Yamazaki Distillery. Japan's 1st malt whisky producer.
Just a quick foreword before I write about my Yamazaki Distillery visit: This is my last Japanese Distillery write up- for now. The only...
Yoichi Distillery. Hokkaido's bold, peaty malt made by the sea.
Yoichi. This is Masataka Taketsuru’s first venture out on his own. He left Suntory knowing exactly where he wanted to build his first...
Miyagikyo Distillery. Nikka's 2nd distillery making rich and fruity malts near Sendai.
Miyagikyo. Pronounced “Me-ah-gee-ho”, at least as far as I’m concerned. This would turn out to be one of my favorite brands and drams...
Fuji Gotemba. The sister of Four Roses sitting at the foot of Mt. Fuji.
Fuji Gotemba- Kirin. Most of my Japanese distillery posts are going to be organized differently than Scotland, Ireland and the US. As you...
Chichibu. The small Japanese distillery doing big things. Welcome Mizunara Oak.
Chichibu probably wasn’t the best distillery to start my Japanese Whisky tour at, because now not much can live up to it. I was fortunate...