Chichibu The US Edition 2023

The 2023 and sixth edition of the US exclusive release from Chichibu.

Chichibu distillery in Saitama, Japan was opened in 2008, and was the country’s first new distillery since Suntory opened Hakushu back in 1973. Chichibu was the brainchild of Ichiro Akuto, grandson of the founder of the legendary Hanyu distillery. The Ichiro’s Malt brand appeared in 2005 and rose to fame through the bottling of the last casks from Hanyu, particularly the sought after ‘Card’ series. The first Chichibu releases appeared under it in 2011.

This is a marriage of differintly matured whiskies, the majority of which has been heavily peated. The 14 casks used include heavily toasted virgin French Oak, Mizunara hogsheads, Chibi Daru Quarter casks and ex-Sherry wood. All the liquid has been aged between 4-7 years.

The label artwork depicts Commodore Matthew C. Perry enjoying a dram in front of the US Capitol and the famous Japanese Cherry blossoms gifted from Tokyo in 1909.

One of 2,640 bottles.