Shizuoka 2017 Private Ex-Bourbon Cask #37 For Awaya Hotel Unpeated (2021) 70cl

Shizuoka 2017 Private Ex-Bourbon Cask #37 For Awaya Hotel Unpeated (2021) 70cl

A rare hardly ever seen single cask Japanese whisky. One of the most prestigious hotels paid for a cask to be bottled for them, by way of the Awaya Hotel.

An ex bourbon cask producing 244 bottles. It is not usual to see these in the west since hotel guests were a fan of obtaining them. So here is the chance to obtain a rare single cask bottling from Shizuoka.

Shizuoka

Shizuoka Distillery is generating a lot of excitement among Japanese whisky enthusiasts. Founded in 2016 by Taiko Nakamura, the distillery has rebuilt the mill and wash still from the closed Karuizawa Distillery. Situated approximately halfway between Tokyo and Nagoya, it is high in the mountains on the banks of the Nakakouchi River. The distillery is equipped with a 1-ton mash tun and different types of washbacks made from Oregon pine and Japanese cedar—a nod to sake fermentation. It has two wash stills: one 3,500-liter from the former Karuizawa Distillery and a new direct wood-fired 5,000-liter (referred to as pot still K and W respectively). While Glenfarclas Distillery and others retain direct-fired stills, this is reportedly the only whisky distillery in the world solely burning timber to heat a wash still during distillation. Scottish coppersmiths Forsyths fabricated both the wood-fired wash still and the spirit still, while there is also a hybrid Holstein still on-site. With this setup, Shizuoka is making distillate from 100% Japanese-grown barley, an unusual step, as the majority of whisky distilled in Japan is made from imported barley.

50.4% ABV

70cl

*DUE END AUGUST 2024*