series released by Sakurao Distillery. The first release was Sakurao SHERRY CASK, the second was Togouchi MISTY, the third was […]]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/sakuraodistillery-2-46115/ Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:41:57 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=46115 With the World Heritage Site of Itsukushima Shrine in the background, the brewery that has supported Hiroshima’s sake culture with sake and shochu for more than 100 years will create a hybrid distillery that combines surprisingly new ideas with proven technology. 1.Outline Chugoku Brewery, long a familiar name in Hiroshima as a comprehensive sake production […]]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/jp-craft-dokuhon-2-39975/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 04:40:07 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=39975 Tokyo News, publisher of TV Guide magazine, released "Japanese Craft Whiskey Reading Book" on Tuesday, April 2, 2012.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/sakurao-distillery-report-2-25591/ Sun, 26 Mar 2023 10:11:03 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=25591 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.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/tandt-toyama-inami-cellar-2-16552/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 12:14:55 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=16552 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.]]>