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and learned how to make Scotch whisky on site. He married a Scottish girl, Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan († 1961), who went to Japan with him in 1920. Under Taketsuru (* 1894) the production of the first whisky was completed in 1929, which was sold as
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There are also other offerings outside of the US such as the 10-, 25-, 35- and 50-year-old whiskies. Some offerings are dated vintages such as 1980, 1984, 1993, and there are also Puncheon and sherry offerings.
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distillery. Seven thousand bottles of unblended malt whisky are on display in its "Whisky Library".
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Yamazaki 25 Year Old was awarded "Best Japanese Single Malt" at the 2013 World Whisky Awards.
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Wooden barrels of Mizunara (Japanese oak) at the Yamazaki distillery
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organizations, such as the Beverage Testing Institute and the
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There are three primary variants of Yamazaki whisky:
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Yamazaki Distillery

Japan
34°53′35.5″N 135°40′28.4″E / 34.893194°N 135.674556°E / 34.893194; 135.674556
Suntory
Suntory Yamazaki Distillery
Japanese
Hepburn
Japanese whisky
distillery
Shimamoto
Osaka Prefecture
Suntory
Japan
whisky

Torii Shinjirō
Suntory
Taketsuru Masataka
Scotland
Glasgow University
Nikka Whisky Distilling
Hokkaidō

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San Francisco World Spirits Competitions
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List of historic whisky distilleries

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