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MEET THE FIRST SINGLE MALT WHISKY MADE IN SOUTH KOREA
By Susan Lewis
10-12-2021
Source: Three Societies Distillery
South Korea’s Three Societies Distillery has debuted its single malt whisky named Ki One. This is also the first ever single malt whisky mashed, distilled and matured in South Korea, kick starting the county’s venture into whisky-making.
Heading to five markets around the world including the USA, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong, Ki One is a limited edition of just 1,506 bottles, with only 500 being available in South Korea, and only 200 of those being available to the general public.
Aged since 7 July, 2020, in new American oak casks, the tasting notes are described as being packed with “oakiness with vibes of a bowl of summer fruit salad. The taste has vanilla pods and juicy peaches dancing on your tongue before a big hit of oriental spice. The long lingering spices give way to barley sugar and a forest of oak.”
Three Societies founder and CEO Bryan Do said: “We chose Ki One as our whisky name because it has two meaningful definitions in Korean, beginning, and hope. These two themes perfectly encapsulate our spirit as we are at the beginning of the single malt whisky journey from Korea to the world. We also hope to showcase how the four seasons of our region in Korea leads to the unique maturation periods and distinct flavour of Korean whisky.”
The debut edition is called the “Tiger Edition”, tiger is Korea’s representative animal. Following the “Tiger Edition” will come the “Unicorn” and “Eagle” editions.
Coming in two years and two and a half years after the inaugural launch, respectively, these bottles will showcase Ki One’s ageing process and will also be highly limited.
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