“Scent of pine needles, fresh-cut grass, a hint of smoke and…a splash of hydrogen?”
Tasting notes like these could soon become reality for the 12-year Hakushu single malt as the effort to decarbonize hard-to-abate industrial emissions reaches hard liquor.
Iconic Japanese whisky brand Suntory already buys 100 percent clean electricity for its booze-making operations at the eminent Hakushu distillery. But the company is taking decantable decarbonization to a new level with last week’s commitment to run the distillery and a nearby water processing plant with locally produced clean hydrogen by 2025.
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