NIKKA - Taketsuru Pure Malt - 43% (Old Edition)
Nikka Whiskey Distilling Company is located in Japan and was established by Masataka Taketsuru , considered the father of Japanese whisky. He was the son of a sake brewer, and after studying chemistry at university, he trained at several Scottish distilleries before returning to Japan in 1920 with his Scottish wife, Rita. After working for the company that would become Suntory (Kotobukiya Limited) and making the first Japanese whiskey, he went it alone, establishing the Yoichi distillery and parent company Nikka. The company also has separate distilleries for making Shochu (alcohol made by distilling a wide variety of base ingredients, the main ones being rice, barley and sweet potato) and facilities for making cider brandy. and apple wine. In 2001 Nikka was purchased by Asahi Breweries .
This blended malt was named in honor of Masataka Taketsuru, the father of Japanese whisky. This edition with the black label was replaced in 2020 by a white label, during the year of the 100th anniversary of the marriage of Masataka Taketsuru.