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SMWS Code 120: Hakushu

Distillery behind Society cask numbers 120.x

SMWS code 120 is Hakushu, in Japan. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1973. Any Society bottling numbered 120.x (for example 120.1, 120.42) is a single cask from Hakushu.

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About Hakushu

“Hakushu distillery is a Japanese whisky distillery. It is owned by the Suntory group, and situated in the Toribara locality of the former town of Hakushū, in the Yamanashi Prefecture, Chūbu region, Japan.”From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles single casks under numeric codes rather than distillery names, so a label reading 120.403 means cask 403 from distillery 120. That distillery is Hakushu, in Japan. More on Hakushu at Wikipedia.

Other Japan distilleries: 116 Yoichi, 119 Yamazaki, 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 120?
SMWS code 120 is Hakushu, in Japan. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1973. Any Society bottling numbered 120.x (for example 120.1 or 120.42) is a single cask from Hakushu.