About this bottle
The Hanshin Tigers are one of the oldest professional baseball teams in Japan. They played their first season in 1936 and are based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture.
This lot celebrates players from the 2003 season. These bottles were produced by Mercian, the former owners of Japan’s legendary Karuizawa distillery.
Kanemoto & Akahoshi
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KARUIZAWA HANSHIN TIGERS MERCIAN 2003 TEAM FIGURINES 2x36cl
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Ended 2nd April 2024 · MARCH AUCTION 2024 · 41 bids
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Specification
- Lot number
- 670422
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Japan
- Type
- Japanese Single Malt Whisky
- Number of Bottles
- 2
- Strength (%)
- 37%
- Distillery
- Karuizawa
- Distillery Status
- Silent
About the distillery
Karuizawa distillery was a Japanese whisky distillery. It was located at Miyota, a town on the southern slopes of an active complex volcano, Mount Asama, in Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Established in 1955, the distillery began production in 1956. It was owned by Mercian Corporation, and was the smallest in Japan. It was mothballed in 2000, and closed in 2011; the land on which it had stood was sold in 2012. The remaining whisky stock from the distillery was purchased and re-branded, then released as a series of luxury whiskies. The rarest of these is the 1960 vintage.
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