Whisky Wednesday: Yamazaki Whisky Library

The Yamazaki Distillery tour is an interesting but fairly standard walk around the distillery. First timers learn more about the process; the rest of us peer more closely and scope out the similarities and differences between Yamazaki and the distilleries we’ve seen before. What is most exciting to whisky lovers is the onsite bar in… Read more »

Whisky Wednesday: Yamazaki Distillery Tour

Yamazaki is one of Suntory’s two distilleries in Japan and is described as “the birthplace of Japanese whisky”. It was impossible to resist a visit when we were staying a few nights in Kyoto, just a short train ride away. As you can see, it’s quite easy to get to by train! It’s perhaps not… Read more »