Asaka distillery
Japanese whiskey distillery
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.
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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). 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).
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