SCYFOOD > Japanese Whisky Karuizawa 1981 Single Cask #4659 Waves Label Contact Customer Service ENQUIRY Karuizawa distillery 軽井沢蒸溜所 was a Japanese whisky distillery. It was located at Miyota, a town on the southern slopes of an active complex volcano, Mount Asama, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1955, the distillery began production in 1956. It was owned by Mercian Corporation and was the smallest in Japan. It was mothballed in 2000, and closed in 2011, The remaining whiskey stock from the distillery was purchased and re-branded, then released as a series of luxury whiskies. This whisky was distilled in 1981 and aged in single ex-Sherry butt, It was bottled at cask strength in 2012. One of 171 bottles 700ml/57,6%
