Ikawa
井川蒸溜所
Chubu (Shizuoka), Japan·est. 2020·active·Juyondai Distilling
Southern Alps highlandDelicate alpine malt with sake-brewer precisionIndependent (Juyondai group)
72
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Prestige
72/100
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The Story
At 1,200 metres in the headwaters of the Ōi River, Ikawa is one of the highest and most remote whisky distilleries in Japan — built by a team drawn from Japan’s sake and craft-spirits world and licensed in 2020.
Production
Still heating
indirect steam
Water
Southern Alps snowmelt
Climate
Alpine, cool and humid
Maturation
Bourbon and Japanese oak casks maturing on-site at altitude; long, slow winter maturation.
Tracked expressions0 bottles · sorted by age
No expressions on record for this distillery yet.