Description
Based in Kagoshima, the Kanosuke distillery is run by Komasa Jyozo, one of the leading shochu makers in Kagoshima. Their claim to fame is a barrel-aged shochu called Mellowed Kozuru which was launched in 1957. The distillery opened and began distilling in late 2017 and is now producing bottles of its own whisky. This is a single malt Japanese whisky, distilled in November 2019 and bottled in April 2025. It was matured in an Ex-Bourbon Quarter Cask and is a limited release of 150 bottles, exclusively for The Whisky Exchange and Whisky Show 2025. It is non-chill filtered.