Nagahama Distillery

Japan’s smallest Nagahama distillery in the northernpart of Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture. In 1996, Nagahama Roman Beer, which began producing the third craft beer in and has been making craft beer for 20 years, started distilling whisky by operating nagahama distillery on the site in 2016.

Inspired by a Scottish craft distillery, it features alan-bick-shaped pot stills and rich, fruity, grain-derived, richly sweetened liquors flowing from the ultra-fine line arms.

In 2020, “Amahagan”, a blend of malt from Nagahama Distillery based on overseas malt whisky, achieved the feat of winning three of the four regular series at the WWA (World Whisky Award).