TAKING UNUSUAL DIRECTIONS
It’s hard to believe that a location that heats up to 40oC in the summer and minus 20oC in the winter could be an ideal location for making whisky. Yet a craft beer entrepreneur and an experienced whisky maker are braving the elements and doing just that in the Namjangyu region of South Korea.
Located 40 miles northeast of central Seoul, Three Societies is blazing new territory as Korea’s first single malt distillery. It released its first whisky product, the Ki-One Tiger Edition, at the beginning of September, with many other exciting projects and releases in the works. The extreme climactic conditions the distillery faces add layers of both unpredictability and promise. In time, the Three Societies team believes its products will go beyond just the creation of something tasty, blazing the trail for a new category of ‘Korean whisky’ that serves as a wider representative of the country’s cultural heritage.
Three Societies itself is the brainchild of Korean-American
