Milroy’s of Soho Subsequent Monday Tasting – Japanese Whisky Information
October seventh, 2022
Masataka Taketsuru was born in 1894 right into a sake distilling household that resided in Hiroshima. In 1918, the younger Taketsuru launched into a visit to Scotland to study in regards to the course of of creating Scotch whisky. He was fascinated by whisky and was excited to study extra. He enrolled on the College of Glasgow, taking chemistry lessons. He additionally apprenticed at a number of distilleries. These distilleries embody Longmorn, Hazelburn, and James Calder.
Taketsuru met and married a Scottish girl named Rita, and in late 1920 the couple returned to Japan. In 1923 he signed a 10-year contract with Kotobukiya Restricted (Suntory). This place noticed him direct within the building of Yamazaki, the primary whisky distillery in Japan, and subsequently, turn out to be concerned within the manufacturing of Yamazaki whisky.
Taketsuru left Kotobukiya in March 1934, and later within the yr established his personal firm: Dai Nippon Kaju Co,. Restricted (later Nikka). The corporate was based mostly in Yoichi in Hokkaido. Yoichi Distillery began distillation in 1936. In 1940 the primary Nikka Whisky was launched.
On this specific night Nathan Shearer will probably be taking you thru the historical past of Nikka and the totally different expressions that characterises the distillery.
Nikka Tremendous
Nikka Coffey Grain
Nikka Miyagikio
Nikka Yoichi
Nikka Taketsuru
Nikka Tailor-made
