Nikka Miyagikyo 100th Anniversary Apple Brandy Finish

About Nikka Miyagikyo Apple Brandy Wood Finish 2020 Edition

Masataka Taketsuru, known as “the father of Japanese whisky,” was born in the small town of Takehara, Japan, in 1895. His family owned a sake brewery, and he studied chemistry and biology at Osaka Technical High School in preparation to carry on the family trade. However, after graduating, he showed more interest in whisky than sake. In 1918, he enrolled at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, becoming the first Japanese person to study the art of whisky-making. There, he took chemistry courses during the day and apprenticed with distilleries at night, learning firsthand how to distill and blend whisky at some of Scotland’s most prestigious distilleries. Masataka returned to Japan in 1920, and within the decade, he produced the country’s first single-malt whisky.

n 1934, Masataka moved to the town of Yoichi and opened the doors to Nikka Whisky Co. Situated approximately 35 miles west of Sapporo City, Nikka’s Yoichi Distillery is encapsulated by mountains (to the east, south, and west) and by the Sea of Japan (to the north), creating a unique and isolated environment for the production and maturation of single malt whisky. The clean air, humidity, and access to underground water filtered through a layer of peat result in a rich and masculine malt

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