To celebrate Suntory Whisky’s 100th anniversary, the company is releasing Hakushu highballs in canned form, sold at conbinis near you for 600 yen a pop. It’s as good of a time as any to recount our tour of Hakushu distillery’s sister distillery in Yamazaki, Kyoto. I arrived at Yamazaki Station with my colleague (who is,...
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