A rare whisky was released commemorating Japan’s Nikka Whisky 90th anniversary. The blend was made possible by liquid sourced from six distilleries spanning nine decades.
For this recent limited edition, Nine Decades, Nikka Whisky drew from over 50 batches, some dating back to the 1940s. Among these batches are some of Nikka’s oldest reserves sourced from the Yoichi and Miyagiko distilleries.
The Japanese distillery is blending whiskies from locations within the Nikka Discovery line to celebrate 90 years in business.
There are six Nikka’s malt and grain distilleries—Yoichi, Nishinomiya, Miyagikyo, Moji, Satsumatsukasa, and Ben Nevis. All have Contributed liquids to the limited-release world whisky across the course of nine decades.
All of the whiskies have been patiently aged in anticipation of the brand’s 90th anniversary.
Nikka Whisky Marks 90th Anniversary with Special Whisky
The spirit will be available worldwide in France, the US, Canada, Australia, etc. Mexico, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, and Nikka distributors in Japan are also places where you can find Nine Decades.
Metabev, a worldwide brand management and distribution business based in Hong Kong, commemorated the introduction with a Nikka Nine Decades VIP masterclass at Club Bâtard, hosted by Emiko Kaji. Twenty-five industry heavyweights, media personalities, and clubgoers were in attendance.
Metagroup chairman Roger Chan commented: “Working with Nikka Whiskey is a true honor for our team in Hong Kong and to be entrusted not just with their core range but also with the responsibility of launching this celebratory limited edition in Hong Kong is a testament to the passion and skill of our team in showcasing Nikka in the short time we’ve been working with the team there. Nine Decades is a remarkable whisky and demonstrates the skill and expertise of the master distillers and blenders at Nikka Whisky”
In 1918, Nikka Whisky’s inventor Masataka Taketsuru went to Scotland to observe the distillation process of Scotch whisky in action. He worked in the Hazelburn distillery in Campbeltown, close to the Mull of Kintyre, while studying organic chemistry at the University of Glasgow under Professor T. S. Patterson.
By 1920, he took his newlywed wife, Jessie Roberta “Rita” Cowan, back to Japan. He became a part of Kotobukiya (now Suntory) in 1923 and assisted in the founding of a distillery before launching Nikka in 1934.
