The Yamazaki
The Yamazaki Distillery is the birthplace of Japanese whisky. Found on the periphery of Kyoto, this region was formerly referred to as "Minaseno", where one of the purest waters of Japan originates. Yamazaki Distillery is where the...
Hibiki Whisky
“The Paragon of Japanese Whisky”
- launched in 1989 to commemorate Suntory’s 90th anniversary
- Chief Blender, Koichi Inatomi and Master Blender, Keizo Saji, sampled and tasted aged malt whiskies from one million casks at Suntory to...
What are orphan barrels?
They are whisky stocks that for whatever reason were not bottled or used in blends. In some cases, they consist of casks of whisky whose taste and aroma profile were sufficiently different from the norm that they couldn’t...