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distillery · Miyagikyo — Nikka Distillery, Japan

Nikka Whisky — Miyagikyo Distillery

[{'name': 'Masataka Taketsuru', 'role': 'Founder (1969)'}, {'name': 'Nikka master blending team', 'role': 'Current production (Asahi Breweries)'}] · {'water': 'Nikkagawa river, sourced on-site', 'stills': 'Pot stills and Coffey stills (continuous column) at same site', 'flagship': 'Nikka From The Barrel, Miyagikyo Single Malt, Coffey Malt', 'maturation': 'Ex-bourbon and ex-sherry', 'coffey_malt': 'Malt wash through column stills — unique globally'}
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The reputation — the story that sells at the table

Nikka From The Barrel — a blend of Yoichi, Miyagikyo pot, and Miyagikyo Coffey spirits at 51.4% — is consistently rated the world's best value whisky per point. Miyagikyo 10 Year Old is the benchmark lighter Japanese single malt.

Practice
Miyagikyo was designed as Yoichi's complement: lighter, more floral and fruity, for the blending versatility that creates Nikka's house styles. Coffey stills (continuous column) for grain and malt spirit at Miyagikyo are the soul of Nikka From The Barrel — Japan's most acclaimed blended whisky.
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