Founded in 1823, Fukano Distillery is located in Hitoyoshi in the Kumamoto Prefecture of Japan on the island of Kyushu. Operated by Seiichi Fukano, the seventh-generation member of his family to run the distillery, Fukano explores the boundaries of whisky …

Established in 2016 in the city of Akkeshi on the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan, Akkeshi Distillery has quickly become one of Japan’s most reputable whisky producers. Located in a cool, moist climate with frequent rolling sea fog coming off …

In Yorkshire, England’s largest historic county, just minutes from the coast and Filey Bay, sits the Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, begun in 2016 to produce Yorkshire’s first single malt whisky. Founded by Tom Mellor and David Thompson under the mentorship …

Rolling Fork Spirits is an independent blender and bottler of rums sourced from distilleries around the world. Established in 2016 to address a lack of high-end rums on American shelves, co-founders Jordan Morris, an attorney and whiskey writer born and …

Three Societies was founded in 2020 in Namyangju, South Korea, just 30 km northeast of Seoul. As the world’s first Korean single malt distillery, Three Societies has singlehandedly defined Korean single malt spirits. Named for the three countries represented by …

Lochlea [lock·LEE] is an exciting new independent distillery in Scotland’s Lowlands. Located in Ayrshire (southwestern coast, approximately 30 minutes from Glasgow), where Robert Burns, the famous bard, lived & worked the land from 1777–1784, Lochlea trades poetry for whisky as …

The Ikinokura Distillery is located on Iki Island, the largest island of a small archipelago situated to the north of Nagasaki and west of Fukuoka, Japan. Established in 1984 after the merging of six distilleries, Ikinokura primarily produces shochu and …

Originally founded in 1821 in Thurso, Scotland, Wolfburn Distillery is the northernmost distillery on the Scottish mainland. Located in the region of Caithness—home to the largest expanse of peat bog in Europe—the original distillery went dark around the 1850s and …