Hanyu
羽生蒸溜所
Kanto (Saitama), Japan·est. 1980·demolished·Toa Shuzo
Card Series lineageWeighty, sherried, tropical-fruited lost maltIchiro Akuto lineage
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Prestige
95/100
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The Story
Toa Shuzo’s Hanyu Distillery ran from 1980 to 2000 before demolition; the surviving casks became Ichiro Akuto’s celebrated Card Series and cemented Hanyu as one of the most collectible closed distilleries in the world.
Production
Still heating
direct fire (original)
Water
Tone River plain aquifer
Climate
Humid subtropical Kanto
Maturation
Original maturation in Hanyu warehouses; surviving stock later re-racked by Venture Whisky into mizunara, sherry, wine and unusual finishes.
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