Sasanokawa Shuzo was issued Tohoku's first whisky-making license in 1946. It was recently reborn and refurbished in 2016 as the Asaka Distillery. Today we take a look at what to expect from this historical maker.
The Asaka Distillery is located in Fukushima prefecture's Koriyama.
The company specifically looked to local makers of brewing equipment when furnishing the distillery. This is because the local companies are used to dealing with Tohoku's harsh winters, making year-round maintenance easier.
Tohoku is known for hot summers and cold winters. Big temperature swings like this can respectively draw more whisky into, then push it out of the wood. It's expected that this will bring significantly more cask influence to Asaka's whiskies when compared to those of similar age at other distilleries in Japan.
