Tag: Saburomaru
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Peated Japanese whisky: who uses peat and where it’s dug
Who makes peated Japanese whisky and where the peat comes from, from Scottish Highland and Islay peat to a Hokkaido…
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Saburomaru distillery draws a record 45,000 visitors
Toyama’s Saburomaru distillery logged about 45,000 visitors in its latest year, up 3.6 times since 2021, and now plans to…
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Saburomaru packs 24 peated whiskies into a holiday set
Saburomaru’s 100-set Holiday Collection 2026 holds 24 x 30ml whiskies, including four unreleased single casks, at ¥59,400. Overseas sales to…
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Hida Takayama distillery: a sake brewer’s whisky school
How Takayama sake brewer Funasaka Shuzoten turned a closed mountain school into Gifu’s first whisky distillery, how it makes spirit,…
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Yamazaki 18 headlines Tokyo’s Japan Spirits Festival
Japan Spirits Festival 2026 runs Sept. 26-27 in Tokyo, free admission, pouring ISC-winning Yamazaki 18 and rare craft and rice…
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Saburomaru releases mizunara-aged SAB. Ocean Blue 2nd Batch
Saburomaru’s SAB. Ocean Blue 2nd Batch (46%, 9,900 yen) adds Toyama-grown mizunara casks and is officially on sale in Japan…
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Saburomaru distillery sweeps top gold at Asia awards
Toyama’s Saburomaru distillery won three Highest Gold awards and a Gold medal at the Asia World Spirits Competition 2026, extending…
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Japanese whisky distilleries: the full list by region
Every operating Japanese whisky distillery we’ve researched, grouped by region, plus links into our full library of distillery guides.
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Saburomaru distillery: Toyama’s heavily peated whisky maker
Saburomaru distillery survived a fire and near-closure to become Japan’s most committed heavily peated whisky maker, built around a cast…