Yoichi distillery

Yoichi

Region: Japan
Location	Kurokawacho 7-6, Yoichicho, Yoichi-gun, Hokkaido, 046-0003
Coordinates	43°11′14″N 140°47′30″E / 43.18722°N 140.79167°ECoordinates: 43°11′14″N 140°47′30″E / 43.18722°N 140.79167°E
Owner	Nikka Whisky Distilling
Founded	1934
Status	Active
Number of stills	6 pot stills
Website	Nikka Whisky Distilling

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]

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]

References

Notes

1. "Yoichi Distillery". WHISKY Magazine Japan. WHISKY Magazine Japan. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2014. External link in |work= (help)
2. "Miyagikyo Distillery". WHISKY Magazine Japan. WHISKY Magazine Japan. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2014. External link in |work= (help)

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. External link in |work= (help)
• "Simon" (26 March 2014). "A Look at Nikka Whisky". BarLifeUK website. BarLifeUK. Retrieved 27 May 2014. External link in |work= (help)

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

This article is based upon a translation of the French language version as at May 2014.