Nikka Coffey Grain 12 Year Old Woody and Mellow 50cl / Distillery Exclusive
An age-stated release from Nikka as part of their range exploring the flavour profiles that make up the flagship products. This one is Woody and Mellow and is a single grain whisky produced on the Coffey stills at Miyagikyo.
Nikka was founded in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru, a former Suntory employee who had studied at the University of Glasgow, and later trained as a blender at the now lost Hazelburn distillery in Campbeltown. Taketsuru opened the Yoichi distillery in the same year as establishing the company, followed by the Nishinomaya and Miyagikyo distilleries in 1959 and 1969, respectively. Since 1989 the company has also has also had a stake in the Scotch whisky industry after they purchased the struggling Ben Nevis distillery. Today they are one of the second largest whisky producer in Japan.
Nikka Coffey grain was originally produced at Nikka's Nishinomiya distillery in Kansai before being moved to Miyagikyo, Sendai in 1999.
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