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Karuizawa 30 Year Old Cask #3619 For Kinlonz Culture

Karuizawa 30 Year Old Cask #3619 For Kinlonz Culture
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Lot number: 0552100

Winning bid: £3,600

From Master of Malt: A legend of the whisky world, the Karuizawa distillery was opened in 1955 in Miyota, Japan, rather near the active volcano Mount Asama.

The distillery housed four small stills and imported Golden Promise barley from Scotland to create their whisky, which was then often aged in Sherry casks.

Sadly, the distillery was mothballed in 2001, with their stocks of slowly trickling out to market, where the bottles have become quite the collector's item for whisky enthusiasts.

In 2011, the UK-based company Number One Drinks purchased the remaining stocks of Karuizawa’s whisky. When encountering Karuizawa whisky in the wild, we recommend whispering to yourself "Precious, precious Karuizawa..."

Bottled exclusively for Kinlonz Culture, the famous Cigar and Whisky Company in Hong Kong.

Bottled: 2015

Age: 30 years

Cask Type: Sherry Butt

Cask Number: 3619

60.6%ABV / 70cl

Bottle Number: One of only 282 bottles released

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