Tag: Single Malt
Chichibu Distillery
Chichibu Distillery is owned by Venture Whisky and was founded by Ichiro AKUTO, grandson of the founder of t […]
Karuizawa Distillery (Closed)
Karuizawa distillery used to be owned by Mercian Corporation. They used only Golden Promise barley and sherry […]
Miyagikyo Distillery
The founder of Nikka Whisky, Masataka Taketsuru, believed that “It’s preferable to blend whiskies from several […]
Hombo Mars Distillery
In 1985, Hombo Brewing (“Hombo Shuzo”), a Japanese “shochu” maker from Kagoshima Prefecture on the […]
Hanyu Distillery (Closed)
Hanyu distillery was owned by Toa-Shuzo in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo. It stopped distilling in 2000, […]
Fuji Gotemba Distillery
In 1972, “Kirin Seagram Ltd.,” was born as collaboration between Kirin Brewery Company Limited, Joseph E Seag […]
軽井沢蒸溜所(閉鎖)
かつてメルシャンが所有していたモルトウイスキーの蒸溜所。ゴールデンプロミス種麦芽とシェリー樽熟成にこだわり、浅間山水系の水を用いて木桶で発酵。4基の比較的小さいポットスチルで丁寧に蒸溜され、蔦で覆われる貯蔵庫でゆっくりと […]
Yoichi Distillery
Yoichi Distillery was founded in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru who went alone to Scotland in 1918 to study the ar […]




