![]() ![]() Īlong with the Yoichi Distillery, this is Nikka Whisky’s original brewery.Ībout 30 years after the Yoichi distillery was started, Masataka Taketsuru, the founder, aimed to create a malt whisky with a different character from Yoichi, and searched for a place to build the next distillery.Ībout 25 km west of the city of Sendai, near the border with Yamagata Prefecture, is a verdant canyon blessed with two clear streams, the Hirose River and the Shin River. The second distillery of Nikka Whisky, “Miyagikyo Distillery”. This passion, which can be said to be the origin of Nikka Whisky, and Masataka Taketsuru’s dream have been handed down to this day.Ĭlick here for the official website of Yoichi Distillery.įor more information on the Yoichi Distillery, please also see this article.ġ Nikka, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, 989-3433, Japan If it is necessary to make genuine whiskey, we will protect it even if it is inefficient. This distillation method is based on the method of the Longmorn distillery, where he learned it himself. The symbol of this commitment is “direct coal distillation”. ![]() We are dedicated to reproducing the whiskey making methods we learned at the distilleries of Scotland without any compromise. Masataka Taketsuru’s goal for his first distillery was to create a heavy and powerful malt whiskey. Masataka Taketsuru believed that a place similar to Scotland Cool and humid climate, rich water source and clear air Masataka Taketsuru chose Yoichi, located at the base of the Shakotan Peninsula, west of Otaru, from among various candidate sites. It was established in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru, aka Massan, whose predecessor was Dainippon Fruit Juice Co. The Yoichi Distillery in Hokkaido is known as the Scotland of Japan. Yoichi Distillery, Miyagikyo Distillery, Ben Nevis Distilleryħ-6 Kurokawa-cho, Yoichi-cho, Yoichi-gun, Hokkaido 046-0003, Japan It is one of Japan’s most popular whiskeys.Ĥ-31, Minami-Aoyama 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8616, Japan ![]() The demand for Japanese whiskey overseas has continued to grow, but unfortunately, in 2020, Taketsuru’s vintage whiskey was discontinued due to a shortage of raw alcohol.Īlthough it is difficult to obtain at present, it is one of the representative whiskeys of Japan, which has won many awards and is regarded as the best blended whiskey worthy of bearing the name of the Taketsuru family, the “father of Japanese whiskey”. The following year, in 2001, Taketsuru 17 Years Old Pure Malt was released, followed by Taketsuru 21 Years Old Pure Malt and Taketsuru 25 Years Old Pure Malt. At the time when “Taketsuru 12 Year Pure Malt” was released, its rival, Suntory’s whiskey “Yamazaki” was priced at 6,000 yen, but Taketsuru 12 Year was sold at an unbelievably low price of 2,450 yen for 660 ml, and was well received. It was first released in 2000 by Nikka Whisky as “ Taketsuru 12 Year Pure Malt”. Taketsuru is a whiskey produced by Nikka and marketed by Asahi. ![]()
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