View fullsize Have you tried Kanosuke’s Limited Edition 2022 Cask Strength Single Malt?! Matured in ex bourbon, ex shochu, and oloroso sherry casks this stellar whisky from Kagoshima packs a ton of flavor into the glass! Born in 2017, Kanosuke are positioned
View fullsize Sotol rocks! Specifically, the ones from our friends at Flor Del Desierto, which are positively emblematic of the category. Flor Del Desierto highlight two maestro sotoleros in Chihuahua and how the distinct terroir of their surrounding areas affects
View fullsize The San Francisco World Spirits Competition is one of the most prestigious tasting panels to compete in and this year, our producers knocked it out of the park! Congratulations to all the awarded recipients from Two Stacks, Killowen, Three Societies
View fullsize We’ve got some new additions joining to our family of Irish spirits! 🇮🇪🥃 Stay tuned next week on the latest drops from Two Stacks and Killowen Distillery! @twostackswhiskey @killowendistillery
View fullsize Get ready! The Daiyame Shochus are coming to a bar and bottle shop near you! Made by the legendary Hamada Syuzou, these amazing honkaku shochus are based in the wildly expressive sweet potatoes of Kagoshima and are saccrified with black koji. Coming
View fullsize 🚨🆕WHISKY ALERT🥃🚨 Get ready smoke lovers! Chichibu The Peated 2022 features barley exclusively floor malted with peat fires at Chichibu Distillery. The Peated has not been released since 2018! This single malt is aged entirely in ex-bourbon and c
View fullsize We are beyond excited to have two of our gin producers featured in Vinepair’s 30 Best Gins of 2023 amongst some truly incredible brands! Congratulations to Japan’s Kyoto Distillery for their Ki No Bi Kyoto Dry Gin and South Korea’
View fullsize Mars The Y.A. # 1 marks a new era for the company’s two distilleries: Komagatake in Nagano, and Tsunuki in Kagoshima. Unlike the previous series of single malt whiskies known as “Yakushima Aging”, in which whisky distilled at Koma
View fullsize Tsunuki is the newly opened, second whisky distillery from Mars (Hombo Shuzo) situated in Kagoshima, Japan. Established – or rather, reestablished— in 2016, it was built on the site of the company’s original distillery before it was
View fullsize Have you seen our (many) cameos in @bullettrainmovie?! 🥃🚅 Ladybug has great taste in Japanese whisky, if we do say so ourselves! Pictured with The Wolf (@badbunnypr) is Mars Iwai (Blue Label) & Mars Iwai Tradition (White Label). Thank you
View fullsize We are honored to announce that Mars Hombo’s Iwai 45 Japanese Whisky is an official recommendation for Shaker and Spoon’s new cocktail kit, Daijoubu 2! 
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View fullsize The whiskies from Mars Hombo are fascinating, and in particular their Nagano based Komagatake Distillery has had an incredible history. Taking its name from the tallest peak in the Kiso mountains, Mars moved their operation to this location from Kago
View fullsize Perhaps the best way to characterize the whiskies from Mars is to sum them up in the context of regionality. Mars Whisky has practically been around since the beginning of malt whisky in Japan, but their recent approach is focused, particularly on th
View fullsize Please welcome the world’s first Korean single malt gin! Presenting Jung One, from the new Three Societies Distillery in Namyangju, South Korea, this gin undergoes two copper pot distillations of its single malt spirit before a 24-hour macerati
View fullsize The coastal producer, Kanosuke Distillery, is one of Kagoshima Prefecture’s newest additions to its lengthy history of quality spirits makers. Born of Komasa Jyozo, a shochu distillery with over 130 years of experience, Kanosuke takes the uniqu
View fullsize Mars Shinshu’s Komagatake Single Malt (say it with me now: ‘Koh-mah-gah-tah-keh !’) takes its name from the tallest peak of the Kiso Mountains in Nagano, Japan. The annual single malt vintages from Komagatake change every year, prov
View fullsize Our goal at High Road Spirits is to highlight spirits with deep cultural connections to the land of which they are born. Japan’s national spirit, shochu, is possibly one of the best examples of this principle that we could think of. Suffice to
View fullsize Shingo Gokan is a master craftsperson and is widely considered one of the world’s top bartenders. His SG Group has a direct influence on modern international cocktailing with projects that span from Shanghai to mainland Japan, and Okinawa. He c
View fullsize Finally! We are thrilled to introduce the first RTD canned highball from Japan’s famed Eigashima Shuzo (Akashi) Distillery! Not just your average whisky-soda, this crushable mix of Akashi Blended Whisky and highly carbonated water comes in tw
View fullsize Today we raise a Vánagandr Gin & Tonic and shout "Salud!" to Enrique Pena, the creator and force behind what IWSC just recognized as the World’s Best Gin for a Gin and Tonic, Winner of IWSC Gold (Gin), IWSC Gold (Gin &
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