{"product_id":"miyagikyo-12-year-old","title":"Nikka Miyagikyo 12 Year Old","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Miyagikyo Distillery is owned by the Nikka Whisky company. The story of Nikka Whisky, and indeed that of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/japanese-whisky\"\u003eJapanese whisky\u003c\/a\u003e, begins with a remarkable man called Masataka Taketsuru, famously known as the father of Japanese whisky. Born in 1894 to a family of saké producers, Taketsuru was working for an Osaka based spirits manufacturer called Settsu Shuzo Company, when, at the age of 25, he was chosen to travel to Scotland and try learn how to make proper \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/scotch\"\u003eScotch whisky\u003c\/a\u003e. Such was the appetite for Scotch whisky in Japan in those days, that this mission was regarded as critical. Arriving in Glasgow in April 1919, the young man set about door knocking the Speyside distilleries in the hope that someone would give him an apprenticeship. He was well received, and after stints at Longmorn, Bo’ness and Hazelburn he returned to Japan in 1920 newly married with a Scottish wife and armed with sufficient knowledge to start making proper Scotch style whisky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1922, Masataka left Settsu Shuzo Company after their plan to make Scotch was abandoned and joined Suntory on a 10 year contract to establish the Yamazaki distillery. However, he always knew that to make whisky the way he wanted to, he would have to become independent, and in 1934 he left Suntory to establish Nikka Whisky and built the Yoichi Distillery. The first Nikka Whisky was released 6 years later in 1940. Masataka Taketsuru would spend the rest of his life dedicated to honouring the development of whisky in Japan becoming known forever more as ‘the father of Japanese whisky’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Miyagikyo Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46489894551631,"sku":"WC0015","price":115.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1185\/7487\/files\/nikka_miyagikyo_12_year_old.png?v=1787700853","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.com.au\/products\/miyagikyo-12-year-old","provider":"The Whisky Club AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}