Yoichi distillery

Nikka Yoichi Single Malt Yoichi still heats its pot stills directly with coal, at more than 1,000°C, and the spirit carries a bold peatiness and firm smoke. Of the big-name Japanese single malts, this is the one that leans furthest toward coastal Scotch. It is the bottle for drinkers who find Yamazaki and Hakushu too polite. Nikka founded the distillery in Hokkaido in 1934, and the no-age single malt is the everyday way to taste it.