Screw Co

Screw Co Ltd was organised in 2015 by Shinobu Ebisawa 2015 as the holding company for a variety of interests in the Japanese rum scene. The originator of these was the Screw Driver bar in Kichijoji, opened in 1997 and still the flagship operation of the business. The company also runs a mobile rum bar called Screw Outdoor Section which operates at various open air events, and has also had other venues in Japan such as a second Screw Driver in Hayama (2001-2003) and Ariapita Rum & Punch in Shibuya (2015-2021).

In addition to on-trade, the company also has an online retail arm, has documented its sprawling rum collection and published a rum encyclopedia, and occasionally releases its own independent bottlings.