Inside Saburomaru Distillery there is a cooperage called Re:COOPERAGE, built around restoring casks rather than only making them. Inagaki set it up with one aim held high: to build infrastructure for Japan’s distilleries. It looks likely to hold up a good deal of Japanese whisky. Saburomaru’s cooper: a craft handed from Kagoshima to Toyama, at … Continue reading Saburomaru Distillery, Part 3: Re:COOPERAGE, a Young Cooper, and the Reeds of Toyama