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Hatozaki Omakase Pure Malt Whisky

  • PRODUCER:

    Kaikyo Distillery

  • REGION:

    Japan

  • AGING:

    8 Years

Introducing the first edition of our “Omakase Collection”, a Japanese cooking concept where our ‘chef’ aka our Master
Blender decides on the recipe to serve his audience. For this Pure Malt Edition, a 100% malt craft whisky our Master Distiller has chosen to blend single malts of at least 5-6 years of age in small batches of at least 10 casks.

This blend is aged for 8 years in American oak and traditional mizunara casks (the japanese white oak is from hokkaido and tohoku forests). The end result is a rich & spicy whisky that is uncolored and unchilled filtered to preserve all the whisky’s character.

46% ABV / 92 Proof

750 ML

"HATOZAKI Whisky perpetuates the heritage of the Yonezawa family of distillers with respect to the Edo period, an era when our adventure first began"
- The Distillers
$99.99
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Introducing the first edition of our “Omakase Collection”, a Japanese cooking concept where our ‘chef’ aka our Master
Blender decides on the recipe to serve his audience. For this Pure Malt Edition, a 100% malt craft whisky our Master Distiller has chosen to blend single malts of at least 5-6 years of age in small batches of at least 10 casks.

This blend is aged for 8 years in American oak and traditional mizunara casks (the japanese white oak is from hokkaido and tohoku forests). The end result is a rich & spicy whisky that is uncolored and unchilled filtered to preserve all the whisky’s character.

This one has plenty to say for itself: sweet and spicy mizunara characteristics with aromas of baked apple, heather honey, golden sultana, marzipan, dried orange peel, and stone fruits. Created by Kimio Yonezawa, Kaikyo Distillery’s master distiller and blender, there is a burst of fragrant spice disrupting the flavors of red apple and golden syrup, relinquishing control to candied orange, apricot, and crystalized ginger.

 

 

 

About the Producer

The Yonezawa family’s experimentation with distilling started over a century ago, in 1917, and has been part of their legacy ever since. In the build-up to their celebration of 100 years of spirit production, the company decided to replace their old stills with new copper twin pot-stills made by the famous Scottish company Forsyth’s. The new facility has been named The Kaikyo Distillery after the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge that lies in front of the distillery. The distillery sits on the coast, swept by sea winds and salty breezes, which gives many benefits for the ageing of whisky.

The Hatozaki Lighthouse is the oldest stone lighthouse in Japan, and has been a guide for sailors navigating the turbulent waters in the port of Akashi since 1657. It is a symbol of dependability, openness to the wider world, and trade– which enables the exchange of goods and ideas. This lighthouse serves as the perfect icon to represent Kaikyo Distillery’s blended whiskies– a symbol of the rich culture of Akashi City and all it can offer the world.

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