Since 2005, Kavalan has been making premium Taiwanese whisky in the heart of Yilan County. The distillery was born out of Mr. Tien-Tsai Lee's dreams of a new whisky homeland and a ‘century-old’ distillery to last generations.
The whisky is made with the pure and creamy water drawn from the springs of Snow Mountain and Central Mountains. The spirit is then double-distilled and matured in five-storey high warehouses, in Taiwan’s hot climate, causing a faster aging process. The unique environment produces a one-of-a-kind single malt, which has garnered much acclaim across its almost 20-year history.
The distillery was completed on 31st December 2005, and the first new make spirit left the spout on March 11th 2006 – at exactly half 3 in the afternoon. The first bottling was released two years later, with six more expressions released before Taiwan was officially named as a whisky-producing region in the Malt Whisky Yearbook. Since then, the whisky has won award after award, and opened up a Kavalan Whisky Bar in 2020.
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