Nikka Whisky Distilling
{{Short description|Japanese whisky company}}
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| name = Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. Ltd.
ニッカウヰスキー株式会社
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| native_name = ニッカウヰスキー株式会社
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| romanized_name = Nikka Uwisukī Kabushiki Gaisha
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| founder = Masataka Taketsuru
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| location_city = Tokyo
| location_country = Japan
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| industry = Drink industry
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| products = Whisky
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| owner = Asahi Breweries
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| homepage = {{URL|nikka.com/eng/}}
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1934}}, Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan
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The {{nihongo|Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. Ltd.|ニッカウヰスキー株式会社|Nikka Uwisukī Kabushiki-gaisha}} is a producer of Japanese whisky and other beverages headquartered in Tokyo. It is owned by Asahi Group Holdings.
The company operates a number of distilleries and other facilities in Japan, including two Japanese whisky distilleries, the Yoichi distillery in Yoichi, Hokkaidō (established in 1934), and the Miyagikyo distillery in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Northern Honshū (established in 1969). It also owns the Ben Nevis Distillery (acquired in 1989) in Scotland.
History
File:Taketsuru Masataka bust.JPG, the founder of Nikka Whisky]]
The founder, Masataka Taketsuru, travelled to Scotland in 1918 to learn the process of distilling Scotch whisky first hand. He studied organic chemistry under Prof. T. S. Patterson{{Cite web|url=https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH24560&type=P|title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Masataka Taketsuru|publisher=universitystory.gla.ac.uk|access-date=2019-11-07}} at the University of Glasgow and malt whisky production at the Hazelburn distillery, in Campbeltown near the Mull of Kintyre. He married Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, the daughter of a Glasgow doctor, and returned with her to Japan in 1920. In 1923 he joined Kotobukiya (currently Suntory) and helped to establish a distillery before starting Nikka in 1934.[http://www.nikka.com/eng/founder/index.html The Founder: Father of Japanese Whisky], Nikka distillery official website.
After their deaths, the company was run by their adoptive son, Takeshi Taketsuru, who expanded its business substantially.
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Products
File:Nikka Whisky From The Barrel 50cl Bottle.jpg
File:Nikka whisky all malt and malt club 2014.jpg
Nikka produces a wide variety of Japanese whiskies, ranging from ¥900 (per 700 ml bottle) Black Nikka sold in Japanese convenience stores, to the ¥15,750 (per 750 ml bottle) Nikka Single Cask.{{Cite web |url=https://www.asahishop.net/02/detail.psp.html?GOODS_ID=20051214182327001 |title=洋酒ショップ - 商品詳細 |access-date=2007-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013022032/https://www.asahishop.net/02/detail.psp.html?GOODS_ID=20051214182327001 |archive-date=2007-10-13 |url-status=dead }} In 2008, Yoichi 20 Year Old was voted best single malt at the World Whiskies Awards.{{cite web |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fg20080523lc.html |title=Japanese malt scotches rivals {{!}} The Japan Times Online |website=search.japantimes.co.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528045734/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fg20080523lc.html |archive-date=2008-05-28}}
Black Nikka is a 37% alcoholic whisky, available at corner stores throughout Japan in 180, 300, 700, 1800, 1920, 2700, and 4000 mL bottles. Individual servings, pre-mixed with soda or water, are also available.
Nikka has been owned by Asahi Group Holdings since 1954.{{cite web |url=https://scotchwhisky.com/whiskypedia/2569/asahi-group-holdings/ |title=Asahi Group Holdings | Scotch Whisky |access-date=11 July 2019}}
=Whiskies=
- Yoichi Single Malt
- Miyagikyo Single Malt
- From The Barrel
- Taketsuru Pure Malt
- Taketsuru Pure Malt 17-Year
- Coffey Malt
- Coffey Grain
- Pure Malt Red
- Pure Malt Black
- Pure Malt White
- All Malt
- Blended
- Ben Nevis
Distilleries and plants
File:130823Nikka Wisky Yoichi Distillery Hokkaido Japan02s3.jpg
File:ニッカウヰスキー 余市蒸溜所 (NIKKA WHISKY - Yoichi Distillery) (17080809749).jpg (2015)]]
- Yoichi distillery, Hokkaido Plant (Yoichi, Hokkaido) – malt whisky distilling, bottling
- Miyagikyo distillery, Sendai Plant (Sendai, Miyagi) – malt whisky distilling, grain whisky production, bottling
- Hirosaki Plant (Hirosaki, Aomori) – cider, brandy and wine brewing, distilling, bottling
- Tochigi Plant (Sakura, Tochigi) – grain whisky storage & ageing, re-storage of blended whisky
- Kashiwa Plant (Kashiwa, Chiba) – bottling
- Nishinomiya Plant (Nishinomiya, Hyogo) – liqueur bottling
- Moji Plant (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) – shōchū distilling, bottling
- Ben Nevis distillery (Fort William, Scotland, UK) – Scotch whisky production
References
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- {{cite news|last=Phelan|first=Stephen|title=Spirit of Romance|url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/activity/food-and-wine/spirit-of-romance-20140122-317yg.html|access-date=28 January 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=25 January 2014}}
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External links
{{Commons category|Nikka Whisky Distilling}}
- [http://www.nikka.com/eng/ Nikka English-language website]
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Category:Alcoholic drink companies
Category:Distilleries in Japan
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1934
Category:Food and drink companies based in Tokyo
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Tokyo