Okayama Distillery (Miyashita shuzo)

Miyashita Brewery in Okayama Prefecture is a long-established sake brewer founded in 1915.

Until now, they have made sake, beer, shochu, liqueurs, etc. In 2011, they obtained a license to produce whisky and started developing whisky.

In 2015, they installed a pot still, a German-made whisky single-stage distiller, and started full-scale operations as the Okayama Distillery.

In 2017, we launched “Single Malt Whisky Okayama” after 3 to 5 years of aging of our distilled original sake. The original sake is made from barley malt from Okayama Prefecture and the underlying water of the clear stream Asahikawa, and it is aged in more than 10 kinds of wooden barrels such as sherry, brandy, bourbon, white oak, and domestic wooden barrels represented by mizunara. Completed after trial and error, Ginjo Whisky Okayama is characterized by its youthful flavor and delicate throat.

“Single Malt Whisky Okayama Triple Cask” won the gold medal at the Meiningers International Spirits Award ISW 2019 in Germany. At the World Whiskys Awards 2020, we were awarded category winner, the best single malt no-age category.