The Honbo Brewery, which had been striving to make shochu, a Japanese distilled spirit, in Kagoshima, obtained a license to produce whisky in 1949. Since then, the company has held on to the dream of “someday making real whisky that takes full advantage of the Japanese climate.
After several years of whisky production in Kagoshima, he established the Mars Yamanashi Winery, a factory for wine and whisky production, in Yamanashi in 1960. Then, in order to engage in whisky production in earnest, he searched for an even more ideal location.
The natural conditions for whisky making are very demanding: cold climate with clean air, moderate humidity, and good quality water. In 1985, after searching for land that met these conditions, Mars Shinshu Distillery was established at an altitude of 798 meters at the foot of Komagatake Mountain in the Central Alps, Nagano Prefecture, in search of the best environment for whisky distilling.
2024 Edition” is a single malt whisky bottled in a limited edition of 2024, which is based on bourbon barrel aged whisky and vatted with a variety of unique sherry cask and wine cask whisky.
Offer Price
At BAR SHINKAI, each glass is priced at 45ml: 2,970 yen, 30ml: 1,980 yen, and 15ml: 990 yen.
For more information on the “Single Malt Whisky Komagatake 2024 Edition,” please see this article.
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