“Kanosuke HIOKI POT STILL [Hioki Distillery]“
The Hioki distillery is the original shochu distillery that produced Komasa Shuzo’s signature product, the Kozuru series, and Komasa Gin was also made at the Hioki distillery.2 Following the Kanosuke distillery, the Hioki distillery will obtain a whisky production license in 2020 and begin producing grain whisky, and this will be its first release. This is the first release. Kanosuke HIOKI POT STILL is made from barley and malt at the Hioki distillery, saccharified and fermented in a unique process, carefully distilled in a single distiller, and stored in new American white oak and bourbon barrels at the Kanosuke distillery.
Please enjoy this powerful yet gentle new Japanese whisky, which was nurtured in Hioki, “a place where you can see the sunset as if the sun had been set.
TASTING NOTE
Color: Deep tortoiseshell
Aroma : Buttersand, kabosu, apricot, plum compote
Taste : Madeleine, oaky, moderate saltiness, marmalade, Onshu mandarin orange.
Aftertaste: vanilla, dry ginger, gentle sweetness lingers for a long time.
| Product Name | HIOKI POT STILL |
| raw materials | Barley, malt |
| Bottle species | Bourbon barrels, new American white oak barrels |
| Alcohol content | 51％ |
| Contents | 700ml |
| Suggested retail price | 12,100 yen (tax included) |
Offer price
“BAR Shinkai” also offers small quantities such as 1 cup, 45ml: 3,630 yen, 30ml: 2,420 yen, 15ml: 1,210 yen.
For more information on “Kanosuke HIOKI POT STILL“, please see this article.
Kanosuke HIOKI POT STILL | Japanese Whisky Dictionary (jpwhisky.net)]
