When discussing Japanese whisky, talk invariably turns to Suntory – whisky pioneer and now global behemoth. However, it all the chatter about rare (it all is now pretty much) Yamazaki and Hakushu releases, people often forget Suntory’s third distillery – Chita. Established in 1972, near the Port of Nagoya, Chita provides much of the grain whisky which Suntory use in their blends such as Hibiki, Suntory Royal and Kakubin to name but a few.