Mars Whisky is Japan’s third whisky company to enter the Singapore whisky market with the introduction of its Iwai range of blended whiskies.
Mars Whisky is available at bars including Anti
The Iwa Japanese and Tradition expressions are inspired by American whisky. The light, woody and floral Iwai Japanese is aged in ex-bourbon casks. The Iwai Tradition is malt-driven with hints of peat and matured in a combination of former sherry, bourbon and wine casks.
Mars Whisky is owned by an independent family business Hombo Shuzo Co Ltd that was established in 1872. It is the third prominent whisky maker after Yamazaki and Nikka.
It has a direct link to one of Japan’s whisky pioneers Kiichiro Iwai, the mentor of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka Whisky. They met in Settsu Shuzo in the mid-1910s. Taketsuru learnt to make malt whisky from the source in Scotland.
The main Shinshu distillery is located 798 metres above sea level in the Japanese Alps of Nagano Prefecture with high quality, mineral-rich water and distillation temperatures as low as -15°C.
