Yamazaki 12 Year Old Suntory Pure Malt Decanter 60cl / Sungoliath Rugby Suntory are one of the founding fathers of Japanese whisky, established by Shinjirō Torii in 1899 as a wine store in Osaka. The venture was hugely successful, and the company was renamed Kotobukiya in 1921, which built its first distillery three years later, Yamazaki. The distillery produced both malt and grain whiskies which the company blended together, releasing its first Suntory White Label in 1929, the resulting popularity of which saw the firm renamed after it 1963. Expansion in the next decade saw the company move its grain production to a new Chita distillery in 1972, and open a second malt distillery, Hakushu, the following year. Suntory today has a large stake in both the bourbon and Scotch whisky industry, but remains at the forefront of its native whisky market too 12 year old single malt produced at the legendary Yamazaki distillery Tokyo Sungoliath is owned by the Suntory and is one of the Japanese rugby union teams in the Top League. The team is based in Fuchū, Tokyo, as are their local rival Toshiba Brave Lupus #dreambar