Miyagikyo distillery

Nikka Miyagikyo Single Malt Buy it alongside Yoichi and taste the two together: same company, opposite ideas. Miyagikyo, opened in 1969, runs bulging pot stills heated gently by steam at around 130°C, which gives floral aromas and a soft, fruity sweetness instead of Yoichi's coal-fired weight. It is the gentler, more forgiving of Nikka's two single malts, and the one to hand someone who thinks whisky means smoke and burn.