Japan

Nikka

Japan's whisky giant, founded on apples — its Hokkaido operation still distills apple brandy.

Location
Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan
Founded
1934
Signature bottle
Nikka Apple Brandy (Hokkaido)
Region
Japan
AppleCider brandy (distilled cider)Rare / allocated in the US

Nikka's founder Masataka Taketsuru started in the apple business (Dai Nippon Kaju), and the company still makes apple brandy and apple wine in Hokkaido — Japan's link to the apple-brandy world.

Products & tasting notes

  • Nikka Apple Brandy

    Cider brandy

    Hokkaido apple distilled and cask-aged — crisp orchard apple with soft oak and a whisky-maker's polish.

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