Shinshu Mars distillery
Japanese whisky distillery
35°44′51.4″N 137°54′04.1″E / 35.747611°N 137.901139°E / 35.747611; 137.901139
Shinshu Mars distillery (Japanese: 信州マルス蒸留所, Hepburn: Shinshu Mars jōryūsho) is a Japanese whisky distillery. Founded in 1985, and mothballed from 1992 to 2011, it is owned by Hombo Shuzo Co., Ltd. [ja], a Japanese "shōchū" maker based in Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.[1][2]
The distillery is located at Miyada (宮田村, Miyada-mura), a village in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] At around 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level,[2] it is Japan's highest whisky distillery.[3][4]
References
Notes
- ^ a b WHISKY Magazine Japan 2012.
- ^ a b c WHISKY Magazine Japan 2013.
- ^ "Mars Shinshu". Tokiwa Imports. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Mars Shinshu distillery". Skurnik. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
Bibliography
- "本坊酒造 信州マルス蒸留所" [Honbo Sake Brewery Shinshu Mars Distillery]. WHISKY Magazine Japan (in Japanese). WHISKY Magazine Japan. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- "Hombo Mars Distillery". WHISKY Magazine Japan. WHISKY Magazine Japan. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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