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SMWS Code 119: Yamazaki

Distillery behind Society cask numbers 119.x

SMWS code 119 is Yamazaki, in Japan. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1923. Any Society bottling numbered 119.x (for example 119.1, 119.42) is a single cask from Yamazaki.

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About Yamazaki

“Yamazaki distillery is a Japanese whisky distillery located in Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 1923, and owned by Suntory, it was Japan's first commercial whisky distillery.”From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles single casks under numeric codes rather than distillery names, so a label reading 119.403 means cask 403 from distillery 119. That distillery is Yamazaki, in Japan. More on Yamazaki at Wikipedia.

Other Japan distilleries: 116 Yoichi, 120 Hakushu, 124 Miyagikyo, 130 Chichibu, 131 Hanyu, 132 Karuizawa, 158 Yuza Distillery, 159 Mars Shinshu, 160 Mars Tsunuki, G11 Nikka Coffey Grain, G12 Nikka Coffey Malt, G13 Chita · all Japan codes

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Which distillery is SMWS code 119?
SMWS code 119 is Yamazaki, in Japan. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1923. Any Society bottling numbered 119.x (for example 119.1 or 119.42) is a single cask from Yamazaki.