Sometimes also referred to as Gyokusendo due to its location in a small brewery by the same name, the Yoro distillery makes Ji-whisky under the name Peak Whisky which was quite popular in the 70s and 80s in Japan. The old Peak Whisky included UK-bought malt and malt distilled at the site that was blended and matured up to additional 10 years in sherry casks before grain whisky (rice?) was added. After the demand fell, the distillation of whisky was abandoned.

Enter 2019 when the distillery relaunched their Peak Whisky brand with the “New Born” edition distilled in October 2018 by using UK imported barley. Sold in a 200ml bottle, the spirit was bottled at 55% ABV.

We found it hard to try and find any information about the distillery site itself due to the lack of information made available by the owner and barely existing press releases. Guess they are trying to make a very quiet return, hopefully, this time with only barley in their sight.