![]() Its easy access from the trainstation so go, but dont have to high excaptions. We took the train and the scenary on the train jorney was fine as well. So if youre out driving and passing by its worth making a stop. It migth be the wrong time of the year for that. Nikka was more of a museum, no production at the time we where there. ![]() In Scotland you usually go with a guide that shows the whole production chain and sees every step and they actually is making whisky during the tour so you can get the smell and the heat from the burners. You where not allowed to se anything, there where just a lot of sign that said " do not enter". ![]() Ok the setting is nice and you can take i few nice photos, when we where there we could taste to diffrent whiskys (10 single malt and 17 blended) and thats also ok.īut apart from that it was nothing o few videodisplays ( i can watch that on youtube). Me and my friend has been to quite a few destillerys in scotland and we read som reviews here and where really disipointed at Nikka. The first bad review and I can not understand what everybody was so happy about. If you're a real fan of whisky then I would allow over two hours for the visit. Sadly, these wonderful whiskies are no longer available for sale - or at least at any price mere mortals would pay - but there are some distillery only offerings in the shop that offer a consolation buy. The free tastings are great, but the opportunity to sample some of the old malts at a reasonable price is the real tasting highlight. After touring the grounds, you can sample the signature whisky for. Coal fired stills have now vanished from Scotland and this may be one of the last (if not the last) whisky distiller to fire the stills with coal. Today you can visit the original factory, in Yoichi, a town west of Sapporo, close to Otaru. I was lucky enough to be in the stills building when they fired up the furnace under one of the stills, and then happened to be passing as they were stoking it. There's not much info in English but if you understand the distilling process then it's not an issue. The distillery has a wonderful history which unfolds as you walk round the different buildings. It was quite an experience to meander around the distillery in deep snow - it leant an air of quiet calm to the distillery that was very relaxing.
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