Hombo Mars Whisky

In 1953the first Hombo Mars distillery was founded in Kagoshima (it already closed). In 1985, a second distillery in Miyata was established. In 2011 the distillery in Miyata was remodeled and expanded. Since 2013 Homo Mars produces whisky in a larger scale. For producing their whisky, they only us water from their company well and malt from Scotland.     

Technical overview of Hombo Mars: 

Mashing  tun :               1x 5.000 liters made of stainless steel

Fermentation vat:        5x 5.700 liters each made of cast iron 

Stills:                               1x „Wash Still“ with  1x 5.800 Liter and 1x „Spirit Still“ with 5.600 liter capacity, which are heated with steam.

Yearly capacity:  95.000 liter alcohol