Asaka distillery

Asaka distillery

Region: Japan
Location	1-178 Sasagawa, Kōriyama, Fukushima 963-0108
Coordinates	37°21′42.8″N 140°22′20.7″E
Owner	Sasanokawa Shuzo
Founded	2016 (2016)
Founder	Tetsuzo Yamaguchi
Status	Active
No. of stills	1 wash still, 1 spirit still
Website	Asaka distillery on Facebook (in Japanese)

Asaka distillery (Japanese: 安積蒸溜所, Hepburn: Asaka jōryūsho) is a Japanese whisky distillery. Founded in 2016, it is owned by Sasanokawa Shuzo Co., Ltd., a Japanese sake and shōchū maker based in Fukushima Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Honshu, Japan. The distillery is located at Kōriyama (郡山市, Kōriyama-shi), a city in Fukushima Prefecture.

References

Bibliography

• Van Eycken, Stefan (20 April 2016). "東北の新星、安積蒸溜所が誕生" [Asaka Distillery, a rising star in Tohoku, is born]. WHISKY Magazine Japan (in Japanese). WHISKY Magazine Japan. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
• ———————— (11 August 2017). "安積蒸溜所の一日【前半／全2回】" [Asaka Distillery Day (part 1 of 2 parts)]. WHISKY Magazine Japan (in Japanese). WHISKY Magazine Japan. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
• ———————— (14 August 2017). "安積蒸溜所の一日【後半／全2回】" [Asaka Distillery Day (part 2 of 2 parts)]. WHISKY Magazine Japan (in Japanese). WHISKY Magazine Japan. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
• Whiskey Richard (18 August 2020). "Asaka distillery". nomunication.jp. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

• Asaka distillery on Facebook (in Japanese)