The iconic Hakushu Distillery in Yamanashi is Suntory’s second. And currently, it sells the fake Japanese whisky brands Nobushi and Kensei. The tiny Iiyama Mountain Farm Distillery is located in Iiyama, Nagano. The distillery’s four pot stills and other equipment were sold in 2011/12.īut some Karuizawa whisky remains and is often sold by bottlers for extremely high prices. It launched in 1955, but unfortunately, whisky production stopped in 2000. The Karuizawa Distillery of Saitama is legendary. Most Mars Whiskies are authentic, though some use portions of imported whisky (Cosmo, Lucky Cat). But it was mothballed from 1992-2011 due to a lack of demand.Īfter the famous Nikka and Suntory distilleries, Shinshu is among the most important. The Mars Shinshu Distillery was built in 1985 near Mount Komagatake. And in 2019, novel ZEMON cast copper-tin alloy pot stills were installed.īesides the authentic Saburomaru whiskies, the company makes Moon Glow and the Sunshine fake Japanese whisky brand. This Toyama distillery was built in 1952 but fell into disrepair. Almost all of the Shinobu whisky is still fake, but in time authentic whiskies will be available. The company makes the list because it built a distillery and has been distilling whisky since 2019. The Shinobu is a fake Japanese whisky brand made entirely from imported whiskies. Niigata Kameda is equipped with copper Forsyths pot stills. It’s currently selling unfinished casks and new make malt whisky. The Niigata Kameda Distillery was founded in 2019 in Niigata City, Niigata. And currently, Hokkaido corn is the main whisky ingredient. The distillery is equipped with a 100kl Kothe hybrid still. But if they did, it would mean more authentic Japanese blended whisky–a rarity. So we’ll see if they sell to other Japanese distilleries. The company intends to produce its own craft whiskies. There aren’t many grain distilleries in Japan and a reason why so many Japanese brands use imported grain whisky. Yoshida Denzai is a brand-new grain whisky distillery in Niigata. Yamazakura, Sasakawa, and Cherry are three prominent brands made from imported whisky. The distillery has a wash and a spirit still. But they mainly produced fake whisky under the Yamazakura brand (and still do).
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The company held Tohoku’s first whisky license for the defunct Yamazakura Distillery. The Asaka Distillery was established in 2016 by Sasanokawa Shuzo. Miyagikyo whiskies are fruitier than Yoichi with minimal peat influence. And Miyagikyo also has an old-school Coffey still for making grain whisky. Some of the malt is blended with Yoichi malt to make the Taketsuru pure malt brand. The distillery used pot stills to produce single malt whisky.
The Miyagikyo Distillery (Nikka Whisky Sendai Factory) is Nikka’s second. Forsyths pot stills are used to make malt whisky. The tiny Yuza Distillery started distilling whisky in 2018. This tiny distillery was just completed (2022), and whisky distillation started in September 2022. The Rishiri Distillery is located on Rishiri Island, Hokkaido. It was completed in late 2020, and the distilling of whisky began in early 2021. Sake-maker Hakkaisan’s new gin and whisky distillery is based in Niseko, Hokkaido. But a few blended whiskies are made too using imported grain whisky. Most of the Akkeshi-brand whiskies are single malt. The distillery is small with just a wash and a spirit still. The distillery produces Islay-like malt whisky with a peaty character. The Akkeshi Distillery was completed in 2016. Yoichi uses direct-fired pot stills to make malt whisky. Yoichi whiskies are modeled after Scotch and typically have a somewhat peaty character. It was built by Nikka founder and Japanese whisky godfather Masataka Taketsuru in 1936.
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