Kuzumi Distillery (Tsuzaki Liquor Store)

Operations started in February 2021. Craft whisky distillery “Kuzumi Distillery” was newly established in Kuzumi-cho, Takeda City, Oita. Shoji Utoda, who runs a liquor store called Tsuzaki Sake Shop in Kuzumi-cho, Takeda City, Oita, renovated a warehouse of about 400 square meters on the site of the store and built a distillery. We will introduce a distillation machine made in Scotland “Forsyth” and start manufacturing it in February 2021. Since it is necessary to mature for 3 years until shipment, sales are scheduled to start around 2024 and 2025.

In 2017, Mr. Utoda consulted with Ichiro Akuto, a venture whisky company that became world famous for “Ichiro’s Malt”, and learned manufacturing technology. On The 5th of this month, takeda tax office obtained the long-held whisky manufacturing license, and production will finally start.