Yoichi distillery

Yoichi distillery (Japanese: 余市蒸溜所, Hepburn: Yoichi jōryūsho) is a Japanese whisky distillery. It is located at Yoichi (余市町, Yoichi-chō), a town in the Yoichi District, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.^[1]

Yoichi distillery

Region: Japan
Location	Kurokawacho 7-6, Yoichicho, Yoichi-gun, Hokkaido, 046-0003
Coordinates	43°11′14″N 140°47′30″E
Owner	Nikka Whisky Distilling
Founded	1934 (1934)
Status	Active
No. of stills	6 pot stills
Website	Nikka Whisky Distilling

The distillery is owned by Nikka Whisky Distilling, and was opened in 1934. It is the older of the two distilleries owned by Nikka Whisky, the other being the company’s Miyagikyo distillery near Sendai.^[1][2]

See also

• List of historic whisky distilleries

References

Notes

1. "Yoichi Distillery". WHISKY Magazine Japan. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
2. "Miyagikyo Distillery". WHISKY Magazine Japan. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

Bibliography

• Cha, Frances (26 March 2014). "Bamboo Forest vs. Stone Castle: The rival empires of Japanese whiskey [sic]". CNN. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
• Hornyak, Tim (12 April 2012). "Japan's northernmost distillery". bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
• Simon (26 March 2014). "A Look at Nikka Whisky". BarLifeUK website. BarLifeUK. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

External links

• Yoichi distillery – Nikka Whisky official site page about the distillery
• Yoichi single malt whisky products – Nikka Whisky official site page about the distillery's single malt products