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SMWS Code G13: Chita

Distillery behind Society cask numbers G13.x

SMWS code G13 is Chita, in Japan. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1973. Any Society bottling numbered G13.x (for example G13.1, G13.42) is a single cask from Chita.

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About Chita

“Chita distillery is a Japanese whisky distillery located at the Port of Nagoya Sun Grain facility in the Chita District of the Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 1972, it is owned by Suntory.”From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles single casks under numeric codes rather than distillery names, so a label reading G13.403 means cask 403 from distillery G13. That distillery is Chita, in Japan. More on Chita at Wikipedia.

Other Japan distilleries: 116 Yoichi, 119 Yamazaki, 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 · all Japan codes

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Which distillery is SMWS code G13?
SMWS code G13 is Chita, in Japan. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1973. Any Society bottling numbered G13.x (for example G13.1 or G13.42) is a single cask from Chita.