Introducing Saburomaru V THE HIEROPHANT, the sixth and latest installment of the Saburomaru Distillery Tarot Card Series, which is set to go on sale on November 7.
Saburomaru Distillery is one of the distilleries that produce and sell peated Whisky under the slogan “The Ultimate Peat” and has many fans in Japan because of its peatiness.
The latest Saburomaru V THE HIEROPHANT from the Saburomaru distillery is the sixth in the series. It is the sixth in the series, and it will be released in less than half a year after the last one.
In 2021, Saburomaru Distillery began experimenting with ale yeast in its mature yeast state through yeast culture. The aged ale yeast, when combined with fresh Whisky yeast, produces a mature and thick aroma. This is the same as the maturation of the entire organization through the predecessors of the old craftsmen. And from here, new traditions are passed on.
Takahiko Inagaki, Saburomaru Distillery
The Tarot Cards (Major Arcana)
The motif is based on Tarot cards (consisting of 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana), and we adopted the 22 Major Arcana card No. 5 “THE HIEROPHANT”.
The following bottles were introduced at the Saburomaru Distillery’s previous PEAT EMOTION event held in Tokyo, and are used in this year’s newest addition to the Saburomaru distillery.
The chronology will be updated as more information becomes available, but even looking at the chronology, you can see that various types of sake are being produced.
Year
Malt
Mash tongue
Yeast
Fermentation tank
Still
Before 2016
Highland peat
Half century ago saccharification tank
Yale only
Enamel
Old
2017
Yale + Whisky
Old Modified
2018
Miyake Manufacturing
2019
ZEMON
2020
Highland Pete
Ira Peat
enamel
wooden bucket
2021
Mature ale + Whisky
2022
Hollow
Wooden vat x 2
2023
Miyake Mfg. 3rd wort
Pressed yeast + Ale + Whisky
1-1. Product Specifications
Product name
Single malt
Saburomaru V THE HIEROPHANT
Single malt
Saburomaru V THE HIEROPHANT Cask Strength
By Sake
Single Malt Japanese Whisky
Single Malt Japanese Whisky
Ingredients
Malt (Heavily Peated)
Malt (Heavily Peated)
cask alcohol
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Number of bottles
12,600 bottles
2,100 bottles
Degree of alcohol content (%)
48% (60%)
60% (60%)
Price
15,400 yen (including tax)
20,900 yen (tax included)
Place of distillation
Saburomaru Distillery
Manufacturer
Wakatsuru Brewery Co.
1-2. Lottery information
Limited to members of the online store “Me and, ALC.
Single malt “Saburomaru V THE HIEROPHANT Normal and Cask Strength” set (1 bottle each) will be sold by lottery exclusively to members of the Wakatsuru Brewery online store “Me and ALC.
The lottery odds seem to change depending on the number of correct answers to the quiz about Saburomaru Distillery, which has become a regular event.
By the way, the third question is a difficult one unless you have visited the distillery and heard about it well.
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The only distillery in Hokuriku established in 1952.
It obtained a license to produce Whisky in 1952 amidst the postwar rice shortage. Since then, they brew sake in winter and distill Whisky during the rest of the year. They make 200 bottles of Whisky a year. Plans are underway to make 300 bottles in the future.
Since the beginning, they have been focusing on smoky Whisky, using Islay peated malt and recently peated malt from Toyama Prefecture. In order to preserve the natural flavor, no cooling filtration or coloring is used.
In 2018, we installed a state-of-the-art mash tun from Miyake Seisakusho.
In 2019, we collaborated with a local company, Oigo Seisakusho, to develop a cast pod still, ZEMON.
In 2020, one wooden fermentation tank was introduced.
The major difference from other distilleriesis the use of theworld’s first cast pod still“ZEMON“.
There are three major features.
(1) The casting method enables molding by molds, which makes it possible to manufacture in a short period of time. Also, it is possible to provide sufficient wall thickness at a low cost, and thus a longer service life can be expected for the body.
(2) Free molding by the casting method allows for a variety of sake qualities. Also, by unitizing the parts, it is possible to replace only worn parts or expand the functions.
(3) Made of a copper-tin alloy containing approximately 90% copper and 8% tin. Tin is a high-grade metal that is traded at about three times the price of copper. Tin is said to mellow the taste of sakesince ancient times and has been used for sake vessels and shochu coolers. zemoncontributes to the production ofhigh quality spirits through the dual effects of copper and tin.
Reference: Wakatsuru Shuzo official website
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